[OpenIndiana-discuss] OpenSXCE/SPARC: It was a mistake to keep the site online.
Martin Bochnig
martin at martux.org
Sun Sep 14 17:02:42 UTC 2014
It was a mistake to keep the site online.
Cordial thanks nevertheless to the few fellows, who have proven to be
true friends.
And although I wanted to publish the src long ago (and in fact did
contribute openly [in real-time openly] from 2005 till 2009), now
that's the final nail in the coffin.
p.s. to Nikola: You stated long ago, that you are not a coder, so what
are your plans with the src?
Furthermore it is nonsense what you write about the CDDL terms. The
CDDL permits the developer to keep the src closed, similar to the Xorg
license.
For this reason the exact opposite of what Mr. Nikola wrote.
He is a person who never ever did _anything_ for OpenSXCE, SPARC nor
for myself. What gives him the riht to place demand after demand after
demand???
I saw a number of folks throw around with their "plans" and technical terms.
It is almost funny.
The most ridiculous part was with the alldged "Putin-backdoor" which
one smart person (from Poland?) expects to be hidden in OpenSXCE.
For such blind idiots I no longer waste my time.
Also sad, that only a friend pointed out that OpenSXCE was until today
also available for x86/x64.
Even with native Intel gfx support via DRM/GEM
Plus with native support for the final Adobe Flash plugin (no loading
order workaround nor anything else LD* related).
I bet a million that there will never be any distro coming only
remotely close to OpenSXCE.
http://openindiana.org/pipermail/openindiana-discuss/2014-September/date.html
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NEVER AGAIN!
What a zombified world ... :(
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http://opensxce.blogspot.de/
https://www.facebook.com/OpenSXCE
https://twitter.com/martinbochnig
http://vineyardsaker.blogspot.de/
As nobody reading OI lists ever took the time to read my README, now I
include it here, as opensxce.org is now offline:
http://svr4.opensxce.org/RELEASE_NOTES__OpenSXCE2014.05_x86_x64_INTEL32-64_AMD32-64____sun4u_sun4v_SPARC.txt
http://svr4.opensxce.org/RELEASE_NOTES__OpenSXCE2014.05_x86_x64_INTEL32-64_AMD32-64____sun4u_sun4v_SPARC.txt
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### WHAT's NEW in 2014.05 x86/x64 Intel32/64 AMD32/64:
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http://svr4.opensxce.org/201405/i386/DVD/
http://svr4.opensxce.org/201405/i386/USB/
http://svr4.opensxce.org/201405/i386/VHDD__7GB_FULLINSTALL/
http://svr4.opensxce.org/201405/i386/REPO_redist/
http://svr4.opensxce.org/201405/i386/CD__MinimumBase__UNTESTED/
http://svr4.opensxce.org/201405/i386/USB__MinimumBase__UNTESTED/
http://svr4.opensxce.org/201405/i386/5.11/
Many bugs already fixed, see @BUGS
Zones now supported (brand: SUNWsvr4pkgutil)
Adobe flash-player plugin 11.x works
FF29, TB29, Evolution works now, emacs now ok
NVIDIA drivers included on x86
COMPIZ now included on x86, only works with NVIDIA at this time
OS/Net: Illumos checkout 20140505
all ZFS compression types now supported
Now additionally pre-installed onto LiveDVD/USB: Driver utility,
Evolution, Emacs, FF29, TB29, Rich Lowe's gcc 444 etc ...
I decided to finally ship the long promised Intel DRM/GEM/KMS port,
although it is still limited and broken at this moment.
All KMS-only Intel ddx'es (all the way from 2.10 to 2.22.910 / 3.0RC)
do manage to negotiate GEM and KMS and come up into a typical "-retro"
X11 root-window, but then get lost in an indefinite loop of pollsys()
/ ioctl(). The X11 server never gets to the point where it accepts any
connections.
Therefore OpenSXCE uses the one of OpenBSD5.3's Xenocara, which is
mistakenly sometimes referred to as the "last UMS-capable" driver,
which is nonsense. While it still contains Mathhieu Herrb's UMS
backports for older chipsets, new hardware requires KMS to be present,
anyway in the 2010/2011 state of development. Also it requires at
least a lot more of GEM support, than the DRM/GEM code included in
OS/Net 147 (and hence Illumos) had.
To test this, the easiest is to remove /dev/dri/card0, and then see
which error messages you get ;-)
Whatever, on Sandy and higher I enabled DRI2 for this release, as
demonstration. glxgears (which needs AIGLX and not DRI2) works fine.
xdriinfo and glxinfo also confirm, that DRI2 is up and running on
Sandy (as indicated by Xorg.0.log), but as soon as you want to start
compiz, it segfaults and you end up in text mode (if enabled, gdm
screen).
Whatever, I think this provides a huge improvement over everything
else in the Illumos distro-space.
Benefits over vesa include power management/suspend (maybe nice for
Note-/Netbooks), also support of higher resolutions and higher refresh
frequencies.
After I noticed, that FF29 kills gnome-session every so and so mintes,
they question is now, if I downgrade FF to 26 (from the then planned
2014.01) or down to 21. FF21 is old but known to work. FF26 still had
the old FF UI but I never tested it days long. Compromise: I
downgraded to FF26 and TB25, and later write something where you can
manually download and test FF29/TB29 and also the old 21 versions.
As announced earlier, Flash plugin.latest (Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202)
works as well as on any Sun/Oracle Solaris release. Why this way of
expressing it? It works rock-stable with compatible stream formats
that are of its time. I fixed something in the kernel, deep down. I
did not tweak any loading order in case of Flash. No url needs to be
visited an nothing obscure like that. On the other hand: If you come
across a website using the top-notch latest stream formats (version
Flash 12.x or 13.x) you may see instabilities, especially when
interacting with it (e.g. if you try to rewind, skip ahead in the
stream, enable or disable fullscreen mode. But this has nothing to
deal with the problems that were introduced by the Illumos kernel bug.
As we don't have Flash sources, I wouldn't even blame Illumos for the
bug. It is simply an incompatibility, while we may never know wheather
it is a bug in Flash 11.x (earlier versions worked) or Illumos. It is
not a question of blaming somebody. And ok, one day in the future I
send them the fix. At this time however (Western meddling in Ukraine!)
I'm in no modd to do so. Not after the earlier things that happened
regarding OpenSXCE's "heartily welcome" on their lists.
Xorg on x86/x64 is now based on my months long merger from last
summer: FOX-gate revived.
Xorg 12.2 (intentionally downgraded back to that version, because it
is the only way to support old xaa and modern uxa based ddx'es
simultanously in the same xserver!
I ported Oracle's newer X11 gate back into the old FOX gate, in oder
to keep X11 in .usr/X11 (rather than flat in /usr).
Also: Backported to continue to support IA32 and keep 32 vs. 64 bit
versions of bins and libs separate!
