Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 18:45:18 -0500 (EST) From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> To: "Istvan Gyenes" <frts@simba.sch.bme.hu> Cc: <alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 5.0-RC2 install error on Avanti Message-ID: <15892.53006.681799.226399@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <01cc01c2b2b7$b357a4e0$d2b4ded5@nala> References: <01cc01c2b2b7$b357a4e0$d2b4ded5@nala>
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Istvan Gyenes writes: > Hello All, > > I've tried to install FreeBSD-5.0-RC2 on an Alphaserver 300 4/266. The > console was a serial one (the SRM env was also set to serial). > > I've got a lot of: > "scrn_update(): scp->end 0 > size_of_screen!! > scrn_update(): scp->start -1 < 0" > errors. > The weird thing the same cd worked well on the EB164. > The only difference between the two machine that the EB has no video card. > Could it be the problem? Yes: > tga0: <DEC TGA2 (21130) 3D Graphics Accelerator> mem 0x88000000-0x88ffffff > irq 10 at device 13.0 on pci0 > tga0: Board type (null) > tga0: 1024 x 0, 8bpp, IBM561 RAMDAC > tga0: interrupting at ISA irq 10 > tga0: TGA2 (21130) pass 2 The TGA driver is mostly experimental. And it is very poorly tested except on TGA1 boards. I think that the install should work just fine if you open the box and remove the graphics card. Sorry about that. Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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