Thanks for the quick responses. The solution was to rebuild the kernel,
with the old video controller commented out.
Thanks to Miguel Mena and Matthew D. Smith for the answer.
Steve
> We've just upgraded a 3000/500 machine from DU 3.2A to 4.0B, and are
> having trouble with xdm on it. The machine has two video cards; the one
> that came with it and a ZLX-M2 card in one of the TurboChannel slots. I
> want to run xdm and X normally on the ZLX card, and I want the old card
> to be ignored completely (thus the ZLX should be :0.0). How do I setup
> xdm to do this?
> I can get xdm to run only on the new card (by making
> /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers read ":0.1 local /usr/bin/X11/X"), but upon
> logging in, you get a two-screen session (one screen per card), which I
> don't want. Any ideas?
> Another realted question that maybe someone could help with about the
> ZLX card (a PMAGC-BA) since the manual seems to have vanished. There is
> an additional BNC coaxial output on the card. Does anyone know what
> kind of signal is coming out of it?
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 15:09:58 +0200
From: Miguel Mena <migi_at_zuo.dec.com>
To: Steve <stevel_at_cheme.cornell.edu>
Cc: Me <migi_at_zuo.dec.com>
Subject: Re: Xdm: Use 2nd video card only
Hello Steve,
how do the lines for the graphic adapters in your kernel
config file look like ? the fb device is the onboard adapter ...
controller fb? at tc0 slot 8 vector fbint
what happens if you remove/comment this line, rebuild the kernel
and reboot ...
Best regards,
Miguel
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On Thu, 24 Apr 1997, Matthew D. Smith wrote:
>
> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 16:16:24 -0000
> From: "Matthew D. Smith" <matt_at_chilloutroom.eskom.co.za>
> To: Steve <stevel_at_cheme.cornell.edu>
> Subject: Re: Use 2nd video card only
>
> Hello
>
> I think the best thing to do is to either remove the video card from the
> machine, I mean if I read you correctly you don't want to use it at all
> (Why?). We use dual & triple headed workstation at my site. If you want to
> disable the card then just rebuild your kernel without mention of the
> second video card. But, it sounds to me like the card you want your XDM to
> run on is possibly in TurboChannel slot 1 instead of slot 0. Perhaps you
> can swap the cards over and rebuild your kernel (you'll have to) without
> support for the second video card.
>
> The ZLX card is a 24bit colour card (I think).
>
> Regards
> Matthew D. Smith
Received on Thu Apr 24 1997 - 16:59:17 NZST