Asset ID:	1-72-1010661.1
Update Date:	2009-02-11
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Solution Type  Problem Resolution Sure

Solution  1010661.1 :   Sun[TM] XVR-500/1000: Driver install script will fail on Solaris[TM] 8 with kernel patch 108528-14 or later.  


PreviouslyPublishedAs
214716

Symptoms
On SUNW,Sun-Blade-1000 type systems (e.g. Sun Blade[TM] 1000 and Sun
Blade[TM] 2000) running Solaris 8 with kernel patch 108528-14 or newer, the install script of the XVR-500 or XVR-1000 Driver CD will fail when it tries to install a required patch. The list of required patches is given below:

  108576-52  X     (only if the driver packages are already installed)
111310-01  X
112334-02  X  Y  (obsoleted by 108528-14)
111293-01  X     (obsoleted by 108528-21)
108528-13  X  Y
110460-07  X     (obsoleted by 108528-29)
109888-16  X  Y  (obsoleted by 108528-29)
109543-19  X     (only for OpenGL 1.2.1 on 32bit or 64bit platform)
109544-19  X     (only for OpenGL 1.2.1 on 64bit platform)
111993-02  X     (only for OpenGL 1.2.2 on 32bit or 64bit platform)
111994-02  X     (only for OpenGL 1.2.2 on 64bit platform)
112628-02  X     (only for OpenGL 1.2.3 on 32bit or 64bit platform)
112629-02  X     (only for OpenGL 1.2.3 on 64bit platform)
Patches marked by 'X' are required for the XVR-500 driver whereas those
marked by 'Y' are required for the XVR-1000 driver.
Since 108528-14 includes 112334, patchadd for 112334-02 will fail if the
system has 108528-14 or newer.  Subsequently, the install script will
terminate with an error similar to the one below:
*** Installing Sun XVR-500 Graphics Accelerator support for Solaris 8...
*** Installing patch 112334-02 for Solaris 8...
*** Failed to install patch 112334-02 for Solaris 8!
As a result, the optional OpenGL packages that the user selected and their
patches, if any, will also not be installed.  Please note that the XVR-1000
driver includes only packages for OpenGL 1.2.3 and no OpenGL patches.

Resolution
Even if the install script failed in the above circumstances, the failure
can be ignored.
This is because the driver packages for XVR-500 (i.e. SUNWifb.u, SUNWifbcf, SUNWifbr, SUNWifbw, and possibly even SUNWifbx.u) or XVR-1000 (i.e. SUNWgfb.u, SUNWgfbcf, SUNWgfbr, SUNWgfbw, SUNWvid, and possibly even SUNWgfbx.u) were either already installed on the system or were installed by the install script prior to the patchadd failure.

So, depending on the version of 108528, users may afterward apply those patches that were not applied. For instance, systems with 108528-29 or newer require no further patching. However, if users require OpenGL support, they then must manually install the OpenGL packages and patches thereof from the XVR-500 or XVR-1000 Driver CD or from:

http://wwws.sun.com/software/graphics/opengl/index.html

Product
Sun XVR-500 Graphics Accelerator
Sun XVR-1000 Graphics Accelerator
Sun Blade 1500 Workstation
Sun Blade 1000 Workstation
Sun Blade 2000 Workstation

Internal Comments
For internal Sun use only.

This is not a bug in the install scripts, because these drivers were
released prior to 108528-14.
108528, XVR-500, IFB, XVR-1000, GFB, OpenGL, Install Script
Previously Published As
74583

Change History
Date: 2006-01-23
User Name: 25440
Action: Approved
Comment: SSH AUDIT
Version: 1
Date: 2006-01-23
User Name: 25440
Action: Update Started
Comment: SSH AUDIT
Version: 0

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