From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 1 20:32:14 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id UAA03624 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 1 Apr 1996 20:32:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA03503 for ; Mon, 1 Apr 1996 20:32:03 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id UAA00470; Mon, 1 Apr 1996 20:32:10 -0800 Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 20:32:09 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Earl Bryner cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATI Mach64 Help. In-Reply-To: <199604012147.NAA04619@freefall.freebsd.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 1 Apr 1996, Earl Bryner wrote: > I am still having one small problem though. I have dissabled the probing of > com3 and com4 from my kernel, and the adapter goes nuts, and then blanks the > screen. The only thing that works is to completely dissable all serial probes. > > I downloaded the 3.1.2D beta Xfree86 code, and it works just great ( I have a > newer card with the "CT" chip set ). However, because I can't probe any of > my serial ports, I can't get the mouse configured. I have read all the FAQ > notes, and still haven't been successfull. This is a well known bug, so don't feel bad :-) You must have missed question 7.10: -- from FAQ at http://www.freebsd.org -- 7.10. The workaround works fine, but now I want to use my serial ports. You'll have to build a new kernel with the following modification: in /usr/src/sys/i386/isa/sio.c find the one occurrence of the string 0x2e8 and remove that string and the preceding comma (keep the trailing comma). Now follow the normal procedure of building a new kernel. -- end -- More detail: in 2.1-RELEASE, it is line 342 (or somewhere near there :). It should read as follows: static Port_t likely_com_ports[] = { 0x3f8, 0x2f8, 0x3e8, }; Recompile, resintall, reboot, enjoy. > I have tried removing the 3c509, replacing the serial ports with true 8550 Uarts, > and replacing the ATI adapter. I sure hope you put 16550s back in... Remember that 3.1.2B has expired; you'll have to use 3.1.2D, which is working just great here. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major