Subject: Re: DDWWindow Underflow
To: Greg Troxel <gdt@fnord.ir.bbn.com>
From: Paul (NCC/CS) <pts@bom.gov.au>
List: port-sparc
Date: 11/27/2000 15:34:06
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Gidday Greg,
thanks for your reply because I'm quite stuck unfortunately.
The sun box is one I picked up when work threw it out a couple
of years ago. It runs sunos 4.1. Obviously NetBSD would be good.
But I don't know very much about this hardware.
For example firstly, what is a serial console and how do I try one
of these? Is it through a serial port? (pls pardon the ignorance!).
Also I don't know what "bwtwo" is but this may not be important.
I am trying 1.5_ALPHA2. Perhaps I should burn a BETA2
iso image and try this?
I think the video board is standard but I don't know. I'd have
to investigate. I know the monitor tends to loose "synch"
somewhat easily and I then have to adjust the horiz-frequency.
I will try this. However the monitor works perfectly with normal
booting to sunos at present.
thanks for any help,
Paul.
Greg Troxel wrote:
> Try a serial console. Then you can see the dmesg output from the
> boot. I just put 1.5_BETA2 on an ELC with bwtwo and it was fine.
> Do you have an odd video board?
>
> Greg Troxel <gdt@ir.bbn.com>
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National Climate Centre
Australian Bureau Of Meteorology
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<br>Gidday Greg,
<br>thanks for your reply because I'm quite stuck unfortunately.
<p>The sun box is one I picked up when work threw it out a couple
<br>of years ago. It runs sunos 4.1. Obviously NetBSD would be good.
<br>But I don't know very much about this hardware.
<p>For example firstly, what is a serial console and how do I try one
<br>of these? Is it through a serial port? (pls pardon the ignorance!).
<p>Also I don't know what "bwtwo" is but this may not be important.
<br>I am trying 1.5_ALPHA2. Perhaps I should burn a BETA2
<br>iso image and try this?
<p>I think the video board is standard but I don't know. I'd have
<br>to investigate. I know the monitor tends to loose "synch"
<br>somewhat easily and I then have to adjust the horiz-frequency.
<br>I will try this. However the monitor works perfectly with normal
<br>booting to sunos at present.
<p>thanks for any help,
<br>Paul.
<br>
<br>
<p>Greg Troxel wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Try a serial console. Then you can see the
dmesg output from the
<br>boot. I just put 1.5_BETA2 on an ELC with bwtwo and it was fine.
<br>Do you have an odd video board?
<p> Greg Troxel <gdt@ir.bbn.com></blockquote>
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<p>Paul (pts@bom.gov.au)
<br>National Climate Centre
<br>Australian Bureau Of Meteorology
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