Subject: Re: Problems booting a IIcx
To: Allen Briggs <briggs@puma.bevd.blacksburg.va.us>
From: Olof Johansson <offe@dc.luth.se>
List: macbsd-general
Date: 06/08/1995 15:10:05
On Thu, 8 Jun 1995, Allen Briggs wrote:
> > It displays 1 color no matter if I have 1 or 4 bitplanes configured.
> > My screen isn't 640x480 either, it's an A4 monitor (15", I don't know the
> > resolution of it). And yes, I've tried booting your kernels with a
> > 640x480 monitor.
>
> This is because the NuBUS probe routines don't know the currently active
> video configuration and a number of cards have quite a few to choose
> from, so it chooses the default (sRsrcID 0x80) for that info. This is
> also "in the works." Do you have access to a simpler video card and
> monitor to try with that?
It booted just fine with a Toby card, but then that card didn't support
my 15" monitor (with the 640x480 it was just fine).
Do you want the output from the Slots program?
-Offe