> You won't be able to use it in console mode unless it
> was designed
> for OpenBoot PROM/OpenFirmware instead of a PC BIOS.
Yep.
Definitely not, a no-go.
But this might not be a stopper, if you just intend to use that board as a
secondary head.
Or if you have any other means to access the console: Serial Console [or also
RSC with console over tcp/ip (don't know if RSC slot present on U60)].
Or if you just once set everything up properly (using serial console) and run
that box headless afterwards.
>
> In graphics mode, the lack of an X server & drivers
> for that card
> will be your biggest obstacle. You might be able to
> use some of
[...]
Xorg / XFree86 does have the drivers in question.
_But_: It even has problems with the SUNW-distributed OF-ready ati based boards
like PGX, PGX64, XVR-100.
Ati chipsets are not all that well working on some "semi-good Xorg_supported"
machines like the U60 for example.
Because the Ati driver includes support for many diff. chipsets and simply
tries to do "too much" scanning - and either segfaults, or even forces the
system to freeze or reset. Only removing power (no STOP+A) helps in hard cases.
But shouldn't a Rage Pro even be supported by both a SUNW-distributed /dev/fb
driver ("m64" in this case) _and_ Xsun?
It should, normally.
Try a fresh sxcr install over serial console.
And watch /devices and /dev.
OP: Why are you asking the question?
If you just look for a cheap gfx option, I would strongly recommend you to ebay
a cheap PGX32 / Techsource Raptor 8p, or a PGX-64 or an UPA board (for as low
as $9.95).
But if you're interested in the whole topic, then go on and try getting the
Rage Pro to work as X11-only card. :)
p.s.: Here are a few postings you might probably be interested in:
(though I currently cannot find THE one, I actually was looking for / which I
saw long ago)
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.sun.hardware/browse_frm/thread/7632f60ac3c2221a/698585e301db75bb?lnk=st&q=sparc+ati+video&rnum=1&hl=en#698585e301db75bb
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.unix.solaris/browse_frm/thread/3eda2703767b2c93/6d760d796b3e2b47?lnk=st&q=sparc+ati+video&rnum=6&hl=en#6d760d796b3e2b47
http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.ports.sparc/browse_frm/thread/21988149a14768d4/c43351787efbcdd8?lnk=st&q=sparc+ati&rnum=1&hl=en#c43351787efbcdd8
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.sun.hardware/browse_frm/thread/e7d16a1c8aa0d5b7/63a3f64da9569fe2?lnk=st&q=sparc+ati&rnum=2&hl=en#63a3f64da9569fe2
Much luck
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Martin Bochnig
"Nobody is surrounding me, damn! ... " ;-)
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