[SPARCbook] Solaris 2.6 with > 8bit color

[Michael Lorenz]

Greetings,

> I recently loaded the 5/98 release of Solaris 2.6 on a 3GX.  I tried thre
> times to install the NCE packages from tadpole.com but each time they
> broke the linker and boot loader and rendered the machine totally useless.
> I tried running the NCE binaries from my other 3GX with 2.5.1 with no
> avail.. fbconfig would just crash the screen..so how in heck can I get >
> 8bbp on this thing ?
Forget NCE, there is no NCE for 2.6.
The fbconfig that comes with Solaris does the job, but you're better off
with the Tadpole packages for 2.6.

bye
Michael