Hi Lonnie,
X server environment can be installed using pkgsrc. But in SmartOS, you
are very limited. You can make it running but expecting even a working
web browser is a bit daring. Here is what you need to do:
- bootstrap pkgsrc into the global zone
- basic X org:
pkgin install modular-xorg-server xf86-video-vesa xf86-input-keyboard
xf86-input-mouse xhost xauth dejavu-ttf xinit
- create an unprivileged user (make sure the user and homedir persist
after reboot)
- choose a window manager (for example, I've seen icewm and fluxbox working)
pkgin install fluxbox
echo fluxbox > ~/.xinitrc # run this as unprivileged user
- or
pkgin install icewm
echo icewm-session > ~/.xinitrc # run this as unprivileged user
startx # run this as unprivileged user
And don't use 2016Q4 repo. AFAIK the X mouse integration is broken
there. Use newer (2017Q2 worked for me).
Jan
On 25. 10. 2017 0:19, Lonnie Cumberland wrote:
Greetings All,
Hope that everyone is doing well.
While still working on my smartos-based cluster, which is coming along
more and more, I decided to explore and investigate various Illumos
based dialects.
In particular, I was looking for the smallest footprint and stable
release that I could find. In my search, I came across a number of
Illumos based distributions (OpenIndiana, OmniOS, Nexenta, etc.) but
all of them seem to have, or not have as the case may be, some core
features that I was seeking which may have brought me back to SmartOS
for this general exploration.
Basically, it seems that SmartOS has the smallest footprint, from what
I can tell, and seems to be better, at least for what is does as a
hypervisor which is what I am interested in as well.
it also seems that all, or most of the distrobutions, like OpenIndiana
can use the SmartOS package system and repositories and I think that I
read that all of them can also use it as they are all Illumos-based.
Long story short, I think that I would like to take a copy of SmartOS
and see about adding a very small XServer and just one X-application
to the global zone.
With this in mind, I was wondering if anyone has done something
similar, or might be able to offer some guidance as I am really coming
from the Windows/Linux world and my Solaris background is very limited.
Thanks in advance,
Lonnie
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