Glyn:

I can't see how the ISO you download from my server is not working for you, 
you just work with it while you was using my server, are you sure is not 
your hardware??.......Just a thought.



Claudio Leiva
Las Vegas, Nevada
USA
http://cleiva.no-ip.com
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian McEwen" <bmcewen@comcast.net>
To: "Glyn Astill" <glynastill@yahoo.co.uk>
Cc: <port-cobalt@netBSD.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 4:47 PM
Subject: Re: poffd problem (it gets worse)


> On Oct 12, 2006, at 6:23 PM, Glyn Astill wrote:
>
>> yone got any ideas? I installed from the first disk a few months
>> ago onto a 40 gig drive and all was well, now I try to do the same on
>> a 320 gig drive and the LCD gets jammed on that bloody poffd screen
>> once I've set up the initial parameters.
>>
>> This sucks, someone please help.
>
> Just checking, still all works fine but the display does not?  That's
> been the case for literally years...until just recently; within the
> last 6 months, April 2006, except for people who patched it on their
> own. The display really is not super useful.  If anything "bad"
> happens you still need a serial console to a laptop.
>
> Be aware that until you reboot after install, you aren't testing it
> really.  If the LCD works during the install, then goes away on the
> first real boot, then it's just plain not working.  If it really
> works and shows the IP address on the first bootup after install, and
> all you have done is edit hostname info, etc, that's a little
> surprising.
>
> Someone posted that the display and paneld were working for them
> right after the posting of the April 1 2006 build linked to here, and
> indeed that is something mentioned in the description:
> -------------------
> As a proof of concept here is a CD with a 10 days old 3.99.17 build:
>
>  ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/cdi/cobalt/NetBSD3.99.17-
> restoreCD.iso
>
> Features:
>
>  - 3.99.17 boot (i386) kernel and userland
>  - 3.99.17 remote (cobalt over NFS) installation kernel and userland
>  - Slightly improved LCD installation messages
>  - named.conf updated to use netbsd.org domain instead of
> mfg.cobaltmicro.com
>  - paneld re-compiled for 3.99.17, seems to use 0.0% CPU now
> ------------------
>
> That is the one you are using, right?
> So- what edits specifically are you doing that break it?  I know you
> said you were following Shon's 1.6.1 install guide.  Perhaps do the
> install just one more time, and make the edits one at a time,
> rebooting between, so you know for sure what breaks it.  And, there's
> no reason for it to stay broken if that's what is killing it-- if you
> copy the files you are changing to a backup before you make the edit,
> just restore the copy of the text file.
>
> My LCD panel has been blank since July 2005.  Not holding me back at
> all...
>
> Also- if you do a ps -ax   does it really show poffd running?
>
> HTH.
>
> Brian
>