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 don?t > >think that is the issue. Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated. > > 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. > > It's possible to pass parameters at boot-time to the fb device to make > it display correctly once the kernel is loaded but I'm under the > impression that if you don't see the OBP at boot time you never will > with that monitor.
(since this is the second time today this question comes up, I'm CC-ing the other poster too) 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). According to that page, 1152 x 900 at 76 Hz is the default resolution. On that same page, there are also user contributions about which monitors do and which don't work. It is meant for a Sun Blade 100, but the on board video card in those machines is very similar to the one in an ultra 5 / 10, so it could be useful for those machines as well. (Search for SyncMaster on that page to see the reports.) Note that some (all?) the resolutions mentioned in there are for Solaris X server (XSun), which can be changed by the solaris program 'm64config'. BTW: perhaps the 13W3 connector can be used to connect an old 13W3 sun monitor to a standard vga card? (Or at least to a sun framebuffer with vga connector, which is what I use in my setup.) Hope this helps Admar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
