Re (2): [Oberon] video mode in Aos.

[shark at gulfnet.sd64.bc.ca]

At Wed, 01 Jun 2005 15:04:54 -0700 Jan Verhoeven commented,
> I run Oberon and BlueBottle on a machine with an Asus P5-99VM board which 
> also has onboard VGA. It runs fine at 1024x768 but I use VESA mode 1.

Crazy also works on the Asus SP97-V board with onboard 
video.  Thus far, no freeze-ups and System.Reboot 
works.  Good!  (Incidently, if someone reads this 
after the next crazy release, "crazy" will be 
ambiguous.  The directory is dated Jan 19 and 
the files are Jun 08.  What about an empty file 
alongside the release files with a name such as 
CURRENT-IS-2005-06-08.  That worked for Oberon.)  

Based on the documentation and the boot manager, I 
set Init="105" and DRefresh="87".  The refresh rate 
helps a little but a fine horizontal black line remains 
between each row of pixels.  Either the focus and 
alignment need adjustment or I need to find a PCI 
video card.

After the startup report from the BIOS and before 
the display is alive, Oberon has about 15 s of black 
screen; Aos has about 25.  There is no disk activity 
while the screen is black.  Does anyone else observe 
this?

These lines are in Aos.Par.  The Oberon display 
opens but neither of the communication devices is 
installed.
Boot2="AosOberonInput;System.Init"
Boot3="AosLoopback.Install"
Boot4="Aos3Com90x.Install"
Both devices can be installed later with Aos.Call.
Why not with Aos.Par?

The Kernel log follows.  Any insights are welcome.

Thanks,            ... Peter E.

==================================================
Aos 08.06.05
Single-processor
IDE0..1: 14 000001F0 000003F6 reset ok
IDE2..3: 15 00000170 00000376 reset ok
ATA: Status ctrl=00000170 drv=0 hd=0 sec=1 cyl=14 err=00 stat=50 s=50 m=88 e=08 b=01 ms=10000
ATA: Status ctrl=00000170 drv=0 hd=0 sec=1 cyl=14 err=00 stat=50 s=50 m=88 e=08 b=01 ms=10000
IDE2: no reset
IDE0: 402MB, 1010*16*51, QUANTUM LPS420A
IDE2: packet cd-rom device, removable, FX162T4
Bus-master chipset not detected
AosDiskVolumes: IDE0{P0 INT39 0000}
#3
AosDiskFS: 41032K of 102708K available on IDE0#3
AosDiskVolumes: IDE0#2
AosDiskFS: 9156K of 40284K available on IDE0#2
AosDiskVolumes: IDE0#4
AosDiskFS: 173408K of 226740K available on IDE0#4
{P0 AosDisplayLinear: GlobalSetCacheProperties = 1505}
{P0 AosMouseSerial: MP=1}
{P0 AosMouseSerial: MT=MS1}
COM1 opened
COM1 closed
COM1 opened
COM1 closed
COM1 opened
COM1 closed
COM1 opened
{P0 ETH Oberon / Aos 08.06.05}
 

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