Connecting HDTV to SUN BLADE 150

I have a SUN Blade 150 workstation with the onboard video (PGX64)....can I connect this to my HDTV. Both have a standard VGA connector....but not sure about the resolution. According to SUN's documentation 1920X1080 is supported, but is says the standard is SUN....does this make a difference. So will and HDTV work with the SUN Blade 150?

I would expect the PGX64 to work with this display. To see the resolutions that the card and monitor it is connected to are capable of, run the following commands:
/usr/sbin/fbconfig -prconf
/usr/sbin/fbconfig -res \?

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Sun Blade 150

Hi,
I'm having a Sun Blade 150 Workstation (quite old one). I'm having IDE CDROM & one USB CDROM. I'm having Solaris 5.8 installed on it. Now I want to upgrade it to Solaris 5.9 9/05.
First I tried to install it from the IDE CDROM by giving the command "boot cdrom" from OK prompt. It gave me error Can't find boot device.
Then I tried to boot from my USB CDROM again I get the same error.
I also tried combinations such as boot cdrom1/2 etc.
My USB CDROM works perfectly in Solaris 8, when I insert the cd it mounts properly.
What could be the problem while booting from USB CDROM?
I do not have any SCSI card/port to install a SCSI CDROM.
Any help would be great for me.
Thanks,
Pranay C. Tembhekar

Hello,
However I wonder that USB CDROM support is not there.
To use a device without a loaded operating system, the OBP (aka "BIOS", firmware) of your system must know how to handle this device. Either the device is directly supported by the OBP (OBP includes the firmware) or the firmware is integrated on the add-in board (e.g. Sun framebuffers, SCSI hba) in a ROM.
Attaching a USB keyboard/mouse to a non-USB system (with Mini-DIN connector) to an add-in USB adapter is possible, while the USB keyboard isn't functional at the OBP level, it works after loading the USB driver at the operating system level.
According to the Release Notes Solaris 10 1/06 supports multiple keyboards/mice.
Michael

Sun Blade 150 Hard Drive Support

Hello,
We are upgrading our Sun Blade 150 server. I was keen on knowing if it would support two separate 80 Gb hard-drives which effectively increase its capacity to 160.
Thanks,
Vijay

Absolutely.
Your ATA controller just does not happen to be 48-bit capable.
Thus you're going to be limited to a nominal 137GB maximum usable space on any one IDE disk.

