Re: NetBSD installation woes on Sun Blade 100

[vab%bb-c.de@localhost (Volker A. Brandt)]

Hi Connor!


> Alright, it gets stranger now... :)
>
> I run OBP 4.17.1 on this machine.
>
> When i set output-device to "screen", everything is fine. I think the
> machine detects the possible resolution and outputs correctly at
> 1280x1024x60
>
> Now when i set output-device to "screen:1280x1024x60" or
> "screen:1024x786x60", both settings result in an output picture of
> 1152x900x66 which i can't display, but the screen tells me it gets
> this.
> I need to output either 1024x768x60 or 1280x1024x60. Unsure if this is
> a defect of my machine.

If I remember correctly, you need to use

   setenv output-device screen:r1280x1024x60

Note the "r".


Regards -- Volker
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