Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI-151: test drive

2011-07-01 Thread Alex Lam S.L.
I have tried - except the keyboard remains unresponsive, so I ended up restarting the server instead. Alex. On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 1:52 AM, jaimef o...@linbsd.org wrote: Hello have you tried to SSH in and kill and restart x? Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk r...@karlsbakk.net wrote: The only quirks

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI-151: test drive

2011-07-01 Thread Alex Lam S.L.
After sipping through the instructures for the virtual console, I think I'll stay away from it for now, as I can use SSH to do pretty much the same investigations. Alex. On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Jake jak3...@gmail.com wrote: On Jun 27, 2011, at 7:39 AM, Alex Lam S.L.

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI-151: test drive

2011-07-01 Thread Alex Lam S.L.
With the new Nvidia driver, except for the first 2 boots after installation, it seems to be very stable afterwards. Alex. On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Jonathan Adams t12nsloo...@gmail.com wrote: not that it matters too much, but on my Intel graphics box, when I cntrl-alt-f1 I get a

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI-151: test drive

2011-06-30 Thread Jonathan Adams
not that it matters too much, but on my Intel graphics box, when I cntrl-alt-f1 I get a blank screen, but it is still connected to a virtual console ... I can still log in (if I don't make mistakes) and pkill Xorg to get my screen working properly (although hopefully that is fixed after the latest

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI-151: test drive

2011-06-29 Thread Jake
On Jun 27, 2011, at 7:39 AM, Alex Lam S.L. alexla...@gmail.com wrote: After performing sudo pkg image-update, which only seems to have downloaded the nvidia packages (because that's the only thing being different?), I restarted the server which boots into openindiana-1. And then I couldn't

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI-151: test drive

2011-06-29 Thread jaimef
Hello have you tried to SSH in and kill and restart x? Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk r...@karlsbakk.net wrote: The only quirks I've read into so far is the device driver for Intel AMT (which I don't use anyway), and the occasion freeze of the Gnome desktop. As for the latter - how should I recover

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI-151: test drive

2011-06-27 Thread Alex Lam S.L.
After performing sudo pkg image-update, which only seems to have downloaded the nvidia packages (because that's the only thing being different?), I restarted the server which boots into openindiana-1. And then I couldn't type into the login form at all. So I powered off the server and power it

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI-151: test drive

2011-06-26 Thread Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk
The only quirks I've read into so far is the device driver for Intel AMT (which I don't use anyway), and the occasion freeze of the Gnome desktop. As for the latter - how should I recover from it? My gut feeling is that it is triggered by graphic updates on the desktop, and Ctrl+Alt+F1

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI-151: test drive

2011-06-23 Thread Jake
On Jun 22, 2011, at 3:34 PM, Alex Lam S.L. alexla...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 8:28 PM, Jake jak3...@gmail.com wrote: On Jun 22, 2011, at 3:23 PM, Alex Lam S.L. alexla...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Christopher Chan christopher.c...@bradbury.edu.hk

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI-151: test drive

2011-06-23 Thread Jake
Ctrl+Alt+F1 doesn't seem to help other than making the whole screen go blank. See http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Project+vconsole/WebHome for instructions on enabling virtual consoles in OI. I personally like it locking my consoles when I flip back to them. Good luck, Jake

[OpenIndiana-discuss] OI-151: test drive

2011-06-22 Thread Alex Lam S.L.
Tested: OI-151 live CD http://dlc-int.openindiana.org/151/oi-dev-151-x86-20110608-1.iso System: Intel Core i3-2100 ASUS P8H61 PLUS 8GB DDR3 Nvidia G210 3x 2TB + 1x 2TB spare The aim is to replace the existing office network equipments which consists of 3 boxes of dust, running Linux and

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI-151: test drive

2011-06-22 Thread Mark Humphreys
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 3:11 AM, Alex Lam S.L. alexla...@gmail.com wrote: ... Ctrl+Alt+F1 doesn't seem to help other than making the whole screen go blank. ... This ain't Linux. So, that won't do anything unless you also build the virtual console terminals, which don't exist in any

