Hi Rob, I did not see a posting from you on the list, could it be that you are not a subscriber? I will forward your question on to the list.
Hello List, Can anyone provide a suggestion for how vnc server and gdm can be enabled on a SPARC headless server? David Halko http://svr4.blogspot.com/ http://netmgt.blogspot.com/ P.S. Rob is starting an X Gui wrapper for SVR4 package installers On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 8:39 PM, Rob Petty <rob.a.pe...@gmail.com> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Rob Petty <rob.a.pe...@gmail.com> > Date: Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 2:22 AM > Subject: Re: [developer] [OpenIndiana-discuss] Preliminary Download > link: Illumos based MartUX_OpenIndiana_Edition for SPARC LiveDVD > (without installer) > To: Discussion list for OpenIndiana <openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org> > Cc: develo...@lists.illumos.org > > > Hello Martin and all, > > I'm working with David on his SPARC systems (do not have video cards), > > When trying to enable GDM, we're receiving an error: > /lib/svc/method/svc-gdm: not found > > Any help with this is appreciated. > > - Rob > > (more extensive log follows) > > # svcs gdm > STATE STIME FMRI > maintenance 23:05:06 svc:/application/graphical-login/gdm:default > # svcs -L gdm > /var/svc/log/application-graphical-login-gdm:default.log > # cat /var/svc/log/application-graphical-login-gdm:default.log > [ start + 135.51s Disabled. ] > [ Oct 3 23:03:53 Enabled. ] > [ Oct 3 23:03:55 Executing start method ("/lib/svc/method/svc-gdm > start"). ] > /sbin/sh[1]: exec: /lib/svc/method/svc-gdm: not found > [ Oct 3 23:03:55 Method "start" exited with status 127. ] > [ Oct 3 23:03:56 Executing start method ("/lib/svc/method/svc-gdm > start"). ] > /sbin/sh[1]: exec: /lib/svc/method/svc-gdm: not found > [ Oct 3 23:03:56 Method "start" exited with status 127. ] > [ Oct 3 23:03:56 Executing start method ("/lib/svc/method/svc-gdm > start"). ] > /sbin/sh[1]: exec: /lib/svc/method/svc-gdm: not found > [ Oct 3 23:03:56 Method "start" exited with status 127. ] > [ Oct 3 23:04:30 Leaving maintenance because clear requested. ] > [ Oct 3 23:04:30 Enabled. ] > [ Oct 3 23:04:30 Executing start method ("/lib/svc/method/svc-gdm > start"). ] > /sbin/sh[1]: exec: /lib/svc/method/svc-gdm: not found > [ Oct 3 23:04:30 Method "start" exited with status 127. ] > [ Oct 3 23:04:43 Leaving maintenance because disable requested. ] > [ Oct 3 23:04:43 Disabled. ] > [ Oct 3 23:05:06 Enabled. ] > [ Oct 3 23:05:06 Executing start method ("/lib/svc/method/svc-gdm > start"). ] > /sbin/sh[1]: exec: /lib/svc/method/svc-gdm: not found > [ Oct 3 23:05:06 Method "start" exited with status 127. ] > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 4:57 AM, David Halko <davidha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Good Day Martin! > > > > Some of us spent this evening working with your LiveDVD on a V120 with 4 > Gig > > RAM. > > - it takes about 48 minutes to boot > > - we have no video display, so we use the serial console > > - we figured out how to bring up ethernet interface with DHCP and an > > external VNC console > > - we like the nice selection of apps that were included on the desktop > > - we accessed your OI-SPARC via VNC from a SunRay client hosted on a > Solaris > > 10 V240 - very reliable > > - we will need to update scripts on the iso, to make it more useful as a > > live-dvd server environment > > > > This being said, this looks good enough to move forward with! Very > > professional! > > > > As far as an installer, Caiman is not required. With your direction, a > basic > > installer could be made using existing infrastructure (I see dtksh is > > bundled, meaning X, CLI, and HTTP are all reasonable... I did not look > for > > fmli yet... a solid bug-free scripting frameworks with small footprint is > > desirable.) Maybe even gdm/xdm on boot for console-less & serial-less > > installs. We may be able to assist here, with your guidance. > > > > I am wondering whether zfsdiff with snapshots may be helpful for release > > management and automatic package creation. SVR4 