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Release Notes for the OpenSolaris Developer Preview 1


Live CD Issues

#41 Password Field Omits "v"

If you use the letter "v" as part of the user password or the root password fields in the Slim Install GUI, the installer omits the letter "v" from your password and does not report the error.

Workaround:

If you want to use the letter "v" in a password, use the passwd(1M) command to create or revise the password after the installation.

#26 Auto-login Failure

When booting the CD the auto-login might fail. If you are presented a Login screen, use the following entries to login:

  • Username is "jack"
  • Password is "jack"
  • root password is "opensolaris"

#61 Default Font Size too Large for Installer

During the LiveCD process, the default font size might be too large. This error makes the Caiman installer unusable. The GNOME/Xserver seems to auto-detect the DPI from the graphics card, rather than being a set value.

Workaround:

1. In the System menu, and select Preferences > Appearance.

2. In the Font tab, click on Details.

3. Reduce the size to a more manageable size, such as 96 DPI.

# 49 No theme or Panel on the Desktop After Automatically Being Logged In

The LiveCD might boot without a background image, no theme on the GTK widgets, or an empty panel, etc.

Workaround: Follow these steps:

1. Use the mount command. 

# mount -F hsfs `lofiadm -a /.cdrom/solarismisc.zlib` /mnt/misc
2. Start the gdm services. 
 # svcadm restart gdm
3. Log back into the system.

#40 Installed OpenSolaris Developer Preview System Does not List Existing Windows Partition in GRUB Menu

After installation, the boot menu presented by GRUB will contain only one entry for OpenSolaris Developer Preview and entries for other installed operating systems are not shown.

Workaround :

To add entries for your other installed operating systems, boot the OpenSolaris Developer Preview system and edit the file /zpl_slim/boot/grub/menu.lst to add menu entries. A typical Windows entry will be similar to: 

title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
For Linux operating systems, you will need to boot into Linux manually using GRUB interactively to locate the correct disk partition. Once Linux is booted, copy the GRUB entries from its menu file and then reboot into the OpenSolaris Developer Preview system to add the entries you have copied to the /zpl_slim/boot/grub/menu.lst file.

#140 When Booting the Live CD Under VMware, no Network Devices are Discovered by Network Auto-Magic(NWAM).

By default, VMware emulates an AMD PCnet interface. This driver is not included in the OpenSolarisTM Developer Preview at this time.

Workaround:

VMware can be configured to emulate an Intel e1000g interface which is supported by the preview. In order to configure VMware to emulate an e1000g interface, search the VMware configuration file, which typically ends with a .vmx suffix, for the following line: 

     ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
Add the following after the above line: 
     ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"
Note that the name of the interface in the .vmx file should be e1000 and not e1000g (no trailing 'g' character is required).

Note for users of "VMware Fusion" under MacOS X:

Under MacOS X, VMware Fusion configuration files are part of a larger package file, typically located in the VIRTUAL MACHINES folder under the user's DOCUMENTS folder. In order to edit the .vmx file, select the appropriate package file while holding down the "Control" key.Select SHOW PACKAGE CONTENTS to open up the package. Use an appropriate text editor such as "TextEdit" to edit the .vmx file.