Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 24 Jul 2000 09:49:09 -0400 (EDT) | From | James Simmons <> | Subject | Re: MDA video detection request. |
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> 2. Patched kernel. > > I applied the patch supplied by you to the list. The patch uncomments the > code I had commented that was messing up my cursor, and adds a save and > restore to the mda register test function. When I boot the kernel the machine > crashes. I get to the point where the MDA is initialised, and the MDA flashes, > and the kernel stops booting. No error messages appear on either screen.
Ouch :-(
> So basically what happened was I commented out some MDA detection code because > it was moving the cursor, then added a line to turn the cursor off, and > supplied the patch to Alan. This looks nice on my machine, but breaks on other > machines. By uncommenting the code that I commented it will work on other > machine and look less nice for people using the same MDA as me for a moment or > two at boot-up. > > My suggestion is to just uncomment the code that I commented, that seems to > fix it.
I gave it try from the test4 kernels. I toke your suggest and it worked for me. It realized I don't have a mda card. Its in CVS now.
Q: Why did they deprecate a.out support in linux? A: Because a nasty coff is bad for your elf.
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