|
Home > Archive > Unix administration > May 2006 > boot messages output
You are viewing an archived Text-only version of the thread.
To view this thread in it's original format and/or if you want to reply to
this thread please [click here]
| Author |
boot messages output
|
|
|
| Hi guys,
I hope someone can help me on this one. When I boot a Blade 150, the
boot messages go to the vga output and once CDE (dtlogin) starts the
output goes to the dvi output. How do I direct the boot messages to the
dvi output? Thanks for the help!
Mike
| |
| tkevans@tkevans.com 2006-05-17, 7:16 pm |
|
Mike wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I hope someone can help me on this one. When I boot a Blade 150, the
> boot messages go to the vga output and once CDE (dtlogin) starts the
> output goes to the dvi output. How do I direct the boot messages to the
> dvi output? Thanks for the help!
You don't really want to do this, as it'll whack out your display every
time a message appears. Instead, open a console window in CDE; (xterm
-C or dtterm -C).
| |
|
| tkevans@tkevans.com wrote:
> Mike wrote:
>
>
>
> You don't really want to do this, as it'll whack out your display every
> time a message appears. Instead, open a console window in CDE; (xterm
> -C or dtterm -C).
>
We have one monitor attached to the dvi port of the video card. So when
th system is booting, we have no idea what is happening. So if an error
occurs, we can't see it.
I don't think my first message was clear. Is it clear now? I want to be
able to see the memory test and all the other good stuff that happens
during a boot and then be able to login in, all using the same
monitor/video port.
Thanks.
| |
| Martin Paul 2006-05-18, 7:21 am |
| In comp.unix.solaris Mike <lookie4me@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I hope someone can help me on this one. When I boot a Blade 150, the
> boot messages go to the vga output and once CDE (dtlogin) starts the
> output goes to the dvi output. How do I direct the boot messages to the
> dvi output? Thanks for the help!
I assume you have an XVR-100 adapter in your Blade ? You're out of
luck - console output is only supported on the VGA port with this
card. It's even documented somewhere in the Product Notes of the XVR-100.
Nevertheless, it's a real nuisance and it never should have been sold
like that.
A workaround for the problem is attaching both the VGA and DVI cable
to the TFT, which in a perfect world is auto-sensing, so it switches
inputs automatically after Xsun startup. I have that setup with some
NEC/Samsung TFTs and XVR-100s on Blade 100/1500.
Otherwise you're left with crawling under the desk and eventually carrying
an additional monitor over to see console output whenever something's
wrong. Using the serial console in such cases might be another option.
mp.
--
Systems Administrator | Institute of Scientific Computing | Univ. of Vienna
| |
| rpasken@eas.slu.edu 2006-05-18, 1:16 pm |
| Mike wrote:
> tkevans@tkevans.com wrote:
>
> We have one monitor attached to the dvi port of the video card. So when
> th system is booting, we have no idea what is happening. So if an error
> occurs, we can't see it.
> I don't think my first message was clear. Is it clear now? I want to be
> able to see the memory test and all the other good stuff that happens
> during a boot and then be able to login in, all using the same
> monitor/video port.
>
> Thanks.
It is not clear what you mean by the " the memory test and all the
other good stuff that happens during a boot " If you are looking for a
printed transcript of the openboot diagnostic messages before the OS
begins running you will have to force the system to use screen/keyboard
for boot commands and attach a printer to serial port 1 (9600-8N1). if
you just want to see the diagonostic messages the display already
shows on the display as the system powers up
As noted if you write to /dev/console, messages destined for
/dev/console will trash the CDE screen. By opening a terminal session
(dtterm) you can look at the contents of /var/adm/messages, which
contains a transcript of all boot messages and other syslog messages..
|
|
|
|
|