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Re: genfb not working on E250 with Raptor GFX card



On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:54:33 +0100
Peter Bex <Peter.Bex%xs4all.nl@localhost> wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 02:50:56PM -0500, Michael Lorenz wrote:
> > Sounds like genfb and the video hardware disagree about colour
> > depth for some reason.
> >
> > > I have no idea how to debug the genfb issue.  I tried reverting
> > > the changes I found in the CVS changelog (especially after
> > > reading last month's announcement by macallan), but none of these
> > > fixed the problem.
> > 
> > These changes were workarounds for bugs in my Raptor's firmware, I  
> > wouldn't be surprised if yours needs more than that. To see what's  
> > going on I need:
> > - - ofctl -p output
> 
> Unfortunately I can't do that, because I can't get a working NetBSD
> on the system.  If you can tell me how to get the useful information
> directly from OFW, I'll be happy to type them in manually, though.
> 
What about using the serial console for installing?

Greetings,
Rob

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