From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <38E93D4B.6BDE311@wibble.net> Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 10:54:35 +1000 From: Steven Hanley MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linux PPC Dev Subject: Re: problems with the frame buffer (ATV 64) on a power mac 7220 in newer kernels References: <200004030925.LAA00262@piglet.grunz.lu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Michel Lanners wrote: > > I tried a kernel command line of video=controlfb:vmode:5 > ^^^^^^^^^ > I didn't know the 7220 had a control display adapter? Anyway, this > option will do nothing for your ATI display. You need to look at atyfb > for relevant options. I have no idea what the hardware actually has or doesnt, however as mentioned in the email I did try a plain video=vmode:6 also which if I read line 3279 of atyfb.c correctly (2.2.15pre14) 3278-#if defined(CONFIG_PPC) 3279: else if (!strncmp(this_opt, "vmode:", 6)) { 3280- unsigned int vmode = simple_strtoul(this_opt+6, NULL, 0); 3281- if (vmode > 0 && vmode <= VMODE_MAX) 3282- default_vmode = vmode; should set the vmode correctly to whatever I pass, instead it still just goes with 6 seemingly due to code paulus added since 2.2.10. I would love for someone to clear this up for me. how do I make a recent kernel show anything at all on the screen, it still wont yet 2.2.10 seems to be fine no matter how much I muck around with different weird config options. Thanks See You Steve -- sjh@wibble.net http://wibble.net/~sjh/ Look Up In The Sky Is it a bird? No Is it a plane? No Is it a small blue banana? YES ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/