Hi Kevin, * Kevin Davis (kdavis at mathworks.com) wrote: > > New to this, so please bear with me. > > Going crazy trying to install from "Live CD" image > (osol-0906-x86.iso), snv_111b. > > System is an HPxw4600 Workstation, Core 2 Quad, 2.4GHz, 6GB RAM, > NVidia GEForce, Viewsonic VG910b LCD. No KVM in use - Sun USB > Keyboard, HP USB Mouse. Network comes up fine via DHCP. > > Grub starts. Regardless of what option I choose, I get console > login. Prior to running fdisk and blowing away the Ubuntu image on > the local HD, ran the Detection Tool and all was well. > > (Documentation bug?): > >From the Getting Started doc > (http://dlc.sun.com/osol/docs/content/2009.06/getstart/sliminstall.html): > *************************************************************************** > # Insert the Live CD, then boot the system. > > Make sure to select the boot from CD option when the GRUB menu is displayed. > > **************************************************************************** > > No such option - but any options gets me to the same console login. > > Tried starting Xorg from console, and it starts but I get no > terminals and have to kill X with Ctrl-Alt-Bkspc. > > Can't run /usr/bin/gui-install - receive the following: > ld.so.1: gui-install: fatal: /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0: unknown file type > Killed
This looks like something is wrong with the media you have. You clearly shouldn't have missing libraries on the liveCD. As for dropping to console login, that indicates that either we don't support the graphics card you have (we support NVIDIA, but not older NVIDIA chipsets) or it's just more image corruption holding you up. I'd verify that you have a valid copy of the liveCD (verify md5sums), try the liveCD on another machine (or even in virtualization like virtualbox or vmware). For the graphical login issue, once you know you have valid media you can try to setup using vesa. http://blogs.sun.com/sch/entry/indiana_vesa_if_you_need Cheers, -- Glenn
