Re: NetBSD installation woes on Sun Blade 100

[Connor McLaughlan <cont6pro3%gmail.com@localhost>]

Alright, it gets stranger now... :)

I run OBP 4.17.1 on this machine.

When i set output-device to "screen", everything is fine. I think the
machine detects the possible resolution and outputs correctly at
1280x1024x60

Now when i set output-device to "screen:1280x1024x60" or
"screen:1024x786x60", both settings result in an output picture of
1152x900x66 which i can't display, but the screen tells me it gets
this.
I need to output either 1024x768x60 or 1280x1024x60. Unsure if this is
a defect of my machine.

With output-device set to only  "screen" and the iso from reddit, i
was able to install NetBSD9, if this helps.
Also with this iso i am unsure what the drawbacks are of using the
genfb. My target is to get an Xorg-session going as smooth as
possible.

Any suggestions what i should do next?

On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 6:28 PM John Klos <john%ziaspace.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> >>> https://www.klos.com/~john/NetBSD-9.0_STABLE-sparc64_24june2020.iso
> >>
> >> Oops. I sent this before this file finished. It should be up within the
> >> hour.
> >
> > Is this different from the offical stable ISO?
> >
> > https://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-9/latest/images/NetBSD-9.0_STABLE-sparc64.iso
>
> Yes. It has a larger SSIZE, which has affected my machines, so I thought
> it'd be worth a try.
>
> The file is there now.
>
> Thanks,
> John