[indiana-discuss] User report for OpenSolaris 2008.05 RC2a

[Sanjay Nadkarni (Home)]

Thanks for trying out rc2a.  Please see my embedded comments.



David Hollenberg wrote:
> I installed RC2a and wanted to share my experiences.  First, let me say that 
> this version is a *tremendous* improvement over preview 2.  Really very
> impressive.
>
> Hardware is Asus A8N-SLI Premium motherboard, 2 GB RAM, AMD Athlon 64 X2
> dual core 4200+ CPU.
>
> 1. I tried to burn the .iso image to a CD but it wouldn't fit.  I used 
>    "cdrw -i <iso_file>".  Writer is a NEC-3550A CD/DVD writer.  Output was:
>
> # cdrw -i 0805rc2a.iso:
> Looking for CD devices...
> Initializing device...done.
> Size required (719120384 bytes) is greater than available space (681986048 bytes
> ). 
>   
Since we are pushing the size limits, you need to use the -C option.  
i.e. cdrw -C -i 0805rc2a.iso.

> 2. The install seemed slower than in preview 2 but I didn't time it.
>    But the map for timezone selection is nice.  The installation went smoothly. 
>    Something I did during the install created a core file.  Mdb showed the
>    stack trace to be:
>
> ::stack
> 0xfa3df32c(84469b0)
> libxpcom_core.so`__1cNnsCOMPtr_baseSassign_with_AddRef6MpnLnsISupports__v_+0x38(
> 83e7710, 0)
> libxpcom_core.so`__1cSfactory_ClearEntry6FpnMPLDHashTable_pnPPLDHashEntryHdr__v_
> +0x35(80f7bc8, 80f9e28)
> libxpcom_core.so`PL_DHashTableFinish+0x5f(80f7bc8)
> libxpcom_core.so`__1cWnsComponentManagerImplIShutdown6M_I_+0x8d(80f7ba0)
> libxpcom_core.so`NS_ShutdownXPCOM_P+0x193(0)
> libxpcom.so`NS_ShutdownXPCOM+0x1b(0)
> libgtkembedmoz.so`NS_TermEmbedding+0x4d(80f0c88, 80b80a0, fa3df328, 8066d19, 804
> 79e8, fa3beddc)
> libgtkembedmoz.so`__1cMEmbedPrivateKPopStartup6F_v_+0xa7(80be458, 80479f8, feffd
> e48, 80479f8, 8066d19, c70)
> libgtkembedmoz.so`gtk_moz_embed_pop_startup+0x18(c70, 806e5a4, 8047a0c, 80675eb,
>  0, 86bc670)
> yelp_gecko_shutdown+0x29(0, 86bc670, feffde48, 8047aec, 806e5a9, 8047ba8)
> yelp_html_shutdown+0xb(8047ba8, 8047ad4, feffb7cc, 8047a38, fefd36c9, feffde48)
> main+0x525(2, 8047b18, 8047b24)
> _start+0x7a(2, 8047c10, 8047c1b, 0, 8047c4a, 8047c7e)
>   
Could you please file a bug against this.  The category would be desktop.
> 3. When booting after install, it is quite difficult to tell which item is
>    highlighted in the GRUB menu, due to dark background color.
>
> 4. After entering username and password at the login screen, the desktop
>    background remains black for awhile.  During this time, I can hear the
>    floppy drive being accessed and the light for it is also on (there is
>    no floppy in the drive).  After perhaps 20-30 seconds this stops and then
>    the desktop background appears.
>   
Does this occur the first time after install or does it occur everytime ? 
> 5. After the desktop background appears, the top panel is still blank.  
>    It stays blank for many minutes.  Running prstat shows that gnome-panel is
>    using one whole CPU.  Killing gnome-panel causes the top panel menu items
>    etc to appear as expected and then everything works fine.  I ran truss
>    and attached it to the process and it looks like it is repeating the same 
>    sequence of calls with a small number of files (mostly access, open64, 
>    fstat64, read and close calls).  I can provide a section of the truss
>    output if this is not a known issue and if it would be useful.
>   
Check if a bug has been filed.  I have not seen this issue reported so 
it may be new.
> 6. Selecting System/Shutdown does not seem to provide an option to restart 
>    rather than shutting down (this capability is present in Solaris 10).
>
> 7. The package manager has packages for both SunStudio and SunStudio Express
>    but they both install in the same place (/opt/SunStudioExpress).  This
>    doesn't seem right.
>
> 8. It would be nice if the package manager had an option to show just
>    Uninstalled Packages.  This may be useful when browsing to see what
>    I don't have on my system.
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