Just experienced a similar issue but with intel box not nvidia :

- Graphical boot was simply sitting at the happy face scrolling back and forth
  for ever...
- Booted into text mode as specified here :
    http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=4762
- This got me a text console login, logged in and all services were running
  as normal, so definitely an X issue.

To resolve :
 - Remove /etc/X11/xorg.conf
 - Generate new xorg.conf via :
     /usr/X11/bin/Xorg -configure
 - Restart gdm:default service
 - Viola get my graphical login.....


So this is not nvidia specific...

Matt


On 06/03/2009 16:30, Joseph J VLcek wrote:
Scott Davenport wrote:
Hello,

I upgraded from b106 to b108 using 'pkg image-update' and followed the
workaround in
http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=3562. Initially, the
subsequent reboot
seemed to hang....graphical console never went away. Got rid of the
console=graphics,
splash, etc. from the GRUB menu.lst and see that I do get to a console
login prompt.

But, the graphical login never appears. The gdm service is online:

# svcs |grep gdm
online 15:04:12 svc:/application/graphical-login/gdm:default

No obvious problems in the log file for the gdm service. Booting off
of the b106 image
works fine.

Ideas?

Thanks,
-scott

The new OpenSolaris NVIDIA drivers don't support older devices.

More information on NVIDIA issues with 108 can be found here:
http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=83421&tstart=-3

Below are my notes for what I did to get my dual monitors on the NVIDIA
card working.


This may help someone and is related to this so I'll post it here.

Joe

To fix dual monitors on the NVIDIA card, use the legacy NVIDIA drivers

1. Remove the newer NNVIDIA bits:
$ pfexec pkg uninstall slim_install
$ pfexec pkg uninstall NVDAgraphics

2. Download the legacy NVIDIA drivers

From:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html

Get:
Solaris x64/x86
Latest Legacy GPU version (173.14.xx series):
173.14.12

Follow instructions to install.

3. Reboot
Do not simply restart X. One must reboot.

4. Using the desktop tool to create the xorg.conf file:

Select from the little GNOME foot:
System Tools/NVIDIA X Server Setting

The first time the tool is run it may indicate
no xorg.conf file is availabl. The error message
indicates the command to use to create.

NOTE:
I had a problem at that step in the NVIDIA X Server
Settings tool wouldn't actually save the updated
xorg.conf.

but!

It would let me display it. So cut and pasted the
updated file and dropped it into an terminal editor
session.

5. Execute the nvidia xorg.conf creation command if required.

6. Remove the RgbPath from the newly created xorg.conf file.
If you don't do this X will issues a nice error message
in the log file: /var/log/Xorg.0.log telling you to.

6. Restart X
I think it was sufficient to restart X. I don't think I
had to reboot here.

7. Using the desktop tool to configure the display:
Select from the little GNOME "Foot":
System Tools/NVIDIA X Server Setting

Enable the twin view stuff.

8. Pay homage to the gods of X configuration

9. Restart X...



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