custom bootscripts

я黨wぃf

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Aug 18, 2007, 10:08:35 AM8/18/07

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How do I add the lines to a custom boot script so I dont have to
manually choose "dont call BIOS" and "safe video mode" with the
spacebar?

я黨wぃf

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Aug 21, 2007, 10:12:39 AM8/21/07

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> How do I add the lines to a custom boot script so I dont have to
> manually choose "dont call BIOS" and "safe video mode" with the
> spacebar?
>
>

Seems like the BeOS is *dead* :(

Ok, how do I hack a video driver to indicate the card ID is what I want
it to?

TIA, cause I know I'll just get shitloads of responses :)

Alexander G. M. Smith

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Aug 21, 2007, 9:48:04 PM8/21/07

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For safe mode video, edit or create a text file called
/boot/home/config/settings/kernel/drivers/vesa
and put in a line that says:

mode 1024 768 16

The other boot settings are changeable in a text file called
/boot/home/config/settings/kernel/drivers/kernel
where you can add or uncomment a line that says:

bios_calls disabled

- Alex

Alexander G. M. Smith

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Aug 21, 2007, 9:50:20 PM8/21/07

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§ñühw¤£f wrote:
> Seems like the BeOS is *dead* :(

Maybe it will get resurrected :-)

> Ok, how do I hack a video driver to indicate the card ID is what I want
> it to?
>
> TIA, cause I know I'll just get shitloads of responses :)

Depends, if you can find open source drivers for your card on BeBits or
Haiku and hack them up to support your card.

- Alex

я黨wぃf

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Aug 22, 2007, 10:12:03 AM8/22/07

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Alexander G. M. Smith <agms...@ncf.ca> pinched out a steaming pile
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>§ñühw¤£f wrote:
>> How do I add the lines to a custom boot script so I dont have to
>> manually choose "dont call BIOS" and "safe video mode" with the
>> spacebar?
>
>For safe mode video, edit or create a text file called
>/boot/home/config/settings/kernel/drivers/vesa
>and put in a line that says:
>
>mode 1024 768 16
>

I did that but the vesa mode is pretty slow and jerky.
This card is supposed to be supported by either the ati driver or the
mobility driver and I have them installed in the right places.
I just need to know how to change the driver file so it points to the
card ID that my card has.
Hewlett Packard probably gave the card a different ID but I know its a
ATI Rage LT Pro.

>The other boot settings are changeable in a text file called
>/boot/home/config/settings/kernel/drivers/kernel
>where you can add or uncomment a line that says:
>
>bios_calls disabled
>

Weirdest thing was that when I did that it would boot up in color but I
had no mouse or keyboard navigation...it was stuck.
That was on a different system...Compaq 700Z.
The synaptics touch pad would work and if you wanted to use a mouse you
had to plug it in *after* booting otherwise the cursor would jump all
over.

Thanks for the suggestions though.

я黨wぃf

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Aug 22, 2007, 10:14:08 AM8/22/07

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Alexander G. M. Smith <agms...@ncf.ca> pinched out a steaming pile
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>§ñühw¤£f wrote:
>> Seems like the BeOS is *dead* :(
>
>Maybe it will get resurrected :-)
>

I post this url every so often in hopes of that:
www.beosmaxfiles.org

>> Ok, how do I hack a video driver to indicate the card ID is what I
want
>> it to?
>>
>> TIA, cause I know I'll just get shitloads of responses :)
>
>Depends, if you can find open source drivers for your card on BeBits
or
>Haiku and hack them up to support your card.
>

I need to hack the driver to change the card ID it points to.
If you have instructions for that, that would be great!