Solaris x86 on Dell Desktops

From: Charles Gagnon (charlesg_at_unixrealm.com)
Date: 11/30/05

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    Does anyone have a lof of experience with buidling desktops Solaris
    x86 machines on Dells (or other Intels). I have a Dell Optiplex
    GX260 w/ a Matrox MMS G450 video card with 32mb of memory. I
    currently have only only one flatpanel plugged in using the digital
    input of the EIZO FlexScan L795.

    I successfully did a jumpstart on the machine and it seems to work
    okay, I even ran smpatch and updated whatever I could. Now I'm
    trying to configure the screen and keyboard. I am using 'kdmconfig'
    post installation.

    I tried Xorg first (figured it may be better at multi-head support
    than Xsun) to no avail. If I run "/usr/X11/bin/Xorg -configure" the
    machine hangs forever. If I manually generate a file using
    /usr/X11/bin/xorgconfig and save it, I can run Xorg after and it
    does not hang or crash but I get nothing on the screen. No signals
    are detected by the flatpanels.

    I than tried Xsun after and I get similar results. I tried various
    combinations and tested them but I always get a black screen with no
    signal.

    Guidance would be extreamly appreciated. Thanks in advance. 

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