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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 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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Thanks, |
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Mark |
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> i dont append any kernel options. you want open firmware framebuffer and |
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> radeonfb or nvidiafb compiled in the kernel. not sure if enabling the edid |
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> or ddc options will help. i dont have a mac mini, just 2 ibook g4's, not |
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> sure how different they are. |
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> matt |
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> there is also #gentoo-powerpc on freenode too :) |
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> > My question at this time is how to append kernel boot options in |
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> > /etc/yaboot.conf. When I boot the apple kernel from the Gentoo CD then |
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> > when it switches to (I guess) the framebuffer where I see Tux the text |
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> > on my monitor is jerky and not too readable. However if I use the |
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> > suggested version |
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> > apple video=ofonly |
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> > then the text is fine. Scanning around on the web I found this example |
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> > of how to do the same thing in yaboot.conf: |
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> > image=/boot/kernel-2.4.26-gentoo-r3 |
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> > label=2.4.26-gentoo-r3 |
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> > root=/dev/hda4 |
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> > append="video=ofonly" |
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> > read-only |
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> > I have added this to my /etc/yaboot.conf file but the video is still |
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> > jumping around and isn't too readable. |
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> > None the less the machine is completely up and running and doing an |
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> > emerge -DuN system so this machine, which has sat on the shelf |
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> > untouched for over a year, is not usable hardware thanks to Gentoo. |
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> > Cheers, |
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> > Mark |
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