Hi DU managers,
While doing a firmware update on a DEC3000-M500 that I newly administer,
I realized that setting the POWERUP_TIME variable to STD would result in
an error while the server is conducting hardware checks: "CXT ?? 000
00bc" (The POWERUP_TIME=MIN setting does not show this error, since no
tests are conducted).
Seeing this, I used the TEST command on CXT, as follows:
test CXT
CXT SIGNATURE TEST
ADDRESS=0x00000004 EXPECT=0x00000085, ACTUAL=0x00000070
?? 000 CXT 0x00bc
84 FAIL
After using the INIT command, a SHOW CONFIG will no longer report an
error with CXT, but the expected CTX OK message.
This error does * not* prevent the server from booting correctly to
Digital Unix. The CXT device is the "Integral two-dimensional graphics",
which is not used on this server, a serial console being used instead.
Could this message simply mean "there is no monitor plugged" or is it a
real error with the video hardware?
Clues welcome, will summarize.
--
Charles Vachon -- Administrateur de systhme
Fonds de la Riforme Cadastrale du Quibec
Ministhre des Ressources Naturelles du Quibec
cvachon2_at_mrn.gouv.qc.ca -- (418) 627-6355 x2760
Received on Mon Oct 05 1998 - 18:22:31 NZDT