Thanks to everyone who replied and confirmed that the position of the
graphics card is indeed specified in the kernel configuration. I
arranged for the card to be moved back to its original position, and
all was well. (As an aside, I'm not too chuffed that the machine
should have come back from DEC service in a different physical state
than it left us in; c'est la vie I suppose...)
Credits:
Sean O'Connell <sean_at_stat.Duke.EDU>
rye <rye_at_jtasc.acom.mil>
"Alan Rollow - Dr. File System's Home for Wayward Inodes." <alan_at_nabeth.cxo.dec.com>
Steve Wilson <Steve.Wilson_at_itron.com>
"Dr. Tom Blinn, 603-884-0646" <tpb_at_zk3.dec.com>
"Ronald D. Bowman" <rdbowma_at_tsi.clemson.edu>
> Hi -
>
> We've just had an AlphaStation 200 4/166 (UNIX 3.2C) returned from
> repair. I notice that the graphics card, apart from having its DIP
> switches altered (now reset) is also in a different PCI slot. (It may
> have been swapped, but is apparently the same type as before,
> ZLXp-E1, having the same part number stamped on the face plate).
>
> Problem is, I am not getting any graphics on screen, although there
> are apparently X-related processes running. Does the movement of the
> card from one slot to another mean that I will have to rebuild the
> kernel to get the graphics going again? (I would prefer to move the
> card back again if so, so that it can have the old kernel, which is
> common to it and a number of other dataless workstations).
>
> If it's not the kernel, can you offer any other suggestions for
> getting the graphics back?
>
> Thanks
>
> Richard
>
> -----------------------------------
> Richard Rogers
> Information Technology Services
> Staffordshire University
> Tel: 01785 (+44 1785) 353395
> E-mail: R.M.Rogers_at_staffs.ac.uk
> ...Who knows where the time goes?...
>
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Richard Rogers
Information Technology Services
Staffordshire University
Tel: 01785 (+44 1785) 353395
E-mail: R.M.Rogers_at_staffs.ac.uk
...Who knows where the time goes?...
Received on Mon Feb 23 1998 - 17:45:21 NZDT