NVIDIA Driver Installation Tips for Solaris x86


Installation Instructions

  1. Go to http://www.nvidia.com/object/solaris_display_1.0-7664.html and follow the download and installation instructions.

    Currently only the following Nvidia graphics devices are supported by this driver.

  2. Enable Composite and GLX Together:

    Project Looking Glass depends on the presence of both of the X11 extensions Composite and GLX. By default, version 7664 of the Nvidia doesn't enable them both. You need to modify your X configuration in order to enable them both.


    • Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and find the "Device" section that loads the NVIDIA driver. It should look something like this:

      Section "Device" Identifier "** NVIDIA "
      Driver "nvidia"
      EndSection

    • Insert the following line after the Driver line:

      Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
      $Revision: 1.3 $ $Date: 2005/06/26 00:07:01 $