Fixing Common Installation Problems; Monitor Does Not Display - HP Visualize b180L Installation Manual

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 fxe 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

Monitor Does Not Display

Older monitors that have only 3 RGB connectors will not function with
NOTE
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.
3. Display what graphics cards the system console recognizes by typing:
mo graphics list
4. Select the monitor type by typing:
mo graphics(N) # type
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