[OpenIndiana-discuss] NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE GPU not supported on hipster

[Jean-Pierre André]

Jean-Pierre André wrote:
> Hi Ken
>
> ken mays via openindiana-discuss wrote:
>> Hi Jean,
>> Ref:
>> http://http.download.nvidia.com/solaris/304.132/NVIDIA-Solaris-x86-304.132.run
>>
>>
>> I've suggested Nvidia 304.132 for any testing with your card.
>> Thanks,Ken.
>
> It works (similarly to the older NVIDIA-Solaris-x86-304.125.run
> which I was using).
>
> The colors are still bad on Firefox (something wrong with red),
> but if I look at the font color menu on OpenOffice, I get
> a correct display of colors.

I have uploaded a composite picture : on the left is
what I get on Linux, on the right what I get on OpenIndiana.

See http://jp-andre.pagesperso-orange.fr/nvidia.gif

After all, I am not sure it is a graphics driver issue.

Jean-Pierre


>
> Also the brightness setting (defined and saved by Nvidia
> preference settings) is not applied when the driver initializes.
> I have to start the preference setting manually to restore
> my settings (I need not set the settings again, just start
> the tool and quit).
>
> Jean-Pierre