Disable onboard video card

[coach38]

I have a Ultra 10 and I'm trying to use the lastest ViewSonic monitor with it but I was getting a video error message. I inserted a graphic card and I'm still gettting the same video error message.

How can I disable the onboard video card?

 

[cndcadams]

COACH38;

You need to attach a monitor that will give you video. Then power on the system and stop at the ok prompt.

run below command and look for the path to your video card

show-devs

ex.. /pci@1f,0/pci@1/SUNW,m64B@1

then you need to run
nvalias screen1 /pci@1f,0/pci@1/SUNW,m64B@1

In the above nvalias command screen1 is just an example and you can name it whatever you want as long as it does not conflict with anything shown by the devalias command whcih is run from ok prompt also. Also you video card will not show up as m64@1 if it is not that type of video card. The 1 at the end is what slot you have it in so this also may be different.

then run

setenv output-device=screen1

then run

reset

as the system resets move the monitor cable to the new card


Thanks

CA

 

[cndcadams]

COACH38;

I forgot to mention that once system is reset and you have video (hopefully you do). Then you will need to boot -r so the system does a reconfiguration.

Thanks

CA

 

[coach38]

Thanks

I'll try this weekend..

 

[coach38]

This did not work. I using the following video card
Tech-Source Raptor GFX.