You won't be able to use it in console mode unless it was designed
for OpenBoot PROM/OpenFirmware instead of a PC BIOS.
In graphics mode, the lack of an X server & drivers for that card
will be your biggest obstacle. You might be able to use some of
the work Martin Bochnig has done to port Xorg & XFree86 to Solaris
SPARC, but that's still a work in progress.
-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
Dan Gora wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I was wondering if it is at all possible to use a PC video card (I happen to
> have a ATI Rage Pro sitting around) on a Ultra 60 running Solaris 10 or
> opensolaris? My Creator 3D card has bitten the dust and I live in Brazil so
> it's not so easy to just run down to the store and get a replacement (not
> like it's easy in the states either, but...).
>
> It seems like it should be possible. There are OpenBSD drivers for it on
> sparc after all. I don't need anything fancy, just the ability to run a few
> xterms.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> thanks-
> dan
>
>
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