Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 09:04:32 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> To: Jesper Hagen <hagen@iesd.auc.dk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Urgent problem with ATI Graphics Expression. Message-ID: <199603071604.JAA01182@rocky.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: <199603071252.NAA00296@helium.iesd.auc.dk> References: <199603071252.NAA00296@helium.iesd.auc.dk>
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[ ATI cards ] > 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. It's only partially the cards fault. It uses the same port as COM4/sio3, so what you'll want to do is disable the sio probe by booting with '-c' at the boot prompt, and then upgrade your sources to -stable which fixes this problem by removing the automagic probe of sio3 from the generic sio probe. Nate
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