On May 26, 4:10 pm, Florian Zagler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Samstag, 26. Mai 2007 04:12, Steve Jones wrote: > > > I did a fresh netinstall of Etch on my Ultra 60 with Elite3D graphics > > and 21" Sun CRT monitor. All worked well when I did this on a PC > > using the same Sun monitor. However, on the Ultra 60 the X server > > fails to start. > > > The installation program seems to have detected the graphics card > > correctly. Below is an excerpt from my /etc/X11/xorg.conf. The > > "Monitor" section is identical on the PC, except on the PC the > > HorizSync and VertRefresh lines are absent. > > > Can anyone advise me on how to get the X server working? > > You have to install the package afbinit and you need the firmware for the > Elite3D. This file is called "afb.ucode". You find it on the Solaris DVD or > maybe on the net. > > The startscript supplied with afbinit may work or not. In my case I had to add > the following line to /etc/rc.local to get the card working. > > /usr/sbin/afbinit /dev/fb0 /usr/lib/afb.ucode > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I managed to find afb.ucode on the Sunsolve website (in the 106144-28.zip patch file, dated 21Feb2003), and I placed it in /usr/ lib. Now, when the afbinit command runs I get the following error message: mmap user regs: Invalid argument The X server still fails to start. Also, in my /var/log/Xorg.0.log I have the following: (II) /dev/fb0: AFB: Detected Elite3D/M6. (II) /dev/fb0: BT498 (PAC2) ramdac detected (II) /dev/fb0: Detected Elite3D M3/M6, checking firmware... (II) /dev/fb0: ... AFB firmware not loaded (WW) /dev/fb0: Forcing no acceleration on Elite3D M3/M6 (==) SUNFFB(0): Backing store disabled (==) SUNFFB(0): Silken mouse enabled (**) Option "dpms" (**) SUNFFB(0): DPMS enabled (**) SUNFFB(0): DPMS enabled (WW) SUNFFB(0): Option "UseFBDev" is not used What concerns me most from the above is the "AFB firmware not loaded" message, although I don't know what to do about it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
