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- From: ignatz@chinet.chi.il.us (Dave Ihnat)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Subject: Re: DELL sysvr4 console buggs out on boot
- Summary: Try zapping (or moving) /etc/ioctl.syscon
- Message-ID: <BxA67F.Awr@chinet.chi.il.us>
- Date: 6 Nov 92 06:04:26 GMT
- Article-I.D.: chinet.BxA67F.Awr
- References: <1992Nov04.173517.718@openage.openage.com>
- Sender: Dave Ihnat
- Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX
- Lines: 14
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- In article <1992Nov04.173517.718@openage.openage.com>
- gryphon@openage.openage.com (The Golden Gryphon) writes:
- >A client of mine has a DELL 486/50 DX/EISA, running DELL UNIX SVR4. They
- >had a previous consultant come in to do some work, and when she was done
- >their console bugged out. By bugged out I mean this.
- >
- >When you start to boot, or boot DOS, the video is OK.
-
- I needn't be as cautious as the Dell person who asked for info--try moving
- /etc/ioctl.syscon aside before booting. To get to that point, try booting from
- floppy; perhaps first, trying to login blind, then do a "setcolor -n" to get
- to a sane color combination, if that's what's hosed.
-
- If it doesn't work, well, fine. Otherwise, you may have solved the problem...
-