I've a Sony VAIO VGN-SZ4XWN/C laptop which is quite an odd laptop in that it has two graphics chipsets. It has a high performance/high power consumption Nvidia GeForce Go 7400 as well as a lower performance/low power consumption integrated graphics in the form of the Intel GMA 950. There is a switch on the laptop marked 'Stamina/Speed' which selects the appropiate graphics chip.
When I first tried to install Solaris Express Developer Edition 9/07 snv_70b X86 I had the switch in the 'Stamina' (Intel GMA 950) position. However, the installer reported the graphics adapter was not recognised and gave me the option of installing in text mode. I then switched the switch to the 'Speed' (Nvidia GeForce Go 7400) position and the installation went fine. I would however like to get the lower power consumption chipset working, as I rarely need the performance the Nvida GPU provides. Funny thing is, if I switch to the 'Stamina' position and reboot, the laptop finds the Nvida GPU and uses that - I rather expected it to boot only into text mode. I believe the driver has been in OpenSolaris for some time, so I would expect it is present. So I have two questions. 1) Can I verify if the driver exists on the system? 2) Any tips on how I might be able to get the driver to work with this chip set? Ideally it would be nice to be able to have the system find the right driver if I switch this switch over, but failing that, I'd prefer to use the Intel to the Nvida I am currently using, as power consumption is more important to me than performance. Dave This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
