>From the inital Grub boot menu on the install CD's, choose Solaris Express
instead of Solaris Express Developer Edition. Run the installer that way.
Then you can install the compilers and other tools separately. (Or, if you're
upgrading from a previous build, just use what is already installed, since those
didn't change.)
-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
John Kroll wrote:
> Dear Mr. Coopersmith,
> Well at least you guys know about it. Didn't go into the detail but my
> symptoms are exactly as those described in your email :
>
> How do I use one of the old installers?? Do you mean install solaris
> express with old installer then upgrade somehow to solaris developer??
> How is that done?
>
>
>
>
> */Alan Coopersmith <Alan.Coopersmith at Sun.COM>/* wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> The Developer Express Install has a known bug in this release - the
> workaround is to use one of the older installers:
>
> 6693020 SXDE installer fails after language selection
>
> Description:
>
> This happens when using the default SXDE (Solaris Express Developer
> Edition)
> installer on the DVD.
>
> When the Language panel comes up there is also an error message
> window which says:
>
> "Cannot create the directory "/root/.gnome2/share/fonts". This is
> needed to
> allow changing the mouse pointer theme."
>
> I then hit close on the error window and hit OK for English on the
> Language
> panel. I get the following in a window in the upper left corner.
>
> ERROR: The New GUI Installer exited abnormally. You can try to
> restart the installer by running install-solaris from this
> terminal window.
> To use the old GUI Installer, you must reboot and choose the Solaris
> Express option
> from the GRUB menu. This option requires more configuration
> information than the
> Solaris Express Developer Edition option.
>
> I did try to run "install-solaris" from that terminal window. It
> gets as far as
> "Starting Solaris Installation... and brings up the Language panel
> again. After
> clicking okay, nothing happens except that a prompt appears in the
> terminal window.
>
>
> --
> -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
> Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
>
>
