From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JmV4I-0001iR-0u for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:26:30 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CA46AE04F6; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:26:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.236]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8E24E04F6 for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:26:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id h30so100457wxd.10 for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:26:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=uCUs3yVn3JueRvYdum2boaEMFtmEdRDS7C7ROK3Wgg8=; b=NKFIBOzd9rH/qpwGfoS/LjVV/d/ecsmDTekfLF3nobAqMdcHqtdM/Gou7XtcjgV5Ff5yimoq5lNs803x/nsg2RZvdZXDERHv6S4SVWIl02MaJ35CKaCGu8mStJ4RtMwDjERith9zb+VCYaymdxKLFpSz4mCdVOf3B51CrMy93Vk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=jbUvDWVjXeH455PJ7JEJROiNO5NzY6fVbe8aI6Pktxa89BOh9lF2ERr6Grx0TicdXs9w+PfptYC0SIATj2iNEBUcJGmt710iaSalBY4Rchvu5V6lAYXcxavi/UXTfANYw7lDJHhAjDTG/aURYM80/uvA314CxTLSlDfodmYnvnQ= Received: by 10.100.33.4 with SMTP id g4mr2637583ang.128.1208442388155; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:26:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.12.15 with HTTP; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:26:28 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5bdc1c8b0804170726j1fd5ef6t882c72e3fe7a35a2@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:26:28 -0700 From: "Mark Knecht" To: gentoo-ppc-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] Mac Mini PPC - Is this the right list? In-Reply-To: <06454CE0-774B-4356-9311-9A755672281A@mac.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-ppc-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-ppc-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <5bdc1c8b0804151857t16346bccm731090e05557db1e@mail.gmail.com> <1eaf261f0804160929o73beb3y2d8620217dac5c90@mail.gmail.com> <5bdc1c8b0804160939y1dd89a30le418707bfaea78c5@mail.gmail.com> <6EBB9EE5-04A1-4351-B11B-780804F12DAC@mac.com> <5bdc1c8b0804161337s1d060237t245f6bc57301c055@mail.gmail.com> <015F8461-3594-40F3-B247-28F2A8FF4308@mac.com> <5bdc1c8b0804161619k5d3970c7ndc15d1ac15bbf041@mail.gmail.com> <06454CE0-774B-4356-9311-9A755672281A@mac.com> X-Archives-Salt: 5eff2afc-3133-4424-9c75-52ac6ce6739e X-Archives-Hash: 132be52932fe0f445d2b316e0fb75431 Good morning Matt, On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 5:06 PM, matt hull wrote: > > 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 -- gentoo-ppc-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list