Help to configure graphics on Solaris 8 Intel version

[leenam]

Hi,

I cannot get the graphics to work with Solaris 8 Intel version.
I am trying to install Solaris 8 Intel version on a PC with AMD Duron 1.2 processor and an ASUS A7N266 motherboard which has 32MB nVIDIA GeForce2 graphics core.
The Sun patch 109401-14 has already been applied.
Any help is highly appreciated.

Thank you
Leena

 

[kcongdon]

I don't know what patch 109401-14 is, so I hope my advice below is not redundant. It's possible that the video card is not supported. For my PC, I had to install a Solaris port of Xfree86 config to get Solaris 8 for Intel to use my ATI graphics card.

Try the Xfree86 section of the installing Solaris 8 on Intell FAQ:

http://sun.drydog.com/faq/8.html#8.1

The whole Solaris on Intel FAQ

http://sun.drydog.com/faq/

Xfree86 documentation

http://www.xfree86.org/support.html

 

[kcongdon]

I checked SunSolve and found that patch 109401-14 is "SunOS 5.8_x86: Updated video drivers and fixes" from December 2002.
Xfree86config is for X-Windows. My only previous experience with it was in working with the SuSE and Mandrake Linux distributions. Like any video card configuration files, it's best to know the basic monitor and video card specs before trying to run them.

Found this Sun link about xfree86.

http://soldc.sun.com/developer/support/driver/tools/video/video-index.html