Configuring Monitors Using A Unix Script; Configuring Monitors Using The Prom Method - Sun Microsystems TurboGX Installation Manual

The next line, pushes the string /sbus/cgsix@1 onto the forth stack, the path
for the device where the resolution is to be changed.
The following example changes the
"override" is the actual entry point in the cgsix Fcode prom which
reconfigures the resolution from the data present on the forth stack.
device-method
ignored by the drop command which follows.
The remaining two lines
the display device, then prints the banner at reset time or reboot time.
B.6.1 Configuring Monitors using a UNIX script
The following is an example of a UNIX script used to configure a 1280x1024x67
resolution:
#!/bin/sh
eeprom fcode-debug\?=true
eeprom use-nvramrc\?=true
eeprom nvramrc='probe-sbus
: vsetup " 117000000,71691,67,16,112,224,1280,2,8,33,1024,COLOR,0OFFSET" ;
vsetup 4
" /sbus/cgsix@1" " override" execute-device-method drop
install-console
banner
'
B.6.2 Configuring Monitors using the PROM method
The following example uses the Prom method to configure a 1280x1024x67
resolution:
Configuration Options
actually calls override and returns a pass/fail flag which is
install-console
framebuffer on Sbus slot 1. The string
cgsix
and , installs a terminal driver on
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