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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA7336 ; Mon, 18 Jan 93 10:52:11 EST Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!news.u.washington.edu!ns1.nodak.edu!plains.NoDak.edu!tjon From: tjon@plains.NoDak.edu (Christopher C. Tjon) Subject: Re: What SVGA boards does 386bsd like? Sender: usenet@ns1.nodak.edu (News login) Message-ID: <C15zD2.EBr@ns1.nodak.edu> Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 18:00:38 GMT References: <11@czos9.UUCP> <C15yJF.EnE@ns1.nodak.edu> Nntp-Posting-Host: plains.nodak.edu Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computing Network Lines: 30 In article <C15yJF.EnE@ns1.nodak.edu> tjon@plains.NoDak.edu (Christopher C. Tjon) writes: > In article <11@czos9.UUCP> chuck@czos9.UUCP writes: > > Hello all, > > I've been installing 386bsd on my system and when I install the VGA patches > > the kernal bombs, yet works fine if I leave them out. The obvious conclusion > > is that it doesn't like my SVGA card. I have some Cirrus Logic card... > > GL-5442 or something... What cards are known to be 386bsd friendly? > > Trident? > > > > I used to have this card. It WILL work with the vga stuff if you have created > /dev/vga properly and changed /etc/ttys to spawn a getty to /dev/vga instead > of /dev/console. I cannot remember the major and minor numbers but I am > someone out there will know. (I could check my system but it is down with > another problem:-( ). YOU WILL however have big problems with X. I finally > got an et4000 based card to avoid the problem entirely. The card works fine > if you dont want X but if you do get a new one. > > Also, I forgot. You must change init.c. Each occurance of /dev/console must be changed to /dev/vga. Then recompile and install and you should be set -- Chris tjon@plains.nodak.edu Christopher C. Tjon uunet!plains!tjon (UUCP) Box 5224 tjon@plains (Bitnet) Fargo, ND 58105-5224 This message brought to you by the letters X and S and the number 3.