Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 20:07:23 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, sthaug@nethelp.no, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [jgrosch@mooseriver.com: Re: Beginning SPARC port] Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971213200554.14104S-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <199712140031.RAA01362@harmony.village.org>
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On Sat, 13 Dec 1997, Warner Losh wrote: > In message <Pine.BSF.3.96.971213191637.14104R-100000@picnic.mat.net> Chuck Robey writes: > : Dangerous to give out that advice, Greg. Many older Sun monitors were > : single frequency monitors, and while Xfree86 could be prpogrammed to work > : with them, during boot, when the monitors are in 640X400, they just can't > : handle that at all, and will just burn out while tring to get to X11 mode. > > That's one reason that I always tell people in my "Howto" page to turn > off the monitor while not in use and during reboot.... > > The Sony monitor that I've been using for years didn't seem to care > much about being in text mode for periods of time up to 3 days (long > weekend, power hit at the start...). Your milage may vary, however. Fair enough, and Greg's note about most folks on this list is fairly true, too. Gotta admit, the FreeBSD lists are one of the best behaved and literate ones (on average) I've ever heard of, so they probably know enough to read the howto's. > > Warner > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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