Problem with a DDI Device driver for Solaris 8 and 9 on a Sun-Blade-1500

The problem has to do with dma allocated memory and the little-endian format.
When I copy blocks bigger than 256 bytes to the dma memory, using a uiomove() or bcopy(), the data after the first 32 bytes is swapped around over 8 bytes.
The bcopy from a driver (stack) buffer into the dma virtual memory has the same affect.
So it has to do with the kernel dma allocated memory and the endianess.
When I set the byte order to big-endian inside the ddi_device_acc_attr the data seems to be alright, also with bigger transfer sizes.
My device however needs the little-endian format.
I have the same the same device driver running without any errors on a Sun Blade-150 Solaris 8 for a long time now.
Can somebody please advise me?
Data example,
test data: 0x00,0x01,0x02,?.
64, 128 or 256 bytes blocks:
000: 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 0F 0E 0D 0C 0B 0A 09 08
016: 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 1F 1E 1D 1C 1B 1A 19 18
032: 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 2F 2E 2D 2C 2B 2A 29 28
048: 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 3F 3E 3D 3C 3B 3A 39 38
064: 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 4F 4E 4D 4C 4B 4A 49 48
080: 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 5F 5E 5D 5C 5B 5A 59 58
096: 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 60 6F 6E 6D 6C 6B 6A 69 68
112: 77 76 75 74 73 72 71 70 7F 7E 7D 7C 7B 7A 79 78
512 or 1024 bytes blocks:
000: 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 0F 0E 0D 0C 0B 0A 09 08
016: 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 1F 1E 1D 1C 1B 1A 19 18
032: 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2A 2B 2C 2D 2E 2F <----- ?
048: 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 3A 3B 3C 3D 3E 3F <----- ?
064: 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 4A 4B 4C 4D 4E 4F <----- ?
080: 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 5A 5B 5C 5D 5E 5F <----- ?
096: 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 6A 6B 6C 6D 6E 6F <----- ?
112: 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 7A 7B 7C 7D 7E 7F <----- ?
Code example, how I allocate the DMA (kernel) memory:
DDI_STRUCTURE_LE_ACC = Little Endian format
DDI_STRUCTURE_BE_ACC = Big Endian format
static struct ddi_device_acc_attr sse_dma_attr =
DDI_DEVICE_ATTR_V0, /* The version number of this structure */
DDI_STRUCTURE_LE_ACC, /* see above */
DDI_STRICTORDER_ACC, /* How CPU will reference data, default */
The dma definitions for allocating the DMA memory
static ddi_dma_attr_t dmaattr= {
DMA_ATTR_V0, /* version */
0, /* starting address for DVMA */
0xffffffff, /* end address for DVMA */
0xffffffff, /* max transfer count in one cookie */
0x1, /* address restrictive alignment, 1 = byte alignment */
0x7, /* burst sizes */
1, /* min number of byes */
0x00ffffff, /* max number of bytes device can transmit/receive */
0xffffffff, /* upper bound of the DMA engine's address */
1,
512,
0, /* DDI_DMA_FORCE_PHYSICAL doesn't work */
ddi_dma_alloc_handle()
if((ret=ddi_dma_alloc_handle(xsp->dip,
&dmaattr,
DDI_DMA_SLEEP,
NULL,
dmahandle_out)) != DDI_SUCCESS)
cmn_err(CE_CONT, "ucr_dma_alloc_memory, "
"ERROR ddi_dma_alloc_handle status = %d\n",
ret);
return(ret);
if((ret=ddi_dma_mem_alloc(*dmahandle_out,
(uint_t) size,
dma_acc_attr,
DDI_DMA_CONSISTENT,
DDI_DMA_SLEEP,
NULL,
(caddr_t *)&raw_kern_addr,
&real_len,
dma_acc_handle_out)) != DDI_SUCCESS)
cmn_err(CE_CONT, "ucr_ucr_dma_alloc_memory, "
"ERROR ddi_dma_mem_alloc status = %d\n",
ret);
ddi_dma_free_handle(dmahandle_out);
return(ret);
This will also init the PCI - IOMMU for
address translation.
if((ret=ddi_dma_addr_bind_handle(*dmahandle_out,
NULL,
(caddr_t)raw_kern_addr,
real_len,
DDI_DMA_RDWR | DDI_DMA_CONSISTENT,
DDI_DMA_SLEEP,
NULL,
&dma_cookie,
&count)) != DDI_SUCCESS)
cmn_err(CE_CONT, "ucr_ucr_dma_alloc_memory, "
"ERROR ddi_dma_addr_bind_handle status = %d\n",
ret);
ddi_dma_mem_free(dma_acc_handle_out);
ddi_dma_free_handle(dmahandle_out);
return(ret);
if((ret=ddi_dma_sync(*dmahandle_out,
0,
real_len,
DDI_DMA_SYNC_FORDEV)) != DDI_SUCCESS)
cmn_err(CE_CONT, "ucr_ucr_dma_alloc_memory, "
"ERROR ddi_dma_sync status = %d\n", ret);
ddi_dma_unbind_handle(*dmahandle_out);
ddi_dma_mem_free(dma_acc_handle_out);
ddi_dma_free_handle(dmahandle_out);
return(ret);

