Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] video card for v40z

2011-01-12 Thread Alan Coopersmith
On 01/12/11 06:34 AM, Daniel Kjar wrote: Don't mean to hijack but Alan, do you off hand know if there is a video card that will work in a v40z? That thing has a very primitive/odd built in video card and sometimes I would like to do more than just ssh -X. It works fine in OI but the card is

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] video card for v40z

2011-01-12 Thread Gary Driggs
Whats the onboard GPU? Its an older PCI-X system if I recall. Have you tried VESA standard settings first? What other cards have you tried already? -Gary ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] video card for v40z

2011-01-12 Thread Daniel Kjar
It does work under OI but it is just slow. I tried to fit a pci-x card but the slots don't line up correctly so I never pursued it further. On 01/12/11 11:21 AM, Gary Driggs wrote: Whats the onboard GPU? Its an older PCI-X system if I recall. Have you tried VESA standard settings first?

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] video card for v40z

2011-01-12 Thread Tom Kranz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12 Jan 2011, at 16:31, Daniel Kjar wrote: It does work under OI but it is just slow. I tried to fit a pci-x card but the slots don't line up correctly so I never pursued it further. On 01/12/11 11:21 AM, Gary Driggs wrote: Whats the

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] video card for v40z

2011-01-12 Thread Matt Wilby
The server has the following slots free so you could pick a card that is compatible. 4 full-length (133MHz) 64-bit vertical slots (slots 4 through 7) 1 full-length (100MHz) 64-bit vertical slot (slot 3) 1 half-length (100MHz) 64-bit vertical slot (slot 2) 1 half-length (66MHz) 64-bit horizontal

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] video card for v40z

2011-01-12 Thread Daniel Kjar
yeah that is the problem. Tons of slots but nothing seems to fit into them. I may try that 8800gs. I have a 8400 pcix though and it doesn't match up. On 01/12/11 03:24 PM, Matt Wilby wrote: The server has the following slots free so you could pick a card that is compatible. 4