On 24/03/10 11:35 PM, Dr Lou wrote: > Thanks for that tip - I'll certainly try it. For the moment, though, I can't > even type into a terminal window. Weird, right? > > Of course, we do not (yet) have the 'root' role authorized to log in, so this > is not an option. > > Additionally, cannot log in to an xterm session now. > > Not sure at the moment how to proceed. Investigations continue. Lou
sounds like this could be 12380 image-update loses /dev/ptmx from /etc/minor_perm http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=12380 When using image-update or the Package Manager to update to build 125 or greater, remote access to the system via ssh(1) or rlogin(1) may become unavailable. Alternatively, using terminal programs such as gnome-terminal(1) or xterm(1) may result in characters not being echoed or commands unable to be typed. Work-around: Boot the original boot environment (BE) instead and correct the /etc/minor_perm file contained within as follows <reboot into the earlier BE> user at host$ pfexec beadm mount <name of new BE> /mnt user at host$ pfexec sh -c \ "grep ^clone: /etc/minor_perm >> /mnt/etc/minor_perm" user at host$ pfexec touch /mnt/reconfigure user at host$ pfexec bootadm update-archive -R /mnt user at host$ pfexec beadm unmount <name of new BE> At this point, the new BE can be booted into. James C. McPherson -- Senior Software Engineer, Solaris Sun Microsystems http://www.jmcp.homeunix.com/blog
