Solaris

hi

Hi,

On the Oracle HCL, there are only two certified Lenovo Laptops. One is the X240 and the other is the T440p, that being said the X230 shouldn't be a million miles away.

I'm not familiar with the specs of the Lenovo Laptops, but would suggest that this may well simply be down to the graphics chip set. Have you upgraded the Bios to the latest level etc., before the update?

An other place to check could be the Oracle support forums, or here.

Regards

Gull04

Was the laptop display alright when running another O/S? eg, Windows?

If you connect an external monitor and enter the required keystroke to send the output there does that display okay?

If you boot any popular 'live' media from a Linux distro does that work?

You need to establish whether it's just the laptop display or an external display doesn't work either. Whether it is definitely just the Solaris driver that can't handle the laptop display.

Hi Gull04 hicksd8

Thanks, Oracle forum doesn't much help (did look at HCL too), unfortunately X240 is not close to X230. I think this forum is better (more activity) than oracle forum :-)

sorry forgot to mention, my lenovo has multiboot (windows7, Centos, solaris). No screen issue with linux/windows7. Just tried to connect to a VGA, it works (full of colours and no blinking), max screen solution (1024x768; there are no higher avlue). Refresh rate is "60" (no other choices). When using Mini-DisplayPort (I had a Dp -> hdmi cable) OK as well. Highest resolution is 1024x768, refresh rate can be 60,70,72

nb: when not connect to an external display the max resolution is 1366x768

In windows: max resolution is 1366x768 , 60HZ (only one value)

Can I tune something in graphics driver/settings on solaris as the old day I did it on linux X (not Xorg).

br van12

Hi,

Have you tried with the Solaris Live CD, you can down load it here.

Just to see if the screen issue is still there, when you use what are probably a set of "generic" drivers.

Regards

Gull04

hi
oh yes, I tried at least 20 times with USB and DVD "text installer" (770MB) without success. USB can't start, DVD stop at 90% :-(
So I used Live DVD and then I install 11.3 from there. Yes there is flicking issue with Live DVD as well

So the Solaris display driver is capable of driving an external VGA display but not the laptop's own display. Have you checked whether there are any display settings in the BIOS that can be tweaked?

Can you wind the resolution down to the minimum just to see if that works?

Does this problem occur irrespective of which GUI you select; X-Windows, Gnome, or whatever?

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The Intel HD 4000 is a graphics card that the OpenSXCE project (derived from Open source Solaris) has had to write a new/modified driver for so that's interesting:

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Whether this driver will work on your laptop I don't know but may be worth a try since you have nothing to lose.

The authors (shown in the right column of the web page) are usually easy to contact if you search for them. I've done it before quite easily.