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### WHAT's NEW in 2014.05 SPARC:
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http://svr4.opensxce.org/201405/sparc/DVD/
http://svr4.opensxce.org/201405/sparc/USB/
http://svr4.opensxce.org/201405/sparc/REPO_redist/
Zones now supported (brand: SUNWsvr4pkgutil)
Adobe flash-player plugin 11.x works
FF29, TB29, Evolution works now, emacs now ok
OS/Net: Illumos checkout 20140505
all ZFS compression types now also on SPARC
Now additionally pre-installed onto LiveDVD/USB: Driver utility,
Evolution, Emacs, FF29, TB29, Rich Lowe's gcc 444 etc ...
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### Updating an older OpenSXCE release (x86/x64 /sun4u/sun4v) to
2014.05 is supported ####
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
When I released the x86 counterpart I had promised, to write up the
Release Notes etc.
Well, that still needs to be done and probably happens today.
However, here a few lines that show you what to do, if you would like
to upgrade an existing
install to 2014.05 without having to delete anything from your disks:
HOW TO UPDATE (valid for x86 and SPARC) :
as root at youroldhost do:
#0.) yes|pkgrm CSWpkgutil
#1.) yes|pkgrm SUNWopensxce-everything
#2.) pkgadd -d http://svr4.opensxce.org/CSWpkgutil_latest.pkg
#3.a) x86: pkgadd -d
http://svr4.opensxce.org/SUNWopensxce-everything_2014.05_i386.pkg
#3.b) SPARC: pkgadd -d
http://svr4.opensxce.org/SUNWopensxce-everything_2014.05_sparc.pkg
#4.) (ensure, that /etc/opt/pkgutil.conf and /opt/csw/etc/pkgutil.conf
now have http://svr4.opensxce.org/2014.05 before all other mirror
entries)
--->>
#5.) run /usr/sbin/opensxce-upgrade-everything
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######## TextCD or LiveDVD??!
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In most cases you should not download the TextCD iso, but the LiveDVD one.
The LiveDVD image contains everything that the TextCD does, only A LOT MORE.
While the TextCD with its pre-installed "TEXTSERVER" software cluster only
delivers the core OS/Net system plus Caiman text-install and a few basic
dependencies such as Perl 5.10 or Python 2.6, the LiveDVD iso with its pre-
installed "DESKTOPJDS" cluster can either be used as Live media for desaster
recovery scenarios, or as virus-free unbreakable 24x7x365 school Web-top,
to learn OpenSXCE, to chat with your girl-friend, write your thesis in Apache
OpenOffice ... you name it, ..... or: Simply to use either gui-install or
text-install, in order to install the OpenSXCE image to your hdd.
To make the point: The LiveDVD contains both the curses based "text-install"
_and_ the X11 oriented "gui-install"! The user booting the LiveDVD gets the
following text-menu (no matter if on SPARC sun4u, sun4v or on x86 IA32
or AMD64) :
Welcome to the OpenSXCE OpenSXCE2014.05__Illumos20140505 installation menu
1 GUI-INSTALL (in Live X11 Gnome JDS)
2 GUI-INSTALL (in Live X11 IceWM)
3 TEXT-INSTALL (in console-mode, no X11)
4 SHELL (in X11 mode, xterm failsafe session)
5 SHELL (in console-mode, no X11)
6 Terminal type (currently sun)
7 REBOOT
Please enter a number [1]:
In full contrast, the following is the text-menu that you get on the TextCD:
Welcome to the OpenSXCE OpenSXCE2014.05__Illumos20140505 installation menu
1 TEXT-INSTALL (in console-mode, no X11)
2 SHELL (in console-mode, no X11)
3 Terminal type (currently sun)
4 REBOOT
Please enter a number [1]:
FAQ: Why is there a TextCD at all, then?
A: It is a service to users that ...:
* only have a CD-ROM drive, nothing newer
* don't have broadband connectivity
* want to set up a minimized dedicated Server system
(TAKE INTO ACCOUNT: By means of /usr/sbin/opensxce-fetch-everything as well as
via /usr/sbin/opensxce-upgrade-everything you can not only upgrade
your installation to a newer OpenSXCE release [such as from 2013.01 to
2014.05], but also migrate to another software cluster, more below)
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######## Installation
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Now being aware, that you most probably want the LiveDVD, you know,
which iso to choose:
wget http://svr4.opensxce.org/201405/i386/DVD/OpenSXCE_2014.05_Live_x86.iso
wget http://svr4.opensxce.org/201405/i386/DVD/OpenSXCE_2014.05_Live_x86.iso__MD5SUM.txt
Or the equivalent for SPARC:
wget http://svr4.opensxce.org/201405/sparc/DVD/OpenSXCE_2014.05_Live_SPARC.iso
wget http://svr4.opensxce.org/201405/sparc/DVD/OpenSXCE_2014.05_Live_SPARC.iso__MD5SUM.txt
Verify the MD5SUM with either:
/usr/bin/md5sum --binary <file> or digest -v -a md5 <file>
As a service to those with poor Internet connectivity you also find
split'ed versions in the subdirectories "SPLIT".
After downloading these, you may easily concatenate the parts back
into the complete file, for example:
After you downloaded files
http://svr4.opensxce.org/201405/sparc/DVD/SPLIT/OpenSXCE_2014.05_Live_SPARC.iso_____SPLIT__aa
to http://svr4.opensxce.org/201405/sparc/DVD/SPLIT/OpenSXCE_2014.05_Live_SPARC.iso_____SPLIT__ak,
in the same directory run:
cat ./OpenSXCE_2014.05_Live_SPARC.iso_____SPLIT__a? >>
./OpenSXCE_2014.05_Live_SPARC.iso
Then verify the md5sum and create the medium in the next step.
Avoid the /usr/bin/cdrw utility, to keep things simple: It is crap.
Use /usr/bin/cdrecord -scanbus to find your recorder, then something like:
# cdrecord -v -eject dev=2,0,0 driveropts=burnfree
OpenSXCE_2014.05_Live_SPARC.iso
Then, from the IEEE1275 OBP ok prompt, normally "boot cdrom" is enough.
If the "cdrom" shortcut does not yet exist, create a volatile devalias
or permanent nvalias
or skip this step and simply boot the full device path. See below for details.
The CD/DVD boots into the mentioned OpenSXCE text-menu, from there
make your choice.
BTW: Fresh disks need to be label'ed first, before the installer can use them.
Take "format -e" and use the "partition" subcommand to adjust your
VTOC, then write
it to disk by means of "label" and "0" <Enter>.
Well, I certainly don't need to explain the rest.
{Disable Power Management}
Only so much: Power Management is nice, especially in today's expensive times.
However, I never fell in love with it. Spinning up/down your disks 100
times per day is
not the ideal recipe to ensure a long lasting life. If the box is
uploading or downloading
something (such as during a normal pkgutil run) and power management
is not smart enough
to respect this, you may screw your installation. Plus: Often PM may
even freeze the
system and forces you, to remove power in order to get in control
again. Instead of
messing with any of the PM GUI's checkboxes or power.conf, the best thing to do
is "rem_drv pm" directly afater installation. I do this myself, highly
recommended.
{How to create the right "cdrom" nvalias on a SPARC}
Did you know? You can also easily connect any off-the-shelf SATA DVD-drive
(or hdd of course) to a system such as the T1000. I saw, some users asked this
question and did not find the solution. Here it is: Normally HBA's
with flashed in
Fcodes offer different packages for different connected device types
(disk, cdrom, tape).
