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chewacabee
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 Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 4:18 pm Post subject: No console cursor during install... |
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I have an new world iMac 15" flatpanel machine that I'm installing gentoo onto. I have not yet built my kernel (I'm doing a stage 2 install). There is no underscore (cursor) to indicate where my insertion point is while editing text from the command line or inside the console-based text editor. This makes it very difficult to perform the installation! Does anyone have a solution to this problem?  |
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chewacabee
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| Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 4:49 pm Post subject: Framebuffer problems as well... |
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| I'm also getting framebuffer problems. It begins when I switch to another terminal, using an option-Fkey combo. The screen refuses to scroll up for me. I have to switch to another terminal and then back again to see what text is being sent to stdout. I've also tried passing various video settings using VGA= and VIDEO= statements to the kernel without any success. |
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chewacabee
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| Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 2:28 pm Post subject: Both problems solved... |
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| I was able to solve both problems by passing the following options to the kernel while booting from the Gentoo install CD: "G4 video=ofonly:1024x768@60". Hope this info can be helpful to someone else. |
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