From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailserv2.iuinc.com (IDENT:qmailr@mailserv2.iuinc.com [206.245.164.55]) by puffin.external.hp.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id IAA27271 for ; Fri, 3 Nov 2000 08:28:18 -0700 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp.linuxcare.com) (216.88.157.131) by mailserv2.iuinc.com with SMTP; 3 Nov 2000 15:30:01 -0000 Received: from ottawa.linuxcare.com (HELO linuxcare.com) (216.208.98.2) by smtp.linuxcare.com with SMTP; 3 Nov 2000 15:30:01 -0000 Sender: adevries@mailserv2.iuinc.com Message-ID: <3A02E9B4.5B93F47@linuxcare.com> Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 11:37:08 -0500 From: Alex deVries MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Phillip Beal CC: parisc-linux@thepuffingroup.com Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] STI Console problems on 735 and 755 References: <20001103100239.A37904@athena.louisville.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii List-ID: Phillip Beal wrote: > After all the help I obtained from this list, both through my posts and > through the archives, I've finally gotten the 735 and 755, that I have > access to, to boot and run linux. However, as soon as it starts to > process init, the console screen becomes garbled. The system continues > to boot, and I can access the machine via serial console and minicom, > but the physical console on the box, just prints garbage. Is this > normal for this stage of development? I couldn't see anything in the > archives, that said it was, so I'm wondering how I fix this problem, if > its been fixed before. Good to hear that your 735 and 755 start to boot! What kind of graphics hardware is sitting on a 735 or 755? I think we've only ever looked at that on a 712 and 715. Can you use serial console in the meantime? - Alex -- Alex deVries, Principal Solutions Architect, The Puffins at Linuxcare 613.562.2759 tel alex@linuxcare.com, http://www.linuxcare.com/ Linuxcare, Support for the revolution.