[OpenIndiana-discuss] OI-151: test drive

[Alex Lam S.L.]

After performing "sudo pkg image-update", which only seems to have
downloaded the nvidia packages (because that's the only thing being
different?), I restarted the server which boots into "openindiana-1".

And then I couldn't type into the login form at all.

So I powered off the server and power it on again - I can log in, but
then the desktop locks up straight away.

Power cycled again, and it seems to be working at the moment (I'm
typing this email on it). I googled and use the following command to
check the version of nvidia driver:

$ modinfo | grep -i nvidia
 87 fffffffff7d14000 a44008  62   1  nvidia (nvidia %I% Jun  8 2011 17:21:57)


Does that look right?


Alex.



On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Alex Lam S.L. <alexlamsl at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Jake <jak3kaj at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Jun 22, 2011, at 3:34 PM, "Alex Lam S.L." <alexlamsl at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 8:28 PM, Jake <jak3kaj at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Jun 22, 2011, at 3:23 PM, "Alex Lam S.L." <alexlamsl at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Christopher Chan
>>>>> <christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk> wrote:
>>>>>> On Wednesday, June 22, 2011 05:11 PM, Alex Lam S.L. wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The only quirks I've read into so far is the device driver for Intel
>>>>>>> AMT (which I don't use anyway), and the occasion freeze of the Gnome
>>>>>>> desktop. As for the latter - how should I recover from it? My gut
>>>>>>> feeling is that it is triggered by graphic updates on the desktop, and
>>>>>>> Ctrl+Alt+F1 doesn't seem to help other than making the whole screen go
>>>>>>> blank. The rest of the system (e.g. DNS server) is still functional,
>>>>>>> though.
>>>> See if the later Nvidia driver helps with the lockups.
>>>>
>>>> See: https://www.illumos.org/issues/1127
>>>>
>>>
>>> They mentioned the driver being put into "dev-il repo" - is that not
>>> the default repository when I run the Package Manager under OI-151?
>>>
>>>
>>> Alex.
>>
>> Yes, the repo was updated again and it was not revved. There was a discussion in the weekly meeting about that practice and going forward someone suggested to append a build letter to the release number.
>>
>> If you do another pkg image-update you should get the new Nvidia driver.
>
> So I've left the server running over the week, and today when I get
> back to it, not even the keyboard (caps/num-lock) is responding - even
> though all the other services (DNS, SSH, Apache, etc.) are working as
> normal.
>
> I'll do a "pkg image-update" now and see if I run into this again.
>
>
> Alex.
>
>
>
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> :(
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I suggest installing KDE from the KDE repo.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> More pain :(
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On the OpenIndiana wiki page it seems to suggest KDE 4.6.4:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://wiki.openindiana.org/display/oi/oi_151
>>>>>
>>>>> I will have a look and see if I can get it off the default repository tomorrow.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Alex.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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