Subject: Re: more on the 9500
To: paul beard <paulbeard@mac.com>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@netbsd.org>
List: port-macppc
Date: 12/17/2001 19:18:43
On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, paul beard wrote:

> I am still having trouble working out how to get video to work.
>
> This doesn't do it.
>
> output-device       /ATY,mach64@D       ttya
>
> I have a PCI video card on slot D (4th from the top), and I have tried
> specifying the PCI device name (/bandit@F4000000) as well. No joy. screen
> doesn't work, either (but we knew that).

Do you have the nvram patches to make the video work right?

At least with the 8600 (and I thought all of that vintage) the timings
weren't right to get the video to work at boot. So there are needed nvram
patches.

Take care,

Bill