A P P E N D I X A |
Setting the Default Console Display |
These instructions describe how to set the Sun XVR-1200 graphics accelerator as the default monitor console display.
Note - Only the DVI-1 connector labeled "1" can be used as the console output. |
Information similar to the text below is displayed:
a) /pci@1f,0/SUNW,m64B@13 b) /pci@8,700000/SUNW,XVR-1200@1 q) NO SELECTION Enter Selection, q to quit: b |
2. Select the graphics board you want to be the default console display.
In the above example, we typed b for the Sun XVR-1200 graphics accelerator. Your selection is confirmed by the following output:
/pci@8,700000/SUNW,XVR-1200@1 has been selected. Type ^Y ( Control-Y ) to insert it in the command line. e.g. ok nvalias mydev ^Y for creating devalias mydev for /pci@8,700000/SUNW,XVR-1200@1 |
3. Create an alias name for the Sun XVR-1200 device:
This step is optional for all systems. Creating the alias, however, will simplify future OpenBoot PROM commands.
a. Use nvalias to name the Sun XVR-1200 graphics accelerator device.
This example uses mydev as the device.
Complete the line entry by pressing Control-Y on your keyboard (that is, press and hold Control and press the Y key) and then Return. The output displays as:
ok devalias mydev /pci@8,700000/SUNW,XVR-1200@1 screen /pci@8,700000/SUNW,XVR-1200@1 mouse /pci@9,700000/usb@1,3/mouse@2 keyboard /pci@9,700000/usb@1,3/keyboard@1 .... |
In the above output, both mydev and screen are mapped to /pci@8,700000/SUNW,XVR-1200@1 and are therefore interchangeable alias names.
In this procedure example, you can now refer to mydev as the Sun XVR-1200 graphics accelerator device, as shown in the next step.
4. Set the selected device to be the default console display.
Without Step 3 (creating an alias name), you will need to type the entire device name precisely. In this example, you would need to enter the following:
5. Reset the system using the new output-device as the console:
6. Connect your monitor cable to the Sun XVR-1200 graphics accelerator on your system back panel.
7. To set a resolution (for example, 1280 × 1024 × 112), type:
You can get a list of available resolutions for your display device by typing the following:
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