Subject: Re: install - framebuffer on 7200
From: pete (pete@linuxfreemail.com)
Date: Mon Jul 16 2001 - 11:03:16 MDT
Just to throw my data in the mix, here's what worked for me...I don't know
if this will be helpful...
7200/90, 56 MB RAM, Gateway monitor (capable of 800X600?)
kernel argument is simply "video=platinumfb"
seems to boot into 640x480 by default, not sure what color depth.
on 7/16/01 8:21 AM, Olaf Hering wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 16, Pavel Tuma wrote:
>
>>
>> I'm having problem with installation YDL2.0 to PowerMac7200.
>> When I launch installation with BootX, I can see correctly first screen
>> where kernel version is displayed in normal textmode. But after a switch
>> to a framebiffer video mode is the screen broken ... looks like there is
>> displayed just first half of all characters, in general the screen has
>> black vertical stripes and text is unreadable.
>>
>> I tried to switch to another fb modes, but even video=platinumfb:vmode:5
>> (640x480/60Hz) didn't work.
>
> Try color depth 8 = 256 colors.
>
>
>
> Gruss Olaf
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