Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 13:33:29 +0900 From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> To: Super-User <root@asiainter.net> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp Subject: Re: mono video card not working in freebsd 3.0-980311-snap Message-ID: <199804270433.NAA16901@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 27 Apr 1998 11:42:44 %2B0800." <Pine.SOL.3.95.980427112750.29717A-100000@peach.asiainter.net> References: <Pine.SOL.3.95.980427112750.29717A-100000@peach.asiainter.net>
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>hi, i recently installed freebsd 3.0-980311-snap. all the docs say >freebsd supports monochrome video adapters (the really old stuff, with >very little ram and limited graphics support, ttl monitor output). >i plugged one in with an old mono monitor, works fine up until the kernel >is loaded. on vga, text turns to bright white after this - in mono, >nothing more is displayed. cursor just blinks and doesn't move. >the system boots and runs fine, but no output to the screen. >i recompiled the kernel with pcvt, booted from it, no change. >is this a new bug in freebsd 3.0? >(video card appears to have 4kbytes of ram, main chip number is tm6310) Do you have the mono video card _alone_ in your machine? If you have both a mono card and a VGA card, the console driver will use the VGA. Kazu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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