Re: Video refresh too high


Subject: Re: Video refresh too high
From: Sean O. Denney (sdenney@cise.ufl.edu)
Date: Sun Jun 17 2001 - 09:45:55 MDT


I tried the following, but the same thing happened:

vmode=atyfb:vmode:6

vmode=atyfb:vmode:6,cmode:24

Would it be possible to use the vmlinux from YDL 1.2.1? Or is YDL 2
dependent on the kernel that comes with it?

--- Sean

On Sun, 17 Jun 2001, Hollis wrote:

> On Sunday 17 June 2001 07:52, Sean O. Denney wrote:
> > I did the following
> >
> > video=atyfb:640x480@67
> >
> > But the same thing happened.
>
> Hmm. Try video=atyfb:vmode:6 and see if that one works. (vmode 6 is
> 640x480@67 HZ.) XxY@Z "should" work, but I haven't used it much so I don't
> know how universal it is.
>
> > Is there anything that has changed in the kernel's video since YDL
> > 1.2.1's stock kernel? Or if this isn't a kernel problem, could it be
> > BootX?
>
> Well, things probably changed... I don't think it could be a BootX problem
> though.
>
> > Also, is there a manual that explains all the video arguments that can
> > be passed through BootX to the kernel?
>
> No. Not at all. :)
>
> -Hollis
>
>



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