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

[Jeffrey Windsor]

Romeyn,

On the line which currently reads

append="hdc=ide-scsi"

you might try changing it to read

append="hdc=ide-scsi video=ofonly"

Which will use the most basic, default boot text format. It's worth a 
shot.

--jw


On Tuesday, May 13, 2003, at 09:53 PM, Romeyn Prescott wrote:

> 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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