Date: Thu, 03 Apr 1997 19:15:14 -0800 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Don Schmidt <yensid@imsa.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Video problems w/ 2.2-RELEASE boot floppy Message-ID: <199704040315.TAA08410@root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 03 Apr 1997 20:40:03 CST." <199704040240.UAA23386@postoffice.imsa.edu>
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> I've been having problems with the 2.2-RELEASE boot floppy wreaking >havok with my framebuffer; after the loader uncompresses the kernel (and >runs it, I suppose) the characters on my screen turn a truely hideous shade >of magenta mixed with garbage. (The 'newer' image turns it a slightly less >frightening shade of orange) It appears that the kernel is running and >trying to display something, as small groups of lines will appear and dissappear >at what seem to be appropriate times. Both the 2.1.7 and 3.0 disks boot fine >All three were written in the same way (dd'd from linux) The video card is a >based on a Cirrus GD5430. Any suggestions? Try setting flags 0x1 for npx0 (via -c at Boot:). There is a problem with the optimized bcopy code and some VGA cards. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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