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Video Driver Update 3 Guide for Solaris 2.6 (Intel Platform Edition)

Installing the Video Driver Update

The contents of the Video Driver Update diskette are installed as patches on your Solaris 2.6 Intel Platform Edition system. To do this, you must already have the Solaris 2.6 Intel Platform Edition Driver Update installed and running on your system.

In Video Driver Update 3, there are six patches, each associated with a particular driver:

Each diskette image consists of one of the first five patches and v-common.

After installing this Video Driver Update as described in this chapter, at the system prompt, you may type:

% pkgparam SUNWxwpls TOPDRVLIST

to see a sorted list showing all video drivers installed on the system as well as the current version number of each.

Note -

If you are installing Solaris 2.6 Intel Platform Edition software on a system that contains one of the video devices listed in Table 2-1, or on a notebook listed in Table 2-2, your video device or notebook will not be supported during the installation. When you get to the point in the Solaris installation when the kdmconfig - Introduction screen appears, press F4_Bypass to skip the window system configuration at this time. Skipping the configuration allows you to install with a non-window-system interface. Toward the end of the installation, you will be given the opportunity to install the Video Driver Update. This is the correct time to install this update. When you reboot the machine following the installation, kdmconfig will be run again, and you can configure your video device or notebook at this time.

  1. Exit your window system to install the Video Driver Update.

    If you are running the Common Desktop Environment (CDE), exit it and choose Command Line Login from Options. If you are running the OpenWindows environment, exit it.

  2. Become root.

  3. Type ps -ef | grep vold to see if the Volume Management software is running on the machine you are updating.

    For more information about managing diskettes and drives, see System Administration Guide.

  4. If Volume Management is running, temporarily stop it:

    # /etc/init.d/volmgt stop

  5. Transfer each diskette image to diskette by inserting a writable diskette into your diskette drive and typing:

    # dd if=du3vxxx of=/dev/rdiskette bs=10240

    After the copy completes, you should see the messages:

    144+0 records in144+0 records out
	#

    Note -

    You only need to install the images for the video devices you intend to use.

  6. Label the Solaris 2.6 Video Diver Update 3 diskette and insert it into the diskette drive.

  7. Mount the diskette at the /mnt mount point:

    # mount -F pcfs /dev/diskette /mnt

    Note -

    You must mount the diskette at this point in the file structure to update your system successfully.

  8. Execute the install script on the diskette by typing:

    # /mnt/DU/sol_26/i86pc/Tools/install.sh -i

    The install.sh script searches for all new drivers on the diskette. When a new driver is found, the following prompt is displayed:

    Install patch driver-name? [y]

  9. If the driver is the one you want to install, at the prompt, type y for yes or press Enter. If the driver is not the one you want to install, type n for no.

    If you specify yes, the install.sh script installs the driver you indicated.

    Note -

    Whenever the driver v-common is available in a Video Driver Update, you should always install it.

  10. When you're done and the install.sh script exits, unmount the diskette by typing the following command at the system prompt:

    # umount /mnt

  11. Remove the diskette from the diskette drive.

    Repeat Steps 5 through 11 for any additional Video Driver Update diskettes.

  12. If Volume Management was turned off in Step 4, you may turn it on again:

    # /etc/init.d/volmgt start

  13. After the Video Driver Update software has been installed, reconfigure the window system by typing:

    # kdmconfig

    kdmconfig attempts to identify your video device, monitor, keyboard, and pointing device. The identification may be incorrect in some cases, so you should verify each selection. kdmconfig will give you an opportunity to change each of these selections, as well as the desired resolution and color depth. After the selections are made, kdmconfig will allow you to test the selected configuration by displaying a sample screen.

  14. When you are satisfied with the configuration, click the Yes button on the sample screen to save the configuration and exit kdmconfig.

  15. End your root login session and restart the CDE or OpenWindows environment.