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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!newsfeed.nacamar.de!fu-berlin.de!irz401!orion.sax.de!uriah.heep!news From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Device driver for second MONO console? Date: 28 Jun 1997 15:50:20 GMT Organization: Private BSD site, Dresden Lines: 30 Message-ID: <5p3brs$1bm@uriah.heep.sax.de> References: <5orb0b$hhg$1@nntp2.ba.best.com> <5orl4d$921@uriah.heep.sax.de> <5oulle$5p9$1@nntp2.ba.best.com> Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.heep.sax.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.6 X-Phone: +49-351-2012 669 X-PGP-Fingerprint: DC 47 E6 E4 FF A6 E9 8F 93 21 E0 7D F9 12 D6 4E Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43800 Zenin <zenin@best.com> wrote: > > I once did this with the pcvt driver, ... > Hmm, any pointers on where this configuration can be set? I think it was not much more than configuring pcvt, with both the mono and VGA card present. I eventually forgot the details however. > Ok, so then I'd leave /dev/ttyv0 asis and move the pcvt > driver to a differnet device file? No, pcvt will still manage /dev/ttyv*. It will act as both, the mono console driver, and the hookup point for the Xserver to handle the VGA hardware (as well as the means to multiplex the keyboard). By the time i did it, i've only been investigating for people running a fixed-frequency monitor that couldn't display VGA. Ah, i remember one detail: the BIOS had to be told to use the mono screen as the display, i think i had to set a jumper on the mainboard for this. Quite possible that you'll be outta luck with modern boards/BIOSes. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)