The collected works of recondas - Page 18

If reseating the PM doesn't help, all may not be lost. In addition to the usual spare parts sources, you may be able to find another nekochan member with a PM from a Fuel processor upgrade. I haven't noticed much demand for leftover 500Mhz Fuel PMs, so that route should be relatively inexpensive.

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guardian452 wrote:
To answer (1), InfiniteReality. InfiniteReality is InfiniteReality. InfinitePerformance is Octane2 graphics in an onyx box called a V-brick.
What the guardian said, though I'll mention the V-Brick ( or hacked X-brick ) was intended for connection with an O3000-based system (you should be able to hack a V-or-X-brick to work with the O3x0 too). An O350 can also be configured as an Onyx InfinitePerformance system , in that case the V12 is installed inside the O350 compute module, and the V12 is the later generation XIO2/IP35-Fuel-Tezro type.

Chris, if it might be helpful, there are some test results that compare the V12 to various IR configurations in this thread (a single IR3 graphics pipe with four RM10-256 raster/texture boards loooks pretty strong when compared to a single V12 pipe): viewtopic.php?f=3&t=16722836&start=15#p7319524

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hamei wrote:
guardian452 wrote:
You can combine IIRC up to 4 IP pipes (2 vbricks, 2 pipes per brick) with a special compositor box. Recondas has/had one.

The trouble with the Compositor box - for me, anyhow - was that it's a deep, rather than wide thing. The output resolution is limited to something like 1920 x 1200 or maybe even less. What you get is more memory depth and a bunch of ways to combine the incoming displays into a single output. Pretty cool but sadly, you're still stuck at a low-res output :(
I still have the Compositor, and while it may work the opposite of hamei's hopes to run multiple V12s as one much larger 3840x2400 display, it may come much closer to what Chris is looking for:
3dchris wrote:
All these questions relate to a hypothetical single system with a single monitor.
Scalable Graphics Compositor User's Guide wrote:
Product Description -The compositor is a hardware graphics compositor that can receive two, three, or four digital video inputs, and then combine them into a single video output to increase graphics performance. Each input is from one pipe residing in an SGI graphics device such as a Silicon Graphics Prism XG2N module, Silicon Graphics Prism Deskside system (with Image Sync installed), Silicon Graphics UltimateVision Onyx4 G2/G2N, SGI Onyx 350 compute/graphics module, or an SGI 3000 series V-brick. The video output can display on digital and analog monitors at the same time.

An InfinitePerformance-Compsitor combination may also prove helpful in regards to Chris' inquiry about anti-aliasing:
Scalable Graphics Compositor User's Guide wrote:
For every output pixel, the compositor averages all values from all the pipes. Among other things, this provides applications with the means to do full-scene antialiasing (FSAA) in hardware.
http://techpubs.sgi.com/library/tpl/cgi ... /ch01.html

I don't have any experience as to how (or if) an IP-Compositor system will work with Maya, so you may want to do additional research before deciding on either IR or IP.

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If no one answers directly, searching the forums for " IPS " will turn up a few that are mentioned as working with SOG-era SGI gear.

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competentcompton wrote:
Does anyoe have any other diagnostics that might help narrow things down.....

The flashing red LED makes it sound like your Octane attempted to run through power-on diagnostics. Have you started up your Octane with a serial terminal connected to see what is failing POD?

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Oskar45 wrote:
hamei wrote:
Oskar45 wrote:
Nevertheless, a bit OT- when and where did you last watch cheetahs in natura hunting?

A couple years ago at a big KTV place in Dongguan ... accidentally walked through their gathering place on the way to the bathroom.

I didn't make any sudden moves.

Had no idea that there are still cheetahs living in the wild in China :-(

Back to topic.
No Cheetahs, but I was once stalked by a pair of Cougars while at a watering hole near Ft. Bragg. I got eaten alive.

Twice.

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Installed back in December and it worked so well I'd forgotten I'd added it.

+1 for /current

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vishnu wrote:
Anyone here who's actually ever been to Des Moines, except me? :lol:


Twice, but just passin' thru both times.

