[OpenIndiana-discuss] Sun Ray versions on OI

[Daniel Kjar]

Glad to hear it.

On 12/ 2/11 04:40 PM, Rainer Heilke wrote:
> Thank you again for your help. I managed to do the (working) install 
> this morning. Both Sun Rays are working wonderfully!
>
> Rainer
>
> On 11/26/2011 8:07 AM, Daniel Kjar wrote:
>>>> Hi Rainer,
>>>>
>>>> I am using the newest version of SRSS.  I installed it on a 
>>>> completely 'fresh' install of OI and followed the instructions at 
>>>> http://wiki.sun-rays.org/index.php/SRS_5.1_on_Solaris_11_Express  
>>>> and it worked perfectly.
>>>>
>>>> I had already set my system up for a static ip. So I skipped the 
>>>> first part.  What error are you getting on the rays?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>      SRSS 4.2
>>>>
>>>> First of all note that SRS 5 and SRS 5.1 both deliver SRSS 4.2. SRS 
>>>> 5.1 includes updates to SRSS 4.2 but they are in Solaris patch 
>>>> format and Solaris 11 no longer recognizes that format, so you will 
>>>> not be able to apply updates. You can choose to download/install 
>>>> SRSS from SRS 5 or from SRS 5.1 and you will get the same result. 
>>>> The SRS 5.1 utinstall program will issue a harmless error at the 
>>>> end about its inability to apply patches.
>>>>
>>>>      * Download SRSS from SRS 5 or SRS 5.1 and run utinstall (ignore
>>>>        the error at the end of the 5.1 install). *No need to reboot at
>>>>        this time!!!*
>>>>      * work around a couple of bugs
>>>>          o 6909966 [OSol] SRSS 5 GDM can't start X server on
>>>>            OpenSolaris osol-snv_129 (XKeepsCrashing)
>>>>
>>>> mkdir /etc/opt/SUNWut/X11
>>>> echo "catalogue:/etc/X11/fontpath.d">  /etc/opt/SUNWut/X11/fontpath
>>>>
>>>>      *
>>>>          o 6911862 /opt/SUNWut/lib/Xnewt is unable to find
>>>>            libXfont.so.1 and libfontenc.so.1
>>>>
>>>> ln -s /usr/lib/xorg /usr/X11/lib/X11/xserver
>>>>
>>>>      * configure in the usual manner utilizing utadm and utconfig (and
>>>>        optionally utfwadm and utreplica), then activate the software
>>>>        (or reboot, and proceed to SRWC 2.3 instructions if desired):
>>>>
>>>> /opt/SUNWut/lib/utctl enable
>>>>
>>>>      * Ignore the GDM restart error from utctl, and restart via SMF:
>>>>
>>>> svcadm restart gdm
>>>>
>>>>      * If you do not intend to install SRWC, restart SRSS now:
>>>>
>>>> /opt/SUNWut/sbin/utrestart -c
>>>
>>
>
>

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