At 0:24 Uhr +0100 16.3.2000, Colin Wood wrote:
>Hauke Fath wrote:
>> A missing device file would not exactly explain why I see a panic with one
>> video card and a working console with another, would it?
>
>not unless 1 video card is supported but the other not.  if 1 card isn't
>supported, it may be that wscons is trying to establish the console on
>that fb device anyway and then failing rather miserably...

In what sense "unsupported"? How (and _when_) would it fail?
>
>what does the rest of the dmesg output look like?

See my initial mail...

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NetBSD 1.4U (GENERICSBC) #22: Sun Mar  5 16:54:11 PST 2000
    root2@c610:/usr/src/sys/arch/mac68k/compile/GENERICSBC
Apple Macintosh IIcx  (68030)
cpu: delay factor 166
total memory = 8192 KB
avail memory = 4032 KB
using 128 buffers containing 512 KB of memory
mrg: 'Mac II class ROMs' ROM glue, tracing off, debug off, silent traps
mrg: I/O map kludge for ROMs that use hardware addresses directly.
mainbus0 (root)
obio0 at mainbus0
adb0 at obio0
asc0 at obio0: Apple Sound Chip
iwm0 at obio0: Apple GCR floppy disk controller
fd0 at iwm0 drive 0: (drive empty)
sbc0 at obio0: options=1<PDMA>
scsibus0 at sbc0: 8 targets, 8 luns per target
zsc0 at obio0 chip type 0
zsc0 channel 0: d_speed   9600 DCD clk 0 CTS clk 0
zstty0 at zsc0 channel 0 (console)
zsc0 channel 1: d_speed   9600 DCD clk 0 CTS clk 0
zstty1 at zsc0 channel 1
nubus0 at mainbus0
ae0 at nubus0 slot a: Ethernet A-Series, 32KB memory
ae0: supplying EUI64: 00:40:10:ff:fe:02:0e:65
ae0: Ethernet address 00:40:10:02:0e:65
macvid0 at nubus0 slot b: Mac II High-Resolution Video Card
macvid0: 640 x 480, monochrome
macfb0 at macvid0
wsdisplay0 at macfb0
fpu0 at mainbus0 (mc68882)
ae0: length does not match next packet pointer
ae0: len 0000 nlen ff00 start 12 first 00 curr 1e next 00 stop 80
ae0: NIC memory corrupt - invalid packet length 65280
adb0 (direct, II series): 2 targets
aed0 at adb0 addr 0: ADB Event device
akbd0 at adb0 addr 2: extended keyboard (ISO layout)
wskbd0 at akbd0
ams0 at adb0 addr 3: 1-button, 100 dpi mouse
wsmouse0 at ams0
scsibus0: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <DEC, DSP3107LS, 440C> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
sd0: 1021 MB, 3117 cyl, 8 head, 83 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 2091144 sectors
boot device: sd0
root on sd0a dumps on sd0b
PRAM: 0x38cd637b, macos_boottime: 0x38cd6365.
root file system type: ffs

-- The card is a pretty vanilla '88 vintage Apple 640x480 8Bit.

	hauke


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