Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 15:04:30 -0800 From: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com> To: sos@FreeBSD.org, bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans), freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: "Bug" in syscons? Message-ID: <199511152304.AA228256671@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com>
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> Excatly, I've allready sent mail directly, this patch blows up on
> all my machines, I'll investigate further though...
I'll do some more digging tonight, also. The strange thing is,
without my patch, my syscons fonts are corrupted, and XFree86's
SuperProbe also mangles the console. With the patch, everything's fine.
Does PCVT also blow up on these systems? The patch is basically
doing what PCVT does, except the sequencer reset. I originally added
the PCVT sequencer reset code, but it didn't change anything for me.
I'll see if I can shrink the patch; there may be some unnecessary code
in it.
The patch was developed by reading the pcvt source and checking the
changes against some slightly vague info in two different books (I've
forgotten the exact titles, but one was a book on VGA graphics
programming by Michael Abrash).
I'll also put my old ET4000/W32i card back into the system, to see
if my patches also fix my ET4000/W32i problems. Furthermore, I'll try
to see if can determine which ET4000/W32i chip revision I have. [ I
originally said that I have an ET4000/W32p -- which I do -- but that's
in a different system. My FreeBSD system was using an ISA-based
ET4000/W32i board (Hercules Dynamite Pro), and is now using an Ark
Logic-based Hercules Stingray VL. ]
If it makes a difference, I'm using an old NICE Super EISA
motherboard (which is an excellent motherboard, and so I'd be surprised
if it's the problem).
-- Darryl Okahata
Internet: darrylo@sr.hp.com
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