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How to check what kind of the graphics card installed in Solaris
Posted by JC on July 10th, 2003


Can anyone tell me how to verify what kind of the graphics card is
installed in my Solaris machine: a Creator 3D graphics card or PGX ?

Thanks,
JC

Posted by Michael Heiming on July 11th, 2003


JC <jingchenzhou@yahoo.com> wrote:
Try:
man prtdiag

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Posted by Alan Coopersmith on July 13th, 2003


jingchenzhou@yahoo.com (JC) writes in comp.unix.admin:
|Can anyone tell me how to verify what kind of the graphics card is
|installed in my Solaris machine: a Creator 3D graphics card or PGX ?

ls -l /dev/fb*

Creator 3D devices will have a 'ffb' in their name, PGX 8/24/64 will
have a 'm64' in their name, PGX 32 will have a 'gfx' in their name.

(There's also the physical inspection method - Creator 3D only go into
UPA slots, PGX only go into PCI slots or are built onto the
motherboard.)

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