[ug-bosug] Belenix live boot problem

[Moinak Ghosh]

Avinash Joshi wrote:
> But the problem is that even VESA is not bringing up the GUI!!!!
>   

   Even the BeleniX Xorg is an older version. Solaris Express B78 for 
eg. has
   a newer Xorg that might work. Just try booting the Solaris Express 
installer
   and check whether the GUI install comes up.

Regards,
Moinak.

> On Jan 23, 2008 11:21 AM, Moinak Ghosh <Moinak.Ghosh at sun.com> wrote:
>   
>> Avinash Joshi wrote:
>>     
>>> I got the latest live cd of beleix.
>>>
>>> The problem is that it is not detecting my graphics card/the xorg is not coming up!!!
>>>
>>> I tried starting xorg, but in vain
>>>
>>> I have a HP dv6516 laptop 2GB RAM, 16GB HDD, NVIDIA 8400GS 128MB
>>>
>>> Please help me out
>>> PS: I have tried all the options in belenix to bring up the xorg!
>>>
>>>       
>>    The gui on BeleniX will not work on that graphics card except for using
>>    VESA mode that which you can select in the text based display
>> configuration
>>    screen that comes up just before Xorg is launched.
>>
>>    However the GUI on a recent build of Solaris Express *will work*.
>>    This is because BeleniX last release has an older version of the Nvidia
>>    driver that does not support 8400 series card. SXDE has a newer driver
>>    that does support that card.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Moinak.
>>
>>     
>>> Thanks & Regards,
>>> Avinash Joshi
>>>
>>>
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