On Sun, 2007-08-19 at 18:05 -0400, Dennis Clarke wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-08-19 at 17:27 -0400, Dennis Clarke wrote: > >> Strangly .. basic applications fail to launch. > >> > >> For example, I wanted to see what happens when I insert a Microsoft > >> Windows > >> Vista Business Edition DVD into my machine. I would expect that it > >> would be > >> automatically mounted but I was wrong .. snv_70 mounted the DVD as a > >> HSFS > >> filesystem which it is not. It is actually UDFS and there is a small > >> readme > >> on the DVD to that effect. I attempted to read that README ... and .. > >> nada > >> ..just a core file : > >> > >> When I insert the DVD I see this : > >> > >> http://www.blastwave.org/dclarke/blog/images/snv_70_000.png > >> > >> then when I double click on the README file I see this : > >> > >> http://www.blastwave.org/dclarke/blog/images/snv_70_001.png > >> > >> if I click on Display I get nothing but an hour glass and then ... > >> nothing. > >> > >> I get a core file : > >> > >> $ file core > >> core: ELF 32-bit LSB core file 80386 Version 1, from 'gnome_segv2' > >> > >> $ rm core > >> > >> In fact, at this point I try to open a terminal or any other sort of > >> application and all I get is an hour glass and then a new core file. > >> > >> $ file core > >> core: ELF 32-bit LSB core file 80386 Version 1, from 'gnome_segv2' > >> > >> If I try to use gimp ... I get even more oddity : > >> > >> $ /bin/gimp > >> This is a development version of GIMP. Debug messages may appear > >> here. > >> > >> /bin/gimp: fatal error: Segmentation Fault > >> /bin/gimp (pid:12317): [E]xit, [H]alt, show [S]tack trace or > >> [P]roceed: P > >> > >> I can use the gimp 2.2.12 from Blastwave as well as SeaMonkey 1.1.4 > >> but I > >> can not start a terminal or gimp or much of anything now with snv_70. > >> > >> http://www.blastwave.org/dclarke/blog/images/snv_70_002.png > >> > >> I feel like I installed SeaMonkey and then ran into some strange > >> conflict. > >> > >> This all began because someone had filed and email to the Blastwave > >> users > >> maillist that described some font problems with evince but I can not > >> reproduce the problem here. I get a perfect looking document with the > >> provided evince in snv_70 : > >> > >> http://www.blastwave.org/dclarke/blog/images/evince_081.png > >> > >> as well as version 0.9.0 from Blastwave > >> > >> http://www.blastwave.org/dclarke/blog/images/evince_090.png > >> > >> from there on in .. things get weird as I try to open up new > >> applications. > > > > Everything is working nicely here - mind you, I did a clean install. > > > > me too > > at this point .. not much is working and I suspect a rat in there somewhere. > I can not do the most simple things like open a terminal. Nothing seems to > start and I don't want ot shut down my current working apps which consists > of a browser and two xterms. > > I did manage to mount the Microsoft Vista DVD as a UDF filesystem just for a > lark : http://www.blastwave.org/dclarke/blog/images/snv_70_003.png > > but nothing here is working very well ... I better get that Microsoft DVD > out of there! I was hoping to install it under QEMU but at this point I > think that is just not going to happen. > > I may just go back to square zero and reinstall. > > Dennis >
Interesting, the only insane thing I did with the creation of a standard user account was to add every profile under the sun to the user account - I wonder if they would make a difference? Matthew _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
