Re: sparc video problems

2006-03-31 Thread Alex Yung
On 3/31/2006 3:44 AM, Gary Parker wrote: > Admar Schoonen wrote: > >>>FYI, the U5 has the same openprom as the U10. The 'setenv output-device >>>screen' command only affects the Creator3D card (if yopu have one) in an >>>U10 and has no effect on the output of the VGA ATI display adapter on >>>e

Re: spark video problems

2006-03-31 Thread Gary Parker
Pete Clarke wrote: Will a standard PCI video card work with the ultra5? Thanks a lot for all of the wonderful help so far. Not that I know of - I believe that they use video cards without an onboard bios - most PC type cards have a bios. That's why you get to pay lots more for a Sun compatib

Re: spark video problems

2006-03-31 Thread Pete Clarke
> Will a standard PCI video card work with the ultra5? Thanks a lot for all > of the wonderful help so far. Not that I know of - I believe that they use video cards without an onboard bios - most PC type cards have a bios. That's why you get to pay lots more for a Sun compatible PCI video card :

spark video problems

2006-03-31 Thread Steve Meyer
Will a standard PCI video card work with the ultra5?  Thanks a lot for all of the wonderful help so far.

Etch beta 2 on Sunfire V240 with 2.6.16-1 kernel - works fantastic

2006-03-31 Thread Ashley Hooper
Just to let you know, Etch with the 2.6.16-1 kernel from Sid/Unstable works great! Even the Broadcom tg3 NICs are working properly (although I needed udev rules to fix their names as they seem to change names randomly between reboots as they are enumerated). Many thanks Jurij for his assistance.

Re: sparc video problems

2006-03-31 Thread admar
On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 10:44:24AM +0100, Gary Parker wrote: > Admar Schoonen wrote: > >Wrong. You can change the default resolution at the open boot prompt, as > >documented at > >http://040.digital-bless.com/texts/Unofficial_Sun_Blade_100_FAQ.htm > >(search for output-device on that page). Accord

Re: sparc video problems

2006-03-31 Thread Gary Parker
Admar Schoonen wrote: FYI, the U5 has the same openprom as the U10. The 'setenv output-device screen' command only affects the Creator3D card (if yopu have one) in an U10 and has no effect on the output of the VGA ATI display adapter on either the U5 or U10. Wrong. You can change the default

Re: sparc video problems

2006-03-31 Thread Admar Schoonen
On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 09:47:38AM +0100, Gary Parker wrote: > Steve Meyer wrote: > >But I still get nothingL The person I bought the machine from did > >include a 13w3 connecter but there is no place to plug the thing in. I > >know my monitor can easily support the 1024x768x60 resolution so I

Re: sparc video problems

2006-03-31 Thread Gary Parker
Steve Meyer wrote: But I still get nothingL The person I bought the machine from did include a 13w3 connecter but there is no place to plug the thing in. I know my monitor can easily support the 1024x768x60 resolution so I don’t think that is the issue. Any help or ideas would be greatly app

Re: sun Ultra 5 (no screen at boot)

2006-03-31 Thread Admar Schoonen
On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 11:29:03PM +0200, Xavier Oswald wrote: > > VGA connector is ok for Ultra5/10. Monitor frequency problem? I only tried > > "high end" monitors (Eizo, Sun), they work well. > > My monitor support 1024x768 85Hz IIRC, open boot (the "BIOS" of a SPARC system) is default at 115

Re: Sarge sun enterprise 250 and keyboard type 6

2006-03-31 Thread Frans Pop
On Friday 31 March 2006 08:15, Albert Czarnecki wrote: > When I install sarge with kernel 2.4.27-2-spar64 keyboard it's working > , but when I was install kernel 2.6.14-6 it's not working http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/sparc/release-notes/ch-installing.en.html#s-sparc_kbd http://www.debian