From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 4 09:10:17 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1733E16A418 for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2008 09:10:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from shurd@sasktel.net) Received: from misav06.sasknet.sk.ca (misav06.sasknet.sk.ca [142.165.20.170]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C290C13C4E7 for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2008 09:10:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from shurd@sasktel.net) Received: from bgmpomr1.sasknet.sk.ca ([142.165.72.22]) by misav06 with InterScan Messaging Security Suite; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 03:10:16 -0600 Received: from server.hurd.local (adsl-76-202-204-46.dsl.lsan03.sbcglobal.net [76.202.204.46]) by bgmpomr1.sasknet.sk.ca (SaskTel eMessaging Service) with ESMTPA id <0JU40000B452IP00@bgmpomr1.sasknet.sk.ca>; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 03:10:15 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 01:10:13 -0800 From: Stephen Hurd In-reply-to: To: Adrian Chadd Message-id: <477DF7F5.8040808@sasktel.net> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <477DC28D.1020406@alaska.net> <87603A07-3B37-4A70-B457-86EF6BD28279@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.8.1.9) Gecko/20071123 SeaMonkey/1.1.6 Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sun e250 installation woes. X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:10:17 -0000 Adrian Chadd wrote: > On 04/01/2008, amilcar padilla wrote: > >> yes I am indeed using an attached keyboard and monitor. the box has a >> graphics card and I acquired a sun type 5d keyboard. I'd rather not >> use the serial console but if that's my only choice. >> > > I had the same issue last week when installing on an E250. > > vgapci0@pci0:0:5:0: class=0x038000 card=0x00061227 chip=0x00093d3d > rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 > vendor = '3Dlabs, Inc. Ltd' > device = 'Permedia2v 2d+3d chipset, integrated ramdac' > class = display > > I wonder what it'd take to support it.. > Same basic problem with my Exper3D-Lite. 3Dlabs doesn't do graphics anymore so getting the specs from them may be this side of impossible now. It would also be cool to get them so an Xorg driver could be written. :-) Looking at the Solaris code may provide a way to get basic framebuffer support working or, failing that, basic text IO.