I want to set up a Blade 1000 as a workstation, but the machine won't find the graphics card. I installed Solaris 10 using the serial port.
I've tried a Raptop GFX and some other generic PCI graphics card. I've updated the firmware for the machine.
printenv lists the output-device as 'screen'.
I'm stumped. I appreciate any help anyone can give.
Hello Roger,
the machine won't find the graphics card.
The commands to check for the "graphics card" are
show-devs lists all detected base devices (e.g. controller, but not the attached disks, tapes)
show-displays should list the add-in board (there is no on-board graphics hardware)
devalias review the device path that is assigned to screen
I've tried a Raptop GFX and some other generic PCI graphics card.
The generic PCI graphics card lacks the required OBP support and won't be listed nor work.
printenv lists the output-device as 'screen'.
This is just a setting in case a supported graphics board is available.
Try to reseat the Raptor, use show-devs or show-displays to check if the card is detected. Try
another slot for the card (maybe the slot is by error excluded from probing ...).
Review the Raptor (PGX32) Manual for a sample output of show-devs/show-displays.
If it's not detected, get a replacement card.
One last hint: Without a USB keyboard, the output is directed to the serial port ttya.
This is a more detailed post instead of just pointing you to the Raptor / OBP Manuals ...
Michael
Thanks for your response Michael.
I added the Raptor to the system with the generic card. When I do that, the system stops at "Probing System Devices". I tried just the Raptor card, in several different slots. Same result.
I brought in a better monitor, a ViewSonic OptiQuest Q95. It's a 19" CRT I'm using on an Ultra 5. No difference.
If I put in the plain old card and go to the ok prompt, I can run a few things:
{1} ok devalias
mouse/pci@8,700000/usb@5,3/mouse@2
keyboard/pci@8,700000/usb@5,3/keyboard@1
disk1/pci@8,600000/SUNW,qlc@4/fp@0,0/disk@2,0
disk0/pci@8,600000/SUNW,qlc@4/fp@0,0/disk@1,0
disk /pci@8,600000/SUNW,qlc@4/fp@0,0/disk@1,0
scsi /pci@8,600000/SUNW,qlc@4
net /pci@8,700000/network@5,1:
cdrom/pci@8,700000/scsi@6/disk@6,0:f
tape /pci@8,700000/scsi@6,1/tape@4,0
tape1/pci@8,700000/scsi@6,1/tape@5,0
tape0/pci@8,700000/scsi@6,1/tape@4,0
beep /pci@8,700000/ebus@5/beep@1,32
floppy/pci@8,700000/ebus@5/floppy
ttyb /pci@8,700000/ebus@5/serial@1,400000:b
ttya /pci@8,700000/ebus@5/serial@1,400000:a
name aliases
show-displays returns nothing.
Any ideas?
