Subject: Re: 603ev c/ mol-0.9.41
From: Todd R. Rossman (todd@alkhemy.com)
Date: Tue Feb 15 2000 - 13:20:13 MST
Thank you for responding so quickly!
>Looks like your using newworld-ROM booting . . which version of MacOS do
>you have installed (>= 8.6)? I know for myself, I have OS 8.1 so I
>disabled newworld-ROM stuff.
Mac OS 9.0 I did do the strip_nwrom ritual to get the rom.nw in the
/usr/lib/mol/rom/ directory.
>Also, what are your monitor settings for X and for the console?
>for example, when I boot linux, I feed it kernel args of
>video=atyfb: vmode=14,cmode=16 (colons, commas aren't right, I'm not at
>my machine so I can't get exact syntax)
I have 'no video driver' checked on BootX - I would love to tweek the
video settings as you have.
Maybe there's a URL you could point me to?
My Mac OS is set to 832X624 with millions of colors (that's 32 bit, no?)
>This sets my console video to 1024x768, 60mHz
>I use the same settings for X.
YeeGads - I'll need to delve into this - I've been getting by with 'default
settings' too long.
>What you want to do is edit the /etc/molrc file and look for the line
>that is something like 640/480/75 . . its a "hint" to MOL in terms of
>what settings to use for console and X video. Change this to match your
>machines settings and that should eliminate all the video mode
>unavailable messages.
I'll give it a whirl!
>If you aren't sure what your console is set to type fbset . . that
>should tell you.
I'll boot into linuxppc and see what I can find out
Thank you again!
Todd Rossman, MA
todd@alkhemy.com
517-676-6904
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