Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 10:15:18 -0800 From: "Dax Eckenberg" <deckenberg@dweebsoft.com> To: "Walter" <walterk1@earthlink.net> Cc: "Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: monochrome monitor Message-ID: <14ad01c2ced4$df329d20$0a0aa8c0@dweebsoft.com> References: <3E43EACE.6050104@earthlink.net> <146201c2cecd$fb631f30$0a0aa8c0@dweebsoft.com> <3E43F01D.7000002@earthlink.net> <147a01c2ced1$a03f87c0$0a0aa8c0@dweebsoft.com> <3E43F681.80206@earthlink.net>
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> Dax Eckenberg wrote: > >>Daxbert wrote: > >> > >>>>I have a monochrome monitor I'd like to plug > >>>>in to a pentium-based FBSD router. > >>> > >>>Does your system's bios support older video? Video selection is normally found on the "first" bios setup page. > >> > >>Thanks. I put back the VGA monitor card and > >>checked. On the BIOS set-up page it shows > >>the display type as "VGA/CGA" but stippled > >>out, as it also stipples out the amount of > >>memory. > >> > >>There are other video related memory settings > >>to be played with, but I'm guessing monochrome > >>is not an option. True?? > >> > > > > Well, I just remember from the "old" days being able to choose between VGA, CGA, MGA??. Where MGA usually referred to a Hercules or > > other monochome adapter. > > > > The stippling (sp?) may be due to the BIOS auto-detecting the video type. It may very well detect "Mono/MGA/something" when the > > monochome card is installed. > > > > So, does your host boot, just without video suport? Or does it sit there and beep at you as if there was no video card installed? > > > > It booted and ran fine with only the mono card in there, > just no video. With both cards now, the VGA works and > still no mono. (Before today I only had the VGA in.) > > I'm guessing either the BIOS does not handle mono, or > maybe just this mono card. Thanks for your help so far > and whatever other things you might suggest to look at, > but it seems like a dead end at the moment. > > Walter I would suggest that you change your boot loader to use the serial console as default. You'll still miss all of the BIOS POST information which is being delivered to the non-working mono video, but at least you'll get everything after the initial boot blocks are read. That's presuming you have another host / dumb terminal to connect to the serial port. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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