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how to apply patch
Name: deeeb Date: July 30, 2003 at 03:14:18 Pacific OS: x86 Solaris 8 CPU/Ram: 1 gig amd t-bird
Comment:
Help! I'm new to Solaris. Got the product installed and when trying to change the video setting i'm frozen out of the GUI now "X-server cannot be started on display :0". Essentially locked out of a fresh install. So I need to apply the patch from SunSolve for the Nvidia TNT2 driver since the one on the CD doesn't work, but the SunSolve download for video (patch #109401-03) including my video card is 1.9MB and unzipped it's 5MB, far too much for a diskette. I tried to put a random smattering of files on the diskette with the Device Config Assist diskette to add the drivers to no avail.
I need detailed info on how to get this patch into my system (where to navigate and commands). I can't boot into it for GUI. Please help :) I dunno how to untar or jar or whatever... I'm a newbie. Thank you!! deeeb
Name: David Perry Date: July 31, 2003 at 04:49:39 Pacific
Reply:
Does your monitor work in test mode ? If so you could login, then ftp the file from another machine and then apply the patch.
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Response Number 2
Name: david Date: August 3, 2003 at 18:08:12 Pacific
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I went through the disk config i think to get it to work again in safe 16 color mode, then put the patch on cd and upzipped it into a new directory and used the patch add command. It looks like the patch installed but i have no idea how change the video driver. I went though the disk config but it looks like it wants to do a whole install again since it asks about the OEM CD or jumpstart... How to change the video driver :) please ???
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Response Number 3
Name: Ogan Sayek Date: August 5, 2003 at 08:29:04 Pacific
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m64config -prconf will tell your options then you can do;
m64config -res 1280x1024x85 -depth 8 or 24
thanks
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Response Number 4
Name: david Date: August 13, 2003 at 02:15:34 Pacific
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