Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Still stuck at installing build-essential

2022-07-01 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
Marcel Telka writes: [...] >> , >> | pkg install: The requested change to the system attempts to install >> multiple actions >> | for link 'usr/share/man/man1/python3.1' with conflicting attributes: >> | >> | 1 package delivers 'link mediator=python mediator-version=3.5 >>

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Still stuck at installing build-essential

2022-06-30 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
I'm seeing some odd output when trying to install build-essential. Its a brand-new install where a full update has been performed and it has been rebooted. In the past I've been able to install build-essential at this stage. But not this time. It seems there are conflicts within the pkg list of

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] No install build-essential following full update

2022-06-30 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
Marcel Telka writes: [...] >> What do I have to do to be allowed to install metapkg build-essential? > > Yes, the latest version of userland-incorporation, build-essential (and > few more) are currently not installable. Sorry for that. > > You should be able to update to >

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] No install build-essential following full update

2022-06-30 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
Marcel Telka writes: [...] > Yes, the latest version of userland-incorporation, build-essential (and > few more) are currently not installable. Sorry for that. > > You should be able to update to > userland-incorporation@0.5.11-2022.0.0.15873 and > build-essential@1.0-2022.0.0.1 though. > >

[OpenIndiana-discuss] No install build-essential following full update

2022-06-30 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
Fresh install from 211031 installer performed a full update Following the update I'm unable to install the build-essential meta pkg. pkg install: No matching version of metapackages/build-essential can be installed: Reject: pkg://openindiana.org/metapackages/build-essential@1.0-2022.0.0.1

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Missing the boat on using dedupe

2022-06-09 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
Judah Richardson writes: > FWIW, using deduplication is recommended only when the pool's dedup ratio > > (more info at that link) is >= 2. The documentation implies violating that > principle creates more problems than it

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Missing the boat on using dedupe

2022-06-09 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
First I made a mess of trying to merge three slightly different versions of a trove of images. A zfs fs directories full of images and file structures on 2 different zfs-linux hosts; plus 1 Image trove on a windows 10 host. I'm sorry what follows is a bit hard to follow. when rsyncing one of

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Time-slider

2022-06-09 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
Oscar del Rio writes: > On 2022-06-07 1:36 p.m., I wrote: >> On 2022-06-06 3:59 p.m., hput via openindiana-discuss wrote: >>> Any way to set the pace of snaps myself? It appears that its set to >>> do 24 hourly snaps a day which for my use is about %90 more than I &

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Time-slider

2022-06-06 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
First, I do know that if time-slider isn't what I want I can always turn it off. Probably a dumb question, but, is there any kind of finer setting with the time-slider? Any way to set the pace of snaps myself? It appears that its set to do 24 hourly snaps a day which for my use is about %90

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] How to straighten out an /etc/passwd /etc/opasswd mess I've created

2022-05-31 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
Till Wegmueller writes: > Hi > > A quick and dirty way of regenerating without your changes to the system is. > > 0. Create a backup boot environment where you still can log in. > 1. Be logged in as root. > 2. backup the files "mv /etc/passwd{,.bak}" for /etc/group /etc/passwd > and /etc/shadow.

[OpenIndiana-discuss] How to straighten out an /etc/passwd /etc/opasswd mess I've created

2022-05-31 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
Messing around beyond my capabilities I've managed to create a situation where I cannot add a user: useradd -m reader UX: useradd: ERROR: Inconsistent password files. See pwconv(8). Running `pwconv' seems not to do a thing. I've jerked around with the files so much this morning I doubt I

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Not understanding this error in recv

2022-05-28 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
Getting an error on an oi host while pulling replication backups. I'm using a tool `zfs_autobackup' But the error appears to emanate from the recv command involved. Below are a few lines surrounding and the error with `!' identifying it (not mine). It is a an ubuntu linux server being pulled

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] What is the rpool/dump fs?

2022-05-12 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
Toomas Soome via openindiana-discuss writes: >> Sorry for the lammer question. Not finding the info that explains it >> easily. Some with just a pointer, url or the like. >> >> What does it do? How should I handle it when replicating an oi >> backup server... no backups on it at the moment

[OpenIndiana-discuss] What is the rpool/dump fs?

2022-05-11 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
Sorry for the lammer question. Not finding the info that explains it easily. Some with just a pointer, url or the like. What does it do? How should I handle it when replicating an oi backup server... no backups on it at the moment so thought I might replicate rpool .. I am excepting rpool/swap

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Build essential

2022-05-03 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
Tim Mooney via openindiana-discuss writes: [...] > first. > > build-essential won't get you *every* development-related package, but > it's enough to get started. > > I think build-essential is a consolidation, not a package, so that may > be why it wasn't showing up in your search. Hey,

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Problems with some zfs fs unable to mount after shutdown

2022-05-03 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
Flemming Dalsgaard writes: > The commands > zfs create -omountpoint=/exportp0/export > zfs create -omountpoint=/export/home p0/export/home > zfs create -omountpoint=/export/home/USER p0/export/home/USER > > Should be sufficient to make the /export/home/USER > so you should not

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Actions unreasonably slow 2021.0430

2022-05-03 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
Host OS: ubuntu-21.10 running zfs Vbox version: 6.1.30 vm OS Openindiana/hipster New install of 2021.0430 with all updates as of Jan 9 vm has 12.288 GB or ram --- --- ---=--- --- --- I can't help but notice what feels like unreasonable waits for such things

