On Sun, 22 Aug 1999 17:20:09 -0400 
 Mason Loring Bliss <mason@acheron.middleboro.ma.us> wrote:

 > On Sun, Aug 22, 1999 at 02:08:27PM -0700, Jason Thorpe wrote:
 > 
 > > There's a switch in cgsix.c to turn off rasops on that display card:
 > > 
 > > int cgsix_use_rasterconsole = 1;
 > > 
 > > ...try setting that to 0, and see if it works.
 > 
 > Unfortunately, I'm running 1.3.3 and can't build a -current kernel for the
 > beastie. I've never tried cross-compiling anything, but I can do that from
 > my i386 box, if it's possible. How likely am I to succeed? <grin>

Boot into DDB, and set it by doing:

db> w cgsix_use_rasterconsole 0
...
db> c

        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>