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- From: osyjm@cs.montana.edu (Jaye Mathisen)
- Subject: Re: Ultrix 4.3 / alternate console question
- Message-ID: <1992Dec20.232647.24874@coe.montana.edu>
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- References: <1992Dec18.200158.2820@tc.cornell.edu>
- Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 23:26:47 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec18.200158.2820@tc.cornell.edu> olin@vger.cheme.cornell.edu writes:
- >I have just installed Ultrix 4.3 on a DECstation 5000/200-PXG. When
- >this system ran 4.2A, the graphics screen/keyboard was also the
- >console. However, I now want to use an RS232 terminal (attached to
- >the left port) as console. This appears to work fine, with the
- >exception that I can get no display on the graphics screen. All the
- >relevant software is installed and is running OK (yes, I have checked
- >that the monitor is turned on). Anyone seen this before?
-
- Seems to me I remember reading something about this.
-
- It has something to do with the kernel initializing the console, and if
- it's using a standard tty, it doesn't init the frame buffer, or somesuch.
-
- Watch the bootup messages, and see if your framebuffer device is showing up
- during boot.
-
- On the other hand, I could be so far off that this will only serve to
- complicate the problem.
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- Jaye Mathisen, COE Systems Manager (406) 994-4780
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