[cc'ed to xwin-discuss at opensolaris.org , where the X server & graphics driver
engineers are found]
Which graphics chipset/card is in this system? Which OpenSolaris release are
you trying 2008.05 or one of the 2008.11 release candidates? Are there any
errors in /var/log/Xorg.0.log ?
(There is no text mode installer yet for OpenSolaris - you could enable ssh,
ssh in and remote display the installer, or enable Xvnc and connect with a
VNC client to display the installer remotely.)
-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
Dermot wrote:
> Hi,
> I am new to OS. I bought a HP DL160 server (Intel Xeon E4530, Intel 5400
> chipset )as it says it was Solaris compatible however I can't get X to run
> and therefore can't get the installer binary to run.
>
> I have tried to use xorgcfg -textmode to create a configuration file but
> after I ask to save and write the file, it gives me a segmenation fault.
>
> I have also tried to manually add a screen to the default config but the
> Xserver still errors with 'no screens found'. I think that might be my
> ignorance of the Xserver configuration.
>
> It's not necessary for me to run X on this server so I guess a quick solution
> would be run the installer in text mode but I cannot find any information on
> how to run a text-mode install.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas on how I might a) Run a text-mode install or b)
> Get my Xserver to run?
>
> TIA,
> Dp.
