Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 13:58:56 -0400 From: "drake3 meredith" <drake3@pmeredith.com> To: gary.jennejohn@freenet.de Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help with headless Sparc box - cannot get X and vnc running... Message-ID: <581dbfed0808071058j2e5a5badnb10d7e71d77ebb31@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080807193539.426c9fa4@peedub.jennejohn.org> References: <581dbfed0808070739p7ff40f5w63abe8f7f0897a1e@mail.gmail.com> <20080807193539.426c9fa4@peedub.jennejohn.org>
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> What's in your /var/log/Xorg.0.log? Is there even a graphics card in
> this thing?
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> Seems like vnc needs an X-capable box for it to work, since it appears
> to run like Xnest does as a client of the real X server. This comment
> is based on a cursory review of the documentation on the web site,
> which isn't exactly overwhelmingly detailed.
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> Gary Jennejohn
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Hi Gary,
There is no graphics card in the box. Completely headless machine, only
direct IO to the hardware is the LOM/console port. Right before I installed
FreeBSD I did install a sparc 64 port of Debian on it. X ran through vnc,
but had a minor issue where some of the menus and title bars of windows
under gnome were black. I did not choose to troubleshoot that install since
other system processes were crashing and it was not stable. FreeBSD seems
very solid running on Sparc hardware so far.
Here is a copy of my Xorg.0.log file:
X.Org X Server 1.4.0
Release Date: 5 September 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE sparc64
Current Operating System: FreeBSD sparc1 7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0:
Mon Feb 25 09:35:41 UTC 2008
root@obrian.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
sparc64
Build Date: 03 February 2008 01:51:11AM
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Aug 7 04:15:59 2008
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "Simple Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen 1" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "My Monitor"
(**) | |-->Device "My Video Card"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse1"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard1"
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in
"/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/local/".
Entry deleted from font path.
(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/local/").
(==) Including the default font path
/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/,/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/OTF,/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/,/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/.
(**) FontPath set to:
/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,
/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/,
/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/OTF,
/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,
/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/,
/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,
/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,
/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/,
/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/OTF,
/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,
/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/,
/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/
(==) RgbPath set to "/usr/local/share/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules"
(II) Loader magic: 0x3a7840
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.3
X.Org Video Driver: 2.0
X.Org XInput driver : 2.0
X.Org Server Extension : 0.3
X.Org Font Renderer : 0.5
(II) Loader running on freebsd
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules//libpcidata.so
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.4.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0
Fatal server error:
xf86OpenConsole: No console driver found
Supported drivers: pccons (with X support), syscons, pcvt
Check your kernel's console driver configuration and /dev entries
[end]
I guess the console issue is the problem, but figured if Debian can run X
headless Freebsd could too.
This Netra unit was our firewall running Solaris and Gauntlet for a long
time. I am just trying to keep a good RISC system out of the dumpster by
giving it a nice home and OS to run.
Thanks
Paul Meredith.
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