Re: [SUMMARY] Problems with XVR-4000 graphics board and V880z, and Xservers config

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Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 10:59:21 -0800 (PST)
To: sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org

The XVR-4000 boards weren't being recognized because they
were not seated properly (these were installed by a Sun
engineer, a bit of a novice I think, and definitely new to
the 4000's, as am I).

I was pointed to the man page for SUNWzulu_config which is
the overlay to the fbconfig interface for these boards.
Very helpful.

An example for /usr/dt/config/Xservers which works for two
displays:

:0 Local local_uid@console root /usr/openwin/bin/Xsun -dev
            /dev/fbs/zulu0a -dev /dev/fbs/zulu1a

We were hoping to be able to use our two 4000 boards to provide
four independent displays at four terminals. The 4000 boards are
flexible enough to do this, but the problem now is how to make
them interactive, eg. provide each with a keyboard/mouse? Our
Sun engineer is looking into whether this is possible, has anyone
configured their V880 this way?

Thanks to:

dj@djmotorsport.com
Mike Jackson

Extra special thanks to the following folks for being so kind as
to let me know that they are out of the office:

mattm@mail.citystamp.com
Wood, Lawrence N
Manohar@yodlee.com
Ballesteros, Dave D
Beedy, Cheryl
Morrissey John-jmorri01
Jason.Shatzkamer@cexp.com
Antti Toivonen
John Hilger

It was my understanding that people who can't configure their
autoresponders correctly were supposed to get bounced from the
list. It seems like this situation is getting worse...I always
get more Out-of-Office replies than actual answers lately, and
that's pretty sad.

Dave Foster

> Platform: V880z with 2 XVR-4000 graphics boards.
> XVR-100 is console framebuffer.
> Solaris 9 (8/03) -- includes XVR-4000 drivers etc.
>
> After installing 2 XVR-4000 graphics boards into our new V880z
> system, the system does not recognize the boards from the 'ok' prompt
> using "show-displays".
>
> Strangely enough it seems to recognize them once booted up but does not
> recognize them as configurable devices:
>
> # fbconfig -list
> Device-Filename Specific Config Program
> --------------- -----------------------
> /dev/fbs/zulu0 not configurable
> /dev/fbs/zulu0a not configurable
> /dev/fbs/zulu0b not configurable
> /dev/fbs/pfb2 SUNWpfb_config
> /dev/fbs/pfb2a SUNWpfb_config
> /dev/fbs/pfb2b SUNWpfb_config
>
> If I try to do anything with 'fbconfig' I get:
>
> # fbconfig -dev /dev/fbs/zulu0 -res \?
> fbconfig: Not a configurable device. Use -list for valid devices.
>
> I followed the instructions exactly and indeed did (several)
> reconfiguration reboots. Any ideas?
>
> Also, can anyone help me with the /usr/dt/config/Xservers configuration?
> The man pages and installation docs are terrible. Specifically, we want
> to have the XVR-100 be the main system console, and have four
> independent terminals connected to the 2 XVR-4000 boards (supports two
> each).
>
> I would be most grateful if someone could help me with the Xservers
> file configuration for this. When I follow the instructions in
> "Sun Fire V880z Server and Sun XVR-4000 Graphics Accelerator Installation
> and User's Guide" and try something like:
>
> :0 Local local_uid@console root /usr/openwin/bin/Xsun \
> -dev /dev/fbs/ifb0 -dev /dev/fbs/zulu0 -dev /dev/fbs/zulu1
>
> I don't even get a console. Of course this seems wrong, I would think
> one would need a separate line for each console with entries for :1
> etc., but there are NO examples of this anywhere that I can find.
>
> These XVR-4000 boards are brand new. Any help much appreciated!
>
> Dave Foster
>
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> Programmer/Analyst University of California, San Diego
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    Programmer/Analyst University of California, San Diego
    dfoster[at]ucsd[dot]edu Department of Neuroscience, Mail 0608
    (858) 534-7968 http://ncmir.ucsd.edu/
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   persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress
   depends on the unreasonable." -- George Bernard Shaw
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