Re: framebuffer problems on revA iMac

2000-12-30 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sun, Dec 31, 2000 at 01:56:18AM +1100, Mark Hepburn wrote: > > I'd expect it to work with `video=atyfb' and `video=128fb', and even without > > these since they will be autoprobed anyway. > > > > Mine is working now with a 'video=atyfb' option and no colon; might make a > difference > that t

Re: framebuffer problems on revA iMac

2000-12-29 Thread Mark Hepburn
On Sun, Dec 31, 2000 at 01:56:18AM +1100, Mark Hepburn wrote: > On Fri, Dec 29, 2000 at 03:34:56PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, Michel [iso-8859-1] Dänzer wrote: > > > Mark Hepburn wrote: > > > > I finally cured the console problem by using a 'novideo' option in my > >

Re: framebuffer problems on revA iMac

2000-12-29 Thread Mark Hepburn
On Fri, Dec 29, 2000 at 03:34:56PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, Michel [iso-8859-1] Dänzer wrote: > > Mark Hepburn wrote: > > > I finally cured the console problem by using a 'novideo' option in my > > > yaboot.conf (after video=atyfb and aty128fb didn't work), > > > >

Re: framebuffer problems on revA iMac

2000-12-29 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, Michel [iso-8859-1] Dänzer wrote: > Mark Hepburn wrote: > > I finally cured the console problem by using a 'novideo' option in my > > yaboot.conf (after video=atyfb and aty128fb didn't work), > > Note that the colon at then of video=aty(128)fb: is vital. This is something I'

Re: framebuffer problems on revA iMac

2000-12-27 Thread Michel Dänzer
Mark Hepburn wrote: > I finally cured the console problem by using a 'novideo' option in my > yaboot.conf (after video=atyfb and aty128fb didn't work), Note that the colon at then of video=aty(128)fb: is vital. To find out which one you need, check 'lspci|grep VGA'. Michel -- Earthling Mic

framebuffer problems on revA iMac

2000-12-26 Thread Mark Hepburn
Hi; I've been through the archives but couldn't find anything related. I've just installed debianppc on my reva imac. The first couple of times I tried booting from cds everything went fine; however I messed up the partitioning the first installation attempt and had to try again. Since then howe