Update Question 5.9:

- Correct my previous mistake about the wrong path of sio.c
- Remove paragraph about X
- Add non-breakable spaces for better rendering

Reviewed by:	trhodes, danger, remko
Approved by:	gabor (mentor)
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Gabor Pali 2008-06-14 10:20:08 +00:00
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commit 9816109798
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-08 03:00:23 +00:00
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</question>
<answer>
<para>This is a known problem with the ATI Mach 64 video card.
<para>This is a known problem with the ATI&nbsp;Mach64 video card.
The problem is that this card uses address
<literal>2e8</literal>, and the fourth serial port does too.
Due to a bug (feature?) in the &man.sio.4;
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<para>If you want to be able to use your serial ports, you will
have to build a new kernel with the following modification: in
<filename>/usr/src/sys/dev/sio.c</filename> (or in <filename>/usr/src/sys/pc98/cbus/sio.c</filename> for pc98) find the one
<filename>/usr/src/sys/dev/sio/sio.c</filename> (or in <filename>/usr/src/sys/pc98/cbus/sio.c</filename> for pc98) find the one
occurrence of the string <literal>0x2e8</literal> and remove
that string and the preceding comma (keep the trailing comma).
Now follow the normal procedure of building a new
kernel.</para>
<para>Even after applying these workarounds, you may still find
that the X Window System does not work properly. If this is the
case, make sure that the &xfree86; version you are using is at
least &xfree86; 3.3.3 or higher. This version and upwards has
built-in support for the Mach64 cards and even a dedicated X
server for those cards.</para>
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