Sun Microsystems PGX32, Installation Manual

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18 Sun PGX32 PCI Graphics Card Installation Guide • August 1999
PGX32 Card With a Secondary Frame Buffer
The PGX32 card can be made the console device when other secondary frame buffers
are present in the system.
Onboard Graphics (Ultra 5 and Ultra 10 Only)
The onboard graphics card can coexist with the PGX32 card(s). The onboard
graphics card is the default console. To change the console to the PGX32 card, follow
the procedure described below.
Systems With UPA Bus Frame Buffers
To configure the PGX32 card as the console when UPA frame buffers are in the
system, you must change the output-device variable in NVRAM to the actual path of
the selected PGX32 cards. You can determine this path by searching for the string
TSI
in the / tree at the
ok
prompt.
For example, to find the
pci
devices, type:
When you are in the correct location, you should see at least one entry containing
the string
TSI
(that is,
TSI,gfxp@#
where
#
is a digit representing your PGX32 slot
location).
Use this entry as the console device for your selected PGX32 card. For example, if
the path is
/pci@1f,4000
(as shown above) to the device
TSI,gfxp@#
, type:
Note –
Replace
#
with whatever your PGX32 device requires.
Once the system is reset, all console messages are directed to that PGX32 card.
ok cd /pci@1f,4000
ok ls
ok setenv output-device /pci@1f,4000/TSI,gfxp@#
ok reset