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Installed OpenSolaris Development Desktop

July 28, 2009

I used the instructions here. uname -a gives me SunOS opensolaris-tp 5.11 snv_118 i86pc i386 i86pc Solaris, previous one was svn_111b. This build seems even more stable than 111b, which would lock up on the strangest occurences — e.g., changing the size of a FireFox window playing a Flash video. When I closed the lid, I would get the password prompt to unlock the screen but it would stay there, covering everything under it. Sure, I could log off, then log on again but that´s a workaround, not a solution. This time, with the development build, I can close the lid, open it up again to get the unlock screen, and it would go away. No lock-ups either on Flash or other videos. My sound card also seems to be supported, no more need for the OpenSound drivers. I couldn´t complete the instructions though — pfexec pkg install verm-b111-i386 — because it would time out on SUNWgnome-commander, but I guess I can live with that for now.

 Life keeps getting better.



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Posted by Daniel Escasa at 10:44 am | permalink

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that timeout is a known problem. try setting PKG_CLIENT_TIMEOUT variable to at least 15-20 mins.

e.g. env PKG_CLIENT_TIMEOUT=1000 pfexec pkg install SUNWgnome-commander

btw, i’m glad that my 1.0rc2 mplayer package worked on your system. i have a new mplayer solaris datastream package format (built using latest snapshot release of mplayer and latest livemedia ;-)

Posted by norbertc at July 28, 2009, 4:58 pm

Thanks for the suggestion, Norbert, will try it once I boot into my OpenSolaris. In Windows now because I’m trying out some software for a neighbor, and she’s hesitant to get into a Freenix at the moment. Maybe in the coming weeks or months. Baby steps :)

I just wish there were an OSol equivalent of the FreeBSD handbook, where you can find solutions to most problems. The “well known problem” of the timeout is not so well known to me :)

Posted by Daniel Escasa at July 28, 2009, 10:54 pm

Darn, a simple Google search would’ve brought up that solution — which means that it *is* well-known after all :) regardless of my own knowledge (of course!). Anyway, the pkg install of verm-b115-i386 is close to completion: 376.0/418.9 as I write this, and it should be done in a few minutes.

Posted by Daniel Escasa at July 29, 2009, 2:08 am

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