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hamei wrote:
So whadja think about the soil ?
Looked pretty fertile to me:
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Probably good enough for some people to dream about....
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though I'm sure there were others who didn't want to stick around.....
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@diegel - THANKS! considering how long it's had pie-in-the-sky status, breaking the FF 3.0 barrier is a major accomplishment.


hamei wrote:
Normally I use no-script, thought I'd take the opportunity to check for updates. Not so good ...
Like hamei I use a few security-enhancing add-ons with FireFox. Here's links to a few FireFox 3.0.19 compatible add-ons just in case anyone else would like to try them out.

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dyverize wrote:
am running into errors while trying to run the programs....
That's not a lot to work with. Could you give us a specific example of the error(s)?

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vishnu wrote:
Anyone name the movie? Anyone? Anyone?
I read the book....
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Just got done installing the latest revision ff3.0.19 on an Onyx350 with IP graphics (dual-pipe, 8P, 16GB).

Before installing I backed up my existing bookmarks and deleted the contents of ~/.mozilla/firefox/Cache.

Discovered a couple of issues - but those could easily be on my end:

    One crash so far:

    Code: Select all

    |$(0x6dd)ALERT: Process [firefox-bin] 4512 generated trap, but has signal 10 held or ignored
    ....which is the same crash I'd get with neko_ff2 on a fairly regular basis.

    I also noticed that ff3 seems to render some pages noticeably slower than ff2. As an example if I open any of the nekochan sub-forums, I can watch as ff3 renders a line for each topic in the forum one at a time, while that same process was almost instantaneous under ff2.

I didn't use the rulesoverride flag and provided ff3 with all of the dependencies it asked for. If I can provide any additional info (that might be more helpful) just let me know.

Update : I uninstalled ff2 and the issue with slow rendering went away. Since the uninstalling ff2 I also haven't been able to reproduce the trap error with ff3, so it looks like removing ff2 may have resolved the issues I experienced.
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bitcpy wrote:
wasnt able to locate suitable SCSI drives. I was looking around locally to try and find the drives instead of ordering on eBay. Its alot harder than I was expecting.. Found a bunch of SCA 80pin drives which I picked up for future but no one had 50pin or 68pin.

Yesterday, I found 2 of the Cheetah 15k drives and 2 Atlas II drives which are on order and should be arriving in a few days. Once those arrive I can finally start to setup the computer and install IRIX on it.

Adapters that attach to the 80-pin SCA interface and provide a 68-pin SCSI interface are usually not to hard to come by. Here's one (for $3) from the top of a google search - I'm sure you can find others....
http://www.amazon.com/Sca-Ultra-Scsi-Lv ... 36-4228154

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hamei wrote: Do you still run the IR graphics ? Would be interesting to hear a comparison.
Installed ff3 on the the Tezro, Octane and Onyx350 IR yesterday afternoon. Works equally well on all of 'em.

hamei wrote: You'll get more, promise :D So far, FF3 crashes about as frequently for me as FF2.
Knock on wood - ff3 hasn't crashed since I figured out the remove-ff2-first part.

hamei wrote: you have no-script, don't uninstall it. It puts some crap somewhere in the FF code that it doesn't remove. Every time I click rmb now there's an error code thrown. (I start it from a terminal at this time so that I can see what it's doing.) That wasn't there before I uninstalled no-script.
NS ( and the rest of the security add-ons I mentioned in the other ff3.0.19 thread ) are all up and running in ff3 w/o problem.
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hamei wrote: Go to http://www.sfgate.com Open about ten tabs. Right in the middle of a story about the damned ravens, crash.

If you're not getting the 'std::bad_alloc' or any memory crashes, then cool. N-S was not a problem until I removed it. Then it left some junk behind somewhere.
You might want to consider re-adding noscript - here's the aforementioned ten tabs of sfgate, plus a nekochan for good measure: Read a couple of the articles on sfgate and even followed a couple the links - didn't experience any crashes.
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bitcpy wrote:
I am using the same type of (13w3) adapter in your picture. I have it on my SGI machine and it works fine .
That's liable to be another fly in the ointment; Sun and SGI versions of 13W3 don't use the same pin out.
The DB13W3 Wiki wrote:
Even though 13W3 is a standard connector the sync signals are maintained on different pins based on the display and system. Sun Microsystems, Intergraph, IBM RISC and SGI have a different set of pins used for the monitor sense IDs and the sync signals . Sun and SGI even have two different pin configurations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DB13W3

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hamei wrote: just timed it. http://www.tech-recipes.com Waiting for platrform.twitter.com ... three minutes twelve seconds !! Ridiculous !
So reload noscript and stop javascript from trying to jam all that extra crap thru that little hole in the GFW.
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vishnu wrote:
Wow... :shock: I've been trying to get it to work through the DVI connector(s) on my DCD and so far I've got nuthin' but 1920 by 1200 of blank screen... :lol:
Titox used an analog connection, so it might be possible that the VGA and DVI ports don't support the same range of timing inputs.

