[ug-bosug] LCD projector support for Solaris

[krithika manian]

On 1/31/07, Balachandran Sivakumar <benignbala at gmail.com> wrote:
> hello ,
>
>               I tried connecting a solaris machine in lab with the
> LCD projector in our college , but i cudn get the GUI. I could only
> get the console mode . what is the problem here?
> How can it be solved ? Do we need to install any drivers?
>
>

we also tried replacing the standard xorg.conf(/etc/xorg.conf )  with
the one given below which is supposed to work on all projectors,
Then again it didnt work
what could be the problem ?

Here is the one i used,

Section "ServerLayout"
       Identifier     "X.org Configured"
       Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
       InputDevice    "USBMouse"
       InputDevice    "Touchpad" "CorePointer"
       InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
       Option "HandleSpecialKeys" "Always"
EndSection

Section "Files"
       RgbPath      "/usr/X11/lib/X11/rgb"
       ModulePath   "/usr/X11/lib/modules"
       FontPath     "/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/"
       FontPath     "/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
       FontPath     "/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/sun/"
       FontPath     "/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/F3bitmaps/"
       FontPath     "/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
       FontPath     "/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
       FontPath     "/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
       Load  "IA"
       Load  "Xst"
       Load  "dbe"
       Load  "extmod"
       Load  "record"
       Load  "xtrap"
       Load  "bitstream"
       Load  "type1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
       Identifier  "Keyboard0"
       Driver      "keyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
       Identifier  "Touchpad"
       Driver      "mouse"
       Option      "Protocol" "PS/2"
       Option      "Device" "/dev/kdmouse"
       Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
       Option      "SendCoreEvents"
       Option      "Sensitivity" "20"
       #Option     "Mickeys" "12"
       #Option     "EdgeScroll" "false"
       Option      "BottomScroll" "false"
       #Option     "LeftHanded" "true"
       Option     "Tapping" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
       Identifier  "USBMouse"
       Driver      "mouse"
       Option      "Protocol" "VUID"
       Option      "Device" "/dev/mouse"
       Option      "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
       #DisplaySize      300   230     # mm
       Identifier   "Monitor0"
       VendorName   "IDT"
       ModelName    "2"
 ### Uncomment if you don't want to default to DDC:
#       HorizSync    0.0 - 0.0
#       HorizSync    0.0 - 0.0
#       VertRefresh  5522505.0 - 0.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
       ### Available Driver options are:-
       ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
       ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
       ### [arg]: arg optional
       #Option     "NoAccel"                   # [<bool>]
       #Option     "SWcursor"                  # [<bool>]
       #Option     "Dac6Bit"                   # [<bool>]
       #Option     "Dac8Bit"                   # [<bool>]
       #Option     "PanelOff"                  # [<bool>]
       #Option     "DDCMode"                   # [<bool>]
       #Option     "MonitorLayout"             # [<str>]
       #Option     "IgnoreEDID"                # [<bool>]
       #Option     "UseFBDev"                  # [<bool>]
       #Option     "VideoKey"                  # <i>
       Option     "MergedFB"   "true"          # [<bool>]
       #Option     "CRT2HSync"                 # [<str>]
       #Option     "CRT2VRefresh"              # [<str>]
       #Option     "CRT2Position"              # [<str>]
       #Option     "MetaModes"                 # [<str>]
       #Option     "MergedDPI"                 # [<str>]
       #Option     "NoMergedXinerama"          # [<bool>]
       #Option     "MergedXineramaCRT2IsScreen0"       # [<bool>]
       #Option     "DisplayPriority"           # [<str>]
       #Option     "PanelSize"                 # [<str>]
       #Option     "ForceMinDotClock"          # <freq>
       #Option     "RenderAccel"               # [<bool>]
       #Option     "SubPixelOrder"             # [<str>]
       #Option     "ShowCache"                 # [<bool>]
       #Option     "DynamicClocks"             # [<bool>]
       Option     "MonitorLayout" "LVDS,CRT"
       Option     "CRT2HSync"    "31-60"       # [<str>]
       Option     "CRT2VRefresh" "50-75"       # [<str>]
       #Option     "CRT2HSync"    "31.5-35.5"          # [<str>]
       #Option     "CRT2VRefresh" "50-70"              # [<str>]
       Option     "CRT2Position" "Clone"       # [<str>]
       Option     "MetaModes" "1400x1050-1400x1050 1280x1024-1280x1024
1024x768-1024x768 800x600-800x600"
       #Option     "MetaModes" "1400x1050-1024x768 1280x1024-1024x768
1024x768-1024x768"
       Identifier  "Card0"
       Driver      "ati"
       VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
       BoardName   "RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10]"
       BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
       Identifier "Screen0"
       Device     "Card0"
       Monitor    "Monitor0"
       SubSection "Display"
               Viewport   0 0
               Depth     24
               Modes    "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1024x768"
               #Modes    "1024x768 800x600"
       EndSubSection
EndSection