Did you try Craig's earlier suggestion of stop v with the Ethernet cable unplugged just after it tries to contact a SRS? According to him, that works no matter whether the FW is GUI or not [never tried it myself].
Scott -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Randy Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 5:43 PM To: SunRay-Users mailing list Subject: EXTERNAL:Re: [SunRay-Users] no keyboard well now that DUT messed up i got it to connect to the server and the server desided it need to update the firmware and install a non GUI firmware on the DTU now after a reboot of the DTU its all messed up no more GUI an dnow it want to connect to a 63.xxx.xxx.xxx server witch i don't have i use a 192.168 subnet and no way to configure the DTU this is great LOL what a piece of ART work SRSS is.. ROFL Randy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy" <[email protected]> To: "SunRay-Users mailing list" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 7:11 PM Subject: Re: [SunRay-Users] no keyboard Would i use the redhat SRSS install files and Srss software or is there a how to for CentOS Randy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Bender" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 6:41 PM Subject: Re: [SunRay-Users] no keyboard CentOS is a "free" RH linux clone and will work wonderfully. I do understand the draw to Ubuntu. It's a great distro, very user friendly. On 12/1/10 4:16 PM, Randy wrote: > I totally understand. but the other OS's (RH/OEL, and SuSE) you have to > pay for and cost big bucks were a small 300 kids K-8 School and the way > the country is going were not getting the money we used to get and its > just going to get worse but i see this for the school to be a great > system to use. I'm currectly using Ncomputing L300 and those guys > haven't got that software working correctly they need better programmers > at Ncomputing cause they have issues. There linux version of there > software isn't too bad but it still need alot of work also. > > I don't know how much the license fee's are with Oracle but i bet there > not cheap.. > > I seen the Sunray stuff in action and i really like it. i know the Linux > OS on a medium level no expert yet. its just take time.. > > Well i figure it out somehow.. > > Thanks for all your time :) > > Randy > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Bender" > <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 5:34 PM > Subject: Re: [SunRay-Users] no keyboard > > > If you've never ran utfwadm, then you've never had GUI firmware on your > Sun Rays. > > You don't need a degree in computer science, but you do need to > understand that you are attempting use a Linux distribution that not > only is unsupported, but is totally different than the two distros that > are supported (RH/OEL, and SuSE). Unsupported means Oracle doesn't > develop or do QA against Ubuntu, and the instructions you are following > are a best effort by a community of users. I highly doubt your troubles > are providing any job security to the contributors of the how to guides > for unsupported distros. > > If you want to see how it *should* work, install it on a supported > distribution or on Solaris. Also, have a look at the official > documentation to understand how to distribute GUI firmware. > > http://wikis.sun.com/display/SRS/Home > > On 12/1/10 3:05 PM, Randy wrote: >> i'm following the directions of the SRSS on ubunti i have never yet use >> the utfwadm command. but i just got another sunray2 DTU an di'm trying >> to getthis whole thing going but i didn't know i needed a degree in >> computer science just to get a linux box woking correctly with SRSS.. >> >> >> The other DTU i put in the sunray and i'm getting a 26B when its connect >> to the server so that means its not getting the GUI.. >> and now for some reason i;m getting a X on my /var/log/gdm folder now >> sorry you don;t have permissions to view the content. (Is it sopose to >> do that) >> and if so what permissions setting should i use to view the files.. >> >> i'm sorry if i sound like a dummy on this but you would think for all >> the time this software been out there would be a better way of setting >> it up without all the issues. >> but i guess its job security for others.. >> >> I'll worrer about the other DTU later i have a working DTU but now i >> have to read some error logs to see where its stoping at and the >> /var/log/gdm folder has me locked out.. >> >> >> I thanks you guys for all your time and being patience with me and for >> all the trouble :) >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Bender" >> <[email protected]> >> To: "SunRay-Users mailing list" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 11:23 AM >> Subject: Re: [SunRay-Users] no keyboard >> >> >> It depends where you are in the boot sequence whether the keyboard is >> allowed or not. If the DTU can't find the server, it's a brief window >> before the DTU resets and the boot sequence repeats. >> >> I find the best work-around in this scenario is to remove the Ethernet >> cable, that will halt the boot sequence where you can get to the FW GUI >> if installed. Stop+V will work regardless of the firmware being the GUI >> or non-GUI version, but again, has to be hit in that window of time. >> >> If the DTU no longer has the GUI FW installed, the most likely scenario >> is that the DTU was provided an option to upgrade to a later version and >> that version was the non-GUI. >> >> Randy, what utadm and what utfwadm commands did you run on your Sun Ray >> Server? Do you only plan on using the GUI firmware to tell the DTU how >> to find the Sun Ray Server? Even if that is the case, I'd highly >> suggest using either the DNS name of sunray-config-servers.FQDN or >> option 66 in DHCP so the Sun Rays know where to grab the latest firmware >> from and you might be inclined to use the .parms files for the settings >> you are manually enter into the DTU so they can be managed centrally. >> >> >> >> >> >> On 12/1/10 9:03 AM, Nishimura, Scott L (IT Solutions) wrote: >>> From his description, it sounds like Stop v doesn't work along with any >>> other keyboard combination. >>> >>> Is it possible that somehow the FW was altered to the non-GUI version? >>> That would explain the symptoms. >>> >>> If it's not currently connecting to your SRS, you could configure >>> another Ethernet port on your SRS and hook the TC directly in via a >>> crossover cable and download the GUI FW that way. >>> >>> Alternatively, you could configure DHCP option 49 on the TC subnet so it >>> automatically receives the IP of the SRS. >>> >>> Scott >>> >>> *From:* [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *P.S.M.Swamiji >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 30, 2010 7:02 PM >>> *To:* SunRay-Users mailing list >>> *Subject:* EXTERNAL:Re: [SunRay-Users] no keyboard >>> >>> On 12/1/2010 7:28 AM, Randy wrote: >>> >>> Hello, Anyone out here knock knock.. :) Anyone had this problem where >>> you can't access the GUI on the sunray 2 DTU via keyboard.. >>> >>> Do you have the GUI firmware on Sun Ray 2 DTU?. >>> What does Stop+V shows?. >>> >>> Thanks >>> P.S.M.Swamiji >>> >>> Note: These are my personal opinions, nothing to do with my employer >>> >>> I can get it to reboot the DTU but any other command to gain access to >>> the GUI in the DTU don't work >>> >>> its like the keyboard its not there but it kinda is if i can reboot the >>> DTU from it. >>> >>> i have tryed several keyboards and to no luck why its not letting me in >>> the GUI in the DUT.. >>> >>> Its worked before now out of no where it quit. >>> >>> and i can't get it to access the server cause i can't set any setting in >>> the DUT to make it connect to the server.. >>> >>> I have check every where and no no avale to find a fix for this.. >>> >>> Randy >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> SunRay-Users mailing list >>> >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> >>> http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> SunRay-Users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users >> _______________________________________________ >> SunRay-Users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SunRay-Users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users > _______________________________________________ > SunRay-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users > > _______________________________________________ > SunRay-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users
