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Date:      Sat, 20 Jul 1996 11:04:08 GMT
From:      James Raynard <fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk>
To:        asafari@orbonline.net
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Serial Port Problems
Message-ID:  <199607201104.LAA01026@jraynard.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <31F07E18.4032@orbonline.net> (message from Artin Safari on Sat, 20 Jul 1996 02:35:04 -0400)

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>>>>> Artin Safari <asafari@orbonline.net> writes:
> 
> I just recently installed FreeBSD but I have to disable all the COM 
> ports.  As soon as the OS begins probing these ports, the screen goes 
> blank, all disk activity stops and after a few seconds, the monitor goes 
> into standby mode.

Which version of FreeBSD was this?  This is supposed to be fixed in
2.1.5, which came out this week.

> Have you seen anything like this before.  I am dying to get X-Windows 
> going but I can't because I cannot install my mouse.

This sounds very much like problem with the ATI Mach 64 video card.
If it is, the FAQ has a lot of information on how to sort this out.

-- 
James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland
james@jraynard.demon.co.uk
http://www.freebsd.org/~jraynard/



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