From owner-freebsd-bugs Sun Apr 26 21:56:26 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA12927 for freebsd-bugs-outgoing; Sun, 26 Apr 1998 21:56:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from outmail.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp (outmail.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp [160.12.196.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id VAA12920 for ; Sun, 26 Apr 1998 21:56:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp) Received: by outmail.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp id AA03508; Mon, 27 Apr 1998 13:56:12 +0900 Received: from zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp (zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp [160.12.42.1]) by zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp (8.7.6+2.6Wbeta7/3.4W/zodiac-May96) with ESMTP id OAA17390; Mon, 27 Apr 1998 14:04:56 +0900 (JST) Message-Id: <199804270504.OAA17390@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> To: Super-User Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp Subject: Re: mono video card not working in freebsd 3.0-980311-snap In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 27 Apr 1998 12:32:41 +0800." References: Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 14:04:55 +0900 From: Kazutaka YOKOTA Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >> Do you have the mono video card _alone_ in your machine? >> >> If you have both a mono card and a VGA card, the console driver will >> use the VGA. >> Kazu > >i've tried everything. with both, the mono monitor has the blinking >cursor in the topleft corner and never moves. >with the mono alone, it goes as normal, asks for boot options, then after >the kernel is loaded - nothing moves. i've tried 2 different mono video >cards that are almost identical. >is there anything i can do here to help isolate the problem? I think the most BIOS has a menu to set the primary video card. How is it set in your machine? And have you ever successfully run any previous versions of FreeBSD with your mono card? Kazu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message