On Tue, 13 May 2003, kevin curran wrote: > Folks > > I have been trying unsuccessfully for about three weeks (on and off) to get > the graphical User interface to work on my Sun UltraSparc 10 box. I presume > it has an Elite 3D PCI card inside as the sticker is on the front of the > box. My monitor is a Sun 19inch with a CM751U label on the back. >
Try /bin/dmesg | grep Elite that will tell you if you have an Elite3D video card. Also, the /var/log/XFree86.0.log should have information from SUNFFB on what it has found on your system. > I have been running xf86config for weeks now trying all sorts of > configurations. I don't really know what my horizontal and vertical refresh > rates are for the monitor that I have. I also don't seem to see Elite 3D or > CM751U listed in the video card and monitor lists that xf86config presents > me with. > > I can enclose the full output if people like from the server log. The last > lines however mention the following: > > (EE) SUNFFB: Failed to load module 'dri' ... > (II) unloading /usr/x11r6/lib/modules.... > (II) unloading /usr/x11r6/lib/modules.... > ... > .... What version of XF86? If it is 4.2.xxx, comment out 'Load "dri"' from the Modules section in your XF86Config file, if you have it. (This is changed with 4.3.0). > > Fatal server error > No Screens found > > I guess that the last configuration that I choose must have been for the > subffb card. I can't remember. I have tried so many. > SUNFFB is the driver for Creator/Elite graphics cards. Once it is loaded, it will figure out if it is talking to a Creator3D or to an Elite3D. > I have read elsewhere that I should try running the xserver-mach64. I don't > actually know how to do that. It is a command line instruction? > It says also after that line in the debian online sparc problems page that > 'one should.. use this X server for ATI Rage framebuffers, such as found in > many PCI-based UltraSPARC machines'. My question here is 'DOes the > Ultrasparc 10 have an ATI rage framebuffer'? Some do. The messages at boot time will tell you what is on yours. In fact, I have an Ultra10 with both a mach64 and with a creator3d. You need your monitor plugged into the one the XF86Config file wants to use. Quick check: If your monitor is plugged into the system using a PC-like HD15 connector, you are not connected to a Creator/Elite card. If you are plugged in with a Sun 13W3 connector, It's a Sun graphics card of some sort. (HD15 = 3 rows of 5 pins; 13W3 looks like nothing else on your system). > > Everything else I can get working. I installed all the network settings > manually but the X server has totally baffled. I have installed about 7 > different versions of linux on over 20 PC's in the last 18 months and I have > always managed to somehow get the X server to work but my ultrasparc has > beaten me. > > Any help appreciated. It can be done, but the documentation doesn't make it easy. Regards, -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Phone: (703) 392-0303 Fax: (703) 392-0401