[OpenIndiana-discuss] Sun Ray versions on OI

[Daniel Kjar]

I did not know... Thanks.  I noticed that with Sun studio as well.  I 
have it running on my oi upgraded from opensol box so I guess I will 
have to make sure not to bork that machine.

Since 4.2 has been flawless I will probably just leave my srss alone.  I 
bought my seats from sun so I don't even want to ask oracle how much it 
would cost now.

On 11/26/11 08:24 PM, Rainer Heilke wrote:
> Thank you very much for the complete directions.
>
> I never had a problem under any install of OpenSolaris  that I can 
> recall, but under OI, it installed without errors but the Sun Rays 
> wouldn't come up. Your email suggests a couple reasons to me as to 
> why. I'll reinstall OI in the next week and try your instructions. 
> Thanks!
>
> BTW, there's a newer version of SRSS,  but like 4.2 it has not been 
> made to work with Solaris 11. Neither has any version of Sun Studio 
> for that matter, including the new beta. Oracle has made every release 
> of 11 a moving target, much more so than OpenSolaris under Sun ever was.
>
> Once again, thank you very much,
> 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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