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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!news.maz.net!news.ppp.de!hcshh.hcs.de!hcswork.hcs.de!hm From: hm@hcswork.hcs.de (Hellmuth Michaelis) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: 950210-SNAP: PCVT/syscons problem Date: 13 Feb 95 19:06:52 GMT Organization: HCS Hanseatischer Computerservice GmbH Lines: 25 Message-ID: <hm.792702412@hcswork.hcs.de> References: <3hnq57$rt3@gate.sinica.edu.tw> NNTP-Posting-Host: hcswork.hcs.de X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #3 In <3hnq57$rt3@gate.sinica.edu.tw> lim@gate.sinica.edu.tw (Carmay Lim) writes: > I downloaded just the kernel srcdist for the 950210 snapshot and >wanted to try out the PCVT consoles (VT-220 emulation on ttyv*). I >took my previous 2.1-dev /usr/src/i386/conf/MYKERNEL config file and >added in the two lines pertaining to PCVT. Recompiled fine, installed >fine. When I rebooted, the kernel boot messages began appearing as >white on red text! Welcome to pcvt! :-) Yes, white on red is the pcvt way of displaying kernel message output, have a look at pcvt_conf.h to see how to change that if you don't like it. >This was alarming enough, but it seemed to proceed >through the boot sequence without any problems. Then it hit some sort >of kernel panic (mention of a "Supervisor page"?) and I was forced to >reboot. I've heard of this problem, but have no solution available, sorry! hellmuth -- Hellmuth Michaelis HCS Hanseatischer Computerservice GmbH Hamburg, Europe Experience is directly proportional to the amount of equipment ruined (Murphy) The opinions expressed above are my own and not the opinions of anybody else