HP-UX on rx1620

[Dusan Stefanovic]

I have rx1620 without MP card with HP-UX instaled (without graphic card)
After that I bought MP card and put it in the server.
When I boot OS I still don't have graphic. In SAM I see that I don't have graphic card.
I am very new in HP-UX but I suppose that i have to compile kernel.

[Steven E. Protter · Accepted solution]

Shalom

The MP card permits remote console access, not graphics.

To log in graphically first log in with telnet or ssh and....

vi /etc/rc.config.d/xfs

Change the first variable to 1.

Then:

/sbin/init.d/xfs start

Now you will be able to connect grapically via the network and a X windows client like hummingbird.

Don't forget to set the DISPLAY variable.

SEP

[Dusan Stefanovic]

Hi Steven
I did what you say, but the situation is the same.
When I write ioscan command. I receive:
0/4/2/0 unknown PCI Display
When I go to SAM
SAM - Display - X Server Configuration I receive error: "No graphic devices found on this system"
In my opinion I don't have driver for graphic chip on MP card.

Thank's

[Mridul Shrivastava]

As suggested by stephen these step are to use X-clients/ reflection-X and there you will get graphic display.

If you want to use the graphic port on MP card you have to select the graphic device as output device. If you interrupt the boot process and go to shell then issueing devtree will show all the devices.

[rick jones]

When HP-UX is installed, it installs drivers based on the hardware present at the time. Since the MP was not present, the installer would not have known about the VGA port and so would not have installed any drivers for it.

This might be confirmed with the output of ioscan -fk .

You may be able to go into Sam and have it install the requisit driver(s) for you. That assumes they were loaded from the OS media. If not you will have to load them from the media. IIRC all you get is basic 2D graphics. You'll then need to use the EFI bootconfig to set the console input, output and error devices accordingly, and will have to have a USB keyboard and mouse connected.

Thankfully, I _think_ it is still possible to admin an HP-UX system without X11 support - this is in marked contrast to other OSes - eg what I recall of Windows. Although I seem to recall some disturbing trends in HP-UX packages to the contrary :(

[Jeff Lightner_1]

rx1620 doesn't come with the MP card. It is an add on product. There are different settings to use depending on which console type you have .

The following link may help:
http://docs.hp.com/en/5991-2701/ch04s01.html#cihgcffj

[Torsten.]

If you adjust the console settings already (like advised in your other thread) you should install the latest HW Enable patch bundle (copy and paste to one line if needed):

http://www4.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/hpuxPatchBundlePage.do?BC=main|releaseIndexPage|releasePage{0606-11.23}|&bundleId=HWEnable11i:B.11.23.0606.046a

After this, the device should be claimed by the gvid driver.

[Dusan Stefanovic]

Thank's for everything
I find solution:
-First console output was not problem, it was set o.k.
-Second I install driver for graphic card on MP trough SAM (gvid and gvid_core drivers)
-After that I reboot OS
-Then I uncomment the last line in /etc/dt/config/Xservers file:
# * localconsole /usr/bin/X11/X:0

D.