Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 14:22:26 -0600 (CST) From: "Karl L. Dunn" <kdunn@hiwaay.net> To: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Multia: syscons does not find PCI vga card Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.44.0211161410130.231603-100000@fly.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <20021113232834.A9924@freebie.xs4all.nl>
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I got the newer SRM load you pointed out, loaded it, and it finds the PCI video card! As soon as the SRM displays on the TGA video, the PCI video shows a blue screen with a cursor. The PCI video sttays that way until FreeBSD boots (the kernel is entered by the SRM boot command), at which point the TGA video stays as is, and the kernel displays messages and eventually a login prompt, with a working virtual terminal syscons. The kernel with the fix Terry Lambert suggested hangs with no messages displayed, and both monitors go blank. The new SRM boots the GENERIC 4.6.2 kernel as above. Thanks for all your help. In summary, 4.6.2 alpha will run a syscons on at least a S3 Trio64 PCI card, if you get the new SRM you suggested. -- Karl Dunn k.l.dunn@ieee.org On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Wilko Bulte wrote: > On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 01:08:08PM -0600, Karl L. Dunn wrote: > > I have a Multia/UDB (alpha) to which I added a Diamond VGA card in the > > internal PCI slot. This has a S3 Trio64V+ chip. The intent is to be able > > to run X over FreeBSD 4.6.2. > > > > Linux RH6.0 (boot from the ARC of course) works OK with the S3 card > > (XF86_S3), and it worked OK with the internal TGA card (XF86_TGA). But > > it's Linux, and I'd much rather have FreeBSD. > > > > The SRM talks only to the TGA. I don't care about that -- I can set it to > > autoboot and move the monitor to the S3 VGA and forget about it unless I > > want to see it again someday. > > > > The problem is that syscons can't find the S3 VGA (see the verbose dmesg > > output below). Maybe this is related to what the SRM leaves behind, but I > > doubt it. The kernel here is the GENERIC that came on the 4.6.2 CD I got > > from the BSD mall. > > > > Can anybody give me some help here? > > You might want to try the very latest SRM for the Multia. I found it > on a DEC-internal server, it was never officiall released but it worked > great on my own Multias (I don't own those anymore). > > You can find it at: > > ftp://ftp.tcja.nl/pub/wilko/alpha/ > > It seems the VGA card is not initialised correctly or somesuch. I don't > recall if I ever had a S3 card in my Multias. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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