From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 15 15:04:43 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id PAA20505 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 15 Nov 1995 15:04:43 -0800 Received: from relay.hp.com (relay.hp.com [15.255.152.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id PAA20493 ; Wed, 15 Nov 1995 15:04:38 -0800 Received: from srmail.sr.hp.com by relay.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3) id AA272356673; Wed, 15 Nov 1995 15:04:33 -0800 Received: from hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com by srmail.sr.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3) id AA091106671; Wed, 15 Nov 1995 15:04:32 -0800 Received: from mina.sr.hp.com by hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3) id AA228256671; Wed, 15 Nov 1995 15:04:31 -0800 Message-Id: <199511152304.AA228256671@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com> To: sos@FreeBSD.org, bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans), freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: "Bug" in syscons? Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 15:04:30 -0800 From: Darryl Okahata Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Excatly, I've allready sent mail directly, this patch blows up on > all my machines, I'll investigate further though... I'll do some more digging tonight, also. The strange thing is, without my patch, my syscons fonts are corrupted, and XFree86's SuperProbe also mangles the console. With the patch, everything's fine. Does PCVT also blow up on these systems? The patch is basically doing what PCVT does, except the sequencer reset. I originally added the PCVT sequencer reset code, but it didn't change anything for me. I'll see if I can shrink the patch; there may be some unnecessary code in it. The patch was developed by reading the pcvt source and checking the changes against some slightly vague info in two different books (I've forgotten the exact titles, but one was a book on VGA graphics programming by Michael Abrash). I'll also put my old ET4000/W32i card back into the system, to see if my patches also fix my ET4000/W32i problems. Furthermore, I'll try to see if can determine which ET4000/W32i chip revision I have. [ I originally said that I have an ET4000/W32p -- which I do -- but that's in a different system. My FreeBSD system was using an ISA-based ET4000/W32i board (Hercules Dynamite Pro), and is now using an Ark Logic-based Hercules Stingray VL. ] If it makes a difference, I'm using an old NICE Super EISA motherboard (which is an excellent motherboard, and so I'd be surprised if it's the problem). -- Darryl Okahata Internet: darrylo@sr.hp.com DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion or policy of Hewlett-Packard or of the little green men that have been following him all day.