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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next prev 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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