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Setting the Default Console Display

These instructions describe how to set the Sun XVR-4000 graphics accelerator as the default monitor console display:

1. At the ok prompt, type:

ok show-displays

Information similar to the text below is displayed:

a) /pci@1f,0/SUNW,m64B@13

b) /pci@1f,0/pci@5/SUNW,XVR-4000@1

q) NO SELECTION

Enter Selection, q to quit: b

/pci@1f,0/pci@5/SUNW,XVR-4000@1 has been selected.

Type ^Y ( Control-Y ) to insert it in the command line.

e.g. ok nvalias mydev ^Y

    for creating devalias mydev for

/pci@1f,0/pci@5/SUNW,XVR-4000@1

ok nvalias mydev /pci@1f,0/pci@5/SUNW,XVR-4000@1

ok setenv output-device mydev

output-device = mydev

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.

c. Verify the alias.

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

Reset the system:

ok reset-all

You can get a list of available resolutions for your display device by typing the following:

ok cd /SUNW,zulu@1,0

ok .screen-resolutions

Note - The S-video port cannot be used as the console.