If you can use another system to capture capture the EDID info from the monitor you'll have everything needed to make a monitor-specific custom VFO . I use SwitchResX (OS X) to obtain EDID info, but there are similar apps for other platforms, the EDID Wiki mentions PowerStrip for Windows and read-edid for linux .

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vishnu wrote:
We should probably pull all that information together and create a step-by-step process for building custom VOFs and put it in the Wiki...

Post or PM your EDID info I'll build a format for you..... just in case the wiki article takes a while.

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Congratulations!
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Could you post the output of the L1 commands "serial all" and "log"?

No need to boot the system, as long as power is connected the L1 should be running.

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recondas wrote:
vishnu wrote:
We should probably pull all that information together and create a step-by-step process for building custom VOFs and put it in the Wiki...

Post or PM your EDID info I'll build a format for you..... just in case the wiki article takes a while.


..... or plug your EDID info into this VFC source file template:
Code:
/*
Template for creating a VFC source file from data captured by one of the EDID utilities (such as SwitchResX).

To use the template completely replace the bracketed comments with the requested data; as an example:
HorizontalBackPorch     = <Back Porch value from Horizontal field of EDID> pixels;
HorizontalBackPorch     = 148 pixels;

When complete, save the template using the descriptive format name used, appended with a ".vfs" file extension.
*/

General {
FormatName = "<Descriptive Format name (must include Quotation marks)>";

FieldsPerFrame          = 1;
FramesPerSecond         = <Scan Rate from Vertical field of EDID>;
TotalLinesPerFrame      = <Total from Vertical field of EDID>;
TotalPixelsPerLine      = <Total from Horizontal field of EDID>;
ActiveLinesPerFrame     = <Active value from Vertical field of EDID>;
ActivePixelsPerLine     = <Active value from Horizontal field of EDID>;

}
Active Line {
HorizontalBackPorch     = <Back Porch value from Horizontal field of EDID> pixels;
HorizontalSync          = <Sync Width from Horizontal field of EDID> pixels;
HorizontalFrontPorch    = <Front Porch value from Horizontal field of EDID> pixels;
}
Field
{
Vertical Sync =
{
{
Length = 1.0H;
Low = 0.0 usec;
}
repeat <Sync Width from Vertical field of EDID>
{
Length = 1.0H;
}
}
Initial Low;
Vertical Back Porch =
{
{
Length = 1.0H;
High = HorizontalSync;
}
repeat <Back Porch from Vertical field of EDID - 2 (subtract 2 from the EDID value)>
{
Length = 1.0H;
Low = 0.0 usec;
High = HorizontalSync;
}
}
Initial High;
Active =
{
repeat <Active value from Vertical field of EDID>
{
Length = 1.0H;
Low = 0.0 usec;
High = HorizontalSync;
}
}
Vertical Front Porch =
{
repeat <Front Porch from Vertical field of EDID>
{
Length = 1.0H;
Low = 0.0 usec;
High = HorizontalSync;
}
}
}
#if 0
postprocess
{
dump edge;
}
#endif

As an example, here's the SwitchResX EDID info for a Dell 2407WFP:
Code:
Monitor Description blocks:
---------------------------
Descriptor #0 - Timing definition:
Mode = 1920 x 1200 @ 59.950Hz
Pixel Clock............. 154.00 MHz      Non-Interlaced

Horizontal      Vertical
Active.................. 1920 pixels      1200 lines
Front Porch.............   48 pixels         3 lines
Sync Width..............   32 pixels         6 lines
Back Porch..............   80 pixels        26 lines
Blanking................  160 pixels        35 lines
Total................... 2080 pixels      1235 lines
Scan Rate...............  74.038 kHz       59.950 Hz

Image Size..............  519 mm       324 mm
Border..................    0 pixels         0 lines

