A P P E N D I X A |
Setting the Default Console Display |
These instructions describe how to set the Sun XVR-4000 graphics accelerator as the default monitor console display:
ok show-displays |
Information similar to the text below is displayed:
2. Select the graphics board you want to be the default console display.
In the above example, you type b for the Sun XVR-4000 graphics accelerator.
3. Create an alias name for the Sun XVR-4000 device:
This step is optional for all other systems. Creating the alias, however, simplifies future OpenBoot PROM commands.
a. Select the Sun XVR-4000 graphics accelerator device from the show-displays menu.
b. Name the Sun XVR-4000 graphics accelerator device.
i. Use nvalias to name the device.
This example shows mydev as the device.
ok nvalias mydev |
ii. Press Control-Y on your keyboard and then Enter.
ok devalias |
The selected alias is then displayed.
You can now refer to mydev for the Sun XVR-4000 graphics accelerator device. For example:
ok setenv output-device mydev |
4. Reset the output-device environment:
ok reset-all |
5. Connect your monitor cable to the Sun XVR-4000 graphics accelerator on your system back panel.
6. To set a resolution (for example, 1600 × 1000 × 76), type:
ok setenv output-device mydev:r1600x1000x76 output-device=mydev:r1600x1000x76 |
ok reset-all |
You can get a list of available resolutions for your display device by typing the following:
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