On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Lincoln Rutledge wrote:

> Folks, I have been scouring docs online as well as man pages, and
> haven't found any answers:  on the default NetBSD 1.5.3 mac68k
> install, is there a way to configure the onboard framebuffer video
> on my Quadra 610 to run X at 800x600 or better?  There is no
> xf86config - type script, and I can't find an XF86Config or
> .xsession or somesuch configuration file.  It is currently running
> 640x480 in 1-bit mode.

None of the available servers support mode-switching. Just switch into
800x600 before booting NetBSD, or else set the Booter to switch.

> The only info I have found talks about using a color Xserver, which
> it doesn't look like supports my onboard video anyway.

There's an easy way to found out...

> I *think* my machine has 1mb Video ram on the mainboard, but I can't
> remember if the 30-pinner was 512k or 1mb...
>
> I was thinking it should at least do 800x600 though...

Just see if works while in Mac OS, using the Monitors CP.

Frederick