[SunHELP] xdm start fails

[Marek Grinberg]

Hello again,

I have just checked with the retailer & ordered a graphics card.

Regards,

Marek Grinberg

Adrian Florea wrote:

> after this first look, it seems you don't have a graphic card...
> perhaps you're logged in via serial connection / remote login
>
> However these machines are usualy rack mounted (they're quite thin) 
> and have no graphic cards...
>
> try to put a graphic card in it ... and then install required drivers
>
> regards,
> adrian.
>
> Marek Grinberg wrote:
>
>> Adrian,
>>
>> I will open the box later on.
>> In the meantime, here is the output from prtdiag:
>> System configuration: Sun Microsystems  sun4u Sun Fire V240
>> System clock: 160 MHZ
>> Memory size: 2GB
>>
>> =================================== CPU 
>> ===================================
>>               E$          CPU                  CPU
>> CPU  Freq      Size        Implementation       Mask    Status      
>> Location
>> ---  --------  ----------  -------------------  -----   ------      
>> --------
>>  0  1280 MHz  1MB         SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIIi  2.4    on-line     MB/P0
>>  1  1280 MHz  1MB         SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIIi  2.4    on-line     MB/P1
>>
>> ================================= IO =================================
>> Bus   Freq      Slot +  Name +
>> Type  MHz       Status  Path                          Model
>> ----  ----  ----------  ----------------------------  
>> --------------------
>> pci    66           MB  pci108e,1648 (network)
>>                  okay  /pci at 1f,700000/network at 2
>>
>> pci    66           MB  pci108e,1648 (network)
>>                  okay  /pci at 1f,700000/network at 2,1
>>
>> pci    33           MB  isa/su (serial)
>>                  okay  /pci at 1e,600000/isa at 7/serial at 0,3f8
>>
>> pci    33           MB  isa/su (serial)
>>                  okay  /pci at 1e,600000/isa at 7/serial at 0,2e8
>>
>> pci    33           MB  isa/rmc-comm-rmc_comm (seria+
>>                  okay  /pci at 1e,600000/isa at 7/rmc-comm at 0,3e8
>>
>> pci    33           MB  pci10b9,5229 (ide)
>>                  okay  /pci at 1e,600000/ide at d
>> pci    66           MB  scsi-pci1000,21 (scsi-2)
>>                  okay  /pci at 1c,600000/scsi at 2
>>
>> pci    66           MB  scsi-pci1000,21 (scsi-2)
>>                  okay  /pci at 1c,600000/scsi at 2,1
>>
>> pci    66           MB  pci108e,1648 (network)
>>                  okay  /pci at 1d,700000/network at 2
>>
>> pci    66           MB  pci108e,1648 (network)
>>                  okay  /pci at 1d,700000/network at 2,1
>> [...]
>>
>> ============================ FRU-operating status 
>> ============================
>> -------------------------
>> FRU-operating status:
>> -------------------------
>> Location        Status
>> -------------------------
>> MB/SC           okay
>> PS0             okay
>> HDD0            present
>> HDD1            present
>> PS1             faulty
>>
>> =============================== HW-revisions 
>> ===============================
>> ASIC Revisions:
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Path                   Device           Status             Revision
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>> /pci at 1f,700000         pci108e,a801     okay               4
>> /pci at 1e,600000         pci108e,a801     okay               4
>> /pci at 1c,600000         pci108e,a801     okay               4
>> /pci at 1d,700000         pci108e,a801     okay               4
>>
>> System PROM-revisions:
>> ----------------------
>> OBP 4.11.4 2003/07/23 08:04 Sun Fire V210/V240,Netra 240
>> OBDIAG 4.11.4 2003/07/23 08:05
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Marek
>>
>> Adrian Florea wrote:
>>
>>> check to see if you hava a graphic card into the system ....
>>> show me the ouput of:
>>>
>>> /usr/platform/`uname -i`/sbin/prtdiag -v
>>>
>>> br,
>>> adrian.
>>>
>>> Marek Grinberg wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> In a new V240 I installed Solaris 10. After staring xdm, I checked 
>>>> /usr/openwin/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-errors, and it contains the following 
>>>> errors:
>>>> xdm error (pid 617): error 125 binding socket address 177
>>>> /dev/fb: No such file or directory
>>>> /dev/fb: No such file or directory
>>>> Graphics Adapter device /dev/fb is of unknown type
>>>>
>>>> Fatal server error:
>>>> InitOutput: Error loading module for /dev/fb
>>>>
>>>> xdm error (pid 645): IO Error in XOpenDisplay
>>>> xdm error (pid 617): Display :0 cannot be opened
>>>> /dev/fb: No such file or directory
>>>> /dev/fb: No such file or directory
>>>> Graphics Adapter device /dev/fb is of unknown type
>>>>
>>>> Fatal server error:
>>>> InitOutput: Error loading module for /dev/fb
>>>>
>>>> xdm error (pid 671): IO Error in XOpenDisplay
>>>> xdm error (pid 617): Display :0 cannot be opened
>>>> /dev/fb: No such file or directory
>>>> /dev/fb: No such file or directory
>>>> Graphics Adapter device /dev/fb is of unknown type
>>>>
>>>> How do I correct this problem ?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Marek
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