>I know Ben is busy somehow, but better send him the iBook ;)
>
>Our UK people have XF4 running even with video=ofonly, so it seems no to
>be impossible. But I have no access to the machine to see how it is
>setup. Maybe I can get access to it, no idea.
>Ben gave me a patch that only missed the co
On Thu, Oct 12, Hadess wrote:
> PS: Olaf, doesn't work with kernel argument "video=ofonly" or "video=offb",
> thanks anyway
I know Ben is busy somehow, but better send him the iBook ;)
Our UK people have XF4 running even with video=ofonly, so it seems no to
be impossible. But I have no access t
Quoting Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hadess wrote:
>
> > > > So it might be 15/16/24/32 bpp (and according to xdpyinfo it is),
> but
> > > > the colors are all messed up. I can help giving any address range
> or
> > > > whatever might help you.
> > > > The FB penguin looks quite weird as
Hadess wrote:
> > > So it might be 15/16/24/32 bpp (and according to xdpyinfo it is), but
> > > the colors are all messed up. I can help giving any address range or
> > > whatever might help you.
> > > The FB penguin looks quite weird as well (looks as if Andy Warhol got
> > > crazy on it)
> >
> >
Quoting Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hadess wrote:
>
> > > > I could get Xpmac and XFree4 (debs) with native
> > > > drivers to show up with 256 colors A bit more would be cool.
> > >
> > > Even the deb X4 should work fine in all depths without Option
> "UseFBDev".
> >
> > I'm not us
Hadess wrote:
> > > I could get Xpmac and XFree4 (debs) with native
> > > drivers to show up with 256 colors A bit more would be cool.
> >
> > Even the deb X4 should work fine in all depths without Option "UseFBDev".
>
> I'm not using "UseFBDev". I'm sorry, I feel that I'm always missing the
Quoting Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hadess wrote:
>
> > Hi, I hacked offb.c to get aty128fb to recognize the new chipset
> called
> > "RageM3p1". I added line 449, a statement to use this name (sorry, no
> > patches, it's already very dodgy to use lynx on a webmail
> interface...). The
>
BTW I finally got around to put an XF86Config with my DRI binaries again...
Michel
--
Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ CS student and free software enthusiast
Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc,i386) user \ member of XFree86 and The DRI Project
Hadess wrote:
> Hi, I hacked offb.c to get aty128fb to recognize the new chipset called
> "RageM3p1". I added line 449, a statement to use this name (sorry, no
> patches, it's already very dodgy to use lynx on a webmail interface...). The
> problem is that it doesn't show up more than 8bit colors.
Quoting Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >I just use video=aty128fb: so the problem must be with the iBook's new
> >Mobility chip.
>
> There's a problem with the iBook and his new mobility chip. The problem
> is mostly in offb.c, which doesn't know about the OF name. (2.4 uses PCI
>
On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Hadess wrote:
> I just recompiled this very kernel, to try to get aty128fb to do something
> useful... configure X. But instead, it falls back to offb and tells me that
> my
> Horizontal refresh rate is 120 kHz (yep, kHz), and my Vertical one 186 Hz...
> No "aty128fb" lines
Olaf Hering wrote:
> Edit your XF86Config and remove Option "usefbdev". The r128 can be used
> "native". You can't use the plain cvs, either use the rpms at
> penguinppc.org or the new dri stuff.
The debs from http://samosa.debian.org/~branden/woody/ should also work.
Thanks Olaf,
Michel
--
On Tue, Oct 10, Hadess wrote:
> The only error:
> (II) r128(0): initializing int10
> (EE) r128(0): Cannot read V_BIOS (4)
>
> > I just use video=aty128fb: so the problem must be with the iBook's new
> > Mobility chip.
>
> Doesn't work. I don't mind Frame-buffer not being accelerated, but I (wo
Hadess wrote:
> > > I couldn't get the drm to compile in BenH's latest kernel
> > > (2.2.18-pre4-benh I think), but it compiled OK in your drm-source...
> >
> > What happened with Ben's source? Have you contacted him about it?
>
> No, not yet, it's "LOCK_PREFIX" undefined in drmP.h.
Hm, looks l
>I just use video=aty128fb: so the problem must be with the iBook's new
>Mobility chip.
