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From: "Mark Knecht" <markknecht@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-ppc-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Mac Mini PPC - Is this the right list?
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:26:28 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5bdc1c8b0804170726j1fd5ef6t882c72e3fe7a35a2@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <06454CE0-774B-4356-9311-9A755672281A@mac.com>

Good morning Matt,


On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 5:06 PM, matt hull <mattmatteh@mac.com> wrote:
<SNIP>
>
>  boot with these 3 combinations:  ofonly, radeonfb, {none} then for each,
> cat /proc/fb and cat /sys/class/graphics/fb0/name.   if the screen is un
> readable, then ssh in and find out.
>

Booted apple video=ofonly   Screen looks good.

livecd ~ # cat /proc/fb
0 OFfb ATY,RockHo
livecd ~ # cat /sys/class/graphics/fb0/name
OFfb ATY,RockHo
livecd ~ #


Booted apple video=radeonfb   Screen looks bad

livecd ~ # cat /proc/fb
0 ATI Radeon Yb
1 VGA16 VGA
livecd ~ # cat /sys/class/graphics/fb0/name
ATI Radeon Yb
livecd ~ #


Booted apple video=radeonfb   Screen looks bad

livecd ~ # cat /proc/fb
0 ATI Radeon Yb
1 VGA16 VGA
livecd ~ # cat /sys/class/graphics/fb0/name
ATI Radeon Yb
livecd ~ #


So even though the chip is a Radeon it doesn't seem to be a good frame
buffer choice.

livecd ~ # lspci | grep VGA
0000:00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280
[Radeon 9200] (rev 01)
livecd ~ #

I noticed the list of video options when I boot are:

ofonly, radeonfb, rivafb, atyfb, aty128fb, tdfxfb

so I tried all of them. The only one that works nicely is 'ofonly'.

Hopefully the info above will be enough to give me some pointers.

Thanks,
Mark
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-04-17 14:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-04-16  1:57 [gentoo-ppc-user] Mac Mini PPC - Is this the right list? Mark Knecht
2008-04-16 16:29 ` Terin Stock
2008-04-16 16:39   ` Mark Knecht
2008-04-16 20:15     ` matt hull
2008-04-16 20:37       ` Mark Knecht
2008-04-16 22:59         ` matt hull
2008-04-16 23:19           ` Mark Knecht
2008-04-17  0:06             ` matt hull
2008-04-17  0:35               ` Mark Knecht
2008-04-17  0:41                 ` matt hull
2008-04-17  1:18                   ` Mark Knecht
2008-04-17 14:26               ` Mark Knecht [this message]
2008-04-17 17:18                 ` matt hull
2008-04-17 18:16                   ` Mark Knecht
2008-04-17 18:27                     ` Mark Knecht
2008-04-17 19:04                     ` matt hull
2008-04-17 19:19                       ` Mark Knecht
2008-04-17 19:25                         ` [gentoo-ppc-user] Mac Mini PPC framebuffer matt hull
2008-04-17 20:16                         ` [gentoo-ppc-user] Mac Mini PPC - Is this the right list? Mark Knecht

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