Dear Bernie, you gave me the best threat. You solved my problem completely.
You're the best. Thank you... thank you....very...very much.... === On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:31:19 -0400 Bernie Harris <bernieh at comcast.net> wrote: > 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. > > We'll probably need to know exactly what version of Solaris (Solaris 10 > 1/06, Solaris 10 11/06, OpenSolaris build#, ...) you are attempting to > install. There have been a lot of changes and it seems you are using an > older version with both the Sun X server and the Xorg server. Use as > new a version as you can since laptop support has been getting better > but older versions can sometime be made to work. > > > > 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. > > This sounds like the test during installation was using the Sun X server > and following installation, it is attempting to use the Xorg server. > You'll want to try to get it working with the Xorg server but if > necessary, it can be configured to use the Sun X server. > > > 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. > > At the grub menu (are you using a grub based version of Solaris?), enter > an 'e' to edit the Solaris entry. Select the kernel line and enter an > 'e' to edit it. Append a '-s' to indicate it should boot into single > user mode (no X). Now boot. From single user mode you, you may need to > run /usr/sbin/kdmconfig to determine which X server is configure and to > switch between the two. If you are using Xorg, look at > /var/log/Xorg.0.log for clues about the problem. > > > > SSH connection has not been worked because the NIC has not configured.... > > That is a separate problem. You'll probably have to post the output > from /usr/X11/bin/scanpci to get help with that. > > > > 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. > > You probably don't want to modify that with Solaris. Modifying what > services are started has changed a lot with the different versions of > Solaris (particularly between 9 and 10 but also with later versions of > 10 and OpenSolaris). > > > 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. > > The NVidia drivers are included in recent builds of OpenSolaris and they > can be easily added to Solaris 10 once you boot into single-user mode. > I think you have to use the Xorg server with the NVidia drivers. > > > > I wonder why XWindows "configuration test" says OK but XWindows does not > > run properly. This case shows that the configuration tools is not accurate. > > Probably because the test was run with the Sun X server but after > installation the system is trying to use the Xorg server. One version > of Solaris 10 did that. > > > _______________________________________________ > laptop-discuss mailing list > laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org > > -- Patrik Hasibuan <patrikh at penguin-teknologi.com> Junior Programmer
