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Solution Type Problem Resolution Sure Solution 1010396.1 : Blank screen on SunBlade[TM]100 with SVGA or VGA monitor while booting to multiuser mode
PreviouslyPublishedAs 214271 Symptoms Problem: Screen goes blank when booting a pre-installed OS on Sunblade 100 to multiuser mode with the an SVGA or VGA monitor connected to it. Reason: The graphics card on this Sunblade 100 is not configured to match the resolution of the monitor connected to the VGA video connector. This problem occurs when the system tries to start CDE during the multiuser boot. Screen goes blank after displaying "starting openwindows". Resolution 1. Boot the system to single user mode and login as root. ok boot -s Press enter when prompted for the password. (Because no password is set on the preinstalled image) 2. Run the following command to know the supported resolutions for the graphics card, monitor and the current resolution: # /usr/sbin/m64config -res '?' | more The following is the example output of the above command: Valid values for -res option are: 720x400x70 [2] 720x400x88 640x480x60 640x480x67 [2] 640x480x72 640x480x75 800x600x56 800x600x60 800x600x72 800x600x75 832x624x75 [2] 1024x768x87 [1] 1024x768x60 1024x768x70 1024x768x75 1280x1024x75 1152x870x75 [2] 1280x1024x60 [1] 1152x900x66 1152x900x76 1280x1024x67 1600x1280x76 [1] 1920x1080x72 [1] 1280x800x76 [1] 1440x900x76 [1][2] 1600x1000x66 [1] 1600x1000x76 [1] 1920x1200x70 [1] 1280x1024x85 [1] 1280x1024x76 [3] 1152x864x75 [1] vga svga 1152 1280 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 1152x900 1600x1280 [1] 1920x1080 [1] 1600x1000 [1] 1920x1200 [1] Notes: [1] monitor does not support this resolution. [2] card does not support this resolution. [3] current resolution. # 3. Set the resolution that is supported by both graphics card and the monitor. Note: Do not select a resolution that has a number in the square brackets. For example: # /usr/sbin/m64config -res 800x600 now 4. After this, the screen may go blank for a while and come back or remain blank. 5. Type ctrl+D to take the system to multi-user mode so that it starts the CDE with the resolution that was set in step 3. 6. Once you get the login screen, login as root and open a terminal window. 7. # /usr/sbin/reboot Now the system should boot fine to multiuser mode and displays the CDE login screen. Product Sun Blade 100 Workstation Internal Comments Authors: Duraikannu Karunakaran & Karthikeyan Karuppiah. Previously Published As 28406 Product_uuid 2a071da8-0a18-11d6-906c-a8efc43ec293|Sun Blade 100 Workstation Change History Date: 2006-07-03 User Name: 95826 Action: Update Canceled Comment: *** Restored Published Content *** canceling update as per updater s agreement Version: 0 Date: 2006-07-03 User Name: 95826 Action: Reassign Comment: reassigning document as per updater s agreement Version: 0 Date: 2004-02-05 User Name: 92422 Action: Updated Comment: Version: 0 Date: 2003-05-20 User Name: Administrator Action: Migration from KMSCreator Comment: updated by : Alan Pereira comment : Not issued to SunSolve. Changing properties to select audience. date : Oct 1, 2001 Attachments This solution has no attachment |
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