[18115] in Athena Bugs
Re: Possible problem with Linux Athena video auto-config
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Cattey)
Mon Aug 7 20:27:06 2000
Message-ID: <8tXpDGRz00015p_mF4@mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 00:26:58 +0000 ()
From: Bill Cattey <wdc@MIT.EDU>
To: cluster-services@MIT.EDU
CC: bugs@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <200008072058.QAA06588@karst.mit.edu>
This message is primarily directed to the Hardware Services folks who
are experiencing this problem.
1. I need the monitor you were using in addition to the CPU. Linux
tries to ask the monitor about itself. We don't have spare Dell P991
monitors here,
and unless we plug in the exact same kind of monitor, we can't know
what's going on.
2. With the Sun, if you turn on the CPU before you turn on the monitor, the
system never asks the monitor about itself properly. It is possible
that Dells are the same way. So if you happened to turn on the CPU
first, you'd lose.
3. If you have another problem system, does doing things in EXACTLY this
order solve the problem:
Both monitor and CPU unplugged and powered off.
Plug in Monitor
Plug in CPU
Power on Monitor
Power on CPU
Clean install of Athena
Meanwhile, get us the monitor you used in W20 with the CPU you brought
us, and we'll be able to test some more.
-wdc
