Subject: Re: OF console unpredictable
To: Peter Seebach <seebs@plethora.net>
From: Michael <macallan18@earthlink.net>
List: port-macppc
Date: 02/13/2005 02:06:31
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Hello,

> Nope!  Every time, I start with a 1024x768 screen using the "small" 
> Mac font.
> I do the same thing:
> 	boot hd:2,\ofwboot.xcf
> and I get the sun console font, except sometimes it stays in the 
> original
> font.
That's weird, it should always pick the Sun font ( and on my iBook G4 
which uses very similar hardware as far as I can tell it does )
Do you have the ofdump2 utility? If you do please run ofdump2 -p when 
you come up with the small font and again when you get the big one and 
send me both outputs. I don't have the faintest idea why it should 
/ever/ pick the small font but this may contain some hints.
If you don't have the utility please tell me and I'll mail it to you.

> BTW, on a marginally-related note, how do I make ofwboot.xcf delay for 
> a
> few seconds before loading a kernel, if, say, I might have a kernel 
> that
> won't work very well, and want to boot my old one?
Good question, I usually have auto-boot? set to no for precisely this 
reason, but there's certainly something better.

have fun
Michael
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