From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 3 18:40:13 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA08831 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 3 Apr 1997 18:40:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA08814 for ; Thu, 3 Apr 1997 18:40:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from postoffice.imsa.edu (java.imsa.edu [143.195.1.3]) by who.cdrom.com (8.8.5/8.6.11) with ESMTP id SAA19148 for ; Thu, 3 Apr 1997 18:40:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from java (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by postoffice.imsa.edu (8.8.3/8.8.3) with ESMTP id UAA23386 for ; Thu, 3 Apr 1997 20:40:03 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199704040240.UAA23386@postoffice.imsa.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Video problems w/ 2.2-RELEASE boot floppy Date: Thu, 03 Apr 1997 20:40:03 -0600 From: Don Schmidt Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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? =============================================================================== Don Schmidt Network Systems Administrator yensid@imsa.edu Illinois Math and Science Academy ----------You can build a Mainframe from the things you find at home!----------