On Mon, 2002-04-22 at 11:38, Edd Dumbill wrote: > On Fri, 2002-04-19 at 13:56, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > I'll have the same issue for the presentations I'll be doing at XML > > > Europe and I have just noticed that yaboot does pretty well with the > > > external video! > > > > > > It's probably a bit tough to do a presentation with yaboot ;=) but I > > > hope this observation might help... > > > > This means you might be able to use the external video with OFfb and the > > fbdev driver. > > I tried this (I compiled a kernel without the ati driver in), with the > following results: > > * I got a steady picture from the console and X > > * I needed to have the CRT plugged in at boot time, as m3mirror doesn't > work against offb > > * I have to use an 8-bit color mode in X > > * The colors in X are totally screwy, making it not really very usable. > > So, can anyone suggest how I solve the screwy colors problem, or make > offb use a mode deeper than 8 bits?
OFfb basically takes the display from Open Firmware and can't change anything, so I'm afraid there's no way except maybe in OF. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]