From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3809FB72.43C36176@tiac.net> Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 12:38:13 -0400 From: Patrick Callahan MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com" , "linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org" Subject: How does it all fit together? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Where can I read and research about how the video settings and the software that uses the settings fit together in the context of he MAC OS, BootX, Linux Boot, Linux Console and X Window processes on PPC hardware. The relevant settings are: MacOS Monitor Settings BootX no video driver option checked/unchecked several kernel arguments related to video XConfig values for monitor settings. Various video drivers. At the moment, I can make Linux and X work by choosing values that are known to work on my hardware. Using values for bootX kernel arguments suggested by others in various mail messages also frequently works. I'd like to go beyond this and find or write documentation on these items as a group, explaining how they work together with specific pieces of software to determine the final outcome you see on your monitor. I'd like to pull together information that will illuminate how things actually work together, in addition to documenting sets of values that actually work on various machines. If there is any information like this out there, I've been unable to find it so far. If you know of any, can you point me in the right direction? If there is no existing documentation along these lines, is anyone interested in working on such a project? ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/