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Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 11:01:58 +0530
From: "sumedh tirodkar" <sumedhtirodkar@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: yaboot: text mode or graphics mode?
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Isn't there any other way that i can access the VGA registers? So as
to reconfigure them...

-Sumedh

On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 4:15 AM, Matt Sealey <matt@genesi-usa.com> wrote:
> sumedh tirodkar wrote:
>>
>> I just found out that openfirmware boots into graphics mode(non-text
>> mode). Now i wish to switch back to text mode. how do i do this?
>
> Unfortunately unless you are running some kind of yaboot-accessible or
> firmware-accessible x86 BIOS emulation, this isn't possible.
>
> --
> Matt
>