Subject: RE: How to change the color depth.
From: Gary Browning (gary@iusb.edu)
Date: Thu Apr 20 2000 - 10:57:43 MDT
I have a G4 and if I used Yaboot, I can only get 8bpp color
which is not acceptable. I have removed the novideo setting
from the yaboot.conf and tried that. If I change the defaultcolordepth
to 16, X crashes, if I change it to 24, the sync is way off and
things are overlapped...
I can get 24bpp is I use BootX with the novideo setting; However,
that causes my audio to crash. I have read that G4 users shouldnt
use Bootx, but I thought I would try that as well.
This was much easier on intel linux.
Anybody have any ideas/solutions?
Thanks,
Gary
At 10:03 PM 4/19/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>have not had a problem with the ethernet but this 8bpp thing is driving me
>nuts. it messes up using mol also. i know someone who uses bootx on thier
>iBook, but i am not sure how he does it.
> I don't know what to append to yaboot.conf to make this work. as
> it is sys
>wont boot linux unless i specify novideo...
> do you think that xfree86 v4. might be a soloution???
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Andrew Diller [mailto:dillera@isc.upenn.edu]
>Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 9:40 PM
>To: ibook
>Subject: Re: How to change the color depth.
>
>
>On Wed, Apr 19, 2000 at 09:29:45PM -0700, jim wrote:
> > I am having the same problem with my iBook. it posts fine in 8bpp but when
>i
> > try to change it to anything higher it hangs the xserver.
> > also linux won't boot at all unless i putin the argument in yaboot for
> > novideo. any ideas or ways around this with a iBook?
> >
>
> >From what I understand, the video in the ibook (Rage Mobility) is just not
>supported/explored enough.
>
>It certianly _can_ do more once someone figures out what to tell
>OpenFirmware.
>
>I also am in the same boat with my ibook. 8bpp is ugly.
>
>You should also have some ethernet problem as the ethernet chip is not 100%.
>
>
>-andy diller
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