Re: [Fwd: Re: Mac SE/30 install problem]

2002-04-30 Thread Michael Schmitz
Packed pixel format is in use for lots of other hardware so I'd assume it is supported in some way? Nope, I don't think bogl supports packed pixels at all. Christian and I discussed this before if I remember right. I don't remember, but you may be right ;-) But what do we do

Re: [Fwd: Re: Mac SE/30 install problem]

2002-04-30 Thread Michael Schmitz
Packed pixel format is in use for lots of other hardware so I'd assume it is supported in some way? Nope, I don't think bogl supports packed pixels at all. Christian and I discussed this before if I remember right. Jeez, how dumb am I? I was thinking of planar pixels.

Re: [Fwd: Re: Mac SE/30 install problem]

2002-04-30 Thread Philip Blundell
On Tue, 2002-04-30 at 10:15, Michael Schmitz wrote: Packed pixel format is in use for lots of other hardware so I'd assume it is supported in some way? Nope, I don't think bogl supports packed pixels at all. Christian and I discussed this before if I remember right.

Re: [Fwd: Re: Mac SE/30 install problem]

2002-04-30 Thread Michael Schmitz
Jeez, how dumb am I? I was thinking of planar pixels. Packed pixels should indeed be fine. And planar was the problem on the Falcon anyway. Why one bit packed pixels won't work on the TT is another question, but that machine has inverse video as default (as has the SE/30). Ah

Re: [Fwd: Re: Mac SE/30 install problem]

2002-04-29 Thread Michael Schmitz
I tried the newest version of the bf on ftp.debian.org on a Macintosh SE/30. After the line about starting busybox, it went into an infinite loop displaying bogl: don't know screen screen type 0. Known issue; please report this to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I suspect it hits machines with

Re: [Fwd: Re: Mac SE/30 install problem]

2002-04-29 Thread Philip Blundell
On Mon, 2002-04-29 at 13:07, Michael Schmitz wrote: Packed pixel format is in use for lots of other hardware so I'd assume it is supported in some way? Nope, I don't think bogl supports packed pixels at all. Christian and I discussed this before if I remember right. p. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: [Fwd: Re: Mac SE/30 install problem]

2002-04-29 Thread Philip Blundell
On Mon, 2002-04-29 at 18:11, Christian T. Steigies wrote: On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 07:06:03PM +0100, Philip Blundell wrote: On Mon, 2002-04-29 at 13:07, Michael Schmitz wrote: Packed pixel format is in use for lots of other hardware so I'd assume it is supported in some way? Nope, I

Re: [Fwd: Re: Mac SE/30 install problem]

2002-04-26 Thread Mitchell Ferschweiler
I also have an Macintosh IIci that I can test with. I tried starting linux with the video settings set to black white, this produced the same blog error. When I set the video mode to 256 colors before boot, the installer worked as expected. Mitchell On Thu, 2002-04-25 at 00:08, Michael Schmitz

Re: [Fwd: Re: Mac SE/30 install problem]

2002-04-25 Thread Michael Schmitz
Macintosh SE/30 32meg RAM BF 3.0.22 from macinstall.tar.gz off of ftp.debian.org tried both kernel from archive and mac sourceforge site boot parameters: root=/dev/ram Mitchell can you use a non-monochrome video mode on your mac? Not on the SE/30 - that's one of the 'fishtank'