How do I upgrade my video graphics card?

How do I upgrade my video graphics card?

First see if you have the driver installed. They are listed when you
run kdmconfig. If the driver is present, configure with kdmconfig.
If it's a new card, see if it's listed in the latest driver updates
for your Solaris release on http://access1.Sun.COM/drivers/
If listed, install the update. kdmconfig is ran automatically at the end of
the update installation. Before changing cards, choose, from kdmconfig, the
16-color 640x480 VGA setting, which is the lowest-common denominator for
VGA video cards. After switching cards and rebooting (verifying the VGA
setting works for the new card) choose a higher setting with kdmconfig.


See the Update Guide that comes with the update on specific installation
instructions for the update. Generally, it's done as follows: (assuming the
image downloaded from access1.Sun.COM is named vdu11image.Z and is in /tmp),
type as root: 



    # cd /tmp


    # uncompress du11vid2.Z ; cat du11vid1.bin du11vid2 | cpio -icvdum


    # zcat vdu11image.Z | cpio -icvdumB


    # ./installdu.sh




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