I think " screen" output is for the CHRP snag key boot script on the 
install CD. If you're using it in OF shouldn't it be "output screen"? I 
don't have an OF 3.x machine that I can test that on at the moment.

On Feb 28, 2005, at 9:25 AM, Donald Lee wrote:

> At 12:16 PM +0100 2/28/05, Daniel Eggert wrote:
>> On Feb 27, 2005, at 2:12 AM, Donald Lee wrote:
>>
>>>>>>>>> "Donald" == Donald Lee <MacPPC1@caution.icompute.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>    Donald> There was a problem a while back with Quicksilver
>>>>    Donald> machines, where the problem turned out to be solved by
>>>>    Donald> setting the OF output to the screen..... Same sort of
>>>>    Donald> symptoms..... I don't remember details offhand...
>>>>
>>>> You mean
>>>>
>>>>  http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-macppc/2004/09/05/0000.html
>>>>
> [snip]
>>
>> I guess what the message tries to say, is that I should
>>    setenv boot-command " screen" output boot
>> but that does not help. The screen still stays black (no sync) when I 
>> have
>>    setenv auto-boot? true
>>
>> Maybve it's something Mac mini-specific?
>>
>> /Daniel
>
> I don't know.  I only tried it.  I don't pretend to understand it.
> (well,  maybe a litt.e ;-> )
>
> -dgl-