<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/11/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">George Wyche</b> <<a href="mailto:gwyche@io.com">gwyche@io.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
@Tracey<br>> That was my other question. Does it make sense to have 2 copies of gnome.<br>> I'm just trying to understand if it's needed. I come from linux background<br>> and understand the dependencies situation. I'm pretty new to solaris and
<br>> would like to know what the proper build procedure for solaris 10 while<br>> getting the nice packages from blastwave. Blastwave seems like the only<br>> decent place that has the best packages available for Solaris that I am
<br>> use<br>> to using. Thanks.<br>><br>> Tracey Flanders<br><br>Well. I have now installed Solaris10 8/07 4 times and I have some advice.<br>Get rid of the Solaris packages AFTER you install. Figure out, which I
<br>haven't done, how to get Solaris OS to embrace the /opt/csw tree.<br><br>#1 build: I did custom and left out Gnome, thinking to use Blastwave. Doh!<br>The first time I tried to log in the login screens would not complete...
<br>Needed Gnome. Don't have it yet. I continued as console root and installed<br>my blastwave packages and *tried* to get the PATH to include /opt/csw, et<br>cetera, but obviously failed. Login screens acted just the same.
<br><br>#2 build: Did upgrade, thinking to pick up Gnome from Sun. Failed. No change.<br><br>#3 build: Let Sun have their way... Bog standard install. (Just love the<br>UK-ism.) Login worked! Did blastwave packages. FAILED! Out of space! Doh!
<br>The partitioning was, let us say, inconvenient.<br><br>#4 build: Custom install. Followed Dennis' Solaris10 11/06 install (even<br>though I use Sparc). Then (after some internet connectivity issues) loaded<br>on blastwave packages. SUCCESS.
<br><br>George Wyche</blockquote><div><br>I never read that before, thanks! I just assumed he did a standard install. That's what I get to assuming. <br></div><br></div><br>