Frank Ludolph wrote: > Following the upgrade using Update Manager, reboot, and GDM login, the > desktop is solid white with no visible panels, icons, etc. Just white. > The desktop is active - clicking in the menu bar causes disk activity. > The machine is a Toshiba M2 laptop with an Nvidia GForce FX 5200 graphic > chip. I installed the 173 legacy driver sometime back as mentioned in > the 2008.11 release notes, and upgraded it to the latest version > (173.14.18) prior to the upgrade.
Configured to use compiz? Then it's likely the nvidia issue listed in the release notes at http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=99516&tstart=0 : >> > > 6822628 constype returns unexpected value for nvidia card, ogl-select >> > > picks >> > > http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6822628 >> > > >> > > Systems with NVIDIA graphics have a non-accelerated OpenGL, >> > > rendering Compiz and other 3-D applications inoperable. >> > > >> > > Work-around: Explicitly set the "vendor" property in the >> > > "ogl-select" service and restart the "ogl-select" service >> > > >> > > $ svccfg -s application/opengl/ogl-select \ >> > > setprop options/vendor = nvidia >> > > $ svcadm restart application/opengl/ogl-select >> > > >> > > Then, select the "Log Out" menu item from the "System" menu and >> > > log back in again. -- -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
