Keith, Alan and Karen: I use beadm to create an alternate be to install to get this to work as follow on x86:
admin at line1-x4200m2:~# beadm list BE Active Mountpoint Space Policy Created -- ------ ---------- ----- ------ ------- opensolaris NR / 3.36G static 2010-02-11 16:38 admin at line1-x4200m2:~# beadm create osol_131_textinstall_gnome admin at line1-x4200m2:~# beadm mount osol_131_textinstall_gnome /mnt admin at line1-x4200m2:~# pkg -R /mnt install babel_install DOWNLOAD PKGS FILES XFER (MB) Completed 250/250 31438/31438 309.7/309.7 PHASE ACTIONS Install Phase 50503/50503 Deleting content cache admin at line1-x4200m2:~# bootadm update-archive -R /mnt updating /mnt//platform/i86pc/boot_archive updating /mnt//platform/i86pc/amd64/boot_archive admin at line1-x4200m2:~# pkg -R /mnt uninstall babel_install admin at line1-x4200m2:~# beadm umount osol_131_textinstall_gnome admin at line1-x4200m2:~# beadm activate osol_131_textinstall_gnome admin at line1-x4200m2:~# After reboot, need to do svcadm enable gdm to enable gdm login I will try on sparc when I had a chance. On 02/16/10 15:04, Alan Coopersmith wrote: > Right - the HCL website mainly just covers x86 hardware, and is very > incomplete > for video cards in any case. > > Of course you can also run GNOME on a SPARC server using remote graphics > display > over the X11 or VNC protocols, or as a Sun Ray server, so local graphics > aren't > necessarily needed, depending on what you're trying to do. > > > -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com > Oracle Solaris Platform Engineering: X Window System > > mary ding wrote: >> Karen: >> >> There is support for XVR-50, >> XVR-100, XVR-300& XVR-2500. >> >> >> >> Karen Tung wrote: >>> Hi Matt, >>> >>> You mentioned that you to run GNOME on your SPARC system. >>> I just want to point out that only 1 SPARC frame buffer is support in >>> OpenSolaris >>> at this time. So, depending on whether the frame buffer on your >>> system is supported, >>> you might or might not be able to use GNOME. >>> >>> See the OpenSolaris HCL to find out whether your hardware is supported. >>> >>> http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/data/os/ >>> >>> --Karen >>> >>> On 02/16/10 11:56, Keith Mitchell wrote: >>>> The easiest method would be to: >>>> >>>> pkg install babel_install >>>> pkg uninstall babel_install slim_install >>>> >>>> This will result in an environment much like what's given by the liveCD. >>>> >>>> On 02/16/10 11:48 AM, Matt Hatley wrote: >>>>> I hate asking such a baby bird question, I was hoping for a pointer, >>>>> some procedures, even a "look here" RTFM is welcome :). >>>>> >>>>> On the TTY installer page >>>>> (http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Project+caiman/Text+Install+b131+Notes), >>>>> it says: >>>>> >>>>> "Gnome packages are not installed (but can be added later using >>>>> pkg(1))" >>>>> >>>>> Was wondering, can anyone point me to some docs or provide a simple >>>>> set of procedures to add GNOME, GDM, etc., so that a functional >>>>> windowing system will work on SPARC after a TTY install, please? >>>>> I'm hoping to find a succinct list that includes: GNOME, GDM, GUI >>>>> admin tools& base applications that get installed when using the >>>>> "Live CD". I suspect others may be working on the same problem. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Matt >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> caiman-discuss mailing list >>>> caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org >>>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> caiman-discuss mailing list >>> caiman-discuss at opensolaris.org >>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss >> > >
