Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 19:17:38 +0000 From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> To: Brian Rudy <berudy@earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with Display Message-ID: <426FE552.9020805@chuckr.org> In-Reply-To: <426F75B5.2070502@earthlink.net> References: <426F75B5.2070502@earthlink.net>
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Brian Rudy wrote: > Good day; > I am having some difficulty with the installation of version 5.3 on a > Ultra 60 system. > I am currenlty installing an Ultra-60 system, so I have a keen interest in what you say, but your complaint is (at least to me) totally non-descriptive. Can you do a better job of explaining just exactly what's wrong? > It seems like everything goes fine but, the console display goes south. > Everything else seems to be working ok but, the console isn't. Remote > access to this box is working fine. > > Here's the last group of lines from dmesg: > > Apr 19 06:02:33 sun syslogd: kernel boot file is /boot/kernel/kernel > ELF ldconfig path: /lib /usr/lib /usr/lib/compat /usr/X11R6/lib > /usr/local/lib > Starting local daemons: > . > Updating motd > . > Starting sshd. > Initial sparc64 initialization: > . > Additional ABI support: > . > Starting cron. > Local package initialization: > NTP > . > Additional TCP options: > . > Starting inetd. > Starting background file system checks in 60 seconds. > > Tue Apr 19 06:02:37 EDT 2005 > Apr 19 06:02:37 sun getty[423]: open /dev/screen: No such file or directory > > > There is no /dev/screen file but, there is a /dev/screen:r1280x1024x60 file > > I tried making a link to this file in hopes it would fix it but, after a > reboot, my link was gone. > > Can someone point me in the right direction? > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > Thank you >
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