HFS+ & Networking
Samuel Rydh
mol-general@lists.maconlinux.org
Wed, 26 Mar 2003 20:41:37 +0100
On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 09:15:12AM -0500, Mark Guertin wrote:
> On March 25, 2003 07:59 pm, Eric Volker wrote:
> > 5) Console mode won't work. Testing any mode with molvconfig results in
> > a blank screen. The only way to recover from this is to power cycle.
> > This kernel output might have something to do with it:
>
> I see this exact same behaviour on my radeon 7500 + apple DFP. Try pressing
> space a few times when it goes to the black screen during molvconfig. It
> needs to cycle throught the screens that you cannot see, or better try
> presing the N key until it it comes back to response might work as well.
>
> molvconfig here returns a lof of false positives without actually displaying
> any of the modes for real (i.e. if I let it probe everything it responds taht
> it can do 8, 15, 24 bit for everything), and I think its definately readonfb
> being wierd.
Well, molvconfig does _not_ claim it can do a certain mode.
It only lists all the modes it knows about and lets the user test
individual modes. When a mode is tested, three different test
screens are shown (one for each depth). The user is supposed to
answer 'Y' or 'N' to each of them.
/Samuel