The HBA detects what is connected during POST and creates the
corresponding nodes in the
device tree in OBP. The tricky thing I found out: With some SAS
controllers this does
not work as expected, on some system/OBP version combinations.
But instead only "disk" nodes are being created and then shown
in "show-disks". Now, to find the right device path that your "cdrom"
nvalias needs
to point to, you only need some *NIX experience and some basic logic,
plus maybe a
few tries. To find the proper base path, take "show-disks" as usual.
If possible,also
try "probe-scsi-all" after a fresh reset-all (may still hang your system).
Notice that a device path without TARGET,LUN:SLICE specification defaults
to TARGET#0, LUN#0 and SLICE#0.
If no string containing "cdrom" is being offered, then this doesn't
(yet) mean, you
are out of luck. It is also possible, to boot of optical media via "disk" paths,
as long as you really talk to the right TARGET,LUN:SLICE.
As an extreme example: You can even plug a PCI2.2 33MHZ 32bit to PCIe
16x adapter
in a SunBlade100, put in a LSI SAS 2008 based LSI 92xx card, connect 4TB drives
plus several DVD writers or BlueRay writers, flash the right Fcodes
and then boot
of the OpenSXCE LiveDVD. NEVER GIVE UP EARLY. Ask me for details.
On a Sun T1000 for example it *is* possible to simply wire out the SAS
cables, attach any SATA DVD drive (or burner) and boot off it, while
you have a generica SATA (or SAS) hdd connected to the second cable
(the SAS controller in the T1000 limits the maximum size to 2TB).
In case of the T1000 you have no cdrom alias, use the disk instead and
it will boot wonderfully. I promised to create a blog entry about
this, about this. But I wonder how much time I shall spend for
something that nobody needs. If you want this, let me know.
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######## Upgradability
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OpenSXCE is entirely designed on the basis of pkgutil wrapped SVR4
pkgadd. To add or
remove software, run /opt/csw/bin/pkgutil (ATTENTION: Never accidently
install vanilla
CSWpkgutil/CSWpkgutilplus over the OpenSXCE provided versions!).
While pkgutil does use own files for catalog, descriptions and pkg
caching, it will not
break your system, if you interact with pkgadd/pkgrm _directly_
whenever you think you
need to. Why would you want to? Well, while pkgutil does do an
excellent job in calculating
the DiGraphs of all required deps during install time, autoresolves,
auto-fetches and auto-
installs everything, it is still subobtimal for pkg removals. For this
reason I slightly
hacked it and put the result to /opt/csw/bin/pkgutil_forced. For
example, if you would
like to install hundreds of packages non-interactively and want to be
sure, really every-
thing gets installed, rather than having pkgutil quit at the first
minor pkgadd error,
then use "yes|pkgutil_forced --install <...>" instead of "yes|pkgutil
--install <...>".
You may compare this to make's "-k" option.
And for removals of packages, maybe you too don't like it, if "pkgutil
--remove" similar
to IPS "pkg uninstall" simply leaves you alone and says: "Forget it,
not possible lol".
In these cases simply bypass the perl script that pkgutil is, and
being the real Admin
"___YOU___" decide what you can, can not, want or don't want to uninstall!!!
Call pkgrm twice, in tough cases. Also make sure, no 2nd instance of
that pacckages is
installed any longer (as indicated by the package name plus suffix ".2".
THIS IS THE HUGE BENEFIT OF SVR4 PKGADD AND OpenSXCE OVER IPS. There
you are lost.
Based on all this, OpenSXCE users can benefit from the new
Upgrading/Migration framework,
as being implemented starting with 2013.05FCS_RESPIN.
As you see, 3 clusters are currently defined.
You can also downgrade from a larger cluster to a smaller one.
Downgrading in reverse
order to a previous OpenSXCE release would also easily be doable, but
for now I removed
support for it. If you want this for any obscure reason, hack the scripts ;)
/usr/share/opensxce-everything
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/sparc
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/sparc/cluster
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/sparc/cluster/EVERYTHING
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/sparc/cluster/EVERYTHING/06__MISSINGDEPS.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/sparc/cluster/EVERYTHING/00__coresystem__osnet.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/sparc/cluster/EVERYTHING/01B__SPARCgfx.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/sparc/cluster/EVERYTHING/04__JDS__martin.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/sparc/cluster/EVERYTHING/05__G11N.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/sparc/cluster/EVERYTHING/01C__SPARC_openXsun.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/sparc/cluster/EVERYTHING/08__BONUSPKGS.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/sparc/cluster/EVERYTHING/02__slim_source.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/sparc/cluster/EVERYTHING/01__X11C__FOX.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/sparc/cluster/EVERYTHING/03__SFW.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/sparc/cluster/TEXTSERVER
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/sparc/cluster/TEXTSERVER/02__slim_source.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/sparc/cluster/TEXTSERVER/08__BONUSPKGS.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/sparc/cluster/TEXTSERVER/00__coresystem__osnet.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/sparc/cluster/TEXTSERVER/03__SFW.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/sparc/cluster/TEXTSERVER/05__G11N.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/sparc/cluster/TEXTSERVER/06__MISSINGDEPS.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/sparc/cluster/TEXTSERVER/04__JDS__martin.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/sparc/cluster/DESKTOPJDS
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/sparc/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/02__slim_source.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/sparc/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/01B__SPARCgfx.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/sparc/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/04__JDS__martin.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/sparc/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/03__SFW.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/sparc/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/06__MISSINGDEPS.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/sparc/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/01__X11C__FOX.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/sparc/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/05__G11N.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/sparc/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/08__BONUSPKGS.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/sparc/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/00__coresystem__osnet.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/sparc/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/01C__SPARC_openXsun.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/i386
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/i386/cluster
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/i386/cluster/TEXTSERVER
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/i386/cluster/TEXTSERVER/04__JDS__martin.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/i386/cluster/TEXTSERVER/00__coresystem__osnet.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/i386/cluster/TEXTSERVER/06__MISSINGDEPS.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/i386/cluster/TEXTSERVER/08__BONUSPKGS.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/i386/cluster/TEXTSERVER/05__G11N.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/i386/cluster/TEXTSERVER/02__slim_source.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/i386/cluster/TEXTSERVER/03__SFW.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/i386/cluster/DESKTOPJDS
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/i386/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/02__slim_source.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/i386/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/01B__SPARCgfx.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/i386/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/03__SFW.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/i386/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/05__G11N.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/i386/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/04__JDS__martin.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/i386/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/06__MISSINGDEPS.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/i386/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/01C__SPARC_openXsun.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/i386/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/01__X11C__FOX.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/i386/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/00__coresystem__osnet.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/i386/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/08__BONUSPKGS.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/i386/cluster/EVERYTHING
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/i386/cluster/EVERYTHING/03__SFW.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/i386/cluster/EVERYTHING/01__X11C__FOX.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/i386/cluster/EVERYTHING/02__slim_source.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/i386/cluster/EVERYTHING/08__BONUSPKGS.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/i386/cluster/EVERYTHING/01B__SPARCgfx.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/i386/cluster/EVERYTHING/01__X11__amd64.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/i386/cluster/EVERYTHING/06__MISSINGDEPS.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/i386/cluster/EVERYTHING/05__G11N.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/i386/cluster/EVERYTHING/04__JDS__martin.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/i386/cluster/EVERYTHING/01C__SPARC_openXsun.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201405/i386/cluster/EVERYTHING/00__coresystem__osnet.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/sparc
