Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 12:21:45 -0800 (PST) From: Le-Chin Eugene Liu <lliu@twolf3.ee.washington.edu> To: Jesper Hagen <hagen@iesd.auc.dk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Urgent problem with ATI Graphics Expression. Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960307121516.14054A-100000@twolf3.ee.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <199603071252.NAA00296@helium.iesd.auc.dk>
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Please take a look at the latest faq --- section 7.7, 7.8, and 7.9.(The latest faq seems to be available only on WWW.) By the way, will FreeBSD solve this problem in the future? I mean, disable sio3 and 2e8 is not touched, so we don't have to re-compile the kernel? Eugene On Thu, 7 Mar 1996, Jesper Hagen wrote: > > 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. >
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