From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-fx0-f214.google.com (mail-fx0-f214.google.com [209.85.220.214]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D551B7BFB for ; Tue, 6 Oct 2009 22:44:11 +1100 (EST) Received: by fxm10 with SMTP id 10so3520427fxm.8 for ; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:44:09 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1254826247.4278.985.camel@thor.local> References: <8028e5750910060216x134a8a9cm461fa5a6e87eb6bb@mail.gmail.com> <1254826247.4278.985.camel@thor.local> Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:44:08 +0200 Message-ID: <8028e5750910060444jd63dffcl6f57bb15c708e4c6@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: SMU-base PowerMac and server_mode From: Romain Goyet To: =?UTF-8?Q?Michel_D=C3=A4nzer?= Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0015174757428e6239047542bf62 Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , --0015174757428e6239047542bf62 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Michel :-) Acutally I didn't figure it out by myself : http://saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com/blog/archive/2005/02/THE_WINE_OF_BOOT.h= tml However, here's my 2 cents about it : 1/ The fix (removing "screen" line in ofboot.b on yaboot partition) doesn't work with all versions of the yaboot binary. Works with the one from Debian= . Doesn't with yaboot-static on GentooPPC64. But you still can fetch the righ= t binary from the .deb archive 2/ Another possible solution can be to hook up a DVI-> VGA adapter, and plu= g in a resistor between the right pins (don't remember which) so that yaboot thinks a display is plugged in Hope that helps !! - Romain 2009/10/6 Michel D=C3=A4nzer > On Tue, 2009-10-06 at 11:16 +0200, Romain Goyet wrote: > > > > I have this Quad G5 here, running GentooPPC64. Runs fine. Had a hard > > time getting it to boot without a screen attached, but I eventually > > managed to (yaboot was the culprit). > > Out of curiosity, how did you solve this? I still have an unused monitor > connected to mine... > > -- > Earthling Michel D=C3=A4nzer | http://www.vmware= .com > Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer > --0015174757428e6239047542bf62 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Michel :-)

Acutally I didn't figure it out by mys= elf :

However, here's my 2 cents about it :
1/ = The fix (removing "screen" line in ofboot.b on yaboot partition) = doesn't work with all versions of the yaboot binary. Works with the one= from Debian. Doesn't with yaboot-static on GentooPPC64. But you still = can fetch the right binary from the .deb archive
2/ Another possible solution can be to hook up a DVI-> VGA adapter,= and plug in a resistor between the right pins (don't remember which) s= o that yaboot thinks a display is plugged in

Hope = that helps !!

=C2=A0- Romain

2009/1= 0/6 Michel D=C3=A4nzer <michel@daenzer.net>
On Tue, 2009-10-06 at 11:16 +0200, Romain Goyet wrote: >
> =C2=A0 I have this Quad G5 here, running Gento= oPPC64. Runs fine. Had a hard
> time getting it to boot without a screen attached, but I eventually > managed to (yaboot was the culprit).

Out of curiosity, how did you solve this? I still have an unused moni= tor
connected to mine...

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