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/sparc/cluster
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/sparc/cluster/DESKTOPJDS
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/sparc/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/08__BONUSPKGS.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/sparc/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/02__slim_source.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/sparc/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/01__X11C__FOX.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/sparc/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/00__coresystem__osnet.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/sparc/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/01C__SPARC_openXsun.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/sparc/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/06__MISSINGDEPS.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/sparc/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/03__SFW.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/sparc/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/01B__SPARCgfx.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/sparc/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/04__JDS__martin.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/sparc/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/05__G11N.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/sparc/cluster/TEXTSERVER
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/sparc/cluster/TEXTSERVER/03__SFW.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/sparc/cluster/TEXTSERVER/08__BONUSPKGS.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/sparc/cluster/TEXTSERVER/00__coresystem__osnet.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/sparc/cluster/TEXTSERVER/02__slim_source.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/sparc/cluster/TEXTSERVER/05__G11N.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/sparc/cluster/TEXTSERVER/04__JDS__martin.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/sparc/cluster/TEXTSERVER/06__MISSINGDEPS.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/sparc/cluster/EVERYTHING
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/sparc/cluster/EVERYTHING/02__slim_source.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/sparc/cluster/EVERYTHING/01B__SPARCgfx.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/sparc/cluster/EVERYTHING/03__SFW.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/sparc/cluster/EVERYTHING/01C__SPARC_openXsun.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/sparc/cluster/EVERYTHING/01__X11C__FOX.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/sparc/cluster/EVERYTHING/06__MISSINGDEPS.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/sparc/cluster/EVERYTHING/04__JDS__martin.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/sparc/cluster/EVERYTHING/08__BONUSPKGS.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/sparc/cluster/EVERYTHING/05__G11N.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/sparc/cluster/EVERYTHING/00__coresystem__osnet.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/i386
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/i386/cluster
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/i386/cluster/DESKTOPJDS
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/i386/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/05__G11N.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/i386/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/06__MISSINGDEPS.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/i386/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/04__JDS__martin.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/i386/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/03__SFW.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/i386/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/00__coresystem__osnet.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/i386/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/02__slim_source.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/i386/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/08__BONUSPKGS.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/i386/cluster/DESKTOPJDS/01__X11C__FOX.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/i386/cluster/TEXTSERVER
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/i386/cluster/TEXTSERVER/02__slim_source.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/i386/cluster/TEXTSERVER/08__BONUSPKGS.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/i386/cluster/TEXTSERVER/00__coresystem__osnet.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/i386/cluster/TEXTSERVER/06__MISSINGDEPS.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/i386/cluster/TEXTSERVER/04__JDS__martin.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/i386/cluster/TEXTSERVER/05__G11N.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/i386/cluster/TEXTSERVER/03__SFW.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/i386/cluster/EVERYTHING
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/i386/cluster/EVERYTHING/04__JDS__martin.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/i386/cluster/EVERYTHING/01__X11__amd64.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/i386/cluster/EVERYTHING/00__coresystem__osnet.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/i386/cluster/EVERYTHING/06__MISSINGDEPS.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/i386/cluster/EVERYTHING/05__G11N.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/i386/cluster/EVERYTHING/02__slim_source.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/i386/cluster/EVERYTHING/03__SFW.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/i386/cluster/EVERYTHING/08__BONUSPKGS.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201305/i386/cluster/EVERYTHING/01__X11C__FOX.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201301
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201301/sparc
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201301/sparc/cluster
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201301/sparc/cluster/EVERYTHING
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201301/sparc/cluster/EVERYTHING/02__slim_source.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201301/sparc/cluster/EVERYTHING/01C__SPARC_openXsun.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201301/sparc/cluster/EVERYTHING/00__coresystem__osnet.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201301/sparc/cluster/EVERYTHING/01B__SPARCgfx.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201301/sparc/cluster/EVERYTHING/04__JDS__martin.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201301/sparc/cluster/EVERYTHING/06__MISSINGDEPS.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201301/sparc/cluster/EVERYTHING/01__X11C__FOX.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201301/sparc/cluster/EVERYTHING/08__BONUSPKGS.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201301/sparc/cluster/EVERYTHING/05__G11N.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201301/sparc/cluster/EVERYTHING/03__SFW.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201301/sparc/cluster/TEXTSERVER
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201301/sparc/cluster/DESKTOPJDS
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201301/i386
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201301/i386/cluster
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201301/i386/cluster/TEXTSERVER
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201301/i386/cluster/DESKTOPJDS
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201301/i386/cluster/EVERYTHING
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201301/i386/cluster/EVERYTHING/02__slim_source.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201301/i386/cluster/EVERYTHING/01__X11C__FOX.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201301/i386/cluster/EVERYTHING/01__X11__amd64.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201301/i386/cluster/EVERYTHING/08__BONUSPKGS.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201301/i386/cluster/EVERYTHING/04__JDS__martin.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201301/i386/cluster/EVERYTHING/00__coresystem__osnet.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201301/i386/cluster/EVERYTHING/05__G11N.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201301/i386/cluster/EVERYTHING/06__MISSINGDEPS.txt
/usr/share/opensxce-everything/201301/i386/cluster/EVERYTHING/03__SFW.txt
These files are plain ascii text containing exactly one SUNWfoo
package name per line.
In a very specific order.
Together with the new /usr/sbin/opensxce-fetch-everything and
/usr/sbin/opensxce-upgrade-everything tools, they enable a user to simply fetch
and auto-install all the missing pieces from the REPO
http://svr4.opensxce.org/201405
(1669 packages per release, as of now). This is the responsibility of
/usr/sbin/opensxce-fetch-everything, as its mnemonic name suggests.
However, with /usr/sbin/opensxce-upgrade-everything you now have an even more
powerful tool: It enables you to upgrade your system from an outdated OpenSXCE
release, to a more recent one. Namely: To the one that was the most current
release, when your installed version of SUNWopensxce-everything was published.
This means: As you probably want the most recent OpenSXCE bits, it is mandatory,
that you first boot your old OpenSXCE system and upgrade SUNWopensxce-everything
to the latest bits, for example:
{Boot any outdated OpenSXCE release on x86 or SPARC that you would
like to upgrade to 2014.05}
$ su -
# pkgutil -U
# yes|pkgutil --upgrade SUNWopensxce-everything
(alternatively this is the same as:
# yes|pkgrm SUNWopensxce-everything
# pkgutil -U
# yes|pkgutil --install SUNWopensxce-everything )
As graphical illustrations say more than 1000 words, here is some
output that you will get:
(taken from files in /var/sadm/system/logs/opensxce_upgrade_log, where
everything gets logged) :
# /usr/sbin/opensxce-fetch-everything
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Welcome to the OpenSXCE fetch-everything script.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
"/.OpenSXCE" indicates, we are on release: OpenSXCE201405
GOOD: Your booted install image and SUNWopensxce both match OpenSXCE201405.
