Subject: Re: Installing 2.0, screen goes black
From: Dan Burcaw (dburcaw@terrasoftsolutions.com)
Date: Mon Jun 11 2001 - 08:41:37 MDT
Franklin,
The 22" Cinema Display requires that you type the following
at the yaboot boot prompt:
install-gui video=aty128fb:vmode:22
(GUI install)
or
install video=aty128fb:vmode:22
(text install)
Hope this helps!
On Sunday 10 June 2001 03:52, you wrote:
> I have an AGP G4 400 with stock ATI card and a 22-inch Apple Cinema
> Display. I simply can't get my Cinema Display to work. I boot off the cd
> fine and the screen displays the command line where I am prompted to type
> in "install". I can see that a ram disk is being made, but then as soon as
> it appears to be finished making the ram disk my screen goes black (it
> litterly goes to sleep) and I can see nothing else. I have let it sit there
> a half -hour and still nothing. If I blindly slap a couple a keys the
> screen will turn-itself back on and boot into the Mac OS.
> I have been reading through this list and seen other folk having problems
> that look similar and they are given advice about video settings. I have
> tried various resolution and colour settings in different combinations but
> the effect is always the same. Does anyone know of any special settings or
> tricks that will make my Cinema Display that work? Is my 22-inch Apple
> Cinema Display supported? If not, does anyone know if there are any plans
> to support it and when?
>
> AGP G4 400
> 256 RAM
> 22-inch Apple Cinema Display
> ATI Rage Pro, 16 Meg
> Installing from internal DVD RAM drive
> Booted from YDL 2.0 Installer CD
--Regards, Dan Burcaw Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
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