>Number:         3983
>Category:       port-pmax
>Synopsis:       White block on screen of DS2100
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    gnats-admin (GNATS administrator)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Aug 13 15:35:01 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Kevin P. Neal
>Organization:
You call this organized? blah blah blah 
>Release:        NetBSD-current 970812
>Environment:
System: NetBSD scroll.pantheon.org 1.2G NetBSD 1.2G (SCROLL) #2: Fri Jul 18 15:10:29 EDT 1997 root@scroll.pantheon.org:/tome/pmax/sys/netbsd/sys/arch/pmax/compile/SCROLL pmax
>Description:
I've got a vanilla DECstation 2100 with mono graphics. When I boot the
machine a white block appears dead center on the screen. This block
doesn't seem to bother anything on the screen, ie, when text scrolls under
it and then past it the text appears unchanged. 

Do these machines have "sprites"? Because it appears as if a sprite is
sitting in the middle of the screen. 

The white block appears the instant the kernel takes control. It goes
away (on halt) as soon as the word "Halted" is printed. 
>How-To-Repeat:
Boot on a current kernel. Don't run X. 
>Fix:
You got me. 
>Audit-Trail:
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