Solaris

Hi there!
I just purchased and hooked up to my Sun Blade 1000 running SunOs 5.9, a 20.1-in flat panel LCD monitor. I rebooted the system and the input signal to the monitor was fine at boot up until it started X-win, then the following message was displayed:

Video Input
2 D-SUB
Out of Range.

Consulting the documentation that came with the monitor, I get this:

OUT OF RANGE: When input signal is non-supported timing or the video signal doesn't have proper timing, the “Out of Range” window will appear.

I suspect that I need to set the resolution and timing somewhere, but I am not sure how and where. I also suspect that will have to interrupt starting X-win and work from the terminal mode as root, since I get nothing on the display when X-win is started. The recommended resolution and frequency: 1600x1200 @ 60 Hz.

Any assistance would be appreciated...

Thank you!

X11 config file must be updated (the name of this file depends on your X11 version, e.g. for xorg /etc/X11/xorg.conf, I don't remember filename for XFree, however you can locate it in /etc/ directory)

Syntax of this config file is simple enough.

Also look at:
http://slackwiki.org/LCD_Monitor_Configuration_In_X.Org

The X11 config file does not need to be updated.

Console login and run:

fbconfig -dev /dev/fb0 -res 1600x1200x60 -depth 24

There is no special configuration of X needed for an LCD monitor. Just create the necessary entry for a monitor in /etc/X11/xorg.conf with the correct refresh rates as normal and enjoy

That might be possible if SPARC solaris used Xorg, but it does not, it used Xsun with compatibility links, it is unlikly that an xorg.conf will be found anywhere on this system.

Reborg is indeed right. On my Sun Blade 1000, the default device for frame buffer is 'ifb', which is a 24-bit PCI color frame buffer and graphics accelerator driver. I did a 'man' on 'fbconfig' and it suggested a Sun-specific command, which I used as follows:

> /usr/lib/fbconfig/SUNWibf_config -res 1600x1200x60 now

and boom! the DT login screen showed up as usual on the previously blank new flat LCD monitor with the "out of range" error. The problem is solved.

Thanks for the input!

Dikoma

sorry yes, I should have explained so that anyone you searches would find the generic answer:

fbconfig -list will give the actual device, althout there should be a link /dev/fb0 or /dev/fb/0 to the primary display.

fbconfig will call the correct underlying configuration util, so in your case:

fbconfig -dev /dev/fb0 -res 1600x1200x60 now

should produce the same result.