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тАО07-08-2010 12:59 PM
тАО07-08-2010 12:59 PM
HP SmartStart 8.50 x64 boots into Command Line?
I have a DL380 G4 I'm trying to reinstall. I'm currently using the 8.40 x64 version as I don't have time to wait. Is there something new I should be doing? I downloaded it from the Drivers and Downloads page on the DL380 G4 section.
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тАО07-08-2010 04:10 PM
тАО07-08-2010 04:10 PM
Re: HP SmartStart 8.50 x64 boots into Command Line?
One of those "F" will bring you back to the GUI.
Is there something strange with your keyboard or SLT, that can cause key presses at that time?
anyway, use the SS 8.50 after windows installation (with 8.40) is completed, to install latest PSP: it's equivalent to have it installed from the beginning.
HTH bye!
MS MCSA Server 2003
HP Accredited Integration Specialist
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тАО07-09-2010 05:13 AM
тАО07-09-2010 05:13 AM
Re: HP SmartStart 8.50 x64 boots into Command Line?
Thanks for the response. I will give it a try. I'm not sure what happened. The 8.40 version boots right into the GUI without any user interaction. I'm not too concerned. It's up and running now. I appreciate the help.
Rory
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тАО07-09-2010 08:36 AM
тАО07-09-2010 08:36 AM
Re: HP SmartStart 8.50 x64 boots into Command Line?
I have seen that many time already, something is wrong with 8.50.
BIOS update fix this on some servers if not you can go back to 8.40 or install the OS without it and the load the PSP 8.50 to install all drivers and HP apps
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тАО07-09-2010 10:28 AM
тАО07-09-2010 10:28 AM
Re: HP SmartStart 8.50 x64 boots into Command Line?
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тАО07-10-2010 09:24 PM
тАО07-10-2010 09:24 PM
Re: HP SmartStart 8.50 x64 boots into Command Line?
(II) VESA(0): Total Memory: 127 64KB banks (8128kB)
(EE) VESA(0): No matching modes
(II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
(II) UnloadModule: "int10"
(II) Unloading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//libint10.so
(II) UnloadModule: "vbe"
(II) Unloading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//libvbe.so
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
Fatal server error:
no screens found
It is my conclusion that the cause of this problem is the fact that they have changed the "xorg.conf" file in this release (at least compared to the one prior). When I do a "diff" between the version 8.50 and 8.40 files, I see:
114c114
< DefaultDepth 24
---
> DefaultDepth 16
117c117
< Depth 24
---
> Depth 16
If I set the color depth back to 16, I can successfully start X Windows. You can quickly test this on a system that exhibits this problem by issuing the follow commands from the shell:
# sed -i.original '/Depth/s/24/16/g' /etc/X11/xorg.default-us
# /usr/bin/X &
NOTE: that in this release, "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" is a symbolic link to "/etc/X11/xorg.default-us"
This will edit the "/etc/X11/xorg.default-us" file to make it the same as the previous version (and make a backup copy of the original as "/etc/X11/xorg.default-us.original") and then launch "X". After starting, your screen should flip to the X Window session (Ctrl+Alt+F2) and you should see the "vanilla" X environment (grey cross-hatch background with a big "X" cursor).
My guess is that because the "older" systems have less video memory, they are unable to support a color depth of 24. For example, a ProLiant DL385G1 (which exhibits the problem) uses an integrated ATI Rage XL video controller with 8MB of video memory, whereas a ProLiant DL385G5 comes standard with an integrated ATI ES1000 video controller with 32MB of video memory. However, the SmartStart v8.50 Server Support Guide document shows both systems as supported for the "HP SmartStart CD x32" and the "HP SmartStart CD x64":
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/c-products/servers/management/smartstart/serversupportguide8.50.pdf
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тАО08-04-2010 06:09 PM
тАО08-04-2010 06:09 PM
Re: HP SmartStart 8.50 x64 boots into Command Line?
I've just ran into the same situation with SmartStart 8.50 x64 on BL465c G1 with AMD processors.
Also the 9.0 firmware on 3 out of 7 BL465c G1's led to no power no video and then to system board replacements.
Seb
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тАО08-18-2010 12:26 PM
тАО08-18-2010 12:26 PM
Re: HP SmartStart 8.50 x64 boots into Command Line?
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тАО08-18-2010 03:27 PM
тАО08-18-2010 03:27 PM
Re: HP SmartStart 8.50 x64 boots into Command Line?
S52X
S54icewm
S56mouse
S58firefox
S60boot.health
The above scripts (well, they are actually symbolic links to the "real" scripts elsewhere) all reside in "/etc/init.d/boot.d". I ran them like so:
# sed -i.original '/Depth/s/24/16/g' /etc/X11/xorg.default-us
# for n in 52 54 56 58 60 ; do /etc/init.d/boot.d/S${n}* start ; done
This worked for me as far as doing a SmartStart OS install, but I didn't try any other utilities and so you might need to run additional scripts (for example, you might need to start "S64boot.diags" if you are going to run the Insight diagnostics).
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тАО08-19-2010 06:28 AM
тАО08-19-2010 06:28 AM
Re: HP SmartStart 8.50 x64 boots into Command Line?
I spent two hours looking for what scripts to run. I noticed apache was running so I tried to go to the local webpage and that failed, I was so frustrated I simply downloaded 8.40 and did that.
I am going to bookmark this, however, for the next server I have to build, which will be soon.