> I have been running Opensolaris snv_86a. There are > problems and the package upgrade does not work. I am > trying to install 2008.11 from a CD, but I have > noticed that all of the recent versions do not > configure to my Nvidia 6100 GPU. So I have some > questions. > 1) Can I install in console mode and then try some > older drivers to see if I can get X to work? If so > how do I do this? I could only find a gui-install > command. > 2) Can I load an older Nvidia driver when I run the > live cd? > > Thanks, wor
The Live CD should fall back to using the VESA driver. If it doesn't then you can put your own xorg.conf file in place to attempt to force it to use the VESA driver. Follow the steps from here: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/indiana/resources/relnotes/200811/x86/#6696145 (the section of the page that discusses bug # 6696145 Install Might Cause Panics on Intel 965 With GM965 Chipset). Once you have created the xorg.conf file using Xorg -configure, have a look through it to see if the VESA driver has been selected. If not, replace any reference to "nvidia" with "vesa" then try starting X. You cannot run the installer in text mode - this has not been implemented yet. You might be able to load an older version of the nvidia driver by downloading one from the nVidia website and copying it to the live CD after booting into text mode. I suspect this won't be possible however since the live CD probably has a read-only /usr filesystem. You should be OK to install it once you have installed 2008.11 to disk. I've cross-posted this to xwindows-discuss where all the eXperts hang out. ;-) Cheers Andrew -- This message posted from opensolaris.org
