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- >>You have two choices, either:
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- >> 1. binpatch the kernel so that the display mode is appropriate
- >>for the monitor you are using, OR
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- >> 2. unplug the retina and use the native display.
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- >>Problem is that turning off the retina emulation isn't enough, the
- >>kernel is still able to realise that you have a retina and so sends
- >>console output to the retina. Meanwhile you've turned retinaemu off
- >>and watching chip mem so nothing appears to be happening, but it is!!
- >>(I had _exactly_ the same problem at first).
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- >>Hope this helps.
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- Alas, it didn't.
- I opened my system last night, removed the retina card and my vlab frame grabber
- and then tried to startup netbsd. Result: the same. the system reboots and then
- hangs with a gray screen, no disk activity.
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- -John
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