[OpenIndiana-discuss] oi dev 148 Live DVD fails, stable release?

[Marion Hakanson]

Greetings,

I'm trying the OI build 148 Live DVD out on a new Dell Optiplex 980,
and hitting a problem after selecting the default (first) grub item
to boot up.

The OS fails to come up, instead giving the error:

ld.so.1: svc.startd: fatal: libfmevent.so.1: Open failed: No such file or 
directory
ld.so.1: svc.startd: fatal: relocation error: file /lib/svc/bin/svc.startd: 
symbol _i_fmev_publish_nvl: referenced symbol not found

(and repeats a couple more times).  Then it asks for a username to
login for system maintenance.

This seems identical to OpenSolaris bug id 6980491, which I can't get
to except in the Google cache.  I don't think this has anything to do
with what kind of hardware I'm trying it on.

So, what should I be using if not build 148?  148a?  148b?

How far are we from a new stable release, anyway?  I find the lack
of news a bit concerning.  I do hear that all the action is on an IRC
channel somewhere, but I'm afraid my workflow does not allow me to
keep an ear open for realtime conversations.  I find even RSS feeds
too distracting -- give me plain old email, or a blog I can login to
once in awhile, and I can keep involved that way.

Regards,

Marion