Subject: Re: Reset video options?
From: nathan r. hruby (nhruby@arches.uga.edu)
Date: Mon Jan 28 2002 - 18:51:56 MST
On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Mark Jaffe wrote:
> Hi, all. I had a puzzling session this morning installing YDL 2.1 to a B&W
> G3 I just inherited from my Dad who gave up on it for MacOS and decided to
> go with a G4. At any rate, I booted from the install CD with a spare
> monitor I had which is an old fixed-frequency 14" (640x480) which I have
> used very well attached to the 8500 I have previously been working on.
> When the initial boot messages displayed, all looked well until the
> screen went bazonkers and became unreadable. So then I hooked up my Apple
> 17" multi-synch and used that to install with. But now I am afraid when I
> take the machine over to the Co-Lo where it will be living, that
> attaching a generic VGA terminal will result in the same unreadable
> screen. What will be my solution here? Why cannot I see a display using
> the fixed 14" monitor?
>
Sounds like the frame buffer device can't (or doesn't know) about the
fixed rate your monitor can deal with. Either find out how to make the
fbdev used a fixed freq or pick up a cheapo 15" monitor.
Do B&W's even need a head? You might be able to redirect the console to a
serial port, if the B&W has one.. i know it has ADB 'cause I have one in
the lab with an Ultimatte dongle attached, but I can't remember if it has
serial pots..
-n
-- ...... nathan hruby - nhruby@arches.uga.edu computer support specialist department of drama and theatre http://www.drama.uga.edu/ ......
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