Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 19:55:22 +0200 From: Marius Strobl <marius@alchemy.franken.de> To: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using Creator 3D on an Ultra 1E? Message-ID: <20041027195522.A9425@newtrinity.zeist.de> In-Reply-To: <20041027192148.660be83e.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>; from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no on Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 07:21:48PM %2B0200 References: <20041027141246.6fa89bcc.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20041027152635.A1723@newtrinity.zeist.de> <20041027192148.660be83e.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 07:21:48PM +0200, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 15:26:35 +0200 > Marius Strobl <marius@alchemy.franken.de> wrote: > > > Keyboard and mouse on SBus-based machines unfortunately don't work > > under FreeBSD, yet. So you can't use syscons(4) or X on this machine > > at present. > > Ah, too bad. If there is anything I can do to help (don't expect too > much), please let me know. I can test patches and stuff. Donate an U2 to Marcel Moolenaar :) He is willing to fix the support for the Z8530 (he wrote the initial part) which is the problem here but doesn't have the hardware himself. > > > The ofw_console(4) driver will use the keyboard and the > > creator card via Open Firmware if you set "input-device" to "keyboard" > > and "output-device" to "screen" in the Open Firmware boot monitor or > > Hmm, doesn't work here. I checked in OBP, input-device and output-device > are set correctly. I attached a keyboard, and my monitor. The keyboard > is recognized (to a certain degree) as I can power-on the machine from > it. Keyboard type 5c. And I don't get console output on ttya (which I do > get if there is no keyboard present). > However, my monitor never receives a signal, it just blinks with "no > signal" lamp. If it had received a signal (any signal) it would at least > have complained that the signal was outside acceptable values. I guess there's something wrong with your Creator card or the 13W3-to- VGA adaptor then because independent of any installed OS you should at least get the Open Firmware banner on the monitor when powering up the box. > > BTW, I can't find the man page for ofw_console(4). Do I need a newer > version than 5.3-BETA7 to get it? There's no manpage for it but it's part of the sparc64 GENERIC kernel.
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