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Old 12-20-2007, 08:06 AM   #1
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graphical interface is misshapen


hi
i have installed solaris10 on my pc in our office.
installation process completed successfully. now solaris boots and comes up well. but trying to run X window system is failed. this is link of screen:

http://i16.tinypic.com/86ypphy.jpg

it bollixed when login screen is going to appear.
during installation process i didn't see anything that ask me witch graphical interface i want to use!
i use "Asus p5gc-mx" main board. it have on board graphical accelerator(intel 945GC).

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Old 12-20-2007, 08:31 AM   #2
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It is expected not to be prompted for the graphic card. Solaris is designed to detect the right driver and to poll the display for its specs. This has obviously failed for your configuration.
Unlike Linux, Solaris no more/not yet support virtual consoles.
Consequently, the easiest way to fix this kind of issue is to reboot in single user mode, configure the system to allow remote login (eg. ssh), then reboot again and log in from another machine from which you'll be able to watch the X server error log, change its settings and restart it until you find the correct ones.

From the snapshot, I suspect wrong timings or a resolution set too high.
 
Old 12-23-2007, 11:51 AM   #3
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It is expected not to be prompted for the graphic card. Solaris is designed to detect the right driver and to poll the display for its specs. This has obviously failed for your configuration.
Unlike Linux, Solaris no more/not yet support virtual consoles.
Consequently, the easiest way to fix this kind of issue is to reboot in single user mode, configure the system to allow remote login (eg. ssh), then reboot again and log in from another machine from which you'll be able to watch the X server error log, change its settings and restart it until you find the correct ones.

From the snapshot, I suspect wrong timings or a resolution set too high.
what is single user mode?
and another question.. where is the X configuration files in solaris?
thanks for your help
 
Old 12-23-2007, 12:04 PM   #4
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oh i remember something now. i had problem like this later. and solve this by changing screen refresh rate. is it can be occurred about lcd monitor?
 
Old 12-23-2007, 12:10 PM   #5
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what is single user mode?
It's a non multi-user mode
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817...hm8o5p9?a=view
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and another question.. where is the X configuration files in solaris?
That depends, the move is to get rid of a configuration file for Xorg, but you can create one to experiment. In that case the file location would be /etc/X11/xorg.conf
 
  


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