| Title: | Alpha Workstation Conference |
| Notice: | See note 1.* for conference notices |
| Moderator: | WRKSYS::HOUSE |
| Created: | Wed Sep 07 1994 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1996 |
| Total number of notes: | 9122 |
On a AS600, the installation a Powerstorm 4D60T in the middle two PCI slots failed to start Windows at the end of the boot process and a blue screen flashed on and off every two seconds. However, the ZLX-E in the second PCI slot functioned okay, but when placed in the first PCI slot system did not boot to Windows, and a message scrolled during startup vga0 graphic device not configured, no graphics display. It appears as if the first PCI slot is not being recognized by the system. When the system boots up in single user mode, a sizer -gt returns GENERIC for the when the Powerstorm is installed. Also noticed the /sys/conf/SYSTEMFILE did not have a line for vga0. Entered two lines listed below, rebuilt the kernal but no results. controller vga0 pci0 at slot* vgaintr controller vga0 pci1000 at slot* vgaintr OS Unix 4.0A Open3D 4.2 Checked the Web graphics configuration page and the Powerstorm 4D60 is listed as a supported configuration on AS600. Has anyone experience a similar problem?
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| 1823.1 | y | WRKSYS::SUKUMAR | Thu Jan 30 1997 09:49 | 11 | |
I have couple of questions.
1. Did you rebuild the kernel after installing the Powerstorm 4D60T?
If not, boot generic kernel (genvmunix) after installing the
Powerstorm 4D60T. Then you have to rebuild kernel by using doconfig
command.
After reboot system should come up properly.
sukumar
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| 1823.2 | 4D60 needs mandatory subsets | WRKSYS::DOTY | Russ Doty, Graphics and Multimedia | Thu Jan 30 1997 17:27 | 13 |
Umm, I just got bitten with this one last night...
The problem is that you are missing the 100 dpi fonts. Boot in single
user mode, mount the UNIX CD, and do a setld against /ALPHA/BASE
(check, there may be a top level directory against this). This will
offer you a selection of 60-80 optional products, plus 3 mandatory
subsets -- 100 dpi fonts, XServer for Open3D and something for
TurboChannel.
Install the mandatory subsets, reboot, and you should be up and
running.
I had expert assistance with solving this one -- thanks, Monty!
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