thanks a bunch for the suggestion. I went ahead and ran the Sun Device Detection tool and got this report only the first 4 are listed below because all else was fine.
No Solaris Driver No Solaris Driver Storage ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [Non-RAID5 mode] 2 [W] Solaris Bundled Driver: audiohd [W] Solaris Bundled Driver: audiohd Multimedia ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) 3 [W] Solaris Bundled Driver: vgatext [W] Solaris Bundled Driver: vgatext Video nVidia Corporation Unknown device 4 OpenSolaris Community Driver: arn (Note-1) OpenSolaris Community Driver: arn (Note-1) Network Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) Here are the notes at the bottom. W]: (1) No dedicated Xorg Driver that supports the Graphical User Interface (2) Driver support for the indicated device is not guaranteed Note-1: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/wireless/arn/. Set the SATA controller (device no. 1 in above report) to a non-Raid mode in BIOS, and run this tool again. I changed the SATA mode to IDE and also AHCI and ran the tool but got same results. can i proceed? thanks -- This message posted from opensolaris.orgTitle: Sun Device Detection Tool Report
Sun Device Detection Tool Report
OpenSolaris 2009.06: compatibility with this system
Number of devices without the Solaris device drivers: 1
| # |
Solaris Driver 32-bit |
Solaris Driver 64-bit |
Device Type |
Vendor Name |
Device Name |
| 1 |
No Solaris Driver |
No Solaris Driver |
Storage |
ATI Technologies Inc |
SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [Non-RAID5 mode] |
| 2 |
[W] Solaris Bundled Driver: audiohd |
[W] Solaris Bundled Driver: audiohd |
Multimedia |
ATI Technologies Inc |
SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) |
| 3 |
[W] Solaris Bundled Driver: vgatext |
[W] Solaris Bundled Driver: vgatext |
Video |
nVidia Corporation |
Unknown device |
| 4 |
OpenSolaris Community Driver: arn (Note-1) |
OpenSolaris Community Driver: arn (Note-1) |
Network |
Atheros Communications Inc. |
AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) |
| 5 |
Solaris Bundled Driver: hci1394 |
Solaris Bundled Driver: hci1394 |
Firewire |
JMicron Technologies, Inc. |
IEEE 1394 Host Controller |
| 6 |
Solaris Bundled Driver: rge |
Solaris Bundled Driver: rge |
Network |
Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. |
RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller |
| 7 |
Solaris Bundled Driver: pci-ide |
Solaris Bundled Driver: pci-ide |
Storage |
ATI Technologies Inc |
SB700/SB800 IDE Controller |
| 8 |
Solaris Bundled Driver: ohci |
Solaris Bundled Driver: ohci |
USB |
ATI Technologies Inc |
SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller |
| 9 |
Solaris Bundled Driver: ehci |
Solaris Bundled Driver: ehci |
USB |
ATI Technologies Inc |
SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller |
| 10 |
Solaris Bundled Driver: ohci |
Solaris Bundled Driver: ohci |
USB |
ATI Technologies Inc |
SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller |
| 11 |
Solaris Bundled Driver: ohci |
Solaris Bundled Driver: ohci |
USB |
ATI Technologies Inc |
SB700/SB800 USB OHCI2 Controller |
[W]: (1) No dedicated Xorg Driver that supports the Graphical User Interface
(2) Driver support for the indicated device is not guaranteed
Note-1: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/wireless/arn/.
Set the SATA controller (device no. 1 in above report) to a non-Raid mode in BIOS, and run this tool again.
Device Data of PCI Controllers
| # |
Vendor ID |
Device ID |
Class Code |
Sub VID |
Sub DID |
Revision ID |
| 1 | 1002 | 4392 | 00010400 | 103c | 2a7f | 00 |
| 2 | 1002 | 4383 | 00040300 | 103c | 2a7f | 00 |
| 3 | 10de | 0644 | 00030000 | 1462 | 1330 | a1 |
| 4 | 168c | 002a | 00028000 | 168c | 1000 | 01 |
| 5 | 197b | 2380 | 000c0010 | 103c | 2a7f | 00 |
| 6 | 10ec | 8168 | 00020000 | 103c | 2a7f | 02 |
| 7 | 1002 | 439c | 0001018a | 103c | 2a7f | 00 |
| 8 | 1002 | 4398 | 000c0310 | 103c | 2a7f | 00 |
| 9 | 1002 | 4396 | 000c0320 | 103c | 2a7f | 00 |
| 10 | 1002 | 4397 | 000c0310 | 103c | 2a7f | 00 |
| 11 | 1002 | 4399 | 000c0310 | 103c | 2a7f | 00 |
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