[rescue] SX/cg14 question / oddity

[Peter Stokes]

Hi

No idea on the storage, but sounds like the NVRAM is low batt, did you run the OBP diags? Was the clock running slow as well?

Peter

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> On 14 Jun 2023, at 19:28, David Brownlee via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 14 Jun 2023 at 18:22, vom513 via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello all,
>> 
>> Might not be an “oddity” - might be my lack of knowledge of the nuances of this display.
>> 
>> I have an SS20 with an 8mb VSIMM.  Been working just fine for a long time - 1280x1024 at 76 - 24 bit.  I.e. the max.
>> 
>> Today I booted it up - it had been off for a week or two.  I got the screen that seems like the PROM/NVRAM was replaced (it wasn’t).  However mac address / hostid were still there.  I did a “set-defaults” here… So this is the first head scratcher.  (Could this be a sign that the NVRAM is nearing battery failure ?)
>> 
>> After this, I noticed my screen didn’t quite look right - and was confirmed with the monitor info display as well as xdpyinfo in NetBSD.  It was in 1152x900.
>> 
>> So I went back to OBP and did the setenv output-device to set it to 1280x1024x76.  Then a reset.  Still coming up in 1152x900.  In NetBSD ‘eeprom’ confirmed that the NVRAM setting was indeed there and correct.
>> 
>> Is that setting just for what the console should use ?
>> 
>> The reason I ask that - is I booted Solaris and ran the cg14config tool and set it.  Only after doing this (and a reboot) - did my display finally come back to 1280x1024.
>> 
>> Is there some bit of config for the CG14 that’s stored in NVRAM but not able to be set through OBP commands ?  That’s certainly what it feels like.  If that’s the case - I would also need some Solaris image/disk on hand to run this tool as from what I can tell there is no such cg14config(-like) tool in NetBSD.
> 
> The ss20 is/was a nice sparc box - good to see it still running!
> 
> Could I ask what NetBSD version you were using? There have been
> improvements to the sx/cg14 drivers since netbsd-9 (and possibly some
> since netbsd-10), so if you're trying netbsd-9 you  might find better
> luck from the netbsd-10 link at http://nyftp.netbsd.org/
> 
> You may also find someone who knows more about NetBSD's handling of
> this on port-sparc at netbsd.org :)
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> David
> 
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