Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 11:08:27 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: hagen@iesd.auc.dk (Jesper Hagen) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Urgent problem with ATI Graphics Expression. Message-ID: <199603071808.LAA14345@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199603071252.NAA00296@helium.iesd.auc.dk> from "Jesper Hagen" at Mar 7, 96 01:52:56 pm
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> A year ago we invested in a number of ATI Graphics Expression PCI 2 MB > DRAM, which ran flawlessly under FreeBSD and XFree 3.1.2. > > Half a year ago we ordered a new bunch of these cards because of the > high stability, and discovered to our suprise, that the could no > longer do HIGH color nor 1280x1024 under XFree 3.1.2. Well not a > serious problem... > > Right now we have just received a new bunch of the cards which simply > blanks the screen at the moment when the FreeBSD kernel has been > loaded and starts probing for devices. This screen remains blank until > the machine reboots. In other words, not even TEXT MODE is possible > under FreeBSD with this new shipment. > > Has anyone experienced these problems and come up with possible > solutions? 1) Boot with "-c" and disable the serial ports until you are successfully installed. 2) Get -stable, -current, or apply the patch in the FAQ to the sio.c file, and rebuild a kernel. 3) Reenable the serial ports. 4) Call Mach and complain that the IBM standard requires that they ignore port 2e8 unless you specifically enable the IBM-adapter-compatible video mode (like IBM does) because 2e8 is the port for Com4:. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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