From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 7 04:53:40 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id EAA05285 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 7 Mar 1996 04:53:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from iesd.auc.dk (iesd.auc.dk [130.225.48.4]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id EAA05280 for ; Thu, 7 Mar 1996 04:53:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from helium.iesd.auc.dk (root@helium.iesd.auc.dk [130.225.48.199]) by iesd.auc.dk (8.6.5/8.6.5) with ESMTP id NAA09549 for ; Thu, 7 Mar 1996 13:52:56 +0100 Received: (hagen@localhost) by helium.iesd.auc.dk (8.6.12/8.6.5) id NAA00296; Thu, 7 Mar 1996 13:52:56 +0100 Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 13:52:56 +0100 Message-Id: <199603071252.NAA00296@helium.iesd.auc.dk> From: Jesper Hagen To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Urgent problem with ATI Graphics Expression. Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Hello. A year ago we invested in a number of ATI Graphics Expression PCI 2 MB DRAM, which ran flawlessly under FreeBSD and XFree 3.1.2. Half a year ago we ordered a new bunch of these cards because of the high stability, and discovered to our suprise, that the could no longer do HIGH color nor 1280x1024 under XFree 3.1.2. Well not a serious problem... Right now we have just received a new bunch of the cards which simply blanks the screen at the moment when the FreeBSD kernel has been loaded and starts probing for devices. This screen remains blank until the machine reboots. In other words, not even TEXT MODE is possible under FreeBSD with this new shipment. Has anyone experienced these problems and come up with possible solutions? I would appreciate quick responses, since we are getting seriously close to the point of no refund... The card that blanks, is the 1995 edition. The Mach64 Chip is made in Taiwan and bears the following text: "MACH64 215CT22200 \mu PD96137GD-401-LML 9547KC568" The VIDEOBIOS is fram 1995. Yours sincerely, -- Jesper Hagen Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. Aalborg University, Denmark.