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Date:      Fri, 3 Jan 2003 09:49:54 +0100 (MET)
From:      Istvan Gyenes <frts@simba.sch.bme.hu>
To:        Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
Cc:        alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 5.0-RC2 install error on Avanti
Message-ID:  <Pine.OSF.4.44.0301030949010.22335-100000@simba.sch.bme.hu>
In-Reply-To: <15892.53006.681799.226399@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>

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Thanks, I'll try that!

--
Steve

On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Andrew Gallatin wrote:

>
> Istvan Gyenes writes:
>  > Hello All,
>  >
>  > I've tried to install FreeBSD-5.0-RC2 on an Alphaserver 300 4/266. The
>  > console was a serial one (the SRM env was also set to serial).
>  >
>  > I've got a lot of:
>  > "scrn_update(): scp->end 0 > size_of_screen!!
>  > scrn_update(): scp->start -1 < 0"
>  > errors.
>  > The weird thing the same cd worked well on the EB164.
>  > The only difference between the two machine that the EB has no video card.
>  > Could it be the problem?
>
> Yes:
>
>  > tga0: <DEC TGA2 (21130) 3D Graphics Accelerator> mem 0x88000000-0x88ffffff
>  > irq 10 at device 13.0 on pci0
>  > tga0: Board type (null)
>  > tga0: 1024 x 0, 8bpp, IBM561 RAMDAC
>  > tga0: interrupting at ISA irq 10
>  > tga0: TGA2 (21130) pass 2
>
> The TGA driver is mostly experimental.  And it is very poorly tested
> except on TGA1 boards.
>
> I think that the install should work just fine if you open the box and
> remove the graphics card.
>
> Sorry about that.
>
> Drew
>


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