> Latest bit of news on this: it appears that the tga is either not
> being probed at all or isn't being detected when the system is
> booted from a serial console. This means that it can't override
> the pcivga probe (which also is always detected, just with a lower
> priority). I've got to go off to work now, so I can't so any more
> work on this until this evening.

The TGA is not a PCI VGA device.  it should never, ever, match as a
PCI VGA device.

It's come to my attention (I guessed, based on information about which
systems -- all -- suffer from this when using a serial console, and
have received some information to back up my guess) that this is a
firmware bug.  I'm dragging new firmware files home right now, to
upgrade my Multia's firmware.  If the upgrade works, i.e. doesn't seem
to cause new problems on my (headed) system (i am the guinea pig,
coo-coo ka-choo), i'll see what I can do about making it available to
people who need it.

There's little point in you investigating this further...



cgd