[rescue] Non-Fcode PCI VGA in U5?

Meelis Roos mroos at linux.ee
Thu Apr 29 09:01:50 CDT 2004


> > Well, if I don't connect the keyboard I get the console on serial port.
> > If keyboard is present then nothing appears there.
>
> Perhaps that machine had a second framebuffer in it, like a Raptor.  Check
> pcib-probe in the nvram.  If it's set to 1,3, it's skipping the onboard
> framebuffer during OpenBoot initialization.  Set it to 1,2,3.

No, it's 1,2,3. I did try to set it to 1,3 to make it "give more
attention" to the addon card but it didn't help and I set it back to
1,2,3. Also, it sometimes just works, like currently.

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Meelis Roos (mroos at linux.ee)



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