From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 2 06:03:44 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FA7416A4CE for ; Fri, 2 Apr 2004 06:03:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from mtaw6.prodigy.net (mtaw6.prodigy.net [64.164.98.56]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82FE443D41 for ; Fri, 2 Apr 2004 06:03:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (d909727192aead5a78531c98e4180836@adsl-67-115-73-128.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [67.115.73.128]) by mtaw6.prodigy.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i32E2bR8025696; Fri, 2 Apr 2004 06:02:38 -0800 (PST) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5277F51844; Fri, 2 Apr 2004 06:03:43 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 06:03:43 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway To: port@sigga.org Message-ID: <20040402140343.GA947@xor.obsecurity.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="huq684BweRXVnRxX" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Sun Ultra - installer on bootonly cd outputs weird display X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 14:03:44 -0000 --huq684BweRXVnRxX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 05:40:37PM -0500, port@sigga.org wrote: > I'm trying to install FreeBSD on a Sun Ultra 5, but I'm pretty new at this > stuff. I've managed to get the fbsd_bootonly CD to be the startup CD, and > it gives me 5 display options, like VT100, xterm emulator, FreeBSD > console, etc. However, every single one of these results in mangled > display (ie., characters appear on top of other characters - basically > what happens if one's emulation is set wrong) and an inability to use the > arrow keys, which seems necessary to use/configure the settings the > installer provides. I'm sure this is very simple to fix, but I have no > idea what to try. Thoughts? The system console is not yet supported; use a serial console instead. Kris --huq684BweRXVnRxX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAbXK+Wry0BWjoQKURAvQzAJ9N48GSae2R05WGBkrxmLcX2/ImpACeIcug J/HoDmSaZhNzsuysrmH1Fuo= =1lxt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --huq684BweRXVnRxX--