From owner-freebsd-current Sat Nov 9 03:34:26 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id DAA21263 for current-outgoing; Sat, 9 Nov 1996 03:34:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from time.cdrom.com (time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id DAA21256 for ; Sat, 9 Nov 1996 03:34:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from time.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.2/8.6.9) with ESMTP id DAA29108; Sat, 9 Nov 1996 03:34:16 -0800 (PST) To: Michael Smith cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: syscons and mono VGA screens? In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 09 Nov 1996 20:57:17 +1030." <199611091027.UAA00239@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Date: Sat, 09 Nov 1996 03:34:16 -0800 Message-ID: <29101.847539256@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > There's an annoying 'feature' now though; I have to leave the (mono VGA) > monitor unplugged until after syscons has finished probing. Otherwise, > it gets as far as the autoconf line for syscons : > > sc0 at 0x60-... Heh. I see that too on thud (running -current), FWIW. Until now, however, I just thought it was just some weird serial console hack in Satoshi's kernel. :-) We have an MGA monitor hooked to a port switch, and thud's console is always the "dead" one now. Jordan