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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
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.



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