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From: James Raynard <fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Problems with Pentium Pro display
To: Marc Novakowski <novakow@ee.ualberta.ca>
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 20:19:14 +0000 ()
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[Much weird system behaviour snipped] 
> System Info:
> Motherboard:	ASUS P/I-P6NP5 with PPro 180 chip
> RAM:		64 Meg EDO, 60 ns (2 x 32Meg SIMMs)
> SCSI adapter:	ASUS PCI-SC200 Fast SCSI
> Ethernet card:	SMC EtherPower (SMC8432T)
> CDROM:		NEC 2x SCSI
> Tape:		Colorado T1000
> Video:		ATI GSSC (mono)
> Monitor:	AST Monochrome
> 
> Note: I have tried it also with a 1meg PCI ATI Mach64 & SVGA monitor and
> it
> still does the same thing.

The ATI Mach64 is known to cause all kinds of strange behaviour
with FreeBSD 2.1.0, but they're supposed to have been worked round
in 2.1.5.  Can you tell us which version you're using?  I haven't
heard about the GSSC, though - maybe that's another "problem" card
to add to the list.  (Strictly speaking, the problems are with
FreeBSD, rather than the card itself, but let's not argue about that).

Have a look at the FAQ.  It goes into a fair amount of detail on
how to sort out the Mach64 on 2.1.0; if you fix this, please let
us know, so we can add this info for the benefit of anyone else
with this card.

The FAQ is on your system in /usr/share/doc/FAQ/freebsd-faq.ascii,
or under http://www.freebsd.org/ (or even 
file://localhost/usr/share/doc/FAQ/freebsd-faq.html :-)