[Aurora-sparc-user] E220r graphics options?

[Tom "spot" Callaway]

On Sat, 2007-06-09 at 18:02 +0100, mat wrote:
> > Maybe. The PROM might not recognize the video device, your best bet
> > might be to hunt down a PCI Creator.
> >   
> Just for reference the PGX series of PCI cards are officially supported
> for the E220r so I've just shipped my friend a couple of PGX32s to try.
> 
> I've run into a weird problem with my ultra60 though which has recently
> been running solaris - booting firstly aurora 2.98, then debian etch and
> the latest ubuntu versions from CD all result in "illegal instruction"
> errors just after loading the itidrd. Some quick research actually
> showed that this is a very common problem apparently, although I have
> never run into it before in years of using sparcs/aurora. I flashed the
> OBP to 3.31 [latest version?] with no change. More googling suggested
> always cold booting and that does seem to suffice to boot the aurora
> 2.98 installer from CD ok but all the other distros only get as far as -
> 
> Remapping the kernel... done.
> Booting Linux
> 
> They hang there, even with "install fb=true" at the SILO prompt. 

Try booting with -p, and see if you get any additional output.

~spot