Martin, this resolution related behaviour is "normal" as during installation the Xserver in use is Xsun whereas at reboot time, it is Xorg which behaves differently
Once you are in the 2000xsomething mode try pressing simultaneously the following 3 keys Ctrl Alt Minus-from-the-numpad-not-the-one-in-the-upper-row-of-your-keyboard this should cycle through all available resolutions that Xorg detected automagically for you hopefully you should be able to find one that your monitor supports and which does not garble the screen If not go into command line login mode, login as root and try to see what /usr/X11/bin/Xorg -scanpci and /usr/X11/bin/Xorg -probeonly outputs. You can also try /usr/X11/bin/Xorg -configure to have a look at the /xorg.conf which gets generated from there see output of man -M /usr/X11/man Xorg for more informations HTH Olivier On Wed, 2006-05-24 at 00:40 -0700, Martin wrote: > I am having problems with Solaris 10 U1, and was advised to repost my > question here... > > I installed Solaris 10 U1 on my PC. During the install process, I > select the devices I am using (monitor, graphics card, mouse etc.). > During the install everything works beautifully. The screen resolution > was correct (1280x1024, 24bit), even the mouse scroll wheel worked in > the motif-based windows of the installer. > > The problem comes after I have installed, and start using the OS. The > screen resolution is set to 2000 x somethingOrOther (which my monitor > does not support), and I can only see part of the screen. This res is > used for everything from the login screen to CDE, to JDS. The mouse > scrollwheel doesn't work in CDE either (despite working during the > install). If I change the resolution to the correct setting > (1280x1024), or any other sensible resolution, the display is garbled, > and unreadable. Either way my Solaris is unusable :( > > BTW my monitor is a Samsung 17" LCD (713N), and I have NVidia 6100 > graphics (recognised as Generic VESA compatible NVidia). > > I need some advice, I really want this to work. > > originally posted here: > http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?forumID=107&threadID=9237 > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > xwin-discuss mailing list > xwin-discuss at opensolaris.org
