From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 3 10:31:52 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-11.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BF3F37B502; Tue, 3 Oct 2000 10:31:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [212.238.54.101] (helo=freebie.demon.nl) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #4) id 13gVuj-000G3p-00; Tue, 03 Oct 2000 17:31:37 +0000 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.demon.nl (8.11.0/8.11.0) id e93HXXt01120; Tue, 3 Oct 2000 19:33:33 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 19:33:33 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: "O. Hartmann" Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Digital Multia/Alpha problems Message-ID: <20001003193332.A1101@freebie.demon.nl> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: ; from ohartman@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de on Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 07:12:05PM +0200 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 07:12:05PM +0200, O. Hartmann wrote: > Dear Sirs. > My problem is trivial, but essential. I lost my console > on one of my Multias. There is only one message line on > the bottom of the screen, but no possible input, no chance to > engage ARC/SRM console. How can I bring back the console to the > internal video adaptor? If you don't connect a keyboard all output/input for the console goes (should go) to the serial port. 9600N81. You know FreeBSD/alpha does not support the builtin-TGA as a console device!? Please read HARDWARE.TXT Wilko [who is reviving some Multia's as we speak] -- Wilko Bulte wilko@freebsd.org Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message