Installing Solaris for the first time.

I'm installing Solaris as part of a class project. And no one here has much experience with it. I've run into a few problems:

I'm installing on an D865GBF motherboard with integrated video and NIC. After a few thousand hiccoughs, I have gotten the OS installed and booting. However, I have a few errors that are holding me back from using the system for anything other than a knic-knack.

I occasionally get a "couldn't set locale" error. However since I switched from EN UTF-8 to ASCII U.S.A. it seems to have stopped. But I would like an explanation there if you have it 'cause it still confuses me.

The integrated NIC will not work (e1000g). I have searched through the forums. Done everything I understood, and so far have gotten it recognized. But it still won't work. No idea why.

The integrated video is recognized and set to 1024/768 75hz during initial config. However when I get to CDE or JDE it is stuck on 640/480 60hz, and I'm not sure how to fix it.

I have run /usr/sbin/sys-unconfig and reconfigured several times. I'm not sure of anything I am doing right or wrong as I said this is my first time. I also do not know how to run kdmconfig without the wiping the configuration.

Thank you for reading. I patiently await any help you can provide.

[1325 byte] By [hampster] at [2007-11-25 22:58:00]
# 1

To change the resolution,

1. As root, switch to single user mode ("init 0")

2. Run kdmconfig, from there you can either select XSun, in which case you should be able to continue with kdmconfig to set the resolution, or else select Xorg, in which case you should use xorgconfig to set the resolution [I'm not sure if xorgconfig shipped with the original Solaris 10 or if it came with a later patch]

A+

Paul

PaulFloyd at 2007-7-5 17:13:21 > top of Java-index,Solaris Operating System,Solaris Essentials - General Technical Questions...
# 2
Ok, xSun worked. xOrg actually screwed it up worse. But it is fixed. Thank you! Any ideas on the NIC anyone?
hampster at 2007-7-5 17:13:21 > top of Java-index,Solaris Operating System,Solaris Essentials - General Technical Questions...