11 Apr
2006
11 Apr
'06
11:53 p.m.
jim stephens wrote:
8 pin din straight thru. same as type 5.
I'll check the cable with a meter then.
the lights on most sun keyboards are used to blink out
a type of post
code as they come up.
All of the lights blink once, simultaneously, with a beep.
as you
know if the keyboard is connected, the output will go to the serial
port, and the frame buffer display
will blank, or not be initialized.
Right, I have a terminal emulator monitoring the serial port. It tells
me that the keyboard isn't detected. However, if the two boards inside
the keyboard aren't connected together, it will recognize that a
keyboard is connected, but then tells me it is defaulting to the US
layout. That part makes sense since the dip switches aren't connected
at that point.
sorry i never have taken on apart to suggest
reassembly problems. I
guess you could check if there
are any light displays as the ipx comes up. I assume that the "Stop" A
is not working to get it to
interrupt its boot up.
I have Openboot configured to not autoboot. Although, since I don't
know much about Sun hardware, I don't know why that would be important :-)
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA