It might be worth having a read over the port kit readme.
But first you could try backing up and removing /etc/X11/XF86Config.
Then try kdmconfig and dtlogin. If you need to pass a few
configuration options to the driver then make a new XF86Config file
in /etc/X11/ which contains only the graphic device section, and only
the options you need to set. The kit doesn't autodetect cards that
need XFree86 drivers, and it doesn't set any options other than the
defaults for each driver.
It looks like you might still have the full XF86Config file in
/etc/X11/ and the port kit is getting confused by an old 'Section
"Device"' entry (a framebuffer-based card?).
But I could also be talking through the hole in my...
HTH,
Andrew
>Coo! Installed the kit, but when I use kdmconfig to configure, I
>get an error during the test portion:
>
> unable to open /dev/fb
>
>I replaced an old 4MB PCI card with a new AGP NVIDIA Geforce2. I
>assume the /dev/fb link is pointing to the older PCI device. Unless
>you have any other suggestions, I think I'll have to search sun's
>site.
>
>Scott
>
>
>On Thu, 13 Sep 2001 09:22:20 +1200 Andrew Forsberg wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
> > I had a similar problem with the XFree86 server on Solaris. If you
> > try different bit depths you'll get different background colours in
> > the console (ranging from a freaky green to a really dark grey). If
>> you use the VESA driver you'll not get the same gradual darkening
> > each time you exit X. When I was using the trident driver it would
>> gradually darken the background each time X was exited.
>>
>> If you don't mind using XFree86 4.0.3 drivers you can use Sun's
>> XFree86 porting kit. It allows you to run XFree86 drivers (4.0.3)
> > under Sun's X server. There's also a source kit, which might allow
>> you to recompile with 4.1.0 drivers, but I haven't tried that. I
>> found with XSun the console is set to black text on a white
> > background, and several other inconsistencies are resolved too. You
>> can even use kdmconfig to choose XFree86 drivers. You can get the
>> porting kit at:
>>
>>
>http://soldc.sun.com/developer/support/driver/tools/video/video-index.html
>>
>> HTH,
> > Andrew
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