Auto Setup for the Sun Workstation

The screen resolution 1280 ×1024 is available in some Sun video cards. When you use such a card, change the standard screen resolution from 1152x900 to 1280×1024 on the workstation.

If the monitor is in standby mode (STANDBY ON), it

might automatically turn off while you are waiting for it to warm up.

It may be necessary to attach a CRT monitor until

the video adapter has been set up to a supported video mode.

If you use OpenWindows with the screen resolution 1280×1024, perform auto setup as follows. Otherwise, perform Quick Setup on page 29

1.Set the screen resolution to 1280×1024. Refer to your Sun workstation manuals, Open Windows manuals, or online help to set the mode.

2.Turn on the monitor. Turn on the Sun workstation.

If the message UNSUPPORTED VIDEO is displayed, or if nothing is displayed

check that the video interface cable is connected properly.

The screen resolution and the vertical frequency of Sun workstation are within the supported screen resolutions in the table on page Supported Screen Addressability. If not, refer to your Sun workstation manuals, Windows manuals, or online help to set the resolution and frequency to the values of the table.

3.Log in as the root user. If you start the system from the command prompt, start the Open Windows after login.

4.Wait for about 15 minutes, until the monitor warms up.

5.If the terminal emulator in the command prompt window has not started yet, start the emulator.

6.Type ‘cd /’ from the command prompt of the terminal emulator, and press ENTER.

7.Insert the diskette labelled ‘Setup Option Diskette (for Solaris)’ into the Sun workstation's diskette drive A.

8.Type ‘tar -xvf /dev/fd0’and press ENTER.

9.Type ‘./xcolorbar’ and press ENTER.

If ‘CAN’T ALLOCATE COLOR’ is displayed :

Stop other programs.

Enter the commands in step 7 again.

Type ./xcolorbar and press Enter.

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IBM 9516-BXX manual Auto Setup for the Sun Workstation

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