[agentb]

Three years later, and I've dusted off the Octane to try getting this V6 graphics card working again! Still having trouble sadly. I would really appreciate any help.

Current system is 6.5.22f installed by prior owner.

I followed the Ian steps:
From 6.5 Foundation 1:
cp eoe* x_eoe* /usr/local/gfx

From 6.5.22 Installation Tools and Overlays 1 of 3:
cp eoe_6522m* x_eoe_6522m* /usr/local/gfx

Then reboot with keyboard disconnected, and null modem serial (9600 N81)
Go to single user mode (5 Enter Command Monitor, single)

inst
1
/usr/local/gfx
keep *
i eoe.sw.gfx
i eoe.sw64.gfx
i x_eoe.sw.Server
i x_eoe.sw.eoe
i x_eoe.sw64.eoe
go
quit

Then rebooted. This all seemed to work fine, but the results are the same. Graphics display and I get "The system is starting up." but the mouse cursor appears to freeze. However, Irix still boots behind the scenes, it looks like the system boots normally. If I login via serial console, and shutdown, the graphics and mouse movement eventually return and say something like the system is shutdown.

I've also tried similar steps to the above but with:
inst
1
/usr/local/gfx
keep *
install hardware
(conflicts 1b if slip wants uucp)
go
quit
reboot

questions:
(1) is this an acceptable way to get the graphics system installed for V6, using serial console and single user mode?
(2) anything wrong with my steps?
(3) how can I confirm the graphics drivers were installed? it doesn't seem like they were.
(4) running 6.5.22f but using install files 6.5.22m -- is this fine?
(5) is it possible that X is trying to run in a resolution or refresh rate that my monitor doesn't support? (Samsung SyncMaster 206BW, 75Hz max refresh, 1680x1050)

I should also add, I get "diagnostics failed." on boot, so maybe it's a V6 hardware issue. When I run diagnostics, everything is fine but it's unable to test Odyssey and says to use odyssey diags which I don't have. I'm getting a V8 in a week or two so I can also test that.

Thanks for any help you can offer!