Hi! Booting "-s" doesn't help. Kernel starts probing for nvidia driver before anything else and hangs...
Probably will just destroy snv92 and wait for next build. GNOME 2.22 sounds nice! Gilles Sriram Natarajan wrote: > If you completely want to throw away snv_92, that is simple > > - boot with snv_86 > - pfexec /usr/sbin/beadm list > - pfexec /usr/sbin/beadm destroy -f <point to the snv_92 which would > be in your case - opensolaris-2> > > now, how about trying to configure your own xorg.conf is not that > hard.. this is what I did > > - at the time of boot up, edit the opensolaris-2 grub entry (i think , > you need to press 'e' to get into here) and add '-s' parameter so > that the the following line looks like .. > kernel$ /platform/i86pc/kernel/$ISADIR/unix -s -B $ZFS_BOOTFS > > now, system would boot up without x windows.. now, you can run > /usr/X11R6/bin/xorgconfig > > and walk through the screens ... i simply chose default and pressed > '<enter>' for stuffs that I really didn't understand/care. at the end > of this, the xorg.conf is generated under /etc/X11/ > > now, you can simply do init 3 and see if GUI looks better > > hope this helps > sriram > > Gilles Gravier wrote: >> Hi! >> >> So... nv is not an option as display is fuzzy beyond the point of >> readability on Tecra M2. >> >> I downloaded the NVIDIA driver from NVIDIA's web site... and now the >> machine hangs at boot probing for drivers. How can I boot it in a way >> that it doesn't try probing for drivers? >> >> Or... best... how can I revert to build snv_90? >> >> I've manually edited grub to boot opensolaris-1 instead of >> opensolaris-2 ... but how can I completely remove the updated volume >> so that I'm just simply back to pre-snv_91 update... and wait for >> snv_92 (hoping the nvidia driver works again)? >> >> Gilles. >> >> Sriram Natarajan wrote: >> >>> Well, I was able to work around this issue by creating an xorg.conf >>> and using 'nv' driver though looks like one can download an updated >>> nvidia driver that addresses this issue. >>> >>> Note: I did not install this new driver as I wasn't sure if my next >>> pkg image-update will some how mess this configuration. So, for now, >>> I will just go with 'nv' driver - now waiting for b93.. >>> >>> Please check out this message thread for more update on this issue >>> http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=250854 >>> >>> hope this helps >>> thanks >>> sriram >>> >>> Sivakumar Shanmugasundaram wrote: >>> >>>> I think there is a driver mismatch. Please see if you can download >>>> an earlier version (it works sometimes) of NVIDIA driver. >>>> >>>> -Siva >>>> >>>> Gilles Gravier wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Sorry... >>>>> >>>>> That should have read : >>>>> >>>>> nvidia: NOTICE: NVRM: Failed to copy vbios to system memory >>>>> nvidia: NOTICE: NVRM: vRmInitAdaptor failed! (0x30:0xffffffff:892) >>>>> nvidia: NOTICE: NVRM: nv_open: rm_init_adapter(0) failed >>>>> >>>>> (:892 instead of :092) >>>>> >>>>> As un update, the "nv" driver DOES work... but on the M2, the >>>>> display is all fuzzy with that driver. >>>>> >>>>> How do I get the "nvidia" driver to work? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Gilles. >>>>> >>>>> Gilles Gravier wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi! >>>>>> >>>>>> Just image-updated from OSol snv_90 to snv_91 on my Toshiba Tecra >>>>>> M2... no error messages during update. >>>>>> >>>>>> After reboot, X doesn't start. >>>>>> >>>>>> I get messages saying : >>>>>> >>>>>> nvidia: NOTICE: NVRM: Failed to copy vbios to system memory >>>>>> nvidia: NOTICE: NVRM: vRmInitAdaptor failed! (0x30:0xffffffff:092) >>>>>> nvidia: NOTICE: NVRM: nv_open: rm_init_adapter(0) failed >>>>>> >>>>>> That gets repeated 3 times and then system stays at console login >>>>>> prompt. >>>>>> >>>>>> Any idea? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks in advance, >>>>>> Gilles. >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> indiana-discuss mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> indiana-discuss mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> indiana-discuss mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss >>>> >> >> _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
