Ultra 10 with Creator 3D and VGA monitor
On the back of my Ultra 10 there are two connectors for monitors: one is the usual VGA connector and appears to be connected to the motherboard, the other is the traditional 13W3 Sun connector, apparently located on a Creator 3D card that came with the system.
I have a Sun monitor, and I can use it with the Ultra 10 using the 13W3 connector; unfortunately, however, it is quite old and would like to connect the box to a newer monitor. So I tried to simply unplug the Sun monitor and plug in a VGA one, but nothing happened. Uhm, what am I forgetting to do?
Incidentally, another silly question: supposing I do manage to connect a VGA monitor, what device will generate the display? The Creator 3D (that does NOT have a VGA connector) or the onboard device, whatever that is (since the VGA socket is connected to the motherboard, apparently). This could be relevant for the speed of graphics rendering, I suppose.
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Basilios] at [2007-11-25 23:07:08]
# 1
I imagine the 13w3 frame buffer is better than the 15 pin onboard graphics... so if you want better graphics, then you should check into what should work for the U10... and above... you could look at the XVR-100(0) cards... although not "recommended" or sanctioned, should work... since this box is so old as to be EOL'e 8/02, then it might not be under a service contract...
it all depends on what you want to do with the U10... it ain't no gamin' machine and it ain't no video editor either... it is a very low end workstation....
good luck!
haroldkarl
# 2
This topic seems to re-appear every so often.
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The UPA framebuffer will be more capable that the onboard ATI Rage chipset,
which only has 4mb of video RAM and you will not get 24bit color if you set its resolution higher than 1152x900.
You could also consider reconfiguring the system to run dual monitors.
Search these hardware forums, keyword "xservers" (plural)
I just saw about 35 hits.
Then when you're ready, review the complete contents of the following file (case sensitive):
<b>/usr/dt/config/Xservers</b>
Depending on how you customize that file, you choose which monitor is console and which is the 'other one' ; you decide which is the left output and which is the right-hand screen; you could even run the output in a monitor spanning single GUI mode, although with disparate monitor models and different framebuffer chipsets, that may not be pleasing to the eye.
( see the man page for Xinerama )
If I recall correctly, you can also find the user profile for a contributor named <u>ultraspec</u> and glance through a few of their postings, where they mention a DB13W3 to HD15 adapter cable.
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Edit:Oh, until such time as you do invoke the Xservers file within Solaris, I think the onboard circuit is disabled so long as the Creator card is physically inside.Remove the Creator card and the onboard is spontaneously your graphics output.
