Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 01:10:13 -0800 From: Stephen Hurd <shurd@sasktel.net> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sun e250 installation woes. Message-ID: <477DF7F5.8040808@sasktel.net> In-Reply-To: <d763ac660801032226x43bd130am2b7ddeb4218a9f30@mail.gmail.com> References: <E4B82FC2-CBF5-46E5-A623-D65A1B52260F@gmail.com> <477DC28D.1020406@alaska.net> <87603A07-3B37-4A70-B457-86EF6BD28279@gmail.com> <d763ac660801032226x43bd130am2b7ddeb4218a9f30@mail.gmail.com>
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Adrian Chadd wrote: > On 04/01/2008, amilcar padilla <pada0008@gmail.com> 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.
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