starting cde

[Patrick Perkins]

i have a c180 that i put the sync on green video card from a c110 in.. now the system wants to start xserver on the built in video.. it's trying to load on "graphics(0)" and i want it to start on "graphics(3)"... i'm new at this, just learning.. can someone tell me how to do this or point me to info on how...??
thanks

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[Robert_Jewell]

The system should have created a device file for the card. This will be listed as something like /dev/crtx (with x being the next instance of the card). /dev/crt is the on-board video. Edit the file /etc/X11/X0screens to include this device name. The X0screens file itself has a bit of info on doing so and is a good reference point.

You could also determine your cards product number and see if there are any docs on installing the card on http://docs.hp.com

Good luck!

-Bob

[S.K. Chan]

1) Run ioscan to show all the graphics card you have .. ex:
# /sbin/ioscan -fn | grep graph
==> take note of 2nd column ie the Instance# of the card
2) Determine which graphics devices are already created ..
# ll /dev/crt*
==> Take note of the minor number (eg: 0x010000). The second digit of the minor number will always correspond to the instance
number of the graphics card ( in this eg it's 1). From the ioscan you would then know which device is not created yet (from the instance#).
3) Lets assume device for instance# 2 is not created yet .. now we want to create it ..
# mknod /dev/crt2 c 174 0x020000
# chmod 666 /dev/crt2
4) Now that you have to modify /etc/X0screens file to reflect the new graphics card.
Look for line ..

Screen /dev/crt

and change that to

Screen /dev/crt2

5) Reboot the system and interrupt the boot sequence, in BOOT ADMIN screen modify the console path to the new graphics device.
6) Power down the system and connect yr monitor to the new graphic card.

Now it should be fine ..