Re: Problems with an Ultra 5

[Tyler <pml@dtbb.net>]

Hi Mathieu.

I did try unhooking the keyboard/mouse (noted in my PS at the bottom of 
the message), that still didn't work.  I was also wondering whether the 
serial console should work on both serial A and serial B on an Ultra 5? 
 They take different cable types as far as I can tell.. serial A is a 
25pin female, while serial B is a 9 pin male.  Also, do I need to worry 
about the RS232 versus RS423 jumper setting?  Its mentioned in the sun 
docs, but not mentioned with regards to using the serial console.

Tyler.

Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer wrote:
> pml@dtbb.net (Tyler) writes:
>
> > I was unable to get a null modem cable working, hooked up to a linux box,
> > trying both minicom, and uucp's cu... I would really love to get this
> > option working, does it need to be enabled by a jumper on the mainboard, or
> > in the OBP settings somewhere? 
>
>
> Unplug your keyboard and the Sun will use the serial console.
>
>
> > Anyone have any OBP documentation?  Suns site seems to want a service
> > contract for anything useful on their site.
>
>
> Nope, http://docs.sun.com is your friend.
>
>
> > I did however, get another monitor hooked up that supports the higher
> > resolution (what a pita that 1024x768 doesn't work), and low and behold,
> > the system comes to life,
>
>
> There's an OBP setting to change the default resolution but I can't
> remember on top of my head (nevermind, you want to change output-device).