On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 09:14:15AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 08:13:36PM -0400, Russell Hires wrote: > > On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 09:09, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > What a major pain! This was sooo much easier to when it was woody. To start > > > > with, I'll have to submit some info on installing w/ BootX > > > > for the other hapless souls out there who try to install on a beige G3... > > > > > > Well, there have been various success reports with installing bootX, but sure, > > > the documentation is utherly broken still on powerpc, since i guess nobody > > > found the time to work on it. > > > > Well, I will hopefully in the next week or so. > > Cool. > > > > > I had to play around with getting started, as the docs don't yet reflect the > > > > changes wrought. So...the 2.6.7 kernel doesn't work with my > > > > G3/266, as I've got a voodoo3 card, and I get no video. I mentioned in another > > > > email that I'll set up a serial console to figure out > > > > what's up with that, but I won't be able to fix it. I've not had any success > > > > with 2.6.x kernels and voodoo3. I just get a blank screen. > > > > So, I used a 2.4.25 kernel with ext3 compiled in. > > > > > > Ok, be a bit more precise here. What voodoo do you have ? Does using offb work ? > > > And are you doing this in the installed system or in d-i ? > > > > > I have a Voodoo3 card 0000:00:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: 3Dfx > > Interactive, Inc. Voodoo 3 (rev 01) > > Well, it should be supported, both in 2.6.8 : > > CONFIG_FB_3DFX=y > # CONFIG_FB_3DFX_ACCEL is not set > CONFIG_FB_VOODOO1=y > > And in 2.4.27 : > > CONFIG_FB_3DFX=y > CONFIG_FB_VOODOO1=y > > So, it should work. If not, fill a bug report against the respectives kernel > packages. > > Mmm, the 2.4.25-powerpc-small kernel used for your floppy-2.4 install does > contain : > > CONFIG_FB_3DFX=m > CONFIG_FB_VOODOO1=m > > So, if this worked, i suppose you should try booting with video=3dfx:off or > something such.
I think that the kernel boot option : video=ofonly should work to kill both the 3dfx and mach64 fbdev driver you are seing, and use offb only. Please try it out and report back. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
