From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 2 10:02:32 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4AC116A4CF for ; Fri, 2 Apr 2004 10:02:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from bingo.yandex.ru (bingo.yandex.ru [213.180.200.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08E0C43D49 for ; Fri, 2 Apr 2004 10:02:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grint@yandex.ru) Received: from gw01.nln.ru ([217.174.98.193]:4291 "EHLO grint.int.nln.ru" smtp-auth: "grint") by mail.yandex.ru with ESMTP id ; Fri, 2 Apr 2004 22:02:16 +0400 Received: from grint by grint.int.nln.ru with local (Exim 4.30; FreeBSD) id 1B9TtR-0000yv-Tq for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 02 Apr 2004 22:59:53 +0400 Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 22:59:53 +0400 From: "Ruslan N. Gogunsci" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040402185953.GA3680@grint.int.nln.ru> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Sun Ultra - installer on bootonly cd outputs weird display X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 18:02:33 -0000 On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 05:40:37PM -0500, port@sigga.org wrote: > I'm trying to install FreeBSD on a Sun Ultra 5, but I'm pretty new at this > stuff. I've managed to get the fbsd_bootonly CD to be the startup CD, and > it gives me 5 display options, like VT100, xterm emulator, FreeBSD > console, etc. However, every single one of these results in mangled > display (ie., characters appear on top of other characters - basically > what happens if one's emulation is set wrong) and an inability to use the > arrow keys, which seems necessary to use/configure the settings the > installer provides. I'm sure this is very simple to fix, but I have no > idea what to try. Thoughts? I think it's help you: http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6552 >