X support on an Ultra2 with a creator board

[Bruce O'Neel]

Hi,

Thanks very much!  Maybe that's this weekend's project...


cheers

bruce

On Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 07:50:59PM -0800, mdh lists wrote:
> There're a few different UPA Creator card models -
> ffb1, ffb2, and ffb2+.  I can confirm that the Xorg
> included with FreeBSD 6.0-R supports the ffb1 and
> ffb2+ just fine, using the "sunffb" driver in Xorg. 
> It seems safe to assume that the ffb2 would be fine,
> also.  Not sure exactly what the differences are
> between the different models.  
> 
> The pertinent section of my config is as follows
> 
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier  "Card0"
>         Driver      "sunffb"
>         BusID       "SBUS:/SUNW,ffb at 1e,0"
>         VendorName  "SUN"
>         BoardName   "Sun Creator"
>         Screen     0
> EndSection
> 
> May be a little bit different for you, this is from
> the xorg.conf on an Ultra1 system with the ffb1 model
> installed in the UPA slot.  System's running just
> beautifully in 24bit mode at 1280x1024 on a 20"
> Sun-branded Sony monitor.  
> 
> 
> --- Bruce O'Neel <edoneel at sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Do graphics work on Ultra2's with the creator board
> > with 6.0?
> > 
> > I've gotten grumpy over the last week or two with
> > the central system
> > in my cluster being an x86 and am considering moving
> > the central
> > system to a multiprocessor Ultra2.  This would mean
> > that the ultra2
> > console and, hopefully, X, would work otherwise my
> > idea won't quite 
> > work.
> > 
> > Right now the Ultra 2 runs FreeBSD but it's a
> > diskless node.
> > 
> > Thanks very much!  It's not so clear from the web
> > pages.
> > 
> > cheers
> > 
> > bruce
> > 
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