On 24/03/2010 09:44, James C. McPherson wrote: > 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. > Is there a way to fix it when there is no BE before build 125 available? I have a similar issue on SPARC with snv_133 installed. Gnome terminal is broken in a manner described in that bug. However there was no upgrade from some BE prior to build 125, system was installed from scratch (using build 131) and upgraded to build 133 later.
Thanks, Hillel.
