Re: [parisc-linux] boot console wrong.

[Rod Smart <snaketails@optushome.com.au>]

    Ok, my graphics card is installed in Slot 3, so whats the differance between
3a and 3b ??

> Possible paths are:
>         GRAPHICS(0)
>         GRAPHICS(1a)
>         GRAPHICS(1b)
>         GRAPHICS(2a)
>         GRAPHICS(2b)
>         GRAPHICS(3a)
>         GRAPHICS(3b)
>         GRAPHICS(4a)
>         GRAPHICS(4b)
>         PCI3
>         PCI4
>         SERIAL_1
>         SERIAL_2
>
Nahkola Mikko wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 06:26:47AM -0900, ext Tom wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 03:58:52AM +0000, ext Rod Smart wrote:
>
> > > > >   Console path:         SERIAL_1.9600.8.none
> > > >     I have installed Debian through this console, and would like to play
> > > > with it the usual way now ;o)
>
> > > Um ... "path console graphics" could be a good starting point. It
> > > probably tells you that "graphics" isn't a good path and shows a list of
> > > what could be, but that's almost as good.
>
> > "path console graphics(0)" sets the console to the built-in video on my
> > C180; graphics(x) (where x is the slot number as printed on the back of
> > the case) sets it to the video card in that slot...
>
> Well ... yes. (I just had to set a B180L to mode 12 on graphics(0)
> manually from the serial console as that seems to be the only way to make
> it work with an A4033A with the usual 3-BNC cable.)
>
> Now that I think about it ... I probably had to use pci(4) or some such
> once on a C360 but then again that one didn't have a built-in adapter.
>
> Oh, and really, my Linux-running C240 still has the console on serial -
> _and_ X and a bunch of virtual terminals also available on the graphics
> card.
>
> --
> Mikko Nahkola   <mikko.nahkola@nokia.com>
> Tre-IN sysadmin <mnahkola@trein.ntc.nokia.com>
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