Console display ... again

From: LBRO <lbro_at_dscc.dk>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 15:19:14 +0100

     Hi, Managers.
     
     This is a very tiresome case. I have three identical rackmount
     AS1000A. No matter what I try, I can only boot two of those on the DU
     4.0B CD-ROM. For the third, the console sort of halts. The X canvas
     comes up, the X mouse cursor comes up, stays there for 1/10 sec, then
     disappears and nothing further happens.
     
     Now, I became tired of this and simply took out the system
     disk(internal) and mounted it into one of the other machines and
     installed the operating system from here. Put it back, booted and
     everything worked fine. Why..? I dont know.
     
     I forgot about all that for some time until I had to upgrade to
     DU4.0B. The two first machines worked OK but the third (the one I
     installed in another) cannot use its display. When xlogin starts, the
     display goes black. But now the funny thing comes:
     
     The sizer command actually shows a difference. Anyone who can guess
     what this means:
     
     rip.dscc.dk # sizer -gr
     1280x1024
     rip.dscc.dk
     
     rap.dscc.dk # sizer -gr
     1280x1024
     rap.dscc.dk #
     
     rup.dscc.dk # sizer -gr
     640x480 1280x1024
     rup.dscc.dk
     
     
     The two first work but the third one does not work. HOW ? WHY ?
     
     The console ports are connected to some kind of switch so that there
     is only one display/keyboard thet can be switched between the
     different hosts.
     
     
     Yours, lars Bro (lbro_at_dscc.dk)
Received on Wed Mar 25 1998 - 15:17:43 NZST

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