C3600 Visualize Workstation with A1295A Monitor

[Ray Bell]

I have a C3600 workstation and it is connected to a A1295A monitor. There are two graphic dipslay card and the monitor is connected in one. This system once had two monitor and now we only have one. The system boot and you can see it on the scree but when it start the CDE then the screen goes blank. We are using not the orginal keyboard and mouse but a serial HP mouse and a USB compaq keyboard. Anyway if you someone have any insight on why this workstation would be having an issue please let me know.

[JASH_2]

Ray,

At a guess, you have put the monitor into the remote "dark site" console card, rather than the normal display card. try puuting it into the other card and see if anything happens. Are you using susi linux, by any chance?

The mouse and keyboard should work, once the monitor is in place.

JASH

[Robert-Jan Goossens_1]

Hi Ray,

# /opt/graphics/common/bin/graphinfo
allows you to display the current graphics configuration and the graphics drivers that are being used.

# /opt/graphics/common/bin/setmon
allows you to reconfigure the monitor type.

Could you post the info from the graphinfo command?

Regards,
Robert-Jan

[Torsten.]

First I would connect the monitor to the second card to try to get the screen.


Then go to SAM -> display -> Xserver and adjust/delete the second screen (e.g. if there are 0.0 and 0.1, delete the 0.1 entry or adjust the "multi screen layout").

[Ray Bell]

The system is not on the network so trying to display the graphinfo might be difficult.

I will have to type what they have if it's not a lot of info. What's puizzling me is the monitor use to work but there was two and it's connected into the same card as it is now. Is it possible the system is looking for both monitor to be plug in?

When I run the setmon I get the following:

Entry Wdth Height HZ Font Desc
--- ---- ------ ---- ------- ------
1 1280 1024 75 10x20 VESA
2 1024 768 75 8x6 VESA
3 1600 1200 75 10x20 VESA
4 1600 1024 75 10x20
The current one selected is 3

Not sure if this is right....

The file is not present under: /opt/graphics/common/bin/graphinfo.
Anyway what else am I missing... Should I re-install the OS? I just like to get it working so I'm desperate...

[Ray Bell]

I have move the monitor to both card and still it will only show you the screen when it booting up and when it get to starting CDE it goes blank. I have boot the system to single user and I can move around on the system now.

Can you make these changes via the command lines and if so what are they so I can perform the command?

[Robert-Jan Goossens_1]

could you post the output of

# ioscan -fnCgraphics
# cat /etc/X11/X0screens

[Ray Bell]

belhp[356]$ ioscan -fnC graphics
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
====================================================================
graphics 0 10/4/3/0 graph3 CLAIMED INTERFACE PCI Display (103c108b)
graphics 1 10/6/2/0 graph3 CLAIMED INTERFACE PCI Display (103c108b)

Here's the other info an an attachment...

[Robert-Jan Goossens_1]

Hi Ray,

# vi /etc/X11/X0screens

--> and change the last lines

#Screen /dev/crt

SingleLogicalScreen 1 2
/dev/crt1 /dev/crt0

-->into
Screen /dev/crt

-->save
# init 2
# init 3

If this does not work.

# rm /dev/crt*
# insf -ev
# init 2
# init 3

Robert-Jan

[Ray Bell]

When I add the line:
Screen /dev/crt

Do I still leave the following line:
SingleLogicalScreen 1 2

Or do I comment this line out. Anyway I have try it and the screen goes into never land still. I will remove the devices and re-install them. Now as I mention that this server once had the two monitor and they have a toggle switch to go back and forward from input 1 to input two. Not sure if this mean anything.

[Robert-Jan Goossens_1]

comment out the other two lines

SingleLogicalScreen 1 2
/dev/crt1 /dev/crt0

uncomment the line
#Screen /dev/crt

[Ray Bell]

I have place the information in the file and remove the old /dev/crt* and re-created them but I'm still having the same problem. The screen said that CDE is loading and after 10 minutes is still do not load. So I think we are close but not sure what else need to be done...

[Robert-Jan Goossens_1]

could you post the errors from the /var/dt/Xerrors file ?

[Ray Bell]

I have the file attached. The server been down for over a year and the no one power the server up. The date that was on the server was Mar 2005. Anyway I have set the date now.

[Robert-Jan Goossens_1]

the mouse:-)

can you remember if there was a usb or a serial mouse connected to the system?

# ls /dev | egrep "hil|usb"

# ioscan -fnChil

Robert-Jan

[Robert-Jan Goossens_1]

sorry should have been hil and ps2.

ls /dev | egrep "hil|ps2"

[Ray Bell]

Not sure what type of mouse it was but this is not the orginal one. When I left for a year on militay duty they savage the parts and I had to get a mouse and keyboard elsewhere. I have a serial mouse on it now and a usb keyboard. Will I have to get the system to recoginize these devices.

[Ray Bell]

Not sure what type of mouse it was but this is not the orginal one. When I left for a year on militay duty they savage the parts and I had to get a mouse and keyboard elsewhere. I have a serial mouse on it now and a usb keyboard. Will I have to get the system to recoginize these devices.

I ran the command and got nothing back on the screen.

[Ray Bell]

I read an HP doc on "HP Visualize Workstation Model B1000, C3000 & C3600 - Technical Specifications."

For the mouse and keyboard it stated the following:

Keyboard:

- Universal Serial Bus (USB) keyboard, one

Mouse:

- Universal Serial Bus (USB) mouse, one


So I have a USB keyboard and I had to get a USB Sun mouse. The system is still not recognize the mouse so is there a way to connect?

[Robert-Jan Goossens_1 · Accepted solution]

Ray,

can you open next doc.

Title: Recreating Xserver device files
Document ID: XMKKBAN00000235

http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000062686750

Robert-Jan

[Ray Bell]

I have it working now...... I found a USB mouse that was an HP model and now it's working.

Thanks...

[Ray Bell]

Thansk to everyone...

[Torsten.]

Does it work by replacing the mouse???