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тАО06-30-2000 07:33 PM
тАО06-30-2000 07:33 PM
Any voodoo I should know to get X running again?
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тАО07-01-2000 09:13 AM
тАО07-01-2000 09:13 AM
Re: New 10.20 install, X Fails
Also, the 9000 must know your display's name/IPaddr. This is set with $DISPLAY. However, if this value is not set at all, then SAM will always run in character mode. It sounds like $DISPLAY is set to some other computer name and it is indeed running...but the display is somewhere else.
Bill Hassell, sysadmin
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тАО07-01-2000 10:02 AM
тАО07-01-2000 10:02 AM
Re: New 10.20 install, X Fails
An HP 715/100 was wiped clean, and a new install of 10.20 was put on it. I am using a standard PC monitor with this system, via a KVM (console switcher).
Now, X is unable to start on :0 (localhost, of course), and going into SAM, the display settings show that X is using the correct adapter, but it cannot identify the monitor (and using the 'Identify' function in SAM doesn't work).
I don't believe this is a address/environment problem (the box is on a network, and works fine in that regards), but a problem with the setmon not being able to get any information on the monitor.
I'll keep experimenting, but I'm hoping I'm not the only one who's had to deal with that weirdness. . .
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тАО07-05-2000 02:02 PM
тАО07-05-2000 02:02 PM
Re: New 10.20 install, X Fails
you make sure the selector is set to the HP-UX workstation when you turn on the workstation. The details really depend on the KVM hardware.
Here is a pointer to a long and thorough presentation on using KVM switches with HP-UX-
http://www.hp.com/visualize/programs/interex/interexpapers/parisc_ia_console.pdf
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тАО07-05-2000 05:37 PM
тАО07-05-2000 05:37 PM
Re: New 10.20 install, X Fails
Hence, my assertion that the keyboard, mouse, and monitor are just fine.
As to not being able to detect the hardware, just what is /opt/graphics/common/bin/setmon for, anyway? Is it not for probing/setting display modes? Perhaps I'm missing something here, but SAM apparrently thinks it can identify the monitor, but it comes up empty-handed each time.
BTW, the KVM isn't an issue, either, since I have hooked it up directly to the system as well with the same results.
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тАО07-06-2000 06:55 AM
тАО07-06-2000 06:55 AM
Re: New 10.20 install, X Fails
Things to check are:
1. who -r (CDE starts at run-level 3)
(Change /etc/inittab for initdefault)
2. If at run-level 3, then
ps -ef | grep dtlogin # should be two
3. If no dtlogin running check
/etc/rc.config.d/desktop
for DESKTOP=CDE
If not set then run
/usr/dt/bin/dtconfig -e
/sbin/init.d/dtlogin.rc start
4. If only one dtlogin running check
/etc/dt/config/Xservers file at
bottom for commented line. Uncomment
if commented. Should look like
* Local local@console /usr/bin/X11/X :0
then execute
/usr/dt/bin/dtconfig -reset
5. If the above does not help then
check the contents of
/var/dt/Xerrors
run and fix errors discovered by
/usr/contrib/bin/X11/dr_dt | more
6. Try starting X manually at the command
line to see what errors you get.
/usr/bin/X11/X :0
If the screen turns grey then X has
started successfully. To kill and get
back to command line
Ctrl+Shift+Pause/Break
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тАО07-06-2000 07:41 AM
тАО07-06-2000 07:41 AM
Re: New 10.20 install, X Fails
If sam and setmon don't report the existence of the 715/100 graphics, then you have probably missing kernel support for that device. You might have installed a really old release of HP-UX that lacked support for a device or you may have left out a necessary kernel device driver.
To check what graphics devices the kernel sees use
ioscan -funC graphics
To check for the graphics driver in the kernel use
lsdev -d framebuf
You can add the graph3 kernel driver using sam.
You can get the latest updates to 10.20 from
http://www.software.hp.com/products/ACE/index.html
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тАО07-06-2000 11:17 PM
тАО07-06-2000 11:17 PM
Re: New 10.20 install, X Fails
My 10.20 CDs aren't that old, but I'll start looking into some of the subsequent patches. SAM does seem to recognize the card that's installed, but I have to admit that I'm perplexed by it's insistance that the monitor is providing no information via setmon. :-P
On to patch central!
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тАО07-07-2000 09:24 AM
тАО07-07-2000 09:24 AM
SolutionThis solved the problem for me.
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тАО07-07-2000 10:21 AM
тАО07-07-2000 10:21 AM
Re: New 10.20 install, X Fails
/opt/graphics/common/bin/setmon -r
It may just say the device does not support setmon. Those older devices could only have their video settings changed from the boot ROM menus. The X server does not require any particular video mode, so that is not a possible cause of the X server failure.
You can look for error messages from the X server in /var/dt/Xerrors and in /var/X11/Xserver/logs/X0.log. You can also just type "X :0" at the console shell prompt and see what kind of error message you get. The keyboard and mouse are again likely suspects. The X server depends on different device files than the console terminal emulator, so bad input configuration could affect the X server even when the console works.