Sync: Digital separate with
* Negative vertical polarity
* Positive horizontal polarity
and here's that data inserted into the template:
Code:
/*
1920x1200 Format for Dell 2407WFP monitor - created by recondas using EDID information obtained from the monitor's firmware.
*/

General {
FormatName = "1920x1200_59.95-recondas-Dell_2407WFP";

FieldsPerFrame          = 1;
FramesPerSecond         = 59.95;
TotalLinesPerFrame      = 1235;
TotalPixelsPerLine      = 2080;
ActiveLinesPerFrame     = 1200;
ActivePixelsPerLine     = 1920;

}
Active Line {
HorizontalBackPorch     = 80 pixels;
HorizontalSync          = 32 pixels;
HorizontalFrontPorch    = 48 pixels;
}
Field
{
Vertical Sync =
{
{
Length = 1.0H;
Low = 0.0 usec;
}
repeat 6
{
Length = 1.0H;
}
}
Initial Low;
Vertical Back Porch =
{
{
Length = 1.0H;
High = HorizontalSync;
}
repeat 24
{
Length = 1.0H;
Low = 0.0 usec;
High = HorizontalSync;
}
}
Initial High;
Active =
{
repeat 1200
{
Length = 1.0H;
Low = 0.0 usec;
High = HorizontalSync;
}
}
Vertical Front Porch =
{
repeat 3
{
Length = 1.0H;
Low = 0.0 usec;
High = HorizontalSync;
}
}
}
#if 0
postprocess
{
dump edge;
}
#endif


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I looked through the forum archives and found a couple of mentions of "NVRAM checksum is incorrect" issues.

The first most closely matches your problem, but unfortunately the OP (tstover) never followed up to mention if he'd found a solution. viewtopic.php?f=3&t=16726790

The second is a similar issue but not your exact issue (or hardware), the OP does follow up (thanks pierocks!) that replacing the PROM battery resolved his NVRAM checksum errors: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=16721935t&start=15#p7309808

The third involves an O350 rather than an O300, and the OP there specifically mentions ordering a replacement battery for the I/O controller (an IO9 in the O350, while your O300 has an IO8). No specific mention that the battery resolved the NVRAM checksum error, but perhaps the OP (mia) will see this thread and offer comment. viewtopic.php?f=3&t=16727051

The ST M4T28-BR12SH1 mentioned by mia is located on the IO9 controller used in the O350/Tezro/Altix. I don't have an O300 so I can't offer any advice as to where the equivalent O300 battery might be located.

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recondas wrote:
The third involves an O350 rather than an O300, and the OP there specifically mentions ordering a replacement battery for the I/O controller (an IO9 in the O350, while your O300 has an IO8). No specific mention that the battery resolved the NVRAM checksum error, but perhaps the OP (mia) will see this thread and offer comment. viewtopic.php?f=3&t=16727051

The ST M4T28-BR12SH1 mentioned by mia is located on the IO9 controller used in the O350/Tezro/Altix. I don't have an O300 so I can't offer any advice as to where the equivalent O300 battery might be located.


I managed to dig up a photo that shows the component side of an IO8 (it mounts in the O300 component side down). It appears the IO8 (in your O300) uses a battery that's at least visually similar to the ST M4T28-BR12SH1 mia mentioned replacing on the IO9 used in his O350:
mia wrote:
Today's error message are:
Code:
NVRAM checksum is incorrect: reinitializing.
I've ordered a spare battery, a ST M4T28-BR12SH1 ($4 @ mouser) ; hopefully that will work.

Replacing that four-dollar battery ended mia's NVRAM checksum errors.

Here's a photo of an IO9. The ST M4T28-BR12SH1 battery mia mentions is indicated by the arrow (the battery is yellow):
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...and here's the photo I found of an IO8, what I suspect is the battery is also yellow (and marked by an arrow):
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There's not enough resolution in the googled IO8 photo to read any part numbers, so you'll probably want to pull your IO8 and confirm the part number before you make a decision to order. For reference, here's the link to the ST M4T28-BR12SH1 offered by Mouser: http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/STM ... bHObpv1g==

If you pull your IO8 and find a battery with a different part number please let us know what you've found.... ditto if you replace the battery and find it fixes the NVRAM checksum is incorrect error message.

Just in case the mouser link goes missing in action over time, I've attached the ST M4T28-BR12SH1 data sheet for posterity's sake.

