upgrade 6-STABLE to -CURRENT on sparc64 renders box unusable

[Philip Paeps]

On 2007-07-10 15:31:37 (+0200), Ed Schouten <ed at fxq.nl> wrote:
> * Michiel Boland <michiel at boland.org> wrote:
> > I'm rather surprised noone else is reporting this. I'm pretty sure I 
> > followed all the recommended steps in /usr/src/UPDATING.
> 
> Just want to say `me too'! Not sure whether it's related to ld-elf, but
> I know my SPARC is rendered useless after upgrading world. I can't find
> a working display (one with sync on green) for my box at the moment, so
> I can't really investigate this problem. :(

If you absolutely need to use a monitor, you can get the sync on green with
fairly minimal electronic tinkering.  On sparc64, it should be easier to get
a serial cable to work though, no?

You can use an LM1881 sync separator to take the sync out of the green and
split it into hsync and vsync.  A number of schematics can be found online.

A serial cable should be simpler though. :-)

 - Philip

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