Subject: Re: wsconscfg problems on Multia
To: None <matthias.reis@web.de>
From: R. C. Dowdeswell <elric@mabelode.imrryr.org>
List: tech-install
Date: 08/25/2001 13:55:01
On 998087374 seconds since the Beginning of the UNIX epoch
matthias.reis@web.de wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
>I installed NetBSD 1.5 on my DEC Multia. Everything is almost fine except the virtual consoles. I get this error while boot
>ing the system:
>
>WSCONSCFG: WSDISPLAYIO_ADDSCREEN: cannot allocate memory
>WSCONSCFG: WSDISPLAYIO_ADDSCREEN: cannot allocate memory
>WSCONSCFG: WSDISPLAYIO_ADDSCREEN: cannot allocate memory
>WSCONSCFG: WSDISPLAYIO_ADDSCREEN: cannot allocate memory
>WSCONSCFG: WSMUXADD_DEVICE: invalid argument
>
>I configured the consoles as described in the "NetBSD short guide" (pg. 48) ...
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Matthias
>

The multia is a frame buffer device, and doesn't [yet] do virtual
consoles.

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