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Have you already had a look at the Octane-related info in the SGI Model Number Wiki ?

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Seems like we've been there, done this once already (the last time you were bored?) :D

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=16718144

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pentium wrote:
Just trying to see if I can find them anywhere cheaper because the local Home Depot has them on clearance...for $25 each......

I need three matching 250V 20A plugs and sockets (L14-20P and L14-20R) and two 250v 15A plugs (LG-15P).
Looks like there are more than a few available through eBay for way less than $25.

As an example, here's an L14-20P for $6.99 (free shipping in the US): http://www.ebay.com/itm/290721178018

The same guy has the L14-20R receptacles for $11 (ditto on the free shipping): http://www.ebay.com/itm/290592700928

If an L6-style twist-lock will work ( the L6-30P was SGI's default plug for for 250V applications that shipped to Canada, the US and Japan ), here's a package deal that includes both the L6 plug and receptacle for $12: http://www.ebay.com/itm/221192325817

Some of 'em even mention free shipping, but even if that doesn't apply to Canada having everything shipped in the same box would probably save you money.

If you have multiple 230V systems, depending on your power needs another possibly-available-through-nekochan might be a surplus PDU from someone who's parted out an O2k or O3x0 rack. The PDU (kinda like a glorified surge-strip minus the surge protection) will have a 250V twist-lock to connect to your wall socket (L6 on the ones I have), and provide multiple 230V receptacles of the cheaper non-twist-lock variety. The O2k-style might be the better choice, it provides two C19 outlets and six C13, the O3x0 PDU only provides C13 outlets. For comparison to your needs, the C19 is used with O2k compute modules and Onyx2/O2k Desksides, the C13 outlets to O3x0 sized equipment - there's a table of typical (O2k-era) uses here: http://techpubs.sgi.com/library/tpl/cgi ... #id5208820 .

If you'd like to see if either PDU can safely meet your needs, here's the TechPubs description of both (show 'em to your electrician and let him decide if they're suitable):
O2k: http://techpubs.sgi.com/library/tpl/cgi ... #id5210644
and O3x0: http://techpubs.sgi.com/library/tpl/cgi ... #id5190447

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pentium wrote:
...until you add up the shipping. $6.99 + $17 for shipping or $6.99 + $7.39 if I want to ship to WA. I'm better off buying locally at those prices.
Your call - but since you mentioned shipping to WA, if you have a P.O. Box or a helpful friend in WA the listing mentions shipping for that $6.99 part in the USA is FREE.

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Oskar45 wrote:
unless you're an ageless yogi
I think hamei's got that niche all sewed up.

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Oskar45 wrote: Surely all of you have read about them recent most terrible rapes in India. Well, there's one book - a handful of our members might even have heard about it before - called the "Bible". The Old Testament describes a gang-bang scene with deadly out-come. What is the difference?

previously, SAQ wrote: Within the context of this thread is this to be construed as trolling?

I'm gonna call it pure old-fashioned flame-bait.

Pretty standard social convention that you don't talk trash about someone else's momma, politics or religion - unless you're looking to pick a fight.

Troll somewhere else Oskar45.
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MrBill wrote:
the pins on the backpane are bent beyond repair. I attempted to straighten them but some broke off, so im going to need a new backpane.
Saw your post in the 'Wanted' forum for a replacement frontplane. Like lots of other hardware, the Octane frontplane has gone through several revisions. The most notable change was to the Xbow ASIC. The last released was Xbow ASIC: Revision 1.4, and a rev 1.4 Xbow is a required for some of the more popular upgrades to (other) later generation Octane hardware

The SGI part number for the frontplane is 030-0891-00x, followed by a revision letter. Those with the revision 1.4 Xbow ASIC will have part number 030-0891-003 revision F or higher (for example, 030-0891-003 rev F, 030-0891-003 rev G, or 030-0891-003 rev H).

The very handy Octane Workstation Owner's Guide is available on-line - it includes a section on Removing and Installing the Frontplane Module .

BTW, if you plan to reuse the same system module (the module with processor(s) and memory), I'd suggest examining the connectors on the system module (that mated with the damaged pins on the frontplane) to make sure none of the pin receptacles were deformed or damaged.

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..... you could also try connecting to the numerically lowest (external) serial port.

