This release contains software improvements and support for the video devices listed below.
Table 2-1 lists the video devices supported by this Video Driver Update.
While this table includes the resolution and color depth capabilities of each device, note that the resolution and color depth you select are also dependent on the capabilities of your monitor and the amount of video memory. See the Configuring Devices module in Information Library for Solaris 2.6 (Intel Platform Edition) for more information.
Table 2-1 Video Display Devices Supported in This Video Driver Update
"--" in the Bus column indicates a video controller model that is used on video display adapters and motherboards.
If your video display device is not included in the list of supported video devices, make a note of its video chip. If you can find an entry for another device with this video chip, this support may work for your video device.
Table 2-2 lists the notebooks supported with this Video Driver Update.
Table 2-2 Notebook Displays Supported in This Video Driver Update
Notebook Display Video Support |
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Vendor |
Model |
Video Chip |
Resolution and Color Depth E=With External Monitor I=With Internal Monitor |
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640x480 |
800x600 |
1024x768 |
1280x1024 |
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8 |
24 |
8 |
24 |
8 |
24 |
8 |
24 |
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Toshiba |
Satellite 200CDS |
Chips & Technology 65550 |
|
|
E,I |
|
E |
|
E |
|
|
Satellite 220CDS |
Chips & Technology 65554 |
|
|
E,I |
|
E |
|
E |
|
|
Tecra 520CDT |
Chips & Technology 65555 |
|
|
E,I |
|
E |
|
E |
|
|
Tecra 530CDT |
Chips & Technology 65555 |
|
|
|
|
E,I |
|
E |
|
When running a Solaris 2.6 window system on most newer notebooks, the resolution to use for the internal notebook display will be automatically determined. However, you must still run kdmconfig to configure the notebook as well as the characteristics of a possible external display. In kdmconfig, you should select the Monitor Type, Screen Size, and Resolution/Colors entries that apply to your external display. If you do not plan to use an external display, select one of the Notebook entries as your Monitor. The window system software will automatically switch between the available resolution for your internal notebook display and the configured resolution for the external monitor.
If you have an older notebook for which the resolution of the display is not automatically determined, the resolution selected by kdmconfig will be used on both internal and external displays. On these notebooks, make sure you don't select a resolution that is higher than the internal display supports, because this may damage the display.
Support for ATI 3D RAGE II+ chips has been updated. Support for ATI 3D Pro Turbo cards with 8 Mbytes of video memory has been added.
Support for ATI Mach64VT chips has been enhanced to eliminate some screen noise.
Support for S3 ViRGE chips (86C325) has been enhanced to prevent screen corruption.
Support for Cirrus Logic 542x chips has been updated to eliminate some screen noise.
Support for notebooks using Chips and Technology 65555 chips has been updated to eliminate text distortion and vertical line problems.
Support has been added for monitor refresh rates up to 115kHz horizontal and 120Hz vertical.
Minor improvements have been made to kdmconfig.
Support for S3 Trio64V2/DX chips (86C775) has been updated to work on motherboards where it previously failed.
Support for new Siemens Nixdorf monitors has been added: MCM 1703 NTD, MCM 1704 NTD, MCM 1753 ND, MCM 1755 NTD, MCM 2103 ND, MCM 2105 NTD, MCM 2106 NTD, MCM 2107 NTD, MCM 2108 NTD, MCM 2109 NTD, MCM 2110 NTD.