From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 27 20:47:42 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB3E216A569 for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 20:47:41 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mxsf19.cluster1.charter.net (mxsf19.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.219]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CEB943D48 for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 20:47:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from c0ldbyte@myrealbox.com) Received: from mxip14.cluster1.charter.net (mxip14a.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.144])j3RKldTn010589 for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 16:47:40 -0400 Received: from 24-247-253-134.dhcp.aldl.mi.charter.com (HELO eleanor.us1.wmi.uvac.net) (24.247.253.134) by mxip14.cluster1.charter.net with ESMTP; 27 Apr 2005 16:47:39 -0400 X-Ironport-AV: i="3.92,135,1112587200"; d="scan'208"; a="250696623:sNHT13373860" Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 20:47:33 +0000 (UTC) From: c0ldbyte To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <426F75B5.2070502@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <20050427204317.T89426@eleanor.us1.wmi.uvac.net> References: <426F75B5.2070502@earthlink.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: Re: Problems with Display X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 20:47:42 -0000 -----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-----