Solaris 10 x86 failed to reboot after initial installation due to display error

Hi everyone,

i just finished installing solaris 10 x86 on my computer, and the installation process went smoothly. However, when the system tried to reboot, i got some error related to the display of the monitor, which caused no desktop login can be displayed and no access to the console. I had no way to proceed with the any other operations. The error read as:

" Out of range

Hf 30KHz - 70KHz

Vf 30Hz - 160 Hz

Current frequency

Hf 90.3KHz"

I tried to boot to solaris failsafe mode and run "kdmconfig"

command to reconfigure video and monitor, but it did not work, since kdmconfig is not supported under that mode.

Because i have no way to login, the currently available solution seems not working with my situation. Dose anyone have idea or suggestion to figure it out, without reinstalling the OS from the very beginning?

Very appreciate your time and help.

[955 byte] By [antonyljwang] at [2007-11-25 22:57:57]
# 1

Solution found:

First tried to login using "console login" when solaris booted up, before the desktop login window appeared. Then, run command "kdmconfig", changed the video device to X86 VESA compatible device, which is from the x86 driver and porting kit for solaris, then test/save and exit. After that, reboot the system. Now it is working, not perfect though (due to my old monitor) :)-

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