The original problem:
> I have been asked to downgrade an Alphastation 255 (233 MHz)
> from 4.0b to 3.2d to accomodate some 3rd party software which
> does not yet run on 4.0. However, on bootup, the console does
> not display the X login window. It looks as if it believes that
> it is a serial terminal, rather than a proper console, but the
> environment variable for the system is correct, i.e. console =
> graphics.
>
> It has been suggested that perhaps an Alphastation 255 can't
> be taken back below version 4.0.
The solution:
Replies indicated that you could, indeed, run an Alpha 255 on
version 3.2, preferably 3.2d or greater. The fix was to install
Open3D, then the Open3D subset for the particular graphics card
which the system has. In my case, the user had purchased and
installed a ZLXp-L2 (or something like that), so that when I
installed the following subset, all was well.
O3DDWSZLXL340 installed DWS Open3D ZLX-L, ZLXp-L V3.4
Great thanks for the many replies. This list has saved my sanity
yet again.
Cheers,
Lyn
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Received on Tue Jan 21 1997 - 03:34:34 NZDT