"/.OpenSXCE_cluster" does not exist! Falling back to defaults! OLD
cluster EVERYTHING
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
1) DESKTOPJDS, makes only sense if you installed the TextCD _plus_
still dont want EVERYTHING now
2) EVERYTHING, if you installed TextCD or LiveDVD and now want the
entire rest from REPO
Please select the software target cluster [1 or 2]
2
You selected the EVERYTHING installation cluster.
WARNING: OpenSXCE201405 versus OpenSXCE201405 _and_ OLDCLUSTER
"EVERYTHING" versus TARGETCLUSTER "EVERYTHING" are identical, are you
sure?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
We are on release: OpenSXCE201405.
And migrate this system ... : From OLD installation cluster:
EVERYTHING to new TARGETCLUSTER: EVERYTHING.
You should not interrupt this process unnecessarily.
However: If something fails for whatever reason, you can exit with ^C
and delete the incomplete BE "opensxce20140610212410".
SHOULD THE NEW BE NOT BE BOOTABLE: Just boot into your old BE and
destroy the newly created BE "opensxce20140610212410".
YOU SHOULD BACK UP ALL YOUR DATA BEFORE PROCEEDING!
pkgutil will auto-resolve all dependency DIGRAPHS, this keeps even
modern CPU's quite busy ...
BTW: You can safely ignore the harmless pkgutil "uninitialized foobar" warnings.
PLEASE STAY PATIENT.
Are you ready for the Installation [y, n]?
Please select [yes, no]
Please select [yes, no]
yes
Ok, let's continue ...
You may want to observe the stdout+stderr log file in
/var/sadm/system/logs/opensxce_upgrade_log/opensxce_fetch_20140610212410.txt
Solving needed dependencies ...
Solving dependency order ...
1 CURRENT packages:
SUNWopensxce-selfhosting-OpenSXCE2014.05__Illumos201400505,REV=2014.06.02.21.18
Nothing to do.
Created successfully
Mounted successfully on: '/a'
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Start time:
Wed Jun 10 21:25:29 PDT 2014
Installing on:
SunOS unknown 5.11 OpenSXCE2014.05__Illumos20140505 sun4u sparc SUNW,A70
Number of currently installed packages: 1131.
...
...
...
Or, output from /usr/sbin/opensxce-upgrade-everything:
# /usr/sbin/opensxce-upgrade-everything
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Welcome to the OpenSXCE upgrade script.
On the next screens you can explicitly specify and override
the autodetected values for upgrade / downgrade direction
and you may define the software cluster you wish to install.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
"/.OpenSXCE" indicates, we come from OLD release: OpenSXCE201405
"/.opensxce_everything" suggests, we migrate to NEW release: OpenSXCE201405
Upgrading from OpenSXCE201405 to OpenSXCE201405 makes little sense. If
you are really sure, continue with explicit input.
"/.OpenSXCE_cluster" indicates, the currently installed cluster is: DESKTOPJDS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
0) TEXTSERVER, if you installed the TextCD and now upgrade to a new
OpenSXCE release, MINIMIZING from larger cluster IS ALSO POSSIBLE
1) DESKTOPJDS, makes only sense if you installed the TextCD _plus_
still dont want EVERYTHING now
2) EVERYTHING, if you installed TextCD or LiveDVD and now want the
entire rest from REPO
Please select the software target cluster [0, 1 or 2]
0
You selected the TEXTSERVER installation cluster.
Okay, migrating from OpenSXCE201405 to OpenSXCE201405 _and_ OLDCLUSTER
"DESKTOPJDS" to TARGETCLUSTER "TEXTSERVER".
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
We will migrate this system from OLD release: OpenSXCE201405 to NEW
release: OpenSXCE201405.
And to be specific: From OLD installation cluster: DESKTOPJDS to new
TARGETCLUSTER: TEXTSERVER.
You should not interrupt this process unnecessarily.
However: If something fails for whatever reason, you can exit with ^C
and delete the incomplete BE "opensxce20140610212857".
SHOULD THE NEW BE NOT BE BOOTABLE: Just boot into your old BE and
destroy the newly created BE "opensxce20140610212857".
YOU SHOULD BACK UP ALL YOUR DATA BEFORE PROCEEDING!
pkgutil will auto-resolve all dependency DIGRAPHS, this keeps even
modern CPU's quite busy ...
BTW: You can safely ignore the harmless pkgutil "uninitialized foobar" warnings.
PLEASE STAY PATIENT.
Are you ready for the Upgrade [y, n]?
Please select [yes, no]
Please select [yes, no]
yes
Ok, let's continue ...
You may want to observe the stdout+stderr log file in
/var/sadm/system/logs/opensxce_upgrade_log/opensxce_upgrade_20140610212857.txt
Solving needed dependencies ...
Solving dependency order ...
1 CURRENT packages:
SUNWopensxce-selfhosting-OpenSXCE2014.05__Illumos20140505,REV=2014.06.02.21.18
Nothing to do.
Created successfully
Mounted successfully on: '/a'
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Start time:
Wed Jun 10 21:30:20 PDT 2014
Installing on:
SunOS unknown 5.11 OpenSXCE2014.05__Illumos20140505 sun4u sparc SUNW,A70
Number of currently installed packages: 1131.
...
...
...
Output from stdout and stderr is shown on the screen plus simultanously logged.
After completion you get a review/summary.
If something goes wrong, simply boot into your original BE and all is fine :)
It shall be trivial to enhance this framework to support upgrades from
older Solaris
releases to OpenSXCE. The problem then is rather, to move the old
files from UFS disks
to newly created ZFS zpools. As long as the user connects new disks
(or frees old),
this shall be no big deal to further enhance the scripts into that direction.
Jim Klimov reminded /corrected me, that Solaris 10 does already support ZFS!
So this is an extra case.
If you read this far, maybe you would be interested in some of my blog entries,
such as:
http://opensxce.blogspot.de/2013/06/now-that-pkgdefs-ok-today-making-real.html
http://opensxce.blogspot.de/2013/06/a-view-from-mars-why-creating-opensxces.html
############################################################################################
######## SPARC-USB-Boot
############################################################
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
For getting started, have a look at:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solaris/overview/usb-faq-140616.html
It is important to point out, that the console output as provided in
the official FAQ
is complete nonsense:
"""""2) Find the USB disk and copy its device path
ok show-disks
a) /pci at 1e,600000/pci at 0/pci at a/pci at 0/pci at 8/scsi at 1/disk
b) /pci at 1e,600000/pci at 0/pci at 1/pci at 0/ide at 1f/cdrom
c) /pci at 1e,600000/pci at 0/pci at 1/pci at 0/ide at 1f/disk
q) NO SELECTION
Enter Selection, q to quit: q
3) Create a USB alias using the device path
ok nvalias usb /pci at 1e,600000/pci at 0/pci at 1/pci at 0/ide at 1f/disk
4) Boot the USB disk """""
Before I could finally test this myself, for 3 years I had to believe
that FAQ and
consequently had to assume, USB devices get recognized in whatever
kind of "IDE-emulation"
mode or whatever. THIS IS NOT THE CASE. Whoever has written that FAQ
entry got cheated by
the Ultra45's internal IDE-controller (that sits on-board and
exclusively serves the Ultra45's
slow SlimLine-SlotIn DVD drive). Although nothing else is normally
connected, the "show-disks"
output also lists "/pci at 1e,600000/pci at 0/pci at 1/pci at 0/ide at 1f/disk". But
if you think, this is
any USB mass storage device: WRONG. Has nothing to do with it.
