Good morning Matt,
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 5:06 PM, matt hull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> boot with these 3 combinations: ofonly, radeonfb, {none} then for each,
> cat /proc/fb and cat /sys/class/graphics/fb0/name. if the screen is un
> readable, then ssh in and find out.
>
Booted apple video=ofonly Screen looks good.
livecd ~ # cat /proc/fb
0 OFfb ATY,RockHo
livecd ~ # cat /sys/class/graphics/fb0/name
OFfb ATY,RockHo
livecd ~ #
Booted apple video=radeonfb Screen looks bad
livecd ~ # cat /proc/fb
0 ATI Radeon Yb
1 VGA16 VGA
livecd ~ # cat /sys/class/graphics/fb0/name
ATI Radeon Yb
livecd ~ #
Booted apple video=radeonfb Screen looks bad
livecd ~ # cat /proc/fb
0 ATI Radeon Yb
1 VGA16 VGA
livecd ~ # cat /sys/class/graphics/fb0/name
ATI Radeon Yb
livecd ~ #
So even though the chip is a Radeon it doesn't seem to be a good frame
buffer choice.
livecd ~ # lspci | grep VGA
0000:00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280
[Radeon 9200] (rev 01)
livecd ~ #
I noticed the list of video options when I boot are:
ofonly, radeonfb, rivafb, atyfb, aty128fb, tdfxfb
so I tried all of them. The only one that works nicely is 'ofonly'.
Hopefully the info above will be enough to give me some pointers.
Thanks,
Mark
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