I am having the similar problem identified in this thread.
OS: Sun Solaris 10 01/06
Hardware: Sun Blade 2500
PCI Memory card.
Problem: When driver moves more then 40 bytes via PIO from a PCI device memory card, the long words are swapped starting at 40 byte transfer size and greater.
device memory description:
static ddi_device_acc_attr_t sdram_access_attr =
DDI_DEVICE_ATTR_V0, /* Boilerplate value */
DDI_STRUCTURE_LE_ACC,
DDI_STRICTORDER_ACC /* Don't reorder accesses */
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ddi_mem_rep_get8(ucb->ucb_sdram_accHndl,
(uint8_t*) kaddr,
(uint8_t*) raddr,
(size_t) bp->b_resid),
(uint_t) DDI_DEV_AUTOINCR );
PCI Device memory is loaded with incrementing address (8bit), 0,1,2... This is confirmed using a PCI Bus Analyzer.
A read of 36 bytes or less returns:
03 02 01 00 07 06 05 04 ...
A read of 40 bytes returns:
07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 ...
If I peek 1 byte at a time using ddi_get8(ucb->ucb_sdram_accHndl, ...) I get
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07
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Unable to halt blade 150 to install via CDROM

Hello,
I am hopeful that I have posted this in the correct forum. I just purchased 3 Sun Blade 150 workstations. I am trying to install Solaris 8, 9, and 10. My problem is that I need to interrupt the boot sequence. Normally (on a SUN keyboard) I would do a STOP-A and be done. I don't have a sun keyboard, instead I am using a Logitech Keyboard and mouse. Does anyone know what key sequence I can use to interrupt the boot?
Thank you in advance,
Gerry

Hello Mark,
this is a link to the archived posting by J. Keil.
http://unix.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/comp.unix.solaris/2003-08/0158.html
Just in case the link ceases to work this is the text of the posting
Re: german keyboard
From: Juergen Keil ( ... )
Date: 08/01/03
"Langelage, Frank" < ...> writes:
On my blade 150 I attached a german ps/2 keyboard through an ps/2 to
USB adapter.
The machine recognizes this keyboard, but it with english / american layout.
How to say solaris that it is a german keyboard ? Apparently this works automatically with Sun's USB keyboards, because
they indentify with an USB country code of "DE", or something like that.
PC USB keyboards (and this probably includes your PS/2 -> USB device)
don't define an USB country code so the system uses the default of "us
english" layout.
On Solaris x86, the same problem exists and is solved by running
/etc/init.d/keymap (linked to /etc/rcS.d/S33keymap.sh) early at system
startup, and this script run /usr/lib/set_keyboard_layout.
The set_keyboard_layout script is not included with Solaris SPARC, but
is exactly what you need to tell the USB keyboard driver to use
a keyboard layout != english.
To set the USB keyboard to a "German" keyboard layout,
set_keyboard_layout runs the command loadkeys with the undocumented
"-s" option:
/usr/bin/loadkeys -s 9
The loadkeys command should work with USB keyboards on Solaris SPARC.
Valid layout codes for the "loadkeys -s" option can be found in
/usr/share/lib/keytables/type_6/layout_* Michael

Serial management view in sun blade 2500

Hi friends,
Please help me out to solve the following problem i have sun blade 2500. I want to view the full POST test in hyperterminal screen of windows. I tried connecting the cables to establish connction to view. But i didn't able to see the POST in hyperterminal screen . It is blank while i start the sun blade2500.I used the 25 pin to 9 pin cable and also ethernet type to 9 pin cable
what should i do

Hello,
make sure that
- this is a null-modem cable
- you use serial A (console port) of the Blade 2500
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[Sol 10 11/06 SPARC on Sun Blade 2500] Could not determine boot disk?

dear all,
I have a problem during installation of Solaris 10 11/06 Sparc on Sun Blade 2500. After I choosing "Initial Install" at "Select Upgrade or Initial Install" stage, appears the following error message :
"Note : Default install is not possible. Default boot disk could not be determined"
I have already concerned that the installation DVD is well burned, and the DVD-ROM is worked, but I'm not sure that the HD itself is well or defect. Could anyone tell me or figure out how would I do?

Most likely you have a disk problem. I think it may not have found a disk. If the install process left you in a shell, I would suggest using format, to see what it thinks. My guess it does not see any disks.
Another option from the ok prompt (also called OBP), is run probe-scsi or whatever the device type it. Check the options available at the ok prompt.