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] About Publisher

2022-05-03 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
Andreas Wacknitz writes: > ╰─➤  pkg list -a|grep emacs Yes, I had done that before posting thinking that should get any naming used. But that is not the problem: root@h0:~# pkg list |grep emacs root@h0:~# I seem to recall that `pkg list' lists out all pkgs for my particular image is that

[OpenIndiana-discuss] what to do after install on minimal install media

2022-05-03 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
I haven't been able to install from oi install media thru all of 2021. I finally decided to try the minimal *.iso and low and behold it worked. Or I should say seems to be working ... install not complete yet. So what does one do with a minimal install? Is it just a matter of updating to get

[OpenIndiana-discuss] During install with minimal ISO allows no disk selection

2022-05-03 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
Installing from the minimal *.iso (latest) I cannot see a way to select a disk my self. The interface has found a disk GPT disk marked it with an asterisk and a dash, and no amount moving the selection up/dwn backup up to the start of the process... not of those do a darn thing. If I put the

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] About Publisher

2022-05-03 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
Tim Mooney via openindiana-discuss writes: > In regard to: [OpenIndiana-discuss] About Publisher, hput via...: > >> For a newly installed hipster OS 21.10 (in vbox vm) I see 'publish' set as >> so: >> >> PUBLISHER TYPESTATUS P LOCATION >> openindiana.org origin online

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Possible to update from 2021.0430 to 2021.1130 with pkg tool?

2022-05-03 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
Can one update from one release to another with just the pkg tool. When I run `pkg update' on oi/hipster installed from 2021.0430 does that install the pkgs that are current in 2021.1130? ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Any reasons tree /export/home/USERS shouldn't be moved to a different pool

2022-05-03 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
hput via openindiana-discuss writes: > Are there any reasons the hierarchy /export/home/USERS should not be > moved to a different pool? I can think of a few reasons why /root > should be on rpool. But USER homes are kind of likely to, over time, > accumulate quite a lot o

[OpenIndiana-discuss] send/recv multi part zfs filesystem

2022-01-15 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
setup HOST ubuntu-21.10 Vbox VM OI/hipster Installed from 2021.04.31 updated 220114; uname -a SunOS oi 5.11 illumos-c12f119108 i86pc i386 i86pc --- --- ---=--- --- --- Having trouble getting send/recv working to expectations. Maybe expectations are

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Zstandard vs lz4

2022-01-14 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
How do I use Zstandard compression with openindiana/hipster? ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Problems with some zfs fs unable to mount after shutdown

2022-01-13 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
I've wanted to put the home directories on a different pool than rpool. Ok. So, resynced the content of rpool/export/USER to directory /was-USER Did not create a another zfs fs just put the content at the new directory at /was-USER Now since the content of /export/home/USER is superfluos I did

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Any reasons tree /export/home/USERS shouldn't be moved to a different pool

2022-01-12 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
Are there any reasons the hierarchy /export/home/USERS should not be moved to a different pool? I can think of a few reasons why /root should be on rpool. But USER homes are kind of likely to, over time, accumulate quite a lot of data might and eventually squeeze rpool.

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Any reasons tree /export/home/USERS shouldn't be moved to a different pool

2022-01-12 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
Are there any reasons the hierarchy /export/home/USERS should not be moved to a different pool? I can think of a few reasons why /root should be on rpool. But USER homes are kind of likely to, over time, accumulate quite a lot of data might and eventually squeeze rpool.

[OpenIndiana-discuss] how to disable caja

2022-01-12 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
I notice the file manager caja in mate desktop pull quite a lot of cpu at times. I never use caja at all. I'd like to just get rid of it, but suspect it might jackup mate so bad I'd have a heck of time getting it straightened out again. So, wondering how one might disable in some harmless way.

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Where is the top menus and tools

2022-01-12 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
Tim Mooney via openindiana-discuss writes: > In regard to: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Where is the top menus and tools, hput...: > >> Its the Mate menus and the time slider network connection and etc that >> are missing. > > If you can ssh in to the system or otherwise get access to a login > shell,

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Where is the top menus and tools

2022-01-11 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
Setup: Vbox vm running on ubuntu-21.10 zfs I got the install done but an not seeing the full menus and other items normally found at the top of the screen. I've made the first update so things should be up to date. Did a second update after install build-essential I've lost the main menu,

[OpenIndiana-discuss] posting on newsgroup

2022-01-11 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
I've signed up for the mail list probably 3-4 weeks ago. I posted on it using the mailling address a couple of times successfully. I thought once I had the mailling group dialed in, I would be able to post to the gmane newsgroup. Is that supposed to be allowed once you are a mailling list

[OpenIndiana-discuss] How to activate the timeslider on console install

2022-01-01 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
How does one setup the time slider in a console install ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss

[OpenIndiana-discuss] About Publisher

2022-01-01 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
For a newly installed hipster OS 21.10 (in vbox vm) I see 'publish' set as so: PUBLISHER TYPESTATUS P LOCATION openindiana.org origin onlinehttp:/pkg.openindiana.org/hipster/ Is there more to be set... I notice when I ran: pkg install emacs I'm told it is not permitted on my

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Build essential

2022-01-01 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
Tim Mooney via openindiana-discuss writes: [...] > first. > > build-essential won't get you *every* development-related package, but > it's enough to get started. > > I think build-essential is a consolidation, not a package, so that may > be why it wasn't showing up in your search. Hey,

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Build essential

2021-12-31 Thread hput via openindiana-discuss
Just installed oi/hipster in a vbox vm .. I used GUI installer but selected the text installer when presented with a choice. Apparently that must mean I want a console/text machine because it appears unable to go into x and thumbing thru installed pkgs I do not see many of the necessary tools to