6100 no video- (was Re: [rescue] OpenBSD)

[William Enestvedt]

> Have you checked the lithium CMOS battery? The main symptom 
> on my 6100 was that 
> the screen would not come up on a cold boot.
>
   This is a good point: if the PRAM dumps its contents due to battery
death, your system might lose its idea of what device to use for video
display. Oh, sure, you'd like to think that it'll re-sense what's attached
and then only use the active port, but...
-wde
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Will Enestvedt
UNIX System Administrator
Johnson & Wales University -- Providence, RI