[csw-users] Problems with new Gnome on Solaris9/Sparc

[Alessio Cervellin]

> I used the semester break to do my semiannual "pkg-get -uU"  on the 
big
> sunray server of our institute (Solaris9/Sparc) and have, for the 
first time, serious
> problems. Perhaps someone should put a big red 
warning sign
>  "At this moment, 'unstable' really means unstable!!"  
> on the blastwave home page?

I totally agree.
Anyway on the other 
side, it must be admitted that "unstable" means "unstable", and there 
is always been a disclaimer about that: use it at your own risk.
Also, 
current problems with unstable (especially gnome) have been discussed a 
lot on this mailing list recently.

> Now, something at least seems to 
work, but there are still many problems:
>  - gnome-terminal sometimes 
crashes when pressing a menu button
> - the gnome settings daemon 
crashes from time to time     
> - The clock applet seems to be 
missing. 
> - gnome-volume-control gives the startup error 
>   "No 
volume control gstreamer plugins or devices found"
> Please, help me. 
Is there something trivial I overlook?

nope, they are mostly known 
issues.

> Should I better go back to Gnome 2.8? 

probably it would be 
better

> Is someone running the new Gnome on Sol9 without those 
problems? 

no, problems are known.

> Or do all the blastwave 
developers use Solaris 10?

no, packages are usually tested on a wide 
range of systems (sol 8, 9, 10, 11 x86 & sparc)