There's a problem with the iBook and his new mobility chip. The problem
is mostly in offb.c, which doesn't know about the OF name. (2.4 uses PCI
probing and so should not have this problem).
I'll update my rsy
Quoting Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hadess wrote:
>
> > > > 5. This one's for Michel (BTW, thanks for the snapshot, I'll
> install
> > > > it in a couple of minutes, if my boss doesn't disturb me ;P):
> > >
> > > Looks like I've forgotten to upload the XF86Config, I'll do it
> tonight.
>
Hadess wrote:
> > > 5. This one's for Michel (BTW, thanks for the snapshot, I'll install
> > > it in a couple of minutes, if my boss doesn't disturb me ;P):
> >
> > Looks like I've forgotten to upload the XF86Config, I'll do it tonight.
>
> I couldn't get the drm to compile in BenH's latest kerne
Quoting Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hadess wrote:
>
> > 5. This one's for Michel (BTW, thanks for the snapshot, I'll install
> it in a
> > couple of minutes, if my boss doesn't disturb me ;P):
>
> Looks like I've forgotten to upload the XF86Config, I'll do it tonight.
I couldn't get th
On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 01:57:31PM +0200, Hadess wrote:
> > you shouldn't have to do this..
>
> Otherwise it booted MacOS, so yes, I had to do this...
something is broken in your setup then, that should not happen.
probably the ybin your using is too old and the ofboot script lacks
the necessary
Quoting Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 07:08:41PM +0200, Hadess wrote:
> >
> > Right now, I'm using "boot" to boot my computer. From the install doc
> I sent:
> > "setenv boot-device hd:9,yaboot"
>
> you shouldn't have to do this..
Otherwise it booted MacOS, so yes,
On Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 07:10:50AM -0700, David Brown wrote:
> I think it is apple's attempt to make things look like there is no OF, and
> the computer just boots MacOS. If you press CMD-OPT-OF and then type boot,
> the output comes out.
yup, that is exactly what they are doing, they seem to be
On Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 07:08:41PM +0200, Hadess wrote:
>
> Right now, I'm using "boot" to boot my computer. From the install doc I sent:
> "setenv boot-device hd:9,yaboot"
you shouldn't have to do this..
> Then I type boot, or reboot the 'puter, and off you go. Of course if ybin
> does
> some
Hadess wrote:
> 5. This one's for Michel (BTW, thanks for the snapshot, I'll install it in a
> couple of minutes, if my boss doesn't disturb me ;P):
Looks like I've forgotten to upload the XF86Config, I'll do it tonight.
> the TV output ? Do you have stuff like documentation, code, anything ? I
Quoting Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> if you can see yaboot when booting OF manually that tells me that the
> terminal is indeed being disabled by mac-boot. could you try changing
> your boot-command to `boot' as well?
>
> nvsetenv boot-command boot
>
> but you MUST have the new powerp
On Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 05:04:24AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote:
> I have been getting some reports of display problems with ybin's
> bootscript (the new one) one some machines, and trying to find a way
> to solve it. i am not entirely sure how yaboot writes things to the
> screen, but i would be in
On Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 03:37:07PM +0200, Hadess wrote:
>
> Well, if that doesn't screw up my install completely, yes, I'll give it a try.
since 0.26 is not packaged you have to be a bit careful how you deal
with it, if you use the old /usr/sbin/ybin with the new ofboot you
will have problems...
Quoting Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 02:19:39PM +0200, Hadess wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've just done the (final) installation on my iBook Firewire. Ended up
> producing
> > the attached document. Here comes a few questions:
> >
> > Note: I use an iMac DV (3rd gener
On Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 02:19:39PM +0200, Hadess wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've just done the (final) installation on my iBook Firewire. Ended up
> producing
> the attached document. Here comes a few questions:
>
> Note: I use an iMac DV (3rd generation) and an iBook Firewire SE.
>
> 1. yaboot doesn't
Hi,
I've just done the (final) installation on my iBook Firewire. Ended up
producing
the attached document. Here comes a few questions:
Note: I use an iMac DV (3rd generation) and an iBook Firewire SE.
1. yaboot doesn't show up, I mean that I've got to get in the Open Firmware to
get a displa
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