Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 13:26:15 -0600 From: Marc Novakowski <novakow@ee.ualberta.ca> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: [Fwd: Problems with Pentium Pro display] Message-ID: <31FBBED7.6561@ee.ualberta.ca>
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Okay, I solved the below problem by compiling a kernel (with great difficulty) with the vt0 console device rather than sc0. Now I have a different problem!! It seems that the computer boots fine until the login: prompt. Then, the keyboard locks and I can't type anything! I can't even switch vt's. I read in the mailing list archives of this happening to other people but I couldn't find any solutions. I am trying all of this with the March23 SNAP.. would I have more luck with the latest 2.1.5 release? Thank you in advance.. --- Marc Novakowski novakow@ee.ualberta.ca I wrote: > > I am having problems running FreeBSD on a Pentium Pro 180. The motherboard > is an ASUS P/I-P6NP5 PCI. The problem is, once I boot into FreeBSD, I can't > see the cursor on the screen. Also when I type, the text does not appear > until I switch to another virtual console and then back again! > > Other "weird" things happening: > - I can't seem to "reboot" or "shutdown" the machine.. the KILL signal is > sent, but the disks aren't synced (SCSI disk) > - when I booted up before, the internal speaker would emit a high pitched > tone.. I disconnected it to solve this problem > - when I try to mount an MSDOS floppy, the computer just hangs > > This sounds pretty weird to me, and the folks on #freebsd on IRC couldn't > help me out. I would try to use the vt0 device rather than the sc0 device > but it is not supplied in the "generic" kernel, and it is very hard to edit > the kernel config files in vi without a cursor! > > Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated.. > > System Info: > Motherboard: ASUS P/I-P6NP5 with PPro 180 chip > RAM: 64 Meg EDO, 60 ns (2 x 32Meg SIMMs) > SCSI adapter: ASUS PCI-SC200 Fast SCSI > Ethernet card: SMC EtherPower (SMC8432T) > CDROM: NEC 2x SCSI > Tape: Colorado T1000 > Video: ATI GSSC (mono) > Monitor: AST Monochrome > > Note: I have tried it also with a 1meg PCI ATI Mach64 & SVGA monitor and it > still does the same thing. > > Thank you! > > --- > Marc Novakowski > novakow@ee.ualberta.ca
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