Solaris 10 on Virtual PC X-server configuration

Question

I have previously installed Solaris 10 b69 and b72 on Microsoft Virtual PC. In those builds I used the Xsun server and kdmconfig to set the following configuration that has been working well:
Video device: XF86-VESA VESA compatible video cards
Resolution: 1600x1200 - 65536 colors
screen: 17 inch
monitor: multifrequency 64KHz (up to 1600x1200 interlaced)
Today I installed the 3/05 release and the above configuration does not work. Testing it in kdmconfig results in errors like:
InitOutput: AddScreen failed for SUNWxf86.vesa
/var/log/Xsun.0.log shows:
(WW) No supplemental Xorg Configuration file exists, use Solaris OWconfig file
(EE) VESA(0): V_BIOS address 0x36320 out of range
(EE) PreInit done
(EE) Screen(s) found but none have a usable configuration
Now kdmconfig lets me set XF86-VGA 1024x768 - 256 colors. But that is too limiting in size and resolution.
How can I get the b72 configuration to work in the 3/05 release?

Answer 1

I did not have that option on the Solaris 9 install, but I did get the same results using a slighty different Video device:
Install Solaris 9 as normal and the default resolution as 1024x768 with 256 colors.
(1) Upon successful boot, log into the text based console.
(2) Navigate to the /usr/X/bin directory and run ./kdmconfig
(3) Change the Video Device/Monitor as follows:
Video Device: XF86-S3 S3's non- VIRGE or Savage products
Screen Size: 17-inch (43cm)
Resolution/Colors: 1024x768 - 65536 colors @75Hz
Monitor Type: MultiFrequency 64kHz (up to 1600x1200 interlaced)
Keyboard Type: Generic US-English(104-Key)
Pointing Device: Built-in PS/2 Mouse (2 Button+ 25ms 3 Button Emulation)
(4) Save settings and exit, then reboot.
Did this and it worked like a champ.