Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 00:20:51 -0800 From: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@bigfoot.com> To: "Brian Wehrle (Volt Computer)" <a-bwehr@microsoft.com>, "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Problem with laptop. Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19980120002051.0070eec8@mail.jps.net> In-Reply-To: <2F2DC5CE035DD1118C8E00805FFE354C516602@red-msg-56.dns.micr osoft.com>
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At 06:14 PM 1/15/98 -0800, Brian Wehrle (Volt Computer) wrote: >Using the boot.flp I can get my system to boot the kernel, but just after it >boots the kernel, the screen goes blank. >>From here on I cannot do anything, I can, however, flip to the debug console >and back. The last debug output shows a probe >retuning a device not found error. I tried using the color reverse function >on the laptop, but to no avail. >This is a NCR 3150 486 with 4megs of Ram. Any ideas ? I'd like to turn off >the color (maybe it is trying to use colors in text mode that don't display >correctly ?) or something else with the screen. >Thanks >Brian You didn't say which version of FreeBSD. I know that somewhere between 2.1.5 and 2.2.2 (2.2.2 is excluded), some video cards have problems. My laptop, using a Chips & Technologies 65548, had this problem. I followed the advice of someone on the PAO page with the same problem: 1. tell FreeBSD to use a serial console (-s ?) 2. disable system console driver at the kernel config 3. install using serial console 4. build kernel using vt220 console driver I had this problem using 2.2.1, but when i upgraded to 2.2.5, the problem went away. --Ludwig Pummer ------------------------------------------------------------------ ludwigp@bigfoot.com ICQ UIN: 692441 http://chipweb.home.ml.org PGP Key & Geek Code available on web page
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