Subject: Re: video/ethernet card incompatibilty
To: DJ Lo-Ki <lo-ki@pinsky.com>
From: Michael R Zucca <mrz5149@cs.rit.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 11/17/1997 19:17:10
> I was running off of internal video until today (thought it would be
> simpler) anyway I have access to a bunch of old nubus video cards so I
> figured I'd try plugging them in until I found one that worked...
I'm working on the internal video stuff. Keep hangin' in there. Though
with a IIci you're probably better off with a card. 640x480's a bit
small for X.
> ok, so I looked in the FAQ and saw that I should play with the order of
> the cards... I rebooted after swithcing the two cards, and everything
> went well until the video card came up and then I got the message
> "slot_noint() slot d"
We don't have code to shut off video interrupts for the card in question.
That's the problem. What card was it? If it's popular then it might be
worth the trouble to figure out how to disable the interrupts on the
card.