[SPARCbook] 3GX external VGA plug

[Tyson J. Lambert]

Yes, it is possible to hook up just a type5 mouse to the keyboard port
with no keyboard.  It works fine in mine :)

For screen output you will need to use the fbconfig utility.  Useful
commands are 

fbconfig -l         Lists all of the default modes, including ones for 
external monitors

fbconfig -m <int>   Where "int" is one of the modes listed by the previous 
command

and fbconfig -D     used to change color depth for a mode.  Read the man
page on this one

good luck!

-Ty

On Sat, 22 Apr 2000, Matthew Haas wrote:

> Good morning,
> 
>   Is there any special voodoo I need to spit output out of the external
> VGA port on the back of my SPARCbook? I've tried it in several different
> places (including plugging it into my NEC MultiSync 5FG which works great
> for my LX) and I get no image on the screen. Other monitors report that
> there is a signal but alas, no image. The most I see is a flicker when I
> turn the SPARCbook on, but the rest of the time I see a black screen.
> 
>   Any pointers? Do I have to enable it to shoot out by default? How does
> one set this?
> 
>   Also--- with the external keyboard port... is it possible to hook up
> just a mouse? (Specifically a Type 5 mouse) I like the SPARCbook's
> keyboard, but trying to use that trackpoint in programs like GIMP is,
> well... painful at best. And it's much easier to carry around a mouse than
> the long keyboard and mouse. I'm running NetBSD 1.4.2 (with a -current
> kernel) on the SPARCbook.
> 
>   Thanks.
> 
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