Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 14:27:18 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: sgkruk@barrow.uwaterloo.ca (Serge G. Kruk) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: iso0 probe during boot kills my video Message-ID: <199601252127.OAA03335@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199601251831.NAA06316@barrow.uwaterloo.ca> from "Serge G. Kruk" at Jan 25, 96 01:31:34 pm
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> Here is a small problem I have with Release 2.1 (from Walnut Creek). > > During the boot process, if I allow to probe for the serial channels com1 and > com2 (iso0 and iso1), then my video dies (an Asus card pci-vt241, Mach64 > based). > If I disable the probing by the -c switch and 'disable iso0', then all is fine. > > It is only the video that dies, the boot process finishes normally. I don't > see anything on screen but I can login and ask for a reboot and if I > don't probe the iso0 then everything works fine ??? > > I am at a loss to see a connection between probing the serial channel > and my video card. Your video card is (illegally) using the 2e8 range ports, which is where Com3 lives. If you explicitly disable the probe for com3 (see the -hackers list archive on www.freebsd.org), then the problem will go away. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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