Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Older vbox (5.0.28) failure - maybe something simple
Jerry Kemp writes: > I'm not running hipster yet. I need to figure out a new ATX board to > upgrade to before I move from older code to hipster. I used versions of Vbox from earlyish 4.0.X all the way up to 5.0.28 on older code too. oi bld 151_9. The first big stumbling Block is that Vbox is using old gcc version of 4.5.X. Hipster defaults to 4.9.X. And that rules out even there newest version. 5.1.18. So like Alexander P inferred, we can't expect hipster to go backwards to accomodate Vbox. They must be having somekind of problems over at vbox with newer versions of gcc. ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Older vbox (5.0.28) failure - maybe something simple
I'm not running hipster yet. I need to figure out a new ATX board to upgrade to before I move from older code to hipster. Jerry On 04/14/17 03:45 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: Jerry Kemp writes: FWIW, I have been running strong and with no issues with version 5.0.2. Good to hear... what does `uname -a' report? ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Older vbox (5.0.28) failure - maybe something simple
Jerry Kemp writes: > FWIW, I have been running strong and with no issues with version 5.0.2. > Good to hear... what does `uname -a' report? ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Older vbox (5.0.28) failure - maybe something simple
FWIW, I have been running strong and with no issues with version 5.0.2. Good luck, Jerry On 04/14/17 10:23 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: Wanting to get vms running that I brought over when making the move to hipster from 151_9... I found first that newer vbox versions are a no-go for now. So, went back to 5.0.28 and I can see it wants to install .. it went like this (large chunks elided): root # pkgadd -d ./VirtualBox-5.0.28-SunOS-amd64-r111378.pkg The following packages are available: 1 SUNWvbox Oracle VM VirtualBox (i386) 5.0.28,REV=2016.10.18.20.13.111378 [...] Current administration requires that a unique instance of the package be created. However, the maximum number of instances of the package which may be supported at one time on the same system has already been met. No changes were made to the system. root # pkgrm SUNWvbox The following package is currently installed: SUNWvbox Oracle VM VirtualBox (i386) 5.1.6,REV=2016.09.19.10.01.110634 [...] ## Updating system information. Removal of was successful. ## Updating system information. Removal of was successful. So, I did have a Vbox pkg failure with an earlier attempted install of vbox version 5.1.16 and apparently it was seen as installed. So, as above I ran pkgrm and was told the pkg was successfully removed. Then again ran: pkgadd -d ./VirtualBox-5.0.28-SunOS-amd64-r111378.pkg The following packages are available: 1 SUNWvbox Oracle VM VirtualBox (i386) 5.0.28,REV=2016.10.18.20.13.111378 [...] /opt/VirtualBox/vboxwebsrv /opt/VirtualBox/webtest [ verifying class ] ## Executing postinstall script. Checking for older bits... ## Failed to parse the Solaris kernel major version. ## ERROR!! Failed to remove older/partially installed bits. pkgadd: ERROR: postinstall script did not complete successfully I wondered if this might be something fairly easy to fix, but don't have much of a clue as to where to start. ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Older vbox (5.0.28) failure - maybe something simple
Will Brokenbourgh writes: > On 04/14/17 08:23, Harry Putnam wrote: >> Wanting to get vms running that I brought over when making the move to >> hipster from 151_9... I found first that newer vbox versions are a >> no-go for now. >> [...] >>Checking for older bits... >>## Failed to parse the Solaris kernel major version. >>## ERROR!! Failed to remove older/partially installed bits. >>pkgadd: ERROR: postinstall script did not complete successfully >> >> I wondered if this might be something fairly easy to fix, but don't >> have much of a clue as to where to start. [...] > Hi Harry, > > I had the same problem. I'm not in OI at the moment, but I think it's > in /var/pkg or similar where there's a bunch of left-over stuff that > doesn't get deleted properly and has to be deleted manually. Do a find > for vbox in /var and that will probably put you in the right > direction. I have had similar issues with VirtualBox and I installed > a special Hipster version that was given to me. I cannot find the > link now, but if necessary, I can post it somewhere for you. It also > required boost and boost/g++ from the SFE repo. Very helpful thanks. Removing those bits did allow to try some more... I tried a slightly newer version of 5.0.X (5.0.36) again but of course hit the same problem (not the leftover bits) again... something to do with the install not recognizing the kernel version: pkgadd -d ./VirtualBox-5.0.36-SunOS-amd64-r114008.pkg [...] /opt/VirtualBox/vboxwebsrv /opt/VirtualBox/webtest [ verifying class ] ## Executing postinstall script. Checking for older bits... ## Failed to parse the Solaris kernel major version. ## ERROR!! Failed to remove older/partially installed bits. pkgadd: ERROR: postinstall script did not complete successfully Installation of failed. I also tried a version Geof N is working on: http://opensxce.org/virtualbox5_qt4/testbins/ I managed to install it following Geof's clear instructions but once installed I was not able to to do much with the command line tools.. (No gui gets installed). Not really sure if just my bungling the cmdline or they just did not work. But was not able to get anywhere with it. The VBoxManage tool was not able to list my vms. ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Older vbox (5.0.28) failure - maybe something simple
