Anton Brondz wrote:
Hi
I've just installed Solaris Express 12/06 on a Sun Ultra 5. The installation
went fine, but now I've got 8 bit colours in X.
I've tried Solaris before on an Ultra 10 and last time I had to run m64config
to change the colours, but this time it wouldn't work, instead I got this error:
[b]# m64config -res 1152x900x66 nocheck try -depth 24
m64config: About to change resolution to 1152x900x66 for 10 seconds
m64config: Continue (yes/no) ? y
m64config: ioctl 'M64_SETVIDEOMODE': Invalid argument, reason=1
m64config: cannot set video mode!
m64config: ioctl 'M64_SETVIDEOMODE': Invalid argument, reason=1
m64config: cannot set video mode!
#[/b]
I tried with different resolutions and options, and sometimes it works, but I
can only get a blank screen with a cursor.
A friend of mine suggested that I should buy a new graphics card, but this
worked on an Ultra 10, so it should be possible to get 24 bits colour on an
Ultra 5, right?
Any ideas?
You may need to create /etc/dt/config/Xservers by copying
/usr/dt/config/Xservers and adding to the last line "-dev /dev/fb
defdepth 24".
For example:
# cp /usr/dt/config/Xservers /etc/dt/config/Xservers
Open up you favorite editor. Change the last line of
/etc/dt/config/Xservers
From:
:0 Local [EMAIL PROTECTED] root /usr/X11/bin/Xserver :0 -nobanner
To:
:0 Local [EMAIL PROTECTED] root /usr/X11/bin/Xserver :0 -nobanner
-dev /dev/fb defdepth 24
If your using Xorg, this is not required.
Setting up most graphics issues are covered in this document. It
pertains to most issues even though it's specifically for PTC
Pro-Engineer (MCAD).
http://www.sun.com/technical-computing/ISV/PTCFaq.html
Paul
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