Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 20:01:00 -0500 (EST) From: David Anderson <partek@indecent.com> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: julian@ref.tfs.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cons25 and vt100 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950911160341.9093C-100000@system1.indecent.com> In-Reply-To: <199509111712.KAA18597@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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On Mon, 11 Sep 1995, Terry Lambert wrote: > > I tried that.. There were some problems.. > > Local console: > > 1- All stuff that was supposed to be bold, was blue. > 8-). Direct mapping of the mono attribute bits to the CGA attribute > values. > What's "bold" on a color screen? Trick question? > > 2- The screen would constanly become garbled. I would be typing something > > at the commandline and suddenly the cursor would just jump to the > > other side of the screen. > > What video card do you have; sounds like a non-linear VGA memory map? I have a Cirrus Logic 5426/8(clgd5428) and that's what pcvt reports on bootup. > > 3- When the system boots up, everything is white on a red background. Not > > necessarily a problem, but it looks strange. > Another attribute mapping. > I'd say PCVT was under the impression that your card was a mono card; does > it emulate one? This could cause it to mis-probe the card. You may want > to look at the dmesg output for boot and see what probe messages it puts > out to you. Then contact the author for advice. And who is that? :) A friend of mine is also running FreeBSD. He's having the same exact problems with PCVT.(though has a different video card) Is this really a problem, or is it just how it's SUPPOSED to act? Thanks, Dave +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | David Anderson | Partek on IRC | partek@indecent.com | partek@youth.org | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | "We do not have to resign our vision to what 'the world is really like'. | | The roles of our past do not have to be the blueprint for our future. No | | fear. No hate. No limits. Anything is possible." - Unknown | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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