Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 20:47:33 +0000 (UTC) From: c0ldbyte <c0ldbyte@myrealbox.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with Display Message-ID: <20050427204317.T89426@eleanor.us1.wmi.uvac.net> In-Reply-To: <426F75B5.2070502@earthlink.net> References: <426F75B5.2070502@earthlink.net>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 27 Apr 2005, Brian Rudy wrote: > Good day; > I am having some difficulty with the installation of version 5.3 on a Ultra > 60 system. > > It seems like everything goes fine but, the console display goes south. > Everything else seems to be working ok but, the console isn't. Remote access > to this box is working fine. > > Here's the last group of lines from dmesg: > > Apr 19 06:02:33 sun syslogd: kernel boot file is /boot/kernel/kernel > ELF ldconfig path: /lib /usr/lib /usr/lib/compat /usr/X11R6/lib > /usr/local/lib > Starting local daemons: > .. > Updating motd > .. > Starting sshd. > Initial sparc64 initialization: > .. > Additional ABI support: > .. > Starting cron. > Local package initialization: > NTP > .. > Additional TCP options: > .. > Starting inetd. > Starting background file system checks in 60 seconds. > > Tue Apr 19 06:02:37 EDT 2005 > Apr 19 06:02:37 sun getty[423]: open /dev/screen: No such file or directory > > > There is no /dev/screen file but, there is a /dev/screen:r1280x1024x60 file > > I tried making a link to this file in hopes it would fix it but, after a > reboot, my link was gone. > > Can someone point me in the right direction? > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > Thank you > What your going to be looking into is devd/devfs somewhere in "/etc/*" in order to make sure the correct file is loaded youll have to change some configurations with that daemon so it creates the device you need upon bootup. Now if I had a 5.4 system running I would beable to look into it further and supply you with more information. But thats a good start at least somewhere so your not left hanging. Good luck. - -- Msg-Id: 20050427 20:43 UTC ( When in doubt, use brute force. -- Ken Thompson 1998 ) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) Comment: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xF7DF979F Comment: Fingerprint = D1DC 0AA4 1C4E EAD4 24EB 7E77 B261 50BA F7DF 979F iD8DBQFCb/ppsmFQuvffl58RAl01AJ9eejenQrkwraTp6+gteKStgXEXdgCZAZbN E/Yek/MU0J2xbPC1WbpJh2U= =WTo0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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