Subject: RE: Video refresh too high
From: Sean O. Denney (sdenney@cise.ufl.edu)
Date: Mon Jun 18 2001 - 13:30:15 MDT
Sorry about the typo. It should be:
video=atyfb:vmode:6
video=atyfb:vmode:6,cmode:24
--- Sean
On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Pete Peters wrote:
> Uh, Sean, is that a typo? It was suggested you use "video=", but your
> post says you used "vmode=".
>
> Pete
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean O. Denney [mailto:sdenney@cise.ufl.edu]
> Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2001 8:46 AM
> To: Hollis
> Cc: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Subject: Re: Video refresh too high
>
>
> 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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