class-action scripts > could > > provide for compression support. Sparse SVR4 packages could be made for > > upgrades. Packages could automatically be made available over HTTP to > pkgadd > > -x option for a wanboot mini-root. Later, pkgadd could install against a > ZFS > > alternate boot environment. Perhaps zfssend from a build environment, > named > > by release. There is no reason this could/should not be 100% automated. > Once > > again, we could help here. > > > > Have you thought about a network boot from OpenBoot, maybe mounting some > NFS > > network drives from a Solaris 10 platform (until OI-SPARC is stable > enough > > to self-host)? We have some other V100's and V120's... This could make a > > very nice release management environment (zfs snapshot, boot first box, > > validate, package; zfs snapshot, boot second box, validate, package; > keep a > > few boxes always live) We would be willing to work on that, if we could > get > > a little guidance. > > > > I realize everything I said above is very brief, may not be 100% > technically > > accurate, but I think you can see that I am excited, and there are others > > ready to dig-in and bring this forward. For storage, test systems, > > scripting, and automation - we can find some resources. We don't do C, > nor > > do we do pretty, but we do functional. > > > > Thanks - David Halko > > http://svr4.blogspot.com/ > > http://netmgt.blogspot.com/ > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 11:19 AM, Martin Bochnig <mar...@martux.org> > wrote: > >> > >> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 8:38 AM, DavidHalko <davidha...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> > U da man! I will be looking into testing it tomorrow on some machines. > >> > Thank you for your efforts! > >> > > >> > Honestly, I see no value of IPS under OI SPARC since I do not expect > any > >> > software will ever be commercial software made available for IPS > under SPARC > >> > OI since it is so buggy & a moving target. > >> > > >> > There is plenty of SVR4 Solaris 10 SPARC commercial software currently > >> > available. SVR4 packaging is also extensible without code changes. We > also > >> > don't need to do pre/post install/remove scripts, if we choose not to > in > >> > SVR4 packaging. > >> > > >> > Thanks, > >> > David Halko > >> > http://svr4.blogspot.com/ > >> > http://netmgt.blogspot.com/ > >> > >> Hi David! > >> > >> many thanks for your nice comments and +1 :) > >> I'm glad to get such feedback. > >> > >> However, it is still only a LiveDVD and only pre-Alpha stuff. > >> No installer yet (and Caiman gui-install and textinstall crash early > >> during, it would be a very long story to tell) ... > >> > >> As for IPS I could not agree more with you. > >> The question is and remains, if we necessarily ___need__ IPS for > anything. > >> From a user-only's point of view it is already bad enough. > >> From a distribution-builder's view I would not even wish my worst > >> enemy to experience it (ghhrr!!!). > >> > >> Here only one current example: A user's T2000 runs pkg for 8 hours, > >> then crashes. To do a thing that would not even be necessary in the > >> first place in such a scenario, with SVR4-pkgadd! And this is how ugly > >> it is from a user's point of things. Then you do not want to imagine, > >> how one feels as a distribution-constructor!! > >> A year is nothing while fighting with IPS ... > >> > >> See the thread "pkg-discuss] gcc install?" under: > >> > >> > http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/pkg-discuss/2012-October/thread.html > >> > >> p.s. I added your SVR4 link to my footer ... > >> > >> tnx && rgds, > >> > >> %martin > >> http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/MartUX_OpenIndiana+oi_151a+SPARC+LiveDVD > >> http://www.youtube.com/user/MartUXopensolaris > >> > http://www.facebook.com/pages/MartUX_SPARC-OpenIndiana/357912020962940 > >> https://twitter.com/MartinBochnig > >> http://www.martux.org (new page not yet online, but pretty > soon) > >> > >> Forwarding David Halko's: http://svr4.blogspot.com/ > _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss