[SunRescue] IPC Framebuffer

Clay Mellender rescue at sunhelp.org
Sat Jan 20 18:52:03 CST 2001


how does one do that?

Matthew Haas wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, Clay Mellender wrote:
> >
> > Anybody know how I can disable the mono framebuffer on an IPC? I am
> > using an IPC as an Xterminal. I put in a GX framebuffer, but X windows
> > only appears on the mono framebuffer.
> > I see boot up messages on both framebuffers.
> >
> 
> You can adjust the SBUS Probe List in the PROM to probe the GX first, and
> put the mono one on the end of the list.
> 
> I don't know if there is an easy way to "disable" the on-board
> framebuffer. You can always slap another monitor on it and use it for
> syslog or something :)
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