Hi,

I've tried that as well. I can probe what resolutions it supports in 
openfirmware. Unfortunately, it only lists 640x480x8. 

-John


On Sat, 30 Apr 2005, Tim Kelly wrote:

> On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:43:39 +0000 (UTC)
> Johnny <jhu@sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I noticed that your beige g3 has ofb0 set to 1024x768x8. I was
> > wondering how you were able to do that because I can't seem to get
> > anything beyond 640x480x8 on my beige g3 (revision 1 with ati rage
> > II+). Thanks.
> > 
> > -John
> 
> On my AGP G4, while in Open Firmware, I change the resolution by the
> following:
> 
> dev screen
> 1d set-mode
> 
> I then boot as I would normally.  The above requires some basic Open
> Firmware to be on the card, and not all display cards have this.  To
> find out if your display can support changing the resolution in OF,
> after the dev screen command, do
> 
> see words
> 
> and look for set-mode, show-modes, and mode#.  Show-modes will list
> possible resolutions.  The mode number must preceed the set-mode
> command.
> 
> Usually once I've set the resolution in OF I don't have to change
> it again.  Your mileage may vary.
> 
> tim
>