On 04/14/17 08:23, Harry Putnam wrote: Wanting to get vms running that I brought over when making the move to hipster from 151_9... I found first that newer vbox versions are a no-go for now. So, went back to 5.0.28 and I can see it wants to install .. it went like this (large chunks elided): root # pkgadd -d ./VirtualBox-5.0.28-SunOS-amd64-r111378.pkg The following packages are available: 1 SUNWvbox Oracle VM VirtualBox (i386) 5.0.28,REV=2016.10.18.20.13.111378 [...] Current administration requires that a unique instance of the package be created. However, the maximum number of instances of the package which may be supported at one time on the same system has already been met. No changes were made to the system. root # pkgrm SUNWvbox The following package is currently installed: SUNWvbox Oracle VM VirtualBox (i386) 5.1.6,REV=2016.09.19.10.01.110634 [...] ## Updating system information. Removal of was successful. ## Updating system information. Removal of was successful. So, I did have a Vbox pkg failure with an earlier attempted install of vbox version 5.1.16 and apparently it was seen as installed. So, as above I ran pkgrm and was told the pkg was successfully removed. Then again ran: pkgadd -d ./VirtualBox-5.0.28-SunOS-amd64-r111378.pkg The following packages are available: 1 SUNWvbox Oracle VM VirtualBox (i386) 5.0.28,REV=2016.10.18.20.13.111378 [...] /opt/VirtualBox/vboxwebsrv /opt/VirtualBox/webtest [ verifying class ] ## Executing postinstall script. Checking for older bits... ## Failed to parse the Solaris kernel major version. ## ERROR!! Failed to remove older/partially installed bits. pkgadd: ERROR: postinstall script did not complete successfully I wondered if this might be something fairly easy to fix, but don't have much of a clue as to where to start. ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss Hi Harry, I had the same problem. I'm not in OI at the moment, but I think it's in /var/pkg or similar where there's a bunch of left-over stuff that doesn't get deleted properly and has to be deleted manually. Do a find for vbox in /var and that will probably put you in the right direction. I have had similar issues with VirtualBox and I installed a special Hipster version that was given to me. I cannot find the link now, but if necessary, I can post it somewhere for you. It also required boost and boost/g++ from the SFE repo. Thanks, Will Brokenbourgh Sent from my FreeBSD desktop ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
[OpenIndiana-discuss] Older vbox (5.0.28) failure - maybe something simple
Wanting to get vms running that I brought over when making the move to hipster from 151_9... I found first that newer vbox versions are a no-go for now. So, went back to 5.0.28 and I can see it wants to install .. it went like this (large chunks elided): root # pkgadd -d ./VirtualBox-5.0.28-SunOS-amd64-r111378.pkg The following packages are available: 1 SUNWvbox Oracle VM VirtualBox (i386) 5.0.28,REV=2016.10.18.20.13.111378 [...] Current administration requires that a unique instance of the package be created. However, the maximum number of instances of the package which may be supported at one time on the same system has already been met. No changes were made to the system. root # pkgrm SUNWvbox The following package is currently installed: SUNWvbox Oracle VM VirtualBox (i386) 5.1.6,REV=2016.09.19.10.01.110634 [...] ## Updating system information. Removal of was successful. ## Updating system information. Removal of was successful. So, I did have a Vbox pkg failure with an earlier attempted install of vbox version 5.1.16 and apparently it was seen as installed. So, as above I ran pkgrm and was told the pkg was successfully removed. Then again ran: pkgadd -d ./VirtualBox-5.0.28-SunOS-amd64-r111378.pkg The following packages are available: 1 SUNWvbox Oracle VM VirtualBox (i386) 5.0.28,REV=2016.10.18.20.13.111378 [...] /opt/VirtualBox/vboxwebsrv /opt/VirtualBox/webtest [ verifying class ] ## Executing postinstall script. Checking for older bits... ## Failed to parse the Solaris kernel major version. ## ERROR!! Failed to remove older/partially installed bits. pkgadd: ERROR: postinstall script did not complete successfully I wondered if this might be something fairly easy to fix, but don't have much of a clue as to where to start. ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
