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Andrew Gaffney wrote: |
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> Mark Guertin wrote: |
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>> Ahh.. when using that you will only be able to use 8 bit fbdev driver |
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>> in X |
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>> To get a working screen setup, you will have to pass something like |
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>> this in the bootx kernel args window: |
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>> video=atyfb640x480@8-60 (640x480 resoltuion, 8 bit - you want to only |
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>> use 8 bit for console anyway always, and at 60hz) .. sub in your |
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>> wanted values. |
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> I added 'video=atyfb:640x480-8' to my kernel options in BootX. I still |
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> got the same garbled display on startup. |
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After much Google'ing, I found what I was looking for: |
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video=controlfb:vmode:17:cmode:16 |
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And I set X to use the fbdev. This works for me. Now, I wonder if my old Apple |
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Color Plus 14" Display (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=112529) |
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can do anything more than 640x480... |
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