Re: port-macppc/40232: machfb on Imac G3 333mhz does not work

[Michael <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-macppc/40232; it has been noted by 
GNATS.

From: Michael <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: port-macppc-maintainer%netbsd.org@localhost,
 gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
 netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: port-macppc/40232: machfb on Imac G3 333mhz does not work
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:24:26 -0500

 > The machfb is broken in the macppc port.You have to disable it  
 > before you can boot into NetBSD.You will get a garbled up screen if  
 > you don't. This has only been tested on an Apple Imac G3 333mhz  
 > version.
 
 That means it has trouble with whatever graphics chip the 333MHz iMac  
 G3 uses, not macppc in general.
 
 > Try to boot netbsd without disabling machfb.
 
 Works fine here.
 
 Since you didn't provide any useful detail I can't tell you what's  
 going on.
 To figure out what's wrong we need:
 - ofctl -p output
 - dmesg output