Solaris 10 x86 install and X Windows

Greetings,
I am having trouble getting the X server to come up on a new install of S10 on an x86 platform. I have run the kdmconfig utility and it correctly detects the hardware for the Xsun server. I tried to use the instructions for Xorg but Xorg does not appear to have been installed.
Any ideas as to what I should try next?
Thanks
TC

it was suggested that one should try to change the resolution.
Question: is there any way to change the resolution of the
Sun X server while it is running ? If not, what config file controls resolution ?
steve

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