On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 11:09 -0500, Ryan de Laplante wrote: > Hi Sarah, > > Sarah Jelinek wrote: > > It does sound like we don't have the driver in the SXDE distro. But we > > support Nvidia generally. Could be we need a newer version of the > > driver. You can install with the text installer using the same media. > > Just choose the appropriate menu item when it boots. It has to be the > > non-windows based text installation. > It would be nice if the next official release (Indiana?) works on Sun's > own computers without troubles like this. > > > > > I would try the text based installation, install the driver via the > > ITU method offered in the installer and then the install should > > proceed ok. > The computer is at home right now so I can't check, but I think you are > saying that near the beginning of the text based installer I will have > the option to load the correct driver. I'll need to remove the SXDE DVD > from the drive, insert the driver CD and tell SXDE where the driver is.
The offical NVIDIA driver that installs with SXDE should support your video card, but the driver used by the installer in graphical mode is the open 'nv' driver and that isn't updated as often. (It probably saves space in the RAM disk.). SXDE should work fine if you do a regular text-based install without installing the driver in addition. > > > > >> I'm afraid to format Solaris 10 and do a console install because it > >> might not work in the end. Any suggestions? > >> > > Not sure what you mean by format Solaris 10? Can you clarify? > The computer came with Solaris 10 installed. I was afraid that if I SXDE > can't be installed properly and I have to erase all partitions to put > Solaris 10 back on, I would encounter the same installation problem in > the Solaris 10 installer. Since the NVIDIA driver in Solaris 10 works with the video card, the (likely newer) one in SXDE should have no problems. > > >> I have a drivers CD with instructions to install it after the OS is > >> installed: > >> http://docs.sun.com/source/820-2476-10/solaris_driver_install.html#50540562_99667 > >> > >> > >> > > You could certainly just use the text installer and then load the > > driver after the install. Or you can load the driver via ITU from the > > installer. > After installation would Solaris try to load the graphical login screen, > fail, then offer a text console login for me to do this? Yes, it always has a console login prompt active by default, whether or not X fails to load. > > >> Should I just do a console install, then run the driver installation, > >> reboot and hope it works? > > It should work. > > Thanks, > Ryan >
