From owner-freebsd-bugs Fri Jul 23 8:40:15 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13177157A5 for ; Fri, 23 Jul 1999 08:40:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id IAA70433; Fri, 23 Jul 1999 08:40:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 08:40:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199907231540.IAA70433@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Nick Hibma Subject: Re: i386/11278: FreeBSD Version 3.1 reboots repeatedly (continuously cycles through the boot process) if no video card is installed. Version 2.1.5 does not cycle. Reply-To: Nick Hibma Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR i386/11278; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Nick Hibma To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, jtcn@dynegy.com Cc: Subject: Re: i386/11278: FreeBSD Version 3.1 reboots repeatedly (continuously cycles through the boot process) if no video card is installed. Version 2.1.5 does not cycle. Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 17:34:07 +0200 Did you specify a serial console in the /boot.conf? Specify -P in that file. echo -P > /boot.config reboot It might be that the console driver tries to write to the screen anyway. Hope this helps. Nick -- ISIS/STA, T.P.270, Joint Research Centre, 21020 Ispra, Italy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message