Keith, On Tue, 30 Oct 2007, Keith M Wesolowski wrote:
> Your questions are best directed to the virtual consoles project > team[0]. Will do. I just wanted to make sure it wasn't strictly a newbie related problem, so I asked here first. > Generally speaking, backwards BFU is not supported, so it would not be > surprising if you had problems after installing snv_74 and then bfuing > to something based on 66. I suspected that might be the case. > In the meantime, use screen[1]. I do use screen. Without virtual console support installed is it possible to switch back and forth from X to the master text console? If so, how? If I can do that, I can live without virtual consoles. > Preferred by whom? That's partially what I'm asking. I'm very new to Solaris and when Googling for "keeping Solaris up to date" I got alot of hits pointing to bfu. Also, vconsole support, which I would like to be able to use, is only provided as bfu archives. > The Sun-supported way to upgrade among Solaris *releases* (which SXCE > and SXDE are not) is to use the Upgrade feature, including LiveUpgrade. I'll definitely check out those options. > On a "real" system, one would never use BFU. Sounds good to me. I'm definitely open to other options. > The mere existence of multiple distributions is not harmful to you; you > need only use one of them. Agreed. > At the present time, all architectural requirements are being enforced > at the OpenSolaris level, not the distribution level, so it will remain > possible for all distribution vendors to produce compatible products if > they wish (note that these requirements[2] are much stronger than > comparable efforts in the GNU/Linux communities such as LSB). Again, > however, no one can force them to do so. Which is exactly why I consider having so many distributions to choose from as both a strength and weakness for Linux. It's encouraging to hear that the OpenSolaris community is working harder than the Linux community to promote compatibility across distributions. > If you need a consistent and reliable distribution experience, stick > with Solaris. I'm hopeful that Sun will continue to ship and support it > in something like its current form for many years. I can live with that. So, if I want to stick with Solaris, which version should I be trying right now? I gather from the above that what I'm running right now is not true Solaris. Kevin http://www.RawFedDogs.net http://www.WacoAgilityGroup.org Bruceville, TX Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes. Longum iter est per praecepta, breve et efficax per exempla!!! _______________________________________________ opensolaris-help mailing list [email protected]