Never had a Fuel without the DB9 L1 port on the system board (so I haven't had a reason to try this myself), but it seems likely SGI would have provided some method to access the L1. I'd try it first with the serial terminal configured at 9600/8/N/1, then at 38,400/8/N/1 if that doesn't work.

If you get PROM/console access, try a combined "control t" key press and see if that switches you to L1 mode.

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It is a very nice system - congratulations.

When the opportunity arises, please consider adding some or all of the additional info smj mentions in the Hinv Forum sticky "Guidelines for "hinv"-Thread". The additional detail/info can be invaluable when troubleshooting problems or tracking down the random listed-by-part-number-only eBay posts. Here's a snip from Steve's post:
Code:
uname -a (-aR if appropriate)
scsicontrol -i /dev/scsi/* (change path as needed)
/sbin/diskpatch -v
L1/L2 serial all
L1/L2 flash status
L1/L2 env
L1/L2 pci
If there's not already one in there, there should be a mount built into the top of the rack to hold an L2 controller . If you don't already have one, an L2 controller is a very nice addition to a multi-module system (and you could also add an L2 touch-screen display ). EDIT: Looks like 'already have an L2' is indeed the case - just took a closer look at your photo of the rear of the rack and it looks like there are some cables running up to the L2 area.

bjornl wrote:
Next step is to hook it up to the IR2 module and get an Onyx 3000
You're probably way ahead of me, but if your IR2 module has a Ktown(1), you'll likely want to swap in a Ktown2.

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Unless you're headless (with no chance of a reprieve), the process might be slightly more user-friendly if tried with the Software Manager GUI.

You can just clip the drop arrow and see what is and isn't included in a default install - sounds like the diskless client isn't.

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Been running f.lux on my Mac Book Pro for quite sometime now (10.7 Lion). Initially installed it after it was recommended as a potential battery prolonger. After switching one evening from the Mac Book Pro directly to a Mac Pro (without f.lux) I found it was also noticeably easier on the eyes.

The f.lux web site wrote:
During the day, computer screens look good—they're designed to look like the sun. But, at 9PM, 10PM, or 3AM, you probably shouldn't be looking at the sun.

f.lux fixes this: it makes the color of your computer's display adapt to the time of day, warm at night and like sunlight during the day.

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smj wrote:
vishnu wrote:
bad_alloc? Seriously? The only way bad_alloc should ever be thrown, at least at this point in modernity, is if every scrap of RAM and swap on your workstation are in use, and I'm guessing that never happens......

So just to clarify vishnu, that would be a "no" vote on moving FF3 to /current? :)
Anyone else seen a bad_alloc crash with the ff3 beta?

I've used the neko_ff3 beta pretty extensively and so far haven't seen it crash. When hamei first reported bad_alloc crashes I tried and wasn't able to replicate the crashes hamei was experiencing with ff3 .

This'd definately fall into the wid-assed-hunch category, but in the ff3 beta thread I noticed hamei mentioned:
hamei wrote:
O 35 0 . After ten years had to move from the Fuel for the high-res display project*. Still running on the same installation though :D
If no one else steps up to mention they've experienced a bad_alloc crash with ff3, and that rolled-forward installation goes back as far as your first Fuel ( 2005? ), might it be possible you have just the just the right combination of historic installs, uninstalls, upgrades and hardware switches to be causing the bad_alloc grief?

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hamei wrote:
* Those are actually the minority. Normally it's just a memory failure, kaboom disappear. Sometimes when sitting idle, doing nothing.


** knock on wood, but I haven't across that one either. Maybe the mozdev guys weren't predisposed to letting bygones be bygones and coded in a special hamei-only easter egg/bomb. :D

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guardian452 wrote:
what is this, facebook is for nerds
... fixed that for you. :D

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ClassicHasClass wrote:
I can't really tell from other threads here how it will do with a USB-DVI KVM (I use an Aten CS1764A
I briefly tested a Fuel with an iogear GCS1764 usb/dvi kvm and the combo worked well during the test. viewtopic.php?f=3&t=16727087&p=7354243&#p7354243

I believe Aten also makes the iogear kvms http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aten_Technology,_Inc . Though there are likely some firmware/functional differences, since both units share the 1764 model number hopefully they'll also share Fuel-friendly functional similarities (after you've had a chance to try the Aten, please consider adding your experience to the linked KVM thread).

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