Instead you really get something like:
/pci at 1e,600000/pci at 0/pci at 1/pci at 0/usb at 1c,3/device at 1/storage at 0/disk
This is a path as reported by "show-disks". As always, such paths do
not contain any
TARGET,LUN:SLICE specification, and do not list them explicitly, and
therefore default
to 0,0:a (a stands for slice 0). I ported Caiman's "usbcopy" utility
to also support
SPARC, and adjusted it in a way, so that even a default unmodified
device path as
reported by "show-disks" will be capable of booting your USB mass
storage device on SPARC.
This entire USB creation method with plain dd and a header file is
complete crap.
Have ported Caiman's usbcopy (vanilla usbgen worked fine and only
usbcopy needed some minor
enhancements) to support both SPARC && x86. You find "usbcopy" in
OpenSXCE's REPO
in the package "SUNWdistro-const" plus, for convenience, also in the
USB download folder.
Here the output of the SPARC USB image-to-device copy:
(Big credits to Dave Miner's Caiman! for all the grand sources they
have released back in
the good old OpenSolaris times!!!)
root at unknown:/usb# ./usbcopy OpenSXCE_2014.05_Live_SPARC.usb
Found the following USB devices:
0: /dev/rdsk/c23t0d0s2 15.3 GB USB DISK 2.0 PMAP
1: /dev/rdsk/c24t0d0s2 15.3 GB Generic- SD/MMC 1.00
2: /dev/rdsk/c24t0d1s2 <Unknown> Generic- Compact Flash 1.01
3: /dev/rdsk/c24t0d2s2 <Unknown> Generic- SM/xD-Picture 1.02
4: /dev/rdsk/c24t0d3s2 <Unknown> Generic- MS/MS-Pro 1.03
Enter the number of your choice: 1
WARNING: All data on your USB storage will be lost.
Are you sure you want to install to
Generic- SD/MMC 1.00, 15300 MB at /dev/rdsk/c24t0d0s2 ? (y/n) y
Copying and verifying image to USB device
Finished 2409 MB in 1178 seconds (2.0MB/s)
0 block(s) re-written due to verification failure
Installing /usr/platform/sun4u/lib/fs/ufs/bootblk to USB device
/dev/rdsk/c24t0d0s2
Also installing /usr/platform/sun4u/lib/fs/ufs/bootblk to true USB s0
slice /dev/rdsk/
c24t0d0s0 for redundance,
In this specific case s0 equals s2 (identical cylinder boundaries)
On this specific machine to boot this USB device from OBP ok prompt
you would issue "boot
/pci at 1e,600000/pci at 0/pci at 1/pci at 0/usb at 1c,3/device at 1/storage at 0/disk at 0,0:c"
To create a convenient shortcut: "nvalias MyUSBdev
/pci at 1e,600000/pci at 0/pci at 1/pci at 0/usb at 1c,3/
device at 1/storage at 0/disk at 0,0:c" (or :a for s0)
Alternatively just enter "reboot --
/pci at 1e,600000/pci at 0/pci at 1/pci at 0/usb at 1c,3/device at 1/
storage at 0/disk at 0,0:c"
Completed copy to USB
root at unknown:/usb# uname -a
SunOS unknown 5.11 OpenSXCE2014.05__Illumos20140505 sun4u sparc SUNW,A70
root at unknown:/usb# isainfo -v
64-bit sparcv9 applications
vis2 vis
32-bit sparc applications
vis2 vis v8plus div32 mul32
root at unknown:/usb#
FAQ: Can you boot your SB1500 or SB2500 or V480/490?
Well while OBP 4.30 is indeed available for them, currently the answer
is, sadly, NO.
These systems, like all earlier and some later (including the T2000
[only 1.1] while
the T1000 does not even have any USB at all) DO NOT HAVE NATIVE USB2.0.
The SB1500/2500 Red/Silver only used a pci card for 2.0 (and has onboard 1.1).
Technically there is no difference between onboard or PCI card, in
both cases you deal
with PCI.
The problem here: The (this!) pci card as used in the SB1500/SB2500
{you can put it
into other boxes} lacks the fcodes :(
So while OBP sees parts of it, OBP does not properly initialize the device tree.
Forget the nvaliases, here there simply is no device node created.
Therefore we cannot
create an alias (which is only a shortcut exactly like a symlink).
I have a book about fcodes driver programming, and it should be
possible to test a few
tricks. I'm not without experience in that field.
For now, however, only the newer boxes are supported by OpenSXCE's new
SPARC USB images
(Text and Live).
MAYBE IT IS WORTH MENTIONING, THAT OpenSXCE IS THE FIRST DISTRO OF ANY
OS RUNNING ON
SPARC, THAT HAS EVER OFFERED SPARC USB-BOOT IMAGES IN ALL TIMES!!!
############################################################################################
######## LiveVHDD Images and download directories structure
########################
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://svr4.opensxce.org/201405/i386/
Index of /201405/i386/
../
5.11/ 04-Jun-2014 00:30 -
CD__MinimumBase__UNTESTED/ 05-Jun-2014 03:30 -
DVD/ 05-Jun-2014 03:28 -
REPO_redist/ 05-Jun-2014 03:38 -
USB/ 05-Jun-2014 03:49 -
USB__MinimumBase__UNTESTED/ 05-Jun-2014 03:51 -
VHDD__7GB_FULLINSTALL/ 27-Jun-2014 22:10 -
and
http://svr4.opensxce.org/201405/sparc/
5.11/ 26-Jun-2014 16:21 -
DVD/ 28-Jun-2014 23:20 -
REPO_redist/ 27-Jun-2014 09:18 -
USB/
On SPARC LDOMS are supported and available in the REPO.
############################################################################################
######## Selfhosting
###############################################################
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Starting with last year's 2013.05 FCS RESPIN, SUNWopensxce-selfhosting
is no longer an empty stub,
but filled with content. After:
# pkgutil -U
# pkgutil -u SUNWopensxce-selfhosting
Thanks to Gary Mills for his help with SUNWopensxce-selfhosting and
his excellent report and guide:
"Building illumos-gate under OpenSXCE2013.05"
http://wiki.illumos.org/display/illumos/Building+illumos-gate+under+OpenSXCE2013.05
NOTE: These extra instructions are now no longer needed.
