Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 00:52:49 +0200 From: Marius Strobl <marius@alchemy.franken.de> To: Patrick Reich <dminor@houston.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Monitor "Blinking" on and off during 6.1 install on Ultra 60 Message-ID: <20060824225249.GA22217@alchemy.franken.de> In-Reply-To: <1155960099.23123.26.camel@acheron.bluewinds.org> References: <1155960099.23123.26.camel@acheron.bluewinds.org>
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On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 11:01:39PM -0500, Patrick Reich wrote: > Hi, > > I have an ultra 60 with dual 450Mhz UltraSparc processors > and a creator3d video card. The video card has a 13w3 > adapter connected to a gateway FPD1530 15" flat panel > monitor. When I boot from the 6.1-RELEASE install CD, > the monitor starts "blinking" on and off which makes > the install impossible (I'm 40 years old and my eyes > don't work that well anymore :) I also tried the most > recent Sparc64 snapshot with the same result. > > This monitor is capable of 1024x768 at 75kHz and I have > the output-device environment variable in OBP set to > screen:r1024x768x75. I've tried a few different > iterations of this setting but all I can do is > slow the blinking down - it never completely stops. > > I tried connecting a Samsung SyncMaster 712N 17" flat > panel capable of 1280x1024 at 75kHz. This monitor > does NOT blink on and off during install but unfortunately > this monitor belongs elsewhere. The blinking is also > present when I boot the system off the hard disks > with the 15" monitor reconnected again. > > Has anyone else experienced this issue? I checked mailing > lists and bug reports but I'm not finding anything. Is > there an argument I can pass in to OBP to remedy this? > I'm fairly positive the monitor is not at fault; OpenBSD, > NetBSD and Solaris behave fine but I'd prefer to run > FreeBSD on this machine. > > For the records, this was solved with src/sys/dev/fb/creator.c rev. 1.10. Marius
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