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI-151: test drive

2011-06-22 Thread sysop
Tested: OI-151 live CD http://dlc-int.openindiana.org/151/oi-dev-151-x86-20110608-1.iso System: Intel Core i3-2100 ASUS P8H61 PLUS 8GB DDR3 Nvidia G210 3x 2TB + 1x 2TB spare The aim is to replace the existing office network equipments which consists of 3 boxes of dust, running

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI-151: test drive

2011-06-22 Thread Alex Lam S.L.
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 1:53 PM, sy...@lavabit.com wrote: Tested: OI-151 live CD http://dlc-int.openindiana.org/151/oi-dev-151-x86-20110608-1.iso System: Intel Core i3-2100 ASUS P8H61 PLUS 8GB DDR3 Nvidia G210 3x 2TB + 1x 2TB spare The aim is to replace the existing office network

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI-151: test drive

2011-06-22 Thread Alex Lam S.L.
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Christopher Chan christopher.c...@bradbury.edu.hk wrote: On Wednesday, June 22, 2011 05:11 PM, Alex Lam S.L. wrote: The only quirks I've read into so far is the device driver for Intel AMT (which I don't use anyway), and the occasion freeze of the Gnome

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI-151: test drive

2011-06-22 Thread Jake
On Jun 22, 2011, at 3:23 PM, Alex Lam S.L. alexla...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Christopher Chan christopher.c...@bradbury.edu.hk wrote: On Wednesday, June 22, 2011 05:11 PM, Alex Lam S.L. wrote: The only quirks I've read into so far is the device driver for Intel

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI-151: test drive

2011-06-22 Thread Alex Lam S.L.
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Mark Humphreys saskal...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 3:11 AM, Alex Lam S.L. alexla...@gmail.com wrote: ... Ctrl+Alt+F1 doesn't seem to help other than making the whole screen go blank. ... This ain't Linux.  So, that won't do anything

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI-151: test drive

2011-06-22 Thread Brian Hechinger
On 6/22/2011 3:30 PM, Alex Lam S.L. wrote: Is there a way to literally kill the GUI? I run into this accidentally today: # svcadm disable gdm Which throws me out into the console. The only down-side being that if the desktop freezes, I don't think I get this line typed out, let alone

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI-151: test drive

2011-06-22 Thread Alex Lam S.L.
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 8:28 PM, Jake jak3...@gmail.com wrote: On Jun 22, 2011, at 3:23 PM, Alex Lam S.L. alexla...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Christopher Chan christopher.c...@bradbury.edu.hk wrote: On Wednesday, June 22, 2011 05:11 PM, Alex Lam S.L. wrote: The only

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI-151: test drive

2011-06-22 Thread Lou Picciano
: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI-151: test drive On 6/22/2011 3:30 PM, Alex Lam S.L. wrote: Is there a way to literally kill the GUI? I run into this accidentally today: # svcadm disable gdm Which throws me out into the console. The only down-side being that if the desktop freezes, I

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI-151: test drive

2011-06-22 Thread Alex Lam S.L.
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 8:33 PM, Brian Hechinger wo...@4amlunch.net wrote: On 6/22/2011 3:30 PM, Alex Lam S.L. wrote: Is there a way to literally kill the GUI? I run into this accidentally today: # svcadm disable gdm Which throws me out into the console. The only down-side being that if

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI-151: test drive

2011-06-22 Thread Jamon Camisso
On 06/22/2011 03:33 PM, Brian Hechinger wrote: On 6/22/2011 3:30 PM, Alex Lam S.L. wrote: Is there a way to literally kill the GUI? I run into this accidentally today: # svcadm disable gdm Which throws me out into the console. The only down-side being that if the desktop freezes, I don't

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI-151: test drive

2011-06-22 Thread Brian Hechinger
On 6/22/2011 3:35 PM, Lou Picciano wrote: Brian, You can also do the # svcadm refresh(or enable) gdm from an ssh session... Sure, but I get the feeling he'd rather be able to deal with this from the console so I thought I'd just toss that out there. -brian

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI-151: test drive

2011-06-22 Thread Brian Hechinger
On 6/22/2011 3:35 PM, Alex Lam S.L. wrote: On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 8:33 PM, Brian Hechingerwo...@4amlunch.net wrote: On 6/22/2011 3:30 PM, Alex Lam S.L. wrote: Is there a way to literally kill the GUI? I run into this accidentally today: # svcadm disable gdm Which throws me out into the