Bill Studenmund wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, Aaron Jackson wrote:
> 
> > Get the LinuxPPC1997* file from ftp.aaronjackson.com.  There is some
> > examples of changing screen resolution.  Maybe somebody could port the
> > vmode program to NetBSD?  I'm not much of a programmer, so I haven't
> 
> That might be good. :-)
> 
> > looked at the source code, but I think it is just writing values to
> > nvram.  Also, you could set the screen resolution in macos and it
> > *should* also carry over into NetBSD, unless something in the boot
> > process resets the nvram.
> 
> It does carry over. MacOS is why my Blue G3 is in 1152xbig mode. :-)
> 
> Note: One time I switched monitors, and got only 640x480 until I booted
> MacOS. OF noticed that the monitor changed, and rolled back to a safe
> setting.
>

Are OF settings held in the same PRAM that screen settings are
stored? Can you modify the video settings in PRAM via OF? I think
that is the issue. Linuxppc has the following shell utilities: 
vmode - for setting res and color depth values for the session,
nvvideo - for setting res and color depth information in PRAM
and, 
nvsetenv - for setting OF values. 

Anyone grok this fully? Could a theoretical Non-Volatile
Attribute Controller and Universal Utility Masterfile (N-VACUUM
:) be created to provide one stop shopping?

Do the screen-#rows and screen-#columns OF variables do the
trick? They are in hex, and appear to be counting characters, not
pixels. *shrug*

Just tossing out ideas.

Geoff