From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Oct 18 0: 2:30 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from buffy.tpgi.com.au (buffy.tpgi.com.au [203.12.160.34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0BCE14D33 for ; Mon, 18 Oct 1999 00:02:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eirvine@tpgi.com.au) Received: (from smtpd@localhost) by buffy.tpgi.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA29335; Mon, 18 Oct 1999 17:02:05 +1000 Received: from kmidc71-71.ecopost.com.au(203.28.71.71), claiming to be "tpgi.com.au" via SMTP by buffy.tpgi.com.au, id smtpdRy30bY; Mon Oct 18 17:01:53 1999 Message-ID: <380AC5CA.EFA66589@tpgi.com.au> Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 17:01:30 +1000 From: eirvine X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John Polstra , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Screen Blackness References: <38084BEF.DF198449@tpgi.com.au> <199910171725.KAA17218@vashon.polstra.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Well, I guess I asked for it. Seriously, it struck me as very wierd that, right after a new make world and kernel build, instead of the screensaver I'd got this blank, unresponsive screen. Twice. I've been trying to repeat the problem but to no avail. When I get another case of of Woodley Queen Adelaide Chardonnay 1998 I'll give it another go. -*) Eddie. John Polstra wrote: > > In article <38084BEF.DF198449@tpgi.com.au>, > eirvine wrote: > > > > Just cvsupped stable, made a new kernel, made world, rebooted, > > and had my dinner & glass of wine :*) > > > > Came back and instead of my usual screensaver (fire) there was > > just a black screen. Keyboard input, mouse input etc did not > > change this. No response. > > > > I managed to login "blind" and issue a "reboot". At which stage FreeBSD > > rebooted. I'd like to provide more details -- but my hands - or eyes > > were tied. > > > > After a second glass, I've managed to repeat the problem. > > We need more details in order to diagnose this problem. What kind > of wine? What vintage? Did you enjoy it? How much did it cost? > Do you feel it was at its peak, or could it benefit from a bit more > cellaring? Would you say it was better than a working FreeBSD system, > or worse? Have you tried repeating the problem with other varieties > of wine? We are here to help you, but you'll have to do your part. > > John > -- > John Polstra jdp@polstra.com > John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA > "No matter how cynical I get, I just can't keep up." -- Nora Ephron > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message