On Fri, 24 Sep 1999, der Mouse wrote:

# > Just chiming in to note that I saw the same thing on my
# > SparcClassic/cgthree with a RASTERCONSOLE-enabled kernel.  I also
# > noticed video glitches appearing on the screen continuously, as if
# > the machine was in a tight loop accessing the framebuffer memory...
# 
# > I took the RASTERCONSOLE option out and obtained a stable system
# > again.
# 
# As one more data point, I recently bought two IPXes, which of course
# included the onboard GX framebuffer ("cgsix0 at sbus0 slot 3 offset 0x0
# level 7: SUNW,501-1672, 1152 x 900, rev 8").
# 
# The first kernel I booted on them was actually designed for a
# serial-console machine (an ELC I'm running headless), so it had no
# RASTERCONSOLE, using the ROM routines for console I/O.  And when I
# exited vi on this console, the screen went bonkers, fragments of text
# flickering all over.  Typing RETURN a couple of times calmed it down; I
# then had a totally scrambled screen with a perfectly usable prompt, and
# if I continued working the garbage scrolled off the scrolling area.
# 
# I built and booted a RASTERCONSOLE-emabled kernel and have had no
# further problems.  (Well, none of that sort; I do have a problem with
# the colormap, but I haven't yet investigated enough to feel it worth
# sending a note out about it.)

1.  I noticed the colormap problem as well.  I think the kernel
will need to install one.

2.  I thought the sun termcap entry had been fixed; if it doesn't
	work, use the type 'sun-ss5' (which, I thought, had been
	named yet something else).

3.  Mouse:  Have you loaded the fast console eeprom config?
	Anyone else want a copy of it?

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