Re: output-device OF boot variable for ATI XCLAIM3D+

2001-05-29 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 07:21:59AM +0200, Michel Lanners wrote: I highly doubt that _all_ XClaim boards are Mac-aware... Er, actually I think that back in the days when XClaim was a name that ATI used, it was used to refer specifically to their line to Mac-compatible display adapters. -- G.

Re: output-device OF boot variable for ATI XCLAIM3D+

2001-05-18 Thread Michel Lanners
On 17 May, this message from Ethan Benson echoed through cyberspace: On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 03:05:54PM -0700, Brian McCain wrote: So heres my question...Does anybody have this particular card (the XCLAIM 3D Plus has a flat-panel display connector and an s-video out port as well as the

Re: output-device OF boot variable for ATI XCLAIM3D+

2001-05-18 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Fri, 18 May 2001, Michel Lanners wrote: On 17 May, this message from Adam Goode echoed through cyberspace: Yes, the XCLAIM series has all the magical OpenFirmware stuff to make it work properly under Linux. It is a true Mac card (it even has the wide Mac video connector, I think). I

Re: output-device OF boot variable for ATI XCLAIM3D+

2001-05-18 Thread Garry Roseman
On Thursday 17 May 2001 17:05, Brian McCain wrote: So heres my question...Does anybody have this particular card (the XCLAIM 3D Plus has a flat-panel display connector and an s-video out port as well as the standard vga connector) or at least just know what the OF output-device variable should

output-device OF boot variable for ATI XCLAIM3D+

2001-05-17 Thread Brian McCain
Ok, I've got an oldworld (power computing powerwave)...I'vegiven up on trying to get the whole serial port thing to work as I can't seem to get the Zterm configuration setup right, but I think I can get it running if I can just get the right info to plug into the boot variables app...The

Re: output-device OF boot variable for ATI XCLAIM3D+

2001-05-17 Thread Andrew Sharp
Can you boot linux? If so, you probably can find this out by perusing the nvram device tree, in /proc, iirc. a Brian McCain wrote: Ok, I've got an oldworld (power computing powerwave)...I've given up on trying to get the whole serial port thing to work as I can't seem to get the Zterm

Re: output-device OF boot variable for ATI XCLAIM3D+

2001-05-17 Thread Ethan Benson
On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 03:05:54PM -0700, Brian McCain wrote: Ok, I've got an oldworld (power computing powerwave)...I've given up on trying to get the whole serial port thing to work as I can't seem to get the Zterm configuration setup right, but I think I can get it running if I can just

Re: output-device OF boot variable for ATI XCLAIM3D+

2001-05-17 Thread Adam Goode
Yes, the XCLAIM series has all the magical OpenFirmware stuff to make it work properly under Linux. It is a true Mac card (it even has the wide Mac video connector, I think). To find out the device tree entry, either: a) Boot up Mac OS and run Apple System Profiler. Find it in the Devices and