On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 10:23:33AM -0600, Mack Allison wrote: > Sounds working just great on my Tanzania/4400, I'm just curious. On the > MB, I see a Crystal chip that looks like it should be sound, but no such > device shows up on the PCI bus. In fact, I haven't been able to find > any sign of having a sound device. > > But the dmasound driver loads, and it plays music *better than it did in > it's life as a Macintosh. (???) > > Does anyone know how this works? > > Another troubling bit...I am still having to use BootX to boot, which > impedes this machines usefulness as a headless machine. Is there a > limitation in MacOS Open Firmware similar to Suns, which requires a > multisync monitor to run (I am using a 640x480 Trinitron/Apple.) I can > barely read the screen when I boot Open Firmware, it's distorted and > flickers, and the Keyboard doesn't work. This would be fine, except > that I get the 'default catch' thing, and the workaround I've found > requires interaction. Arrg.
What's the workaround? If it just works the second time, maybe you need the disk-spinup time patch in OF. -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual> | | debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------*
