Subject: Re: Frame buffer / monitor problem
To: Matthew N. Dodd" , "Gordon W. Ross <gwr@mc.com>
From: Rick Copeland <rickgc@calweb.com>
List: port-sun3
Date: 02/09/1998 09:41:08
At 12:13 PM 2/9/98 -0500, Matthew N. Dodd wrote:
>
>Regardless, if the monitor doesn't come up as console when the prom is
>running its not going to work.
>
>Can you verify that the monitor works with another machine?
>
>On Mon, 9 Feb 1998, Gordon W. Ross wrote:
>
>> > Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 05:54:12 -0800 (PST)
>> > From: rickgc@calweb.com (Rick Copeland)
>> > 

>> > 
>> > The monitor comes up with a white screen with small horizontal line across
>> > the middle of the display.
>> 
>

I have tested the monitor on two other machines and it works very well (Sun
386 w color frame buffer and a Sun 3/80 with a mono frame buffer).  The
cgsix is in a Sparc 330 I just got recently and I am not sure if the frame
buffer is bad or it does not support the monitor.

Thanks,

Rick Copeland