Hello, I just installed the Solaris Express Community Edition on my workstation. I've run into a few snags and I have a few questions.
bash-3.2$ uname -a SunOS dagney 5.11 snv_78 i86pc i386 i86pc I have an nvidia 7800gt graphics card and the graphical installer went corrupt after a few minutes and then locked up shortly after that. So I used the text installer. I've been trying to run the sun updater for about 30 minutes now and it's just sitting there doing nothing. There is very little network activity but both cpu's in the machine are making very nice sine wave pattern as they move from 0 to 100% usage and back. Is this normal? I checked the md5sums of the files that I concatenated into the dvd iso and I checked the dvd iso itself as well. My big question though is, software management. How do I find out whats installed on the system? How do I install new software? I've been using debian for a few years now. That might help you to understand where I'm coming from. I can't seem to find a basic introduction to the concepts and tools used in solaris to manage software. I've installed solaris off and on over the years since version 8. I owned an ultra 80 for a few years as well (although I mostly used linux on it) and I'm really impressed with how far solaris has come. Thanks for your time and keep up the excellent work. Abe -- "Nothing is easier than to admit in words the truth of the universal struggle for life, or more difficult -- at least I have found it so -- than constantly to bear this conclusion in mind. Yet unless it be thoroughly engrained in the mind, I am convinced that the whole economy of nature, with every fact on distribution, rarity, abundance, extinction, and variation, will be dimly seen or quite misunderstood." -- Charles Darwin "The Origin of Species"