At this time SUNWopensxce-selfhosting addresses all the issues except for one,
which you still need to perfrom manually (in less than 2 minutes) :
Build and install Parser.pm into the perl 5.10.0 directory
This module already exists for perl5.8, but is not available to the
illumos build. Download XML-Parser-2.36.tar.gz from CPAN . Extract
the archive
$ perl Makefile.PL
$ make
# make install
############################################################################################
######## PASSWORDS
#################################################################
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Much in the tradition of "OpenSolaris the distro", "Oracle Solaris 11.x" and OI,
the passwords for the LiveMedia are:
root:opensxce
jack:jack
Post-Install passwords:
If you used the text-install, you have defined both the "root"and
default user's passwords
during installation. In case of gui-install, you only defined the
default user and its pass-
word. In that case the "root" role has the same password at first,
after installation. But
it is set to be "expired", and you define it at first login.
Special notice to migrants from other *NIX'es that are not yet
familiar with RBAC:
Except in SingleUserMode, you can not login as "root" directly, but
only su to it.
OpenSXCE uses advanced RBAC "roles", rather than plain "users". It is
highly recommended
that you first enjoy some reading about RBAC in general, and pfexec in
specific.
############################################################################################
######## ZONES
#####################################################################
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Zones are supported now on both x86/x64 and SPARC sun4u/sun4v,
starting with 2014.05 .
The brand is called SUNWsvr4pkgutil.
How to create a test zone:
0.) Create ZFS dataset:
zfs create -o mountpoint=/zones rpool/zones
1.) zonecfg -z testzone
zonecfg:testzone> create -t SUNWsvr4pkgutil
zonecfg:testzone> set zonepath=/zones/testzone
zonecfg:testzone> add net
zonecfg:testzone:net> set address=192.168.1.150
zonecfg:testzone:net> set defrouter=192.168.1.1
zonecfg:testzone:net> set physical=eri0
zonecfg:testzone:net> end
zonecfg:testzone> add fs
zonecfg:testzone:fs> set dir=/export/home/opensxceuser
zonecfg:testzone:fs> set special=/export/home/opensxceuser
zonecfg:testzone:fs> set type=lofs
zonecfg:testzone:fs> end
zonecfg:testzone> commit
zonecfg:testzone> verify
zonecfg:testzone> exit
2.) INSTALL: zoneadm -z testzone install
3.) BOOT: zoneadm -z testzone boot
4.) ADMINISTRATION LOGIN: zlogin -C testzone
Hint: When asked about the terminal type, it is best in most cases to
choose vt200.
Otherwise interactivity might get "ugly".
5.) After finishing the initial configuration screens, take ssh for normal use
############################################################################################
######## ILLUMOS
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OpenSXCE is and will continue to be Illumos-derived.
The release schedule is: At least 1 per year (absolute minimum).
OpenSXCE2014.05 is directly based on Illumos git checked out on 20140505.
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As explained time and again, for example here:
http://opensxce.blogspot.de/2013/06/a-view-from-mars-why-creating-opensxces.html
... it was necessary to go back to a 2010 level for getting started with SVR4.
Obviously this doesn't mean we stay there. Much in contrast: While IPS
is extremely
hostile to users and maintainers, SVR4 is dead simple. This means,
expect an updated
userland and updated x86/x64 Xorg, MESA-OpenGL and NVIDIA drivers
rather sooner, than later.
*****STATUS*****
x86/x64 Xorg: DONE!
x86/x64 MESA-OpenGL: DONE!
NVIDIA drivers on x86/x64: DONE!
Intel-DRM/GEM/KMS: More ort less DONE!
COMPIZ on x86/x64: DONE!
Zones: DONE!
Flash-plugin crashs: DONE!
etc. etc. etc.
After all this it is time to address some known bugs, end then to
modernize SFW/userland.
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Primarily: The new update framework, plus now no longer missing
locales for USA, Germany.
Generally :Too many improvements, maybe later ...
Start by reading all other points.
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A) On x86 still too many, fixing them finally over next weeks.
B) SPARC and x86: kbd choice made during installation not setup for
use after install
C) SPARC and x86: Different sorts of trouble with locales not 100% functioning
D) On x86 as consequence of C), failiure of the tr command, causing
opengl-selector to fail,
effectively stopping Xorg from being started
Christian Meier reported that one, see yourself:
mech at mech-laptop:~$ beadm list
BE Active Mountpoint Space Policy Created
opensxce - - 10.9M static 2014-06-16 20:41
opensxce20140617132345 - - 12.3M static 2014-06-17 13:24
opensxce20140618203023 NR / 11.2G static 2014-06-18 20:30
mech at mech-laptop:~$ uname -a
SunOS mech-laptop 5.11 OpenSXCE2014.05__Illumos20140505 i86pc i386 i86pc
mech at mech-laptop:~$ which tr
/usr/bin/tr
mech at mech-laptop:~$ md5sum /usr/bin/tr
d18fd970f25908cb03d858c3e586e58d /usr/bin/tr
mech at mech-laptop:~# ldd /usr/bin/tr
libc.so.1 => /lib/libc.so.1
libm.so.2 => /lib/libm.so.2
mech at mech-laptop:~$ svcs -vx
svc:/application/opengl/ogl-select:default (OpenGL runtime select)
State: maintenance since June 18, 2014 11:25:51 PM CEST
Reason: Start method exited with $SMF_EXIT_ERR_FATAL.
See: http://illumos.org/msg/SMF-8000-KS
See: man -M /usr/X11/share/man -s 1 ogl-select
See: /var/svc/log/application-opengl-ogl-select:default.log
Impact: This service is not running.
mech at mech-laptop:~$ tail -10
/var/svc/log/application-opengl-ogl-select:default.log
[ Jun 17 19:53:15 Stopping because service disabled. ]
[ Jun 17 19:53:16 Executing stop method ("/lib/svc/method/ogl-select
stop"). ]
[ Jun 17 19:53:16 Method "stop" exited with status 0. ]
[ Jun 18 08:35:43 Enabled. ]
[ Jun 18 08:36:03 Executing start method ("/lib/svc/method/ogl-select
start"). ]
[ Jun 18 08:36:17 Method "start" exited with status 0. ]
[ Jun 18 23:25:27 Enabled. ]
[ Jun 18 23:25:48 Executing start method ("/lib/svc/method/ogl-select
start"). ]
/lib/svc/method/ogl-select Can't execute vendor select script:
/lib/opengl/ogl_select/?B?a_vendor_select
[ Jun 18 23:25:51 Method "start" exited with status 95. ]
root at mech-laptop:~# locale
LANG=en_US.ISO8859-15
LC_CTYPE="en_US.ISO8859-15"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.ISO8859-15"
LC_TIME="en_US.ISO8859-15"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.ISO8859-15"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.ISO8859-15"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.ISO8859-15"
LC_ALL=
root at mech-laptop:~# VENDOR=MESA
root at mech-laptop:~# echo ${VENDOR} | /usr/bin/tr "[A-Z]" "[a-z]"
ÃŽdpa
root at mech-laptop:~# echo abCDefGH | /usr/bin/tr "[A-Z]" "[a-z]"
aªÀÆBéëÉ
eventuell hast Du mir da ja noch einen Tipp.
