Hi, On Friday 11 August 2006 09:33, Simon Stapleton wrote: > On 10 Aug 2006, at 22:19, Holger Levsen wrote: > Yes, just using video=atyfb causes the same issue. There is a > difference somewhere in the way quik configures stuff and the way > BootX/miBoot do it, using video=atyfb (+ all the various gubbins) > from a BootX / miBoot boot works fine and gives you accelerated > video, the same from a quik boot results in garbage. > > It's a bit of a pain, to be frank, but I don't currently have the > time to delve into the source of both to see what is happening.
Some more information from a private disucssion on IRC, p2-mate is the quik maintainer: Aug 11 10:12:16 <h01ger> p2-mate, have you seen http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2006/08/msg00073.html ? Aug 11 10:13:43 <h01ger> p2-mate, re: that mail: i'll ask the guy to file a bug against quik? Aug 11 10:14:08 <p2-mate> h01ger: no Aug 11 10:14:13 <p2-mate> it's not a quik bug Aug 11 10:14:33 <p2-mate> it's probably because macos inits the aty card in a different way then OF does Aug 11 10:14:52 <p2-mate> there is very little I can do against that I'm afraid Aug 11 10:16:05 <p2-mate> I think the proper solution is to fix atyfb Aug 11 10:16:09 <h01ger> ah Aug 11 10:16:55 <p2-mate> both miboot and bootx cause macos to init the gfx hardware Aug 11 10:18:05 <h01ger> so there are circumstances where bootx is a better choice then quik? Aug 11 10:19:40 <p2-mate> it causes more hw to be initialized by macos yes Aug 11 10:19:51 <p2-mate> personally I don't like bootx at all Aug 11 10:20:16 <p2-mate> it makes for horrible boottimes regards, Holger
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