On 08/18/09 03:12 AM, John Martin wrote: > Alan Coopersmith wrote: > >> Alfred: specific questions about the nvidia driver and device compatibility >> are better addressed to xwin-discuss, so they'll be seen by John, who is both >> our nvidia expert and our engineering contact to nvidia. >> >> -alan- >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: [indiana-discuss] nVidia driver problem with b117 >> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:19:31 +0800 >> From: Alfred Peng <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> >> Hi, >> >> Just installed b117 (118 doesn't work similar with >> http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6858297) on >> HP dv4 laptop with nVidia G 105M graphics card. >> >> > A device alias for this G 105M is not installed by the 185.18.14 driver > delivered to b117 and up through the 190.18 beta driver. Looking at > the NVIDIA download page, the GPU is listed but a driver only > shows up when searching for Windows, but neither Solaris nor Linux. > I will get this fixed. In the meantime since the download site shows > Windows support for the R185 driver you should be able to do: > > $ pfexec update_drv -a -i '"pci10de,6ec"' nvidia > $ pfexec reboot -p > > I have a query into the NVIDIA for official word on support > by the Solaris (and Linux) drivers. > Thanks. The work around does the job.
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