On 12 Sep, this message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] echoed through cyberspace: > Quoting Michel Lanners <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > In this condition X use 800x600 r�solution. I understand that >> the 800 x600 mode need to be initialised before, or else it goes >> 640x480. How can i pr�-initialize the monitor mode so i can start X >> directly. When i use: fbset 800x600-60 the framebuffer comply but X >> doesn`t care unless i use the "trick". >> >> Hmm, have you tried 'fbset -a <mode>' like I suggested? Do you have a >> Mac<->VGA adapter? Old Macs don't do DDC (like modern i386 grafic >> cards), but rather have three pins on the DB15 Mac monitor connector, >> and the monitor indicates its type (and hence its capabilities) by >> some >> > What the -a switch mean in fbset -a <mode>. It doesn`t appear in the > manual.
-a forces fbset to change all virtual consoles at once. > What is DDC? 'Display Data Channel'. It's the way by which a computer can query the monitor's capabilities. > Why do the monitor isn`t probed when i used the trick with fbzen and > <ctrl-c>? On old Macs (older than very recent; nothing to do with oldworld/newwolrd), there is no other way to probe the monitor than look at the sense value reported by the monitor's connector (which is a static code). It seems your monitor, probably through a misconfigured VGA <-> Mac adaptor, identifies itself as a fixed 14" monitor, doing only 640x480. > I tought that an old world ppc could not use a new world kernel! There is no difference kernel-wise. What changed is the way _MacOS_ is booted. Here is the short version of the story: on an oldworld, OpenFirmware (equivalent to the BIOS on i386) boots code in a ROM chip, which is essentially the core of MacOS. On a newworld, there's no MacOS ROM chip anymore; that part is located in a file on disk which is loaded by OpenFirmware. On newworlds, therefore, Linux has it much easier to boot, since OpenFirmware can indeed load a file from disk and execute it. That's not as easy on oldworlds... Cheers Michel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michel Lanners | " Read Philosophy. Study Art. 23, Rue Paul Henkes | Ask Questions. Make Mistakes. L-1710 Luxembourg | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cpu.lu/~mlan | Learn Always. "