SOLUTION:
The safest bet is, to always stick with POSIX/C as default locale and
to always use US-Engl. kbds.
I only and always do this, and therefore locales testing/debugging is
nothing I ever do by default.
E) Missing pieces in gui-install (C implementation) identified and FIXED:
http://opensxce.blogspot.de/2014/05/missing-pieces-in-gui-install-c.html
F) BUG FIXED in 2014.05: Wrong permissions for audio devices prevent
gstreamer from letting any videos play (HTML5 and Adobe Flash 11.x)
http://opensxce.blogspot.de/2014/05/bug-wrong-permissions-for-audio-devices.html
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@SEE BUGS, MODERNIZATION
Next step: Moving from old 2010' SFW to modern Oracle userland, but
migrating them to SVR4 world ;)
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Well, let's keep it short, simple and tough. And let's not lose too many tears:
The biggest OpenSXCE sponsor of all times, that's ME, Martin Bochnig.
Not many can understand, why I screw up my entire "life" and (lack of)
career for it.
Often I don't understand it myself, but the good news: I rarely have
time to think about it.
For example, I never found the time to continue my Maths degree at
Technical University
Berlin. Or only a month ago one of the largest TOP500 Internet
companies in the world had
politely contacted me and asked, if I would like to join their
In-house LinUX development
team. But I saw little sense in joining them to work on a LinUX
version, after I now spent
half a decade trying to rescue the last remains of (Open)Solaris.
Working for them would
bring me 50K$$$ per annum, but I would have little time to continue my
OpenSXCE efforts.
As sad as it is, for this simple reason I could not accept their offer.
If I really want a job, then as Solaris engineer. Nothing else.
Paid or unpaid!
Let's first name the premium sponsors, then chronologically:
************************
*My Mother
{and Grand-Ma* (R.I.P. beloved Grand-Ma: 1920-2014)}
************************
When? --->> ALWAYS
How much? --->> 6$$$$$$digit sum
(A 6-digit sum is not a million, but 100 Thousands)
************************
Brian Gupta
CEO of http://www.brandorr.com/brian
************************
When? --->> 2008
How much? --->> 3000$
************************
Al Hopper
CEO of Logical Approach Inc,Plano,TX
************************
When? --->> Since April 2006 :)
How much? --->> HUNDREDS AND ALL HOSTING FEES AND WORK)))
************************
Michael Spacefalcon
Viva la revolution! (CCCP)
************************
When? --->> December 2013 :)
How much? --->> 400$
************************
Christian Meier
************************
When? --->> 2013 July and earlier, also in 2014 :)
How much? --->> 100 EUR plus 45 EUR plus 50 EUR plus help
************************
Manfred Meissner
************************
When? --->> 20130526, also in 2014 :)
How much? --->> 700 EUR (He bought my Ultra45 and by doing so helped
OpenSXCE to survive 1 month!)
************************
David Linn
************************
When? --->> 20140902
How much? --->> 100 USD
20140902 David Linn 100 USD
20140829 Teresa Sorenson 20 EUR
20140728 Marco Franchi 20 EUR
20140701 Teresa Sorenson 20 EUR
20140629 Pablo Mendez Hernandez 15 EUR
20140616 Teresa Sorenson 20 EUR
20140615 H A J van Niekerk 5 EUR
20140608 Erik Irsch 50 EUR
20140529 George Patoulidis 20 EUR
20140527 Teresa Sorenson 23 EUR
20140527 Manfred Meissner 100 EUR
20140527 Brandon Barker 15 EUR
20140522 Christian Meier 50 EUR
20140506 Carlos Neira Bustos 25 EUR
20140422 Alexander Feld 30 EUR
20140225 Teresa Sorenson 20 EUR
20140120 Roelof van der Waal 600 EUR
20131228 Sanjay Singh 100 EUR
20131218 David Mackay 50 EUR
20131211 Aurelien Larcher 100 EUR
20130920 Marco Franchi 10 EUR
20130824 Sanjay Singh 100 EUR
20130807 Curt Mayer 100 EUR
20130705 Christopher Bergstroem 500 EUR
20130622 Gary Mills 50 EUR
20130619 Roger Bisson 80 GBP
20130604 Mario Sesto 20 EUR
20130602 Torbjorn Fallsen 30 EUR
20130508 Dale Stylinski 65 USD
20130508 Lincoln Bryant 50 USD
20130507 H A J van Niekerk 5 EUR
20130207 Andrej Javorsek 30 EUR
20130129 Jasse Jansson 50 USD
20130129 Emanuele Pucciarelli 50 EUR
20130129 Carsten John 10 USD
20130129 James Relph 150 GBP
20130129 Ralph Boehme 79 USD
Let me also thank Ken Mays, who supported the project not financially,
but with his good
testing reports and reviews.
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Regards and thanks from my heart to those few good souls, real
friends, who HELPed :):):)
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Not only financially: Also to those good fellows who fought for me and
OpenSXCE and
OpenSolaris by means of smart words! Thanks to all Bloggers! THANK YOU ALL!!!
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If you like to help me to help you and be added to SPONSORS, please
use this link, TNX:
Please enter your donation amount.
Purpose: OpenSXCE
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=4HP83V5M8QDWQ
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It is hopefully CLEAR (if you see my CV), that I do exactly _not_ do
it for a profit.
However, unfortunately all other institutions around me do charge
100's and 1000's of
$$$ all the time. All the OpenSXCE work I ever did was and is
completely UNSUSTAINABLE.
Only GOD-like good souls such as my mother, grand-ma and Olga with her
humbleness and
patience plus the few though very very good-hearted souls who ever did
donate $$$ made
it possible in this literal sense!!!!!
But if you would like to see OpenSXCE thrive and get really good, that
that's no longer
sustainable enough, to pay even the monthly rent for the single small
room I'm living
in, let alone electricity bills or food.
Price: OpenSXCE is free for private users. Can freely be
redistributed, changed and so on,
as the affected open-src licenses define.
Corporations, however, do need to pay.
Price: For small businesses from 2 to 50 employees: 18% of what Oracle
would take.
From 51 t0 500 employees: 30%
From 501 to 2000 employees: 40% of Oracle's price.
With 2001 or more employees: 50% of Oracle's price.
Take into account, that the last Oracle Solaris officially supporting
sun4u is Solaris 10.
While being available with latest hardware support, its userland is
still at 2004!
If somebody pays anything, expect the entire OpenSXCE project to grow
and mature.
If not: Well, *HOW* shall I do it any longer???
"Martin, go, work at McDonalds" is not the right answer. Not even a
well paid job as
respected software-developer. OpenSXCE is a fulltime-job (for ten
instances of myself)!
NO TIME FOR ANY(any!)THING ELSE.
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YES! SHARE!!!
I put biggest care into not violating any license.
It is legally absolutely perfect, to freely re-dist OpenSXCE, the REPO
or any parts of them.
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LICENSE: The sources get published as soon as time allows.
All src stays under its current licenses (GPL, MIT, BSD, CDDL).
My own code is by default under CDDL1.0 (and for openXsun's patches MIT).
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YES!!!!! @SEE LICENSES, REDISTRIBUTION
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