Fullscreen MOL question
james T
yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Fri Feb 13 10:52:00 2004
Hi ya'll,
I'm having this problem on a gentoo box, but I do have 2 machines=20
running YDL, and I figured I might find better MOL config help here (=3D
I'm having trouble getting MOL to start fullscreen.
=46rom within a KDE terminal if I startmol -X, OSX starts fine in a=20
window. But after it launches, if I hit Ctrl-Cmd-F9, I'm just left with=20=
a black terminal with a cursor in the upper left corner, and I can't=20
seem to interact with it in any way, other than to hit Ctrl-Cmd-F7 to=20
get back to Xwindows where MOL is still running in a window.
I have run, as root, molvconfig and tested all available modes and=20
passed pretty much all of them, it then reported writing that to a=20
file. The problem tho is that if I try to startmol -X from a text=20
terminal, it complains that no video modes were found, and that it=20
can't connect to X (not surprising since I'm running it outside of X).=20=
In any case I can't seem to get it to see any of the modes that were=20
tested with molvconfig. or perhaps I'm missing something else=20
completely. Anyway, any help in which direction to look would be=20
greatly appreciated.
I'm running 2.4.24-benh0 kernel, and MOL 0.9.70-rc2 on a sawtooth G4=20
450. I know the MOL version is newer than the one available in the yum=20=
repository so I understand that people may not be using this version,=20
and that could be the problem, but I'm still thinking this is a just a=20=
config issue, as it run fine in a window.
I'll post my molrc.video and the text output of startmol below.
thanks in advance for any help,
-James
here is molrc.video
# -*- perl -*- (for emacs syntax coloring)
#
# Mac-on-Linux video configuration
#
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# Startup Resolution (this is used as a hint only)
#=20
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#=A0 =A0
resolution:=A0 =A0=A0 =A01280/1024/85=A0 =A0# width/height/Hz
depth:=A0 =A0=A0 =A0=A0 =A032=A0 =A0=A0 =A0
#=20
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# X11 Settings
#=20
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#
#=A0 =A0Some config options:
#
#=A0 =A0=A0 =A0xdisplay:=A0 =A0=A0 =A0remote.host:0.0
#=A0 =A0=A0 =A0use_backing_store:=A0 =A0yes/no
#
#=A0 =A0Backing store is primarily useful if the X-connection is =
remote.
#=A0 =A0Note: X11-video is not as fast as full-screen video.
enable_xvideo:=A0 =A0=A0 =A0yes
#=20
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# Fullscreen (Console/fbdev) Settings
#=20
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#
#=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0The tool 'molvconfig' is used to configure the =
fullscreen mode.
#
#=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Some config options:
#
#=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0vt:=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A09=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0# VT-number to use
#=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0gamma:=A0 =A0 =A0 1.0=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0# gamma (parameter between 0.1=20
and 1.0)
#=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0gamma:=A0 =A0 =A0 1.0 1.0 1.0=A0 =A0 =A0# =
gamma (r,g,b)
#
#=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Ctrl-Cmd-Space switches back to the orignal VT
enable_console_video:=A0 =A0yes
start_on_console:=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0yes=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0# switch =
to console initially
autoswitch_console:=A0 =A0 =A0no=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 # allow =
automatic switching to=20
console
fb_modes:=A0 =A0=A0 =A0 /etc/fb.modes # extra video =
modes for molvconfig
#=20
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# XDGA (X11 fullscreen) Settings
#=20
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#
#=A0 =A0At startup, all available XDGA modes are listed. =
Unfortunately,
#=A0 =A0some of the modes might be broken (depending on the video card
#=A0 =A0and the XFree86 version).
#
#=A0 =A0By default, MOL uses just a single mode with high
#=A0 =A0probability of working. However, it is possible to manually
#=A0 =A0specify multiple modes. For instance
#
#=A0 =A0=A0 =A0 xdga_modes:=A0 =A0=A0 =A03 5 9=A0 =A0=A0 =A0
#
#=A0 =A0instructs MOL to use mode 3, 5 and 9.
#
#=A0 =A0Cntrl-Cmd-Space leaves XDGA mode and switches back to X
enable_xdga_video:=A0 =A0yes
#=20
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# VNC Settings
#=20
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#
#=A0 =A0For VNC information, visit http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/
#
enable_vncvideo:=A0 =A0no=A0 =A0# Enable the VNC server
vnc_port:=A0 =A0 =A0=A0 =A05900=A0 =A0# port to use for VNC
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here is the output of startmol under a text terminal:
Could not connect to X server
Video Driver(s)
No video modes at all was found-exiting
cleaning up threads..
DONE
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here is the output of startmol under kde
bash-2.05b$ startmol -X
Mac-on-Linux 0.9.70-rc2-gentoo -gentoo=A0 [Feb 11 2004 21:50]
Copyright (C) 1997-2004 Samuel Rydh
Starting MOL session 1
Running in PowerPC 7400 mode, 128 MB RAM
Timebase: 24.90 MHz, Bus: 99.63 MHz, Clock: 450 MHz
Using USB mouse on /dev/input/mice
OHCI USB controller registered
Could not open '/var/lib/mol/x11.kbd'
Video driver(s): [xvideo]
=A0 =A0 =A0640* 480, depth 8,32=A0 =A0{ 0.0 } Hz
=A0 =A0 =A0800* 600, depth 8,32=A0 =A0{ 0.0 } Hz
=A0 =A0 1024* 768, depth 8,32=A0 =A0{ 0.0 } Hz
=A0 =A0 1152* 864, depth 8,32=A0 =A0{ 0.0 } Hz
=A0 =A0 1280*1024, depth 8,32=A0 =A0{ 0.0 } Hz
=A0 =A0 1600*1200, depth 8,32=A0 =A0{ 0.0 } Hz
Internet Software Consortium DHCP Server V3.0pl2
Copyright 1995-2003 Internet Software Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP
Wrote 0 deleted host decls to leases file.
Wrote 0 new dynamic host decls to leases file.
Wrote 0 leases to leases file.
Listening on LPF/tun1/00:ff:e8:d1:ae:53/192.168.41.0/24
Sending on=A0 =A0LPF/tun1/00:ff:e8:d1:ae:53/192.168.41.0/24
Sending on=A0 =A0Socket/fallback/fallback-net
Ethernet Interface 'tun-<tun1>' @ 00:00:0D:EA:DB:EE
OSS sound device unavailable (will be used anyway)
OSS sound driver
MOL SCSI controller registered
=A0 =A0 <No SCSI Devices>
=A0 =A0 CD=A0 =A0/dev/cdrom=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0CD-ROM=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0<read-only>=A0 =A0------
----> /dev/hda2 might be a boot-strap partition.
No volumes found in '/dev/hda'
=A0 =A0 HFS+ /dev/hdb10=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0MacHD=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 <rw> =
19412 MB
No volumes found in '/dev/sda'
No volumes found in '/dev/sdb'
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>> MacOS X Boot Loader 1.1.18
>> Candidate boot volume: /mol-blk@0/disk@0:0
>> /mol-blk@0/disk@0:0,\mach_kernel (3824080 bytes)
>> /mol-blk@0/disk@0:0,\System\Library\Extensions.mkext
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<*> Block Driver v1.1
<*> Ethernet driver 1.1
<*> MolAudio 1.2
<*> MolEnet: Link up at 100 Mbps - Full Duplex
+ Video Driver v1.12
Signal INT
One more to kill emulator
cleaning up...
Terminating threads...
DONE