[OpenIndiana-discuss] pkg only installing command-line tools

[Rainer Heilke]

Yep. I knew about this, and reset the root password right away. And this 
problem was irrelevant as the system had no GUI; Gnome is what I was 
trying to install.

R

On 11/25/2013 2:35 PM, Tim Mooney wrote:
> In regard to: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] pkg only installing 
> command-line...:
>
>> ... but you are sure that it might not be your DVD, RAM or mainboard
>> that's giving you a hard time? I've never heard of similar problems with
>> 151a8 so far on this list!
>
> Weren't there some issues with some of the GUI tools related to the
> (initial) root password being expired?
>
> Rainer, have you changed the root password on the system at least once
> since you initially chose one?
>
> Tim
>
>> Am 25.11.2013 um 22:43 schrieb "Rainer Heilke" 
>> <rheilke at dragonhearth.com>:
>>
>>> Thanks, I may take you up on that. Right now I'm installing software 
>>> I need. Interestingly enough, on this install, the package manager 
>>> is borked. It will start from the command line with pfexec, but not 
>>> from the System->Administration menu. Easy enough to get around, but 
>>> it makes me wonder how well the LiveCD image was tested...
>>>
>>> Rainer
>>>
>>> On 11/24/2013 11:18 PM, Stefan M?ller-Wilken wrote:
>>>> Morning Rainer,
>>>>
>>>> sorry to hear your understandable disappointment.  But I'd still be 
>>>> willing to help diagnosing the network problem if you'd share the 
>>>> output of nwamcfg, dladm et cetera.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>  Stefan
>>>> ________________________________________
>>>> Von: Rainer Heilke [rheilke at dragonhearth.com]
>>>> Gesendet: Montag, 25. November 2013 03:43
>>>> An: openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org
>>>> Betreff: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] pkg only installing command-line 
>>>> tools
>>>>
>>>> Never mind; I've given up. :-(
>>>> I need to get going setting up software, so I'm reinstalling the 
>>>> LiveCD
>>>> knowing the network is pooched and that it won't save desktop 
>>>> settings,
>>>> and who knows what else. Maybe the 151a9 update will fix things.
>>>>
>>>> A very disappointed,
>>>> Rainer
>>>>
>>>> On 11/24/2013 4:35 PM, Rainer Heilke wrote:
>>>>> I've been using:
>>>>> pkg install -v {package}
>>>>>  to install command-line tools, but it refuses to install Gnome.
>>>>> Whenever I try:
>>>>> pkg install -v {gnome,gnome-incorporation,etc}
>>>>> it spins for a few moments "Creating plan", then comes back:
>>>>> "No updates necessary for this image."
>>>>>
>>>>> But this system doesn't have any of Gnome installed, nor does pkg
>>>>> install actually install anything.
>>>>>
>>>>> Between the 151a8 LiveCD not keeping the static network 
>>>>> configurations
>>>>> (nor any of my desktop settings, I discovered), and now this, I'm
>>>>> about ready to ask if someone will send me a 151a7 LiveCD. 151a8 is
>>>>> definitely borked.
>>>>>
>>>>> Rainer
>>>>>
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