Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI boot problem

2011-03-27 Thread Apostolos Syropoulos
> jack@opensolaris:~$ pfexec zpool import -f rpool > jack@opensolaris:~$ pfexec mkdir /a > jack@opensolaris:~$ pfexec beadm mount 0i_148-2 /a > jack@opensolaris:~$ pfexec /a/usr/sbin/installgrub /a/boot/stage1 > /a/boot/stage2 > /dev/rdsk/c5d0s0   OK the last command is not correct. My apologies.

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI boot problem

2011-03-27 Thread GUY WOOLLEY
OK - thanks; I enter the corrected sequence of commands, and restart. I get the (dead) black screen with the GRUB_, as before. I've previously printed out my old menu.lst and have tried editing the grub listing of the live usb image by adding in the findroot, bootfs etc commands from the old me

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI boot problem

2011-03-27 Thread Apostolos Syropoulos
> findroot (pool_rpool,X,Y) > file not found On two systems I have just checked: $ ls -l σύνολο 1 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 2010-05-19 17:49 pool_rpool $ more pool_rpool $ pwd /rpool/boot/grub/bootsign Now when you boot with the live thing just make sure the file exists. Otherwise, created with

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI boot problem

2011-03-27 Thread GUY WOOLLEY
Apologies - I overlooked the update-archive thing before rebooting. Things are different now, though not yet right. I follow your set of commands, then do pfexec bootadm update-archive -R /a export rpool and shut down. On restarting and pointing at the the harddisk (not usb), the line grubstag

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ATI radeon hd 6850 gnome issue

2011-03-27 Thread Mikolaj Walkiewicz
Hi Ken, I deactivated compiz, but there are new problems. I can't set the resolution to 1920x1080 and frames around the windows are gone, so I can't minimize/maximize or close windows... any cure for that ? ;) Oh and I can't start gnome session using the 'radeon' driver - look above for logs. I on

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI boot problem

2011-03-27 Thread GUY WOOLLEY
It seems to come down to having the right X,Y parameters which I've now got, and I'm back in Firefox in my 0i_148-2. I edited the grub menu for the live CD to make it correspond to my old 0i_148-2 and it booted. Just for interest (and to prove publicly I know not what I'm doing) did all the bu

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI boot problem

2011-03-27 Thread Chris Ridd
On 26 Mar 2011, at 20:20, Alasdair Lumsden wrote: > Excuse the top-posting, I'm on my Blackberry... > > I've always found the default solaris reboot and shutdown commands a 'pain in > the ass'. > > I doubt there are many systems out there that would be broken by an > adjustment to the default

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ATI radeon hd 6850 gnome issue

2011-03-27 Thread ken mays
Hi Mikolaj, I reviewed the AMD Radeon HD 6990 which 'seemed to work' with OI_148. You can do 'xrandr -s 1920x1080 -r 60' to get basic 1080p 2D resolution using the radeon driver. Then, go into preferences/display/theme appearances to change gnome's window frame appearance. Also, you can do 'g

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ATI radeon hd 6850 gnome issue

2011-03-27 Thread Alan Coopersmith
On 03/26/11 11:37 AM, Mikolaj Walkiewicz wrote: > Recently I changed my gpu from GeForce 9600GT to radeon hd 6850 and now I > got problems with gnome. First, after I logged in, the screen went > completely white, what is strange that gnome was working fine I was able to > start terminal or open fir

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Networking with Zones an Crossbow

2011-03-27 Thread Gary Driggs
I may have missed something... Did you day these are not bridged interfaces? If so, which one is handling the routing? I've only used VNICs in bridged mode as we have external infrastructure for routing. -Gary ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenI

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI boot problem

2011-03-27 Thread Alan Coopersmith
On 03/27/11 05:47 AM, Chris Ridd wrote: > I agree. It is surprising that the Indiana project attempted to make Solaris > more Linux-like and then left some obviously different commands around. It was never going to be completed overnight, and work on updating the commands to resolve differences w

