From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <37C16FFE.84ACEA73@motorola.com> Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 09:00:01 -0700 From: Robert Shaw Reply-To: rshaw@inficad.com MIME-Version: 1.0 To: brad allison CC: Benjamin Herrenschmidt , linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org, puetzk@iastate.edu Subject: Re: BootX enhancement request References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Brad, Once again, you DO NOT NEED TO DO THIS! The B&W G3 now has video support. If you've downloaded the latest kernel from my web-site, you can specify the video mode you want from the kernel arguments of BootX. Add the following to you kernel arguments: video=aty128fb:vmode:17,cmode:32 That will give you 1024x768 @ 75Hz, w/32bpp. Piece of cake, no init'ing, no rebooting, no running Xautoconfig. The FAQ page at my site (http://www.inficad.com/~rshaw/g3_faq.shtml) also has the reproduction of the vmode settings that are available. They work, and no running of Xautoconfig is needed. -Robert rshaw@inficad.com http://www.inficad.com/~rshaw/ brad allison wrote: > I'm not sure how hard/not hard this would be to do, but right now in order > to change resolutions I have to boot into MacOS, set my resolution, launch > BootX, boot into init 3, run Xautoconfig, boot into init 5. > > That's a lot of work to just change the resolution for X. > > It would be nice if you could set the resolution and color from BootX on > boot up. > > If there's a easier way to change pixel depth and resolution from inside X > please let me know.... > > -b > > -- > AOL SAPI 703.265.0908 AIM:jackal242 > http://jackal.fudge.org `I was never more certain of how far away I was > from my goal than when I was standing right beside it.' - Ethan Hawke, Gattaca [[ This message was sent via the linuxppc-dev mailing list. Replies are ]] [[ not forced back to the list, so be sure to Cc linuxppc-dev if your ]] [[ reply is of general interest. Please check http://lists.linuxppc.org/ ]] [[ and http://www.linuxppc.org/ for useful information before posting. ]]