[rescue] Sun Monitor Sanity Check

[Jonathan Sturges]

Message: 
3
Date: 
Sat, 
19 
Jan 
2008 
13:46:03 
-0500
From: 
Joshua 
Boyd 
<jdboyd at jdboyd.net>
Subject: 
Re: 
[rescue] 
Sun 
Monitor 
Sanity 
Check
To: 
The 
Rescue 
List 
<rescue at sunhelp.org>
Message-ID: 
<20080119184603.GA7099 at jd-colo>
Content-Type: 
text/plain; 
charset=us-ascii

Just 
for 
a 
bit 
of 
follow 
up, 
I 
did 
try 
another 
monitor.  
The 
new 
one 
is
an 
eMachines 
17" 
LCD 
that 
is 
fairly 
new.  

At 
first 
it 
said 
scan 
frequency 
out 
of 
range, 
but 
not 
it 
just 
says 
no
signal.

According 
to 
fbconfig, 
the 
card 
is 
set 
to 
1280x1024x60, 
which 
is 
what
the 
LCD's 
native 
resolution 
is 
(and 
what 
I'm 
using 
on 
the 
U5).

Hopefull 
the 
official 
Sun 
adapter 
is 
all 
I 
need 
to 
make 
this 
work.

bash-3.00# 
fbconfig 
-dev 
/dev/fbs/ifb0 
-prconf

--- 
Hardware 
Configuration 
for 
/dev/fbs/ifb0 
---
Type: 
Expert3D
PROM 
Information: 
@(#)ifb.fth 
1.53 
00/01/07 
SMI 
EDID 
Data: 
Available 
- 
EDID 
version 
1 
revision 
3
Monitor 
type: 
EEA 
product 
code 
1763 
S/N 
16843009 
DOM 
46W/2006
Monitor 
possible 
resolutions: 
1024x768x60, 
1024x768x70, 
1024x768x75, 
1280x1024x60, 
1280x1024x75, 
640x480x60
Current 
resolution 
setting: 
1280x1024x60
Slave 
Mode: 
Disabled
Video 
Memory 
Total: 
67108864
Video 
Memory 
Used: 
0
Texture 
Memory 
Total: 
67108864
Texture 
Memory 
Used: 
0
Display 
List 
Memory 
Total: 
8388608

bash-3.00# 



Joshua,
I finally found the info on the Sun 13w3 adapter you need.  It's P/N 130-3034, or marketing # X3872A.  A good picture of one (though not the cheapest price) can be found here:
http://www.cablestogo.com/product.asp?cat%5fid=1313&sku=28279

Shouldn't have to pay more than US$20 for one.

good luck,
Jonathan