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From: Biribi on 7 Nov 2009 17:34 Hello I've just installed Solaris 10 (10/09) on x86, but I can't connect to it as the display is totally scrambled. The video card is a geforce 210. According to Sun docs, the last release of Solaris contains the nvidia drivers. I tried to boot in fail safe mode, but I can't find the xorg.conf nor the nvidia-xconfig files. I'm in fact totally stuck. Any help ? Thanks Damien
From: Chris Ridd on 8 Nov 2009 03:31 On 2009-11-07 22:34:11 +0000, Biribi <biribiENLEVER(a)free.fr> said: > Hello > > I've just installed Solaris 10 (10/09) on x86, but I can't connect to > it as the display is totally scrambled. > > The video card is a geforce 210. According to Sun docs, the last > release of Solaris contains the nvidia drivers. > > I tried to boot in fail safe mode, but I can't find the xorg.conf nor > the nvidia-xconfig files. Xorg autoconfigures itself, and generally doesn't need an xorg.conf unless it goes wrong/you want something different. So a lack of xorg.conf is not (generally) a problem. > I'm in fact totally stuck. Any help ? Does /var/log/Xorg.0.log contain any clues? The Nvidia driver from <http://www.nvidia.com/object/solaris_display_190.42.html> claims to support your card. Is Sun including that driver version? -- Chris
From: LnxGnome on 9 Nov 2009 02:52 On Nov 8, 6:34 am, Biribi <biribiENLE...(a)free.fr> wrote: > Hello > > I've just installed Solaris 10 (10/09) on x86, but I can't connect to it > as the display is totally scrambled. > > The video card is a geforce 210. According to Sun docs, the last release > of Solaris contains the nvidia drivers. > > I tried to boot in fail safe mode, but I can't find the xorg.conf nor > the nvidia-xconfig files. > > I'm in fact totally stuck. Any help ? > > Thanks > > Damien In 10/05, I have /usr/bin/nvidia-xconfig from the NVDAgraphics package. I you can't find that, you can copy the 'built-in' config lines from / var/log/Xorg.0.log to /etc/X11/xorg.conf (just those lines, not the whole file), and adjust as needed. You DO need an xorg.conf if X fails to probe your monitor correctly (it's not direct attached / KVMs returning substandard info). You can best tell this by digging though /var/log/Xorg.0.log
From: Biribi on 9 Nov 2009 16:02 > > In 10/05, I have /usr/bin/nvidia-xconfig from the NVDAgraphics > package. > > I you can't find that, you can copy the 'built-in' config lines from / > var/log/Xorg.0.log to /etc/X11/xorg.conf (just those lines, not the > whole file), and adjust as needed. > > You DO need an xorg.conf if X fails to probe your monitor correctly > (it's not direct attached / KVMs returning substandard info). You can > best tell this by digging though /var/log/Xorg.0.log > The problem is I can't connect to solaris and investigate because the display is unusable : X is launched normally, but the screen is in no way readable. I booted in fail safe mode and typed "svcadm disable cde-login" but the command failed (pattern not recognized) What's the way to disable the graphical login in fail safe mode, in order to check X11 and eventually reconfigure it ? Damien
From: John D Groenveld on 9 Nov 2009 21:42
In article <4af88357$0$965$ba4acef3(a)news.orange.fr>, Biribi <biribiENLEVER(a)free.fr> wrote: >What's the way to disable the graphical login in fail safe mode, in >order to check X11 and eventually reconfigure it ? However, you should be able to boot single-user from the GRUB menu: <URL:http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-2379/fvzqr?a=view> | docs.sun.com Home > OpenSolaris System Administrator Collection | > System Administration Guide: Basic Administration > 12. | Booting a Solaris System (Tasks) > Booting an x86 Based System | by Using GRUB (Task Map) > x86: How to Boot a System to Run | Level S (Single-User Level) From single-user, you should be able to disable the graphical-login service, exit to boot multi-user, and then pkgrm the non-working nVidia packages and install the version required. by John groenveld(a)acm.org |