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1256.0. "ZLXp-L2, D-UNIX 4.0B, Open3D 4.2" by GYPOS3::EIBL (Reinhard Eibl @FKR, DTN 865-4027) Thu Mar 06 1997 12:43

Hello all,

have problems to get a ZLXp-L2 card work on an AS 600. Checked everything i
know of: Firmware, UNIX vs. Open3D version, installed subsets, Kernel config,
presence of non-Digital memory, ...   The graphical interface during 4.0B
installation works fine, so vga mode should be ok.

Have 2 "NVRAM parameters invalid" messages during boot (see below).
Can this prevent the X server startup ?
Any other idea what may be wrong ?

Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.
/Reinhard
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System info:
        AlphaStation 600 5/333, 192 MB, ZLXp-L2
        Firmware revision: 6.3, PALcode: OSF version 1.21
        Digital UNIX V4.0B,  Open3D 4.2

Extract from boot messages (from uerf):
        ...
        cam_logger: bus 0
        isp_probe
        NVRAM parameters invalid, using driver
         _Fast10 defaults
        ...
        cam_logger: bus 1
        isp_probe
        NVRAM parameters invalid, using driver
         _Fast10 defaults
        ...
        pvp0 at pci0 slot 12
        pvp0: 8MB vram, 1280x1024, 32KP,
         _ZLXp-L2@5
        gpc0 at eisa0
        kernel console: pvp0
        ...

Problem solved. Customer must have made some errors during or after
the D-UNIX installation which are not detected by "setld -i",
e.g. the rc.config file was not present.
After a new installation of the operating system and Open3D
now everything works fine.

/Reinhard