Apple Studio Display (17" LCD) woes...

[Romeyn Prescott]

At 11:10 PM -0400 5/13/03, Patrick Smith scribbled:
>Romeyn Prescott wrote:
>>  Now the NEXT hurdle is WHERE can I tweak YDL to display properly 
>>in-between the yaboot menu and GDM?  You'll recall that this only 
>>shows when I installed with the 17" attached.  I installed with the 
>>15" attached and when I hook up the 17" and reboot, I see NOTHING. 
>>Where is THAT setting stored?
>
>Do you see the two boot prompts from yaboot and then nothing once 
>the kernel starts?  Or nothing ever?
>
>Take a look in /etc/yaboot.conf; do you see "video=" anywhere?  If 
>so, what comes after the equals sign?
>
>Here's an experiment to try:
>
>Be sure your system is set to boot into text mode, not into X11. 
>Attach the 17" and reboot.  Wait long enough to be sure the system 
>has reached the login prompt.  Then (typing slowly and being careful 
>not to make mistakes, because you can't see what you type on the 
>screen), log in as root and run this command:
>
>	fbset 1280x1024-60
>
>(Before trying this, maybe you should make sure you actually have 
>the fbset command installed.)
>
>And what video card do you have?
>
>

Here's my yaboot.conf:
-----
boot=/dev/hdb9
device=/pci@f2000000/mac-io@17/ata-4@1f000/disk@1:
init-message="Welcome to Yellow Dog Linux!\nHit <TAB> for boot options.\n\n"
partition=11
timeout=30
install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
default=linux

image=/boot/vmlinux-2.4.20-8d
         label=linux
         root=/dev/hdb11
         read-only
         initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.20-8d.img
         append="hdc=ide-scsi"

defaultos=linux
delay=10
-----

I think I tried the fbset thingy as part of my process per your 
earlier suggestion to this list (in response to my earlier attempts 
at this...thanks!) with no success.  I see the first two menus from 
yaboot and then nothing once the kernel starts.  I saw all of this 
stuff after installing with the 17" attached, so clearly there's 
something somewhere that can be set to allow this to happen.

I have an ATI Rage 128 w/16MB RAM, I think...

...ROMeyn
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