Help needed with Solaris 10 and Sun 24in monitor

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Title: Help needed with Solaris 10 and Sun 24in monitor
Post by: nextchef on November 21, 2008, 01:55:56 PM
Picked up a package deal on a Sun Ultra 20 and 24in monitor, but need some help getting it all sorted out.  It came with a bare drive, so I installed the latest solaris 10 version on it.  Everything seems to be working, except for I can not get it to use the full resolution of the monitor.  The system has an Nvidia nvs 285 PCIe card, which supports the panels 1920x1200 resolution, but I can not pick that option in the nvidia setup app in solaris.  The highest it allows me to select is 1600x1200.  I went and dl the latest drivers from Sun and upgraded to the latest nvidia one available, with no luck.  Just to confirm the card can drive the monitor, I installed Win7 64bit, and it configured it with the full resolution.  I am going to install OpenSolaris on it next, as I need to get myself more familiar with Solaris again, but would really like to get this working in Solaris 10.

I know we have a couple of Solaris users in here, so I figured I would ask, seeing as google was not giving me any useful information.

Any thoughts?

Chef

EDIT*
Installed OpenSolaris but it behaves the same as Solaris, no 1920x1200.
am updating to .101 to see if that changes things.
Title: Help needed with Solaris 10 and Sun 24in monitor
Post by: neozeed on November 24, 2008, 01:21:38 PM
There is some 'rumor' as it were that the 64bit open solaris will run sparc binaries.. like OpenSTEP& MOL... can you verify that?  there certainly wasn't anything 'transitive' on the 32bit install I have.. :|

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