[indiana-discuss] 101a graphics bug on Tecra M2

Alan Coopersmith Alan.Coopersmith at Sun.COM
Mon Nov 17 22:42:20 PST 2008


Gilles Gravier wrote:
> Fresh install on 101a RC1b on Toshiba Tecra M2 results in fuzzy display
> and proprietary NVIDIA driver not starting. Forcing it in xorg.conf with
> nvidia-xconfig results in a non working graphics (white screen and no
> GDM login). Had to manually install the driver from NVIDIA's web site...

That's not a bug, that's a chipset for which support has been moved from
the bundled nvidia driver to their legacy driver web download - see the
"Special Nvidia Considerations" section of the 101 release announcement:
http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/indiana-discuss/2008-November/013371.html

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