Peter Boros wrote:
> Hi,
>
> No, the macbook uses an other chipset (this was used in the previous
> generation of macbook pros intel 945 I think, the video controller is
> Intel GMA 950), so the 2 chipsets are not the same. I didn't used
> refit or anything, it is not OS X - Solaris dual boot, now only
> Solaris is installed (of course, later I will set up the dual-boot
> environment, but I think the problem is not with that right now).
>
> James Cornell wrote:
>> Peter Boros wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have the same issue with a macbook, which also has an intel video
>>> controller with shared memory, probably this is the same issue.
>>>
>>> michael schuster wrote:
>>>
>>>> Geoffrey Kransdorf wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I installed snv_b75a this week. It works great in regular mode but
>>>>>
>>>> what you call "regular mode", we normally refer to as "(running) on
>>>> metal" or "bare metal" :-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> when I boot to Xvm from GRUB it panics while starting up the X login
>>>>> screen (CDM, not the new gdm one). X seems to start up ok (I get as
>>>>> far as the hourglass), but never gets to the login screen.
>>>>>
>>>>> /var/adm/messages reports:
>>>>>
>>>> > ^Mpanic[cpu0]/thread=d5af3600
>>>>
>>>> we'd need what comes after that, probably until the next occurrence
>>>> of the boot message:
>>>>
>>>> ^MSunOS Release 5.11 Version ...
>>>>
>>>> next, run dumpadm (as root) and look for "Savecore directory:" -
>>>> the directory you'll most likely find there is
>>>> "/var/crash/<hostname>", and in that directory, you should find
>>>> unix.N and vmcore.N (N: 0, 1, ...).
>>>>
>>>> gzip vmcore.N and put it up somewhere ftp'able.
>>>>
>>>> HTH
>>>> Michael
>>>>
>>>
>> Peter, how did you go about getting OpenSolaris on your MacBook?
>>
>> Did you use this from Paul Mitchell?
>> http://blogs.sun.com/paulm/entry/dual_partitioning_a_macbook_pro
>>
>> I have a MacBook Pro (rev 3) with NVIDIA Geforce 8600 GT. If it works
>> on mine, I'm positive it's the GPU on yours. They use the same CPU,
>> same disks, same OS, same memory depending on slight configuration
>> changes. (Fast disks, etc) Is your chipset the Intel 965?
>>
>> James
>
Okay. I upgraded from a first gen MacBook Pro to a rev 3 because of
the NVIDIA graphics, pre-N out of the box, and Santa Rosa. You're
right, 945 was it.
James
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