[indiana-discuss] OpenSolaris 2008.05 does not recognize GeForce 4000 MX

[Haik Aftandilian]

> Hi!
> I've a GeForce MX 4000 video board in my X86
> machine.
> Driver that comes does not work (from log):
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): The NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000 GPU
> installed in this system is
> (WW) NVIDIA(0):     supported through the NVIDIA
> 96.43.xx Legacy drivers.
> (WW) NVIDIA(0):     Please visit
> http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html for
> (WW) NVIDIA(0):     more information.  The 169.12
> NVIDIA driver will ignore
> (WW) NVIDIA(0):     this GPU.  Continuing probe... 
> 
> So, I've downloaded the
> "NVIDIA-Solaris-x86-96.43.05.run" file from NVidia
> web site. When I run, I got:
> 
> -bash-3.2# ./NVIDIA-Solaris-x86-96.43.05.run
> pkgrm: ERROR: unable to change current working
> directory to
> </var/sadm/pkg/NVDAgraphics/install&rt;
> 
> Removal of <NVDAgraphics&rt; failed (internal
> error).
> No changes were made to the system.
> ERROR: Cannot uninstall the already installed package
> NVDAgraphics
> 
> Please, can you help me?

It's just that the latest Nvidia drivers shipped with 2008.05 don't work with the old card, but they're still installed and you need to remove them first. Try running

$ pfexec pkg uninstall pkg:/NVDAgraphics

and then try installing the drivers you downloaded again

# ./NVIDIA-Solaris-x86-96.43.05.run

Haik
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