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6668806: Xorg Server Fails to Start on IBM x3850 M2 Server

by Lee Damico

Description

On the IBM x3850 M2 server, which has an ATI ES1000 graphics device, the Xorg server fails to launch after system bring up. The reason for this failure is that the Xorg server does not detect a PCI bus, as demonstrated by executing the scanpci command:

# /usr/X11/bin/scanpci
No PCI devices found

This problem has been confirmed with the Solaris 10 8/07 and Solaris 10 5/08 releases.

Workaround

Verify the device path for the graphic device:

# prtconf -F
/pci@0,0/pci8086,244e@1e/display@0:text-0

If no path is present, you need to change the console setting to text before proceeding:

# eeprom console=text
# reboot

To create an xorg.conf file, do the following:

# /usr/X11/bin/Xorg -configure

This creates the file xorg.conf.new in the / (root) directory.

Edit /xorg.conf.new and add the following new section to the file:

Section "ServerFlags"
   Option "PciForceConfig1" "true"
EndSection

Modify the Device section to read as follows:

Section "Device"
   Identifier "Card0"
   Driver     "ati"
   VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
   BoardName "ES1000"
   BusID      "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

# mv /xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# svcadm restart svc:/application/graphical-login/cde-login:default

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