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ATI radeon hd 6850 gnome issue

2011-03-27 Thread Alan Coopersmith
On 03/26/11 01:42 PM, Mikolaj Walkiewicz wrote: > Hi, > > I uninstalled compiz because it caused 'white screen' after logging in. > > Here is Xorg.0.log You may note that the very long list of cards supported by the radeon driver in that log does not include *any* Radeon HD 6xxx models - that dr

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI boot problem

2011-03-27 Thread Apostolos Syropoulos
> Just for interest (and to prove publicly I know not what I'm doing) did all > the business with zpool import, zfs mount, installgrub.etc actually > change  As I said: avoid zfs mount for BEs. > anything ? Or is the answer to the original question of how to deal with a > lost > BE due to

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ATI radeon hd 6850 gnome issue

2011-03-27 Thread Apostolos Syropoulos
> is simply too old for that card.  The newer 6.14.x drivers are available in > source form upstream, but I don't think anyone has built binary packages for > OI yet - I haven't checked to see if your card is supported in the new > driver though.   The newer driver requires KMS which is currently

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ATI radeon hd 6850 gnome issue

2011-03-27 Thread Alan Coopersmith
On 03/27/11 09:16 AM, Apostolos Syropoulos wrote: >> is simply too old for that card. The newer 6.14.x drivers are available in >> source form upstream, but I don't think anyone has built binary packages for >> OI yet - I haven't checked to see if your card is supported in the new >> driver thou

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Networking with Zones an Crossbow

2011-03-27 Thread Darko Hojnik
Hello Gary, They is no Bridge on the System configured. Because for the future if I would run OpenIndiana in a Datacenter some ISP's doesn't like Interfaces with promiscuous mode in there network. My goal is to deploy one Interface from the global zone and vnic's per each unprivileged zone.

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI boot problem

2011-03-27 Thread Richard L. Hamilton
On Mar 27, 2011, at 8:47 AM, Chris Ridd wrote: > > On 26 Mar 2011, at 20:20, Alasdair Lumsden wrote: > >> Excuse the top-posting, I'm on my Blackberry... >> >> I've always found the default solaris reboot and shutdown commands a 'pain >> in the ass'. >> >> I doubt there are many systems out

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ATI radeon hd 6850 gnome issue

2011-03-27 Thread Mikolaj Walkiewicz
Hi Ken, $ xrandr -s 1920x1080 -r 60 Size 1920x1080 not found in available modes $ gtk-window-decorator --replace -> It seems not to see the command So, I'm still unable to set high resolution and windows frames are missing. (in 2D of course) -- Best regards/Pozdrawiam, Mikołaj Wałkiewicz ::

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ATI radeon hd 6850 gnome issue

2011-03-27 Thread ken mays
Mikolaj, Alan (from Oracle) mentioned the ATI/AMD Radeon HD 6xxx are 'unsupported' on Solaris 11 and OpenIndiana_148 at this time. Heed the warning! You can use the vesa driver, load into GNOME, go to Prefereneces-Themes you'll see a tab with 'Theme details'. That will bring you to Window frame

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Fw: Re: ATI radeon hd 6850 gnome issue

2011-03-27 Thread Mikolaj Walkiewicz
Ken, "load into GNOME, go to Prefereneces-Themes you'll see a tab with 'Theme details'. That will bring you to Window frame management. Make your modifications and test." It doesn't work, even though I change to different frame layouts nothing happens, I still don't have frames around the window

[OpenIndiana-discuss] pkg breaks the connection during Open Solaris upgrade

2011-03-27 Thread Witek Świerzy
Hello, I am trying to upgrade my Open Solaris instalation (snv_111b) to build 134, but pkg breaks the connection time after time with 503 error (service not available). I understand, that this situation is caused by overloading the server, where I download the software from, but - would it be poss