On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 10:54:14AM -0500, Kevin Monceaux wrote: > 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?
Not that I know of. The mechanism for getting a console login from the dtlogin screen is pretty hackish. > 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. I think that if you're not working on ON or explicitly testing something not yet integrated, BFU will likely do you more harm than good. > 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. Depends on your needs. If you need support, patches, or the most well-tested option, go with Solaris 10. If you want to track current development, use SXCE. SXDE is a confusing marketing name; it's used inconsistently by Sun to refer to a variety of different characteristics; among these is the use of milestone builds incorporating fewer high-risk changes. Depending on which of these aspects someone means when saying 'SXDE', it may be better or worse than SXCE; it's even more confusing that if build X is an SXDE milestone build, there will also be an SXCE release of build X which has the same Solaris content and thus offers the same reduced-risk angle. I have no idea why Solaris Marketing thinks confusing customers is a good idea but there it is. -- Keith M Wesolowski "Sir, we're surrounded!" FishWorks "Excellent; we can attack in any direction!" _______________________________________________ opensolaris-help mailing list [email protected]