Replace Quotes, Connection Pooling, and Sun Web Server with MySQL, Oracle

This is code I use to insert data into my MySQL and Oracle databases.
I takes care of quotes and shows use of context, i.e. when you use Sun Web Server's
ConnectionPooling. This code works. Feel free to reply if you have questions on how to set up connection pooling using Sun Web Server 6.1SP - it took quite a long time to learn and I couldn't find much information throughout the web, so I hope this helps...
This is not a question and I am not looking for an answer, but please post comments or suggestions.
dailysun
This is in one class where I have a hashtable containing the
column name / value pairs that I want to enter into my table.
This class simply creates the SQL string from the values in the
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name to a class which executes that sql statement (second code
portion).
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This is code I use to insert data into my MySQL and
Oracle databases.
I takes care of quotes and shows use of context, i.e.
when you use Sun Web Server's
ConnectionPooling. This code works. Feel free to
reply if you have questions on how to set up
connection pooling using Sun Web Server 6.1SP - it
took quite a long time to learn and I couldn't find
much information throughout the web, so I hope this
helps...
This is not a question and I am not looking for an
answer, but please post comments or suggestions.Using prepared statements would mean that you wouldn't have to worry about quotes.
You should be closing the result set.
You are handling all fields as strings. That won't work with time fields and might not work for numeric fields.
Presumably most of your variables are member variables. They should be local variables because that is the scope of the usage.
You must do something with the exceptions.
Hashtables although convienent mean that problems with usage can only be resolved at run time rather than compile time.

SUN Blade 2000 giving FATAL SCSI Error while booting from CDROM

Hi,
SUN Blade 2000 system giving "FATAL SCSI Error at Script address 110 SCSI parity Error Arbitration Complete" while trying to boot from CDROM.
Thanks in advance.
Bye
vijay

Hi,
SUN Blade 2000 system giving "FATAL SCSI Error at Script address 110 SCSI parity Error Arbitration Complete" while trying to boot from CDROM.
Thanks in advance.
Bye
vijay

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You can use Remote VISA on your Solaris workstation to access the VXIpc's VXI interface using the same VISA API you would use to access a local device. First, on your VXIpc, you should install VISA Server if it's not already installed. (It likely is already installed, so you can probably skip that step.) Then configure the VISA Server through your VISA options in MAX to start when the computer starts and allow connections from your Sun workstation. After setting up your VXIpc in this way, from your Sun workstation you can connect to any VISA resource on the VXIpc by specifying the resource string "visa://[address-of-VXIpc]/[local-resource-name]". "[address-of-VXIpc]" should be replaced by the IP address in the form "a.b.c.d", or by the VXIpc's network name, and the "[local-resource-name]" should refer to any VISA resource that is on the VXIpc, such as "VXI0::0::INSTR". You can even use viFindRsrc() to find remote resources with this mechanism.
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Also, you will need NI-VISA 3.1 on your Solaris workstation to access your VXIpc this way.
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Currently, firefox 3.6.14 crashes constantly (completely unstable) and adjustments to PATH variable do not seem to hold.
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I am trying to install solaris 10 in sun blade 1000 and getting a problem that disk doesn't exist ......... After several tentatives, I understood that I need to format a harddrive as it is new. I formeted it with boot cdrom -s and the problem still persists.
I bought a 73g HDD and the machine recognize it as 68,38g .. is there any upgrade I need to perform for it
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I have the same problem ..ubuntu installs fine
TIA
Dale

How to install Linux on Sun Blade 2000

hi,all.
There is a sun blade 2000 workstation in our lab.And my teacher ask me to install a Linux OS instead of the Solaris8 which is preinstalled in this machine.This thing is very difficult to me,for I am not only a new to Linux,but also a totally freshman to Sun OS and its Hardware.
I have only installed a Fedora 11 in my x86 machine.But i dont know how the sparc architecture working and how to start my installation,even include how and where to boot from installation CD.
Please tell me what the step of installation and how to do.Furthemore,please recommend a Linux distribution suitable for the blade 2000.
Thank you very much.

If you never ever worked with Linux then Debian is not really the OS you want to choice first, don't get me wrong its very good, but i think Ubuntu which is based on it is more user friendly
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http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=146
some issues related to the type of server you have : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=588088
Then you have also the question if you want to install the server edition or the desktop version?
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