You solved my problem. Thank you very much. === On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:24:56 -0700 Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at sun.com> wrote:
> What version of Solaris did you install? > > What "configuration test" said the system was okay? (Do you mean the screen > with the 16 oval color buttons and big "yes" or "no" buttons to click if it's > okay? That would be an old version of Solaris with the old X configuration > tool we've moved off of.) > > As for the "userlevel 3" and "userlevel 5" - those sound like the Linux run > levels, and not applicable to Solaris. (On Solaris, "init 3" is multiuser > plus servers, "init 5" is power off.) > > To get to console, try pressing Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to kill the X server. > Release the keys, wait for X to restart, and repeat 4 or 5 times, and the > system will figure out something is broken and stop trying to start X. > > -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com > Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering > > > Patrik Hasibuan wrote: > > Dear my friends, > > > > I am a new comer in Solaris. I usually work with Windows, SuSE and puppy > > Linux. > > > > It's the first time for me to use Solaris. I got a new job as a junior > > programmer in a Software House. I must adapt to my new environment that's > > why I work with Solaris because this company I join works mostly on Solaris > > and SuSE Linux. > > > > I installed the Solaris on my 'in Duty laptop', namely an ECS. I chose > > NVidia video card and ECS monitor for the xwindows. The 'Configuration > > Test' looked OK. It was smooth displaying the colored bubbles image. So > > really looked OK. > > > > But once my new Solaris starts it always comes white flickers without > > ending. It diplay only the white flickers without ending. I can not see > > anything on my monitor except only the white flickers. I don't know how to > > switch the userlevel to 'userlevel 3' (full solaris without XWindows > > working) out from the 'userlevel 5' (full Solaris with XWindows working). I > > also can not find the 'login to console' button because all I can see only > > the white flickers. Oooo...my god....!!!! > > So all I can do now in such condition is only pressing the switch-off > > button and disturbs the file-system. > > > > SSH connection has not been worked because the NIC has not configured.... > > > > I tried to modified the file a kind of "/etc/inittab" as I find in SuSE > > Linux but again this threat/strategy does not work in this case. Linux can > > not write "ufs" partition. > > I tried to re-install my Solaris for have a look if the installer please me > > to install on ext2 or ext3 or reiserfs partition but the 'solaris installer > > program' allows for installing Solaris 'ONLY ON ufs'. > > So I am perfectly bumped into a tough dilematic problem. Poor I am!!! > > > > I looked up through a very..very... long wanders with google and yahoo, > > surfing in the internet for finding if anybody ever bumped into the same > > case of mine. They said that I have to update my Xorg package and install > > the NVidia driver from ftp://download.nvidia.com . But again of course I > > can not update the Xorg and new graphic card driver. > > flickers....flickers....flickers......only the white flickers all I can see. > > > > I wonder why XWindows "configuration test" says OK but XWindows does not > > run properly. This case shows that the configuration tools is not accurate. > > > > So I beg any advise from all of you my friends in this mailing-list. > > > > Thank you very much in advance. > > > -- Patrik Hasibuan <patrikh at penguin-teknologi.com> Junior Programmer
