Subject: Re: Console drivers
To: dieter roelants <dieter.NetBSD@pandora.be>
From: Michael Lorenz <macallan@netbsd.org>
List: port-macppc
Date: 11/27/2006 22:08:48
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Hello,

On Nov 27, 2006, at 15:53, dieter roelants wrote:

> On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 12:28:10 -0500
> Michael Lorenz <macallan@netbsd.org> wrote:
>
>> Nothing I can think of right now. In theory the driver shouldn't mess
>> with video modes at all when attaching, just determine what resolution
>> it's running in. Maybe it's doing a little bit too much. Did you get a
>> message like 'initializing DSP' or something similar?
>
> Oh, I would have thought it does too little, given that a MacOS boot
> makes it work. Suppose that MacOS did something to the hardware, do you
> think I could see differences somewhere in openfirmware or somewhere
> else? (You probably know by now I don't have a clue about this
> hardware. :)

Hmm, you said when cold booting you get a black screen. Does the 
machine hang at this point or does it continue booting? If it 
continues, could you have a look for differences in dmesg output via 
telnet or ssh?

have fun
Michael
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