From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 20 00:20:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA14953 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 20 Jan 1998 00:20:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dry.jps.net (dry.jps.net [208.25.63.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA14949 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 1998 00:20:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ludwigp@bigfoot.com) Received: from speedy.pcscons.net (oak-port847.jps.net [209.142.31.113]) by dry.jps.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id AAA02094; Tue, 20 Jan 1998 00:20:41 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19980120002051.0070eec8@mail.jps.net> X-Sender: ludwigp@mail.jps.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 00:20:51 -0800 To: "Brian Wehrle (Volt Computer)" , "'questions@freebsd.org'" From: Ludwig Pummer Subject: Re: Problem with laptop. In-Reply-To: <2F2DC5CE035DD1118C8E00805FFE354C516602@red-msg-56.dns.micr osoft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk At 06:14 PM 1/15/98 -0800, Brian Wehrle (Volt Computer) wrote: >Using the boot.flp I can get my system to boot the kernel, but just after it >boots the kernel, the screen goes blank. >>From here on I cannot do anything, I can, however, flip to the debug console >and back. The last debug output shows a probe >retuning a device not found error. I tried using the color reverse function >on the laptop, but to no avail. >This is a NCR 3150 486 with 4megs of Ram. Any ideas ? I'd like to turn off >the color (maybe it is trying to use colors in text mode that don't display >correctly ?) or something else with the screen. >Thanks >Brian You didn't say which version of FreeBSD. I know that somewhere between 2.1.5 and 2.2.2 (2.2.2 is excluded), some video cards have problems. My laptop, using a Chips & Technologies 65548, had this problem. I followed the advice of someone on the PAO page with the same problem: 1. tell FreeBSD to use a serial console (-s ?) 2. disable system console driver at the kernel config 3. install using serial console 4. build kernel using vt220 console driver I had this problem using 2.2.1, but when i upgraded to 2.2.5, the problem went away. --Ludwig Pummer ------------------------------------------------------------------ ludwigp@bigfoot.com ICQ UIN: 692441 http://chipweb.home.ml.org PGP Key & Geek Code available on web page