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From: Olaf Hering <olh@suse.de>
To: Steven Hanley <sjh@wibble.net>
Cc: Linux PPC Dev <linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org>
Subject: Re: bad vidmode on debian install
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 15:08:00 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20001107150800.A24537@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20001108010609.A26617@wibble.net>; from sjh@svana.org on Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 01:06:10AM +1100


On Wed, Nov 08, Steven Hanley wrote:

>
> All
>
> Anyway trying to upgrade form non debian dist to debian (potato) on my
> 7220/200, as it is old world I used the hfs floppy image. Anyway it boots
> fine but then the video mode is at a frequency such that no text is clear
> and it is moving around on the screen a bit (like running X i modes a
> machine cant handle)

You cant pass a video mode to platinumfb.
Do you have 834x624 and more than 8 bit color depth? If yes, change the
resolution or set the color depth to 8 bit.


Gruss Olaf

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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-11-07 14:06 bad vidmode on debian install Steven Hanley
2000-11-07 14:08 ` Olaf Hering [this message]
2000-11-07 22:46   ` Steven Hanley
2000-11-07 23:04     ` jpgarcia

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