Re: Help getting X working (Solaris 10 X86 u3 (under Virtual PC)

On Aug 10, 9:29 pm, ohaya <oh...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,

I'm trying to get Solaris 10 X86 u3 running under MS Virtual PC (VPC).
Having failed to install directly as a VPC guest, I was able to install
Solaris 10 under VMWare Server 1.03.

I then used a VMDK2VHD converter from VMTools, to make a VPC virtual
hard drive, and then I booted that under VPC.

That actually kind of worked.

Initially, networking did not work, but by digging around, I was able to
get that working by changing the network adapter to a "dnet" instead of
"pcn".

However, I still can't get X working.

At startup, I get:

The X-server can not be started on display :0

I'm pretty sure this is because the video card that VPC provides is
different from the one that VMWare provided, but I can't figure out how
to get this working.

Here's my current /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

bash-3.00# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11/lib/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/X11/lib/modules"
FontPath "/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/"
FontPath "/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/sun/"
FontPath "/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/F3bitmaps/"
FontPath "/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "IA"
Load "Xst"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "record"
Load "xtrap"
Load "glx"
Load "bitstream"
Load "type1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Device"

### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "HWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "vmware"
VendorName "VMware Inc"
BoardName "[VMware SVGA II] PCI Display Adapter"
BusID "PCI:0:15:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 8
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
Modes "640x480" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

And, here's the /var/dt/Xerrors:

bash-3.00# cat /var/dt/Xerrors

X Window System Version 6.9.0 (Sun Xorg Release 1.1 for Solaris )
Release Date: 21 December 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.9
Build Operating System: SunOS 5.10 Generic i86pc
Current Operating System: SunOS sol10 5.10 Generic_118855-33 i86pc

SUNWxorg-server package version: 6.8.0.5.10.7400,REV=0.2004.12.15
SUNWxorg-server patches applied: 119062-02 118966-24
SUNWxorg-graphics-ddx package version: 6.8.0.5.10.7400,REV=0.2004.12.15
SUNWxorg-graphics-ddx patches applied: 118966-24
Before reporting problems, checkhttp://sunsolve.sun.com/
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Aug 10 21:13:21 2007
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(EE) No devices detected.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Please refer to your Operating System Vendor support pages
athttp://sunsolve.sun.com/for support on this crash.
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional
information.

Fri Aug 10 21:13:22 2007
error (pid 481): Server for display :0 terminated unexpectedly 1

X Window System Version 6.9.0 (Sun Xorg Release 1.1 for Solaris )
Release Date: 21 December 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.9
Build Operating System: SunOS 5.10 Generic i86pc
Current Operating System: SunOS sol10 5.10 Generic_118855-33 i86pc

SUNWxorg-server package version: 6.8.0.5.10.7400,REV=0.2004.12.15
SUNWxorg-server patches applied: 119062-02 118966-24
SUNWxorg-graphics-ddx package version: 6.8.0.5.10.7400,REV=0.2004.12.15
SUNWxorg-graphics-ddx patches applied: 118966-24
Before reporting problems, checkhttp://sunsolve.sun.com/
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Aug 10 21:13:28 2007
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(EE) No devices detected.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Please refer to your Operating System Vendor support pages
athttp://sunsolve.sun.com/for support on this crash.
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional
information.

Fri Aug 10 21:13:28 2007
error (pid 481): Server for display :0 terminated unexpectedly 1

X Window System Version 6.9.0 (Sun Xorg Release 1.1 for Solaris )
Release Date: 21 December 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.9
Build Operating System: SunOS 5.10 Generic i86pc
Current Operating System: SunOS sol10 5.10 Generic_118855-33 i86pc

SUNWxorg-server package version: 6.8.0.5.10.7400,REV=0.2004.12.15
SUNWxorg-server patches applied: 119062-02 118966-24
SUNWxorg-graphics-ddx package version: 6.8.0.5.10.7400,REV=0.2004.12.15
SUNWxorg-graphics-ddx patches applied: 118966-24
Before reporting problems, checkhttp://sunsolve.sun.com/
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Aug 10 21:13:32 2007
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(EE) No devices detected.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Please refer to your Operating System Vendor support pages
athttp://sunsolve.sun.com/for support on this crash.
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional
information.

Fri Aug 10 21:13:32 2007
error (pid 481): Server for display :0 terminated unexpectedly 1

X Window System Version 6.9.0 (Sun Xorg Release 1.1 for Solaris )
Release Date: 21 December 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.9
Build Operating System: SunOS 5.10 Generic i86pc
Current Operating System: SunOS sol10 5.10 Generic_118855-33 i86pc

SUNWxorg-server package version: 6.8.0.5.10.7400,REV=0.2004.12.15
SUNWxorg-server patches applied: 119062-02 118966-24
SUNWxorg-graphics-ddx package version: 6.8.0.5.10.7400,REV=0.2004.12.15
SUNWxorg-graphics-ddx patches applied: 118966-24
Before reporting problems, checkhttp://sunsolve.sun.com/
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Aug 10 21:13:36 2007
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(EE) No devices detected.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Please refer to your Operating System Vendor support pages
athttp://sunsolve.sun.com/for support on this crash.
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional
information.

Fri Aug 10 21:13:37 2007
error (pid 481): Server for display :0 terminated unexpectedly 1

Fri Aug 10 21:13:37 2007
error (pid 481): Server for display :0 can't be started.
bash-3.00#

I hope that someone can help me?

I think that I probably need to modify xorg.conf to use a "S3 Trio32/64"
video card, which VPC provides, but I'm not that familiar with it.

Thanks,
Jim

I had a similar issue w/ mounting my Dual Boot system running XP &
Ubuntu Studio >
errors with.
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(EE) No devices detected.
You should install the VMware tools from the console 1st -


Method 1) from VMware click to install VMware tools, then mount your
CDrom you will find a RPM & TAR / install its contents.
this doesnt work to get X server running use method 2


Method 2) http://www.vmware.com/support/reference/common/guest_linux_xf864.html

Good Luck.

.

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