[OpenIndiana-discuss] Add Gnome to server install

[Milan Jurik]

Hi,

On 22.11.2013 08:02, Rainer Heilke wrote:
> Greetings.
>
> After spending most of the day trying to get the OI 151a8 (LiveCD
> Desktop) install to boot up with fixed IP addresses, I finally gave
> up. The wiki is very outdated, and self-contradictory. So I googled,
> and still nothing. And network-admin doesn't run without NWAM 
> enabled.
> (This system is a small home running DNS, Mediatomb, and storage
> shares.and with NWAM, I have to log in to fire up the network
> interfaces.) But it also acts occasionally as one of my desktops. So,
> since a fresh install of 151a8 Desktop cannot be made into a server, 
> I
> installed the server version.
>

if you are using static IP then what is problem to disable nwam, use 
network:physical and configure IP without automagic?

> The server version, however, is text only (of course). No Gnome. So,
> how can I add it?
>
> Note that DNS seems a bit borked. I can
> 'ping 91.194.74.133
> I can
> 'dig pkg.openindiana.org'
> but I cannot
> 'ping pkg.openindiana.org'
> getting an "unknown host" error. (??) So 'pkg refresh --full' always 
> fails.
>
> I suspect this will be the last time I install fresh, rather than
> doing an upgrade. :-(
>

Your nsswitch config is missing dns for hosts and ipnods.

> Rainer

Best regards,

Milan