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From: forsyth@cal... forsyth@cal...
Subject: [9fans] Blank screen after boot :-/
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 16:20:22 BST

>>Anyone have any idea what I might be doing wrong? The new card

the first step is to check that the chips on the card (appear to) match
those in the vgadb entry.  manufacturers often (i'm tempted to say `invariably')
change the parts without changing the card's model number.

if they seem to agree, then start up, but don't run aux/vga etc (change /rc/bin/termrc as required).
instead, go into the basic console mode, so that you can try the example in
the vga(8) man page to save aux/vga's proposed settings to a file
without setting them.  i think it is still:
	aux/vga -ip 640x480x1 >/tmp/settings
you then have got something more to puzzle over ...