Re: O2 install - use glass console?

[Tobias Nygren <tnn%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:41:49 +0100 (BST)
Stephen Borrill <netbsd%precedence.co.uk@localhost> wrote:

> (Sorry for spamming this list today!)
> 
> I'm trying to install -current on my O2. When the kernel is started it 
> switches into some screen mode undisplayable by its genuine SGI monitor.
> Should I be able to use a glass console to do this installation? If so, 
> what resolution/refresh is it likely to be trying to use?

I see this sometimes on my O2. When it happens it usually goes away
magically if I leave the machine without power for a day or two.
So it sounds to me like some hardware register is left uninitialised.
However, rebooting into irix does not help NetBSD.