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Display issue during Solaris 8 x86 installation
Hi -
I intalled Solaris 8 x86 on my Laptop Intel Pent M (Gateway), on one of my partition dedicated to Solaris.
Couple of issues.
After the installation is complete, when i boot my solaris during the Solaris boot manager, My screen is black and white and the resolution is very bad. I am trying to change my display device by using the Software CD 1 of 2, but my video device is not present ( It is a Gateway computer and my display device is Integrated Intel Extreme 2 Graphics w/ UMA Memory Technology , 15.4" WXGA TFT Active Matrix Color Display). I tried to select couple of video devices, but it doesn't work.
Also i choose the locale setting to be 48 (USA) but , it always boots with "couldn't set locale correctly". Please advise me how to change my locale once all the installation is complete and what to set it to.
Thanks
Vijay
I intalled Solaris 8 x86 on my Laptop Intel Pent M (Gateway), on one of my partition dedicated to Solaris.
Couple of issues.
After the installation is complete, when i boot my solaris during the Solaris boot manager, My screen is black and white and the resolution is very bad. I am trying to change my display device by using the Software CD 1 of 2, but my video device is not present ( It is a Gateway computer and my display device is Integrated Intel Extreme 2 Graphics w/ UMA Memory Technology , 15.4" WXGA TFT Active Matrix Color Display). I tried to select couple of video devices, but it doesn't work.
Also i choose the locale setting to be 48 (USA) but , it always boots with "couldn't set locale correctly". Please advise me how to change my locale once all the installation is complete and what to set it to.
Thanks
Vijay
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Yap. i finally switched to Solaris10 x86. It works just fine.
But i am new to solaris. Please guide me to connect to Internet.
I have comcast internet connected via a router.
Please guide me all conf files to be modified to connect to internet.
Thanks
Vijay
But i am new to solaris. Please guide me to connect to Internet.
I have comcast internet connected via a router.
Please guide me all conf files to be modified to connect to internet.
Thanks
Vijay
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P.S.: Did I mention you should reboot to make changes take effect?
You can -- of course -- do without rebooting, but it's easier to reboot. So I don't have to explain the command to do it "on the fly" *fg*
You can -- of course -- do without rebooting, but it's easier to reboot. So I don't have to explain the command to do it "on the fly" *fg*
For DHCP client, you don't need to modify /etc/defaultrouter and /etc/resolv.conf.
DHCP will assign and modify those files for you.
Besides, change /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/nsswitch.conf don't need to reboot.
JustUNIX's suggestion is for the static IP address.
Change the default route just type
route add default <default gateway's IP address>
where <default gateway IP address> is the one you put into /etc/defaultrouter
DHCP will assign and modify those files for you.
Besides, change /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/nsswitch.conf don't need to reboot.
JustUNIX's suggestion is for the static IP address.
Change the default route just type
route add default <default gateway's IP address>
where <default gateway IP address> is the one you put into /etc/defaultrouter
http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/data/sol/
You need to know the Intel graphic chip model.
If your graphic card is not in the HCL, then you might have hard time to get the better resolution.
You can try the generic SVGA if you can find the right driver for your video device.
By the way, try Solaris 10 x86 which have more hardware support.