Subject: Re: another happy scsi user!
To: None <jkunz@unixag-kl.fh-kl.de>
From: Michael Kukat <michael@camaronet.de>
List: port-vax
Date: 11/05/1999 21:32:50
Hi !

> > When you connect a color framebuffer, the onboard monochrome is disconnected.
> Good to know. 
> 
> > Try flipping over the little switch at the rear to set the serial console, then
> > it should run headless. 
> I thought it should run with the console at the onboard monochrome even
> with the GPX in it, because the "smg0" was still detected by the NetBSD
> kernel. That was confusing me.

I never checked this out, i drive both SPXes i have via the serial console.
Even if you set serial console, and have an SPX inside, smg0 is detected, but
the system works fine here. Maybe some parts of the hardware are disabled, so
the kernel crashes when accessing the smg.

so long... Michael

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