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On Apr 16, 2008, at 6:19 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 3:59 PM, matt hull <mattmatteh@×××.com> wrote: |
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>> apple kernel ? that would be darwin. i think you mean linux |
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>> kernel ? |
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> Well, yes, it's a Linux kernel but named 'apple' I think. The |
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> instructions you see when you boot from the Gentoo 2007.0 universal |
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> install CD say to execute essentially one of these two commands: |
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> boot: apple |
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> or |
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> boot: apple video=ofonly |
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> when I boot without ofonly I get messed up text. |
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> I've got OpenFirmware frame buffer, nvidia and ATI compiled in. EDID |
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> also. The machine is acting like it's just not choosing them, assuming |
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> the problem I'm seeing is the same one I see booting the kernel on the |
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> install CD. How does one make the kernel choose or not choose the FB |
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> at boot time? I'm familiar with doing this stuff in grub but this is |
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> my first experience with yaboot. |
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> My kernel is 2.6.24-gentoo-r3. It boots fine and the machine is |
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> working great at least from an ssh session where I'm not looking at |
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> this frame buffer stuff. that's fine for the next day or two as I let |
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> it build stuff I might want to run on it. |
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> Note that if it matters I had to use the 2007.0 CD since the current |
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> ISO image for the 2008.0 beta is too large to fit on a 700MB CD-R, at |
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> least according to K3b. I don't have any larger CD-Rs available right |
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> now. |
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> The processor in this machine is a 7447A, clock-1.5GHz. lspci says |
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> it's a RV280 [Radeon 9200] graphics chip |
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if you have radeon why do you have nvidiafb comiled in ? |
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boot with these 3 combinations: ofonly, radeonfb, {none} then for |
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each, cat /proc/fb and cat /sys/class/graphics/fb0/name. if the |
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screen is un readable, then ssh in and find out. |
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also, i assume you are using dvvi with that mac mini. i think those |
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have only dvi ? |
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the large cd that is 700+ MB has all the packages on it i think. i |
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always use the smallest one and just download the packages. ( i have |
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a package cache on my file server so its fast) |
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i dont use k3b, cdrecord. if the cd were bad or wrong, you would not |
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get this far :) |
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matt |
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