[OpenIndiana-discuss] BTX halted

[Jim Klimov]

On May 6, 2017 2:12:18 PM GMT+03:00, Jim Klimov <jimklimov at cos.ru> wrote:
>On May 6, 2017 10:33:31 AM GMT+03:00, Nikola M <minikola at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>>On 05/ 6/17 01:38 AM, Jim Klimov wrote:
>>> Second, did the friend try the recent 2017.04 release of OI Hipster
>>(out this week)?
>>>
>>> Finally, AFAIK each snapshot "release" includes the latest (at its
>>time)  illumos-gate OS/Net "kernel" parts that work for some HW and
>>might not work for others - especially if noone tried it before so
>>there was nothing to fix or improve.
>>
>>2017 test snapshot (not a 'release', there are no 'releases' per se)
>is
>>unbootable on ACPI v1 PC that used to boot previously. I tried both
>>text
>>install and Live/GUI USB image.
>>Message: "No rootfs module provided, aborting" and ends up in 'ok'
>>prompt.
>>(This could also be related to not booting on older amd64 machines)
>>
>>Bug with loader about ACPI1 is fixed by tsoome in illumos and landed,
>>but even being informed on IRC, illumos used for test OI snapshot
>used,
>>illumos without a bug fix.
>>As I understand that OI snapshot is not final, and is there for
>>preview.
>>
>>On positive side, updating to current
>>osnet-incorporation at 0.5.11-2017.0.0.16382 from previous install works
>>and system boots.
>>There is still an issue with Power button present on lightdm login
>>screen by default, that allows unauthorized persons to restarts or
>shut
>>down machine, without previously being identified and loggeed in, that
>>present security issue:
>>
>>Also, hostname on lightdm login screen is in the wrong uncentered
>>place:
>>https://www.illumos.org/issues/8111
>>and lightdm login screen allows unauthorized restart and shutdown by
>>default:
>>https://www.illumos.org/issues/8167
>>Workaround is to put: "indicators=~a11y;~spacer;~host;~session;~clock"
>>in /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf  , that should be default.
>>
>>There are still other errors regarding ZFS pool on another drive,
>>somehow being read even that pool is long time zpool destroy, zdb
>>labelclear , and whole drive filled with dd, but that is I suppose the
>>other, also recently added bug, not related to boot.
>>
>>I see 201704 'release notes' are out there but I think that 20150502
>is
>>testing and not the snapshot that is considered 201704 snapshot, still
>>and there is the time to recompile illumos for it, remove power button
>>security issue and test.
>>
>>
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>
>By the way, as another checkpoint - my VirtualBoxed installation on the
>laptop (still with GRUB) was pkg-updated early last weekend (and worked
>after reboot), and then on 3rd morning - and failed to boot. I ended up
>with a blank screen where X11 should've started. Logging in on the
>serial console, I saw that some networking services were disabled that
>I think should have been running, and a couple were in maintenance. I
>enabled and cleared those, rebooted - but still had no GUI (although no
>unexpected not-online services now).
>
>We were running off for a trip, so I had no time to write down the
>details or investigate, and I'll next see that laptop next week
>probably. My guess is that in the couple of days the Xorg changes had
>landed and perhaps just a reinstall (recompile) of Vbox guest additions
>might fix things; but without digging I can't rule out something more
>sinister yet ;)
>
>So just anecdotal experience from a single experiment, at the moment. 
>
>Jim
>--
>Typos courtesy of K-9 Mail on my Redmi Android

Following up with anecdotal experience, now I've got hands on the laptop, and reinstalled vbox guest additions package in the new BE fixed the presence of GUI ;)

Jim
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