On Sat, May 20, 2000 at 08:43:18PM -0400, Greg wrote:

> Regarding the X Server on macppc, I have my video resolution set to 1024x768
> @ millions of colors when I booted the mac into open firmware and installed
> NetBSD, I have since had to Zap the PRAM, but have booted the machine and
> reset everything the way I wanted it, rebooted into NetBSD and still can
> only manage to get 640x480 at 256 colors :/  is there a way for me to set
> the resolution and color depth in OF?

You might be out of luck, depending on your version of OF:

http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/faq.html#changing-resolution

And a tricky bit of hidden HTML (perhaps it's incorrect?):

> On newer machines OF >= 2.0, you can type (at the OF prompt):
> 0 > dev screen
> 0 > show-modes
> 0 > mode#
> 1 > .
> 
> This will list the resolutions available on your system.  If you set your
> system to one of these resolutions from within MacOS, then Open FIrmware
> should keep that setting.

Actually, maybe it's commented out because of the angle brackets. I'll
fix that.

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