Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 09:20:37 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@iafrica.com> To: root@asiainter.net (Super-User) Cc: yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mono video card not working in freebsd 3.0-980311-snap Message-ID: <199804270720.JAA27843@ceia.nordier.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.95.980427134517.29717D-100000@peach.asiainter.net> from Super-User at "Apr 27, 98 01:50:51 pm"
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Super-User wrote: > > On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, Kazutaka YOKOTA wrote: > > >> Do you have the mono video card _alone_ in your machine? > > >> > > >> If you have both a mono card and a VGA card, the console driver will > > >> use the VGA. > > >> Kazu > > >i've tried everything. with both, the mono monitor has the blinking > > >cursor in the topleft corner and never moves. > > >with the mono alone, it goes as normal, asks for boot options, then after > > >the kernel is loaded - nothing moves. i've tried 2 different mono video > > >cards that are almost identical. [ ... ] > i found the error in this, and got it to work ok with freebsd.. > after much playing around with the jumpers on the card, i found a setting > that it would work in. quite odd.. it would work fine in dos. > hope this helps you to help others :-) > thanks for the quick responses. Your cards are probably combo mono/color cards. Many of the later mono cards provided both MDA/Hercules and CGA support (CGA being the color card in the original IBM PC). These cards do confuse FreeBSD, which tries to address them as color cards, even though they are in mono mode. Changing jumper settings most likely disabled CGA support. -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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