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Fixing Common Installation Problems

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NOTE Introduction Fixing Common Installation Problems Fixing Common Installation Problems This section describes how to fix some common problems you may encounter while installing the HP Visualize graphics card. Note that there are several system utilities that you can use to display or set the graphics configuration for your workstation: • /opt/graphics/common/bin/graphinfo allows you to display the current graphics configuration and the graphics drivers that are being used. • opt/graphics/common/bin/setmon allows you to reconfigure the monitor type. • The Display menu of the HP-UX System Administration Manager (SAM) utility allows you to configure the X-server and set the monitor type. • /opt/graphics/common/bin/setmon -V will display the firmware revision of the graphics card. Monitor Does Not Display Older monitors that have only 3 RGB connectors will not function with the HP Visualize fxe graphics card because these monitors have no sync input except by sync on green. For more information, see the Prerequisites section earlier in this manual. If the monitor is not displaying on powering up, the system console may not yet recognize the new graphics card. Perform the following steps to reconfigure the system console so that it recognizes the new card: 1. Force the system to set the default console to a serial terminal on com1 by disconnecting the keyboard from the system and recycling power. 2. Interrupt the boot up sequence and wait until the Boot Console Handler prompt is displayed, then move to the configuration menu by typing co. Chapter 1 23

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Introduction
Fixing Common Installation Problems
Chapter 1
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Fixing Common Installation Problems
This section describes how to fix some common problems you may
encounter while installing the HP Visualize graphics card.
Note that there are several system utilities that you can use to display or
set the graphics configuration for your workstation:
/opt/graphics/common/bin/graphinfo
allows you to display the
current graphics configuration and the graphics drivers that are
being used.
opt/graphics/common/bin/setmon
allows you to reconfigure the
monitor type.
The Display menu of the HP-UX System Administration Manager
(SAM) utility allows you to configure the X-server and set the monitor
type.
/opt/graphics/common/bin/setmon -V
will display the
firmware revision of the graphics card.
Monitor Does Not Display
NOTE
Older monitors that have only 3 RGB connectors will not function with
the HP Visualize
fxe
graphics card because these monitors have no sync
input except by sync on green. For more information, see the
Prerequisites section earlier in this manual.
If the monitor is not displaying on powering up, the system console may
not yet recognize the new graphics card. Perform the following steps to
reconfigure the system console so that it recognizes the new card:
1.
Force the system to set the default console to a serial terminal on
com1 by disconnecting the keyboard from the system and recycling
power.
2.
Interrupt the boot up sequence and wait until the Boot Console
Handler prompt is displayed, then move to the configuration menu by
typing co.