Using Creator 3D on an Ultra 1E?
Torfinn Ingolfsen
torfinn.ingolfsen at broadpark.no
Wed Oct 27 14:57:25 PDT 2004
On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 19:55:22 +0200
Marius Strobl <marius at alchemy.franken.de> wrote:
> Donate an U2 to Marcel Moolenaar :) He is willing to fix the support
If I had such hardware, I would certainly donate one. Alas, I only have
this U1E, it was given to me.
> for the Z8530 (he wrote the initial part) which is the problem here
> but doesn't have the hardware himself.
Hmm, I wonder if he would he could work "through the mail" with me
(sending patches and test reports back and forth), or if that would just
creat to much frustration.
> 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.
Ok I tested the card from OBP with the following commands:
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ok setenv diag-switch? true
diag-switch? = true
ok test /SUNW,ffb
Verifying Console Mode for Frame Buffer Board
This will take a few minutes
Verifying Frame Buffer Memory used for console mode
This will take about two minutes
FFB Frame Buffer functional test passed
ok setenv diag-switch? false
diag-switch? = false
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But still no display (not even a blink during the test) on my monitor.
How do I find out if the 13W3-toVGA adapter is working or not?
(It is brand new). Are there different versions of this adapter on the
market? The supplier only lists the adapter as "ADapter HDDB15F-13W3M,
Sun".
I also tried the following command in OBP:
setenv output-device screen:r1280x1024x76
but it didn't help.
--
Torfinn Ingolfsen,
Norway
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