[indiana-discuss] Major issues after attempting to update Ultra 20

[Bart Smaalders]

William Kucharski wrote:
> I've filed bugzilla bugs on these, but thought I'd mention it here:
> 
> I just tried to update my Ultra 20 running 2008.11 to the latest 
> opensolaris-dev release after having no issues doing so on a Ferrari 4000.
> 
> However, I unfortunately ran into major issues.
> 
> First, after upgrading, the new kernel will not boot; instead the kernel 
> hangs while "Configuring Devices":
> 
> + If a network cable is attached, the system gets stuck at:
> 
>     [ network/npiv_config default starting ]
> 
> + If no network cable is attached, the system gets stuck at:
> 
>     [ system/picl: default starting(platform information and control) ]
> 

Bug in Nevada... fixed in 111 I believe.

> So I thought I could simply default back to my last bootenv (the 2008.11 
> bootenv) but after doing so it's obvious that something has changed as 
> Firefox no longer works properly - anything involving bookmarks or 
> history just fails, and the URL bar no longer updates when clicking on 
> links.
> 
> I've tried changing to different versions of Firefox, but the issue 
> remains.
> 
> Needless to say, this makes Firefox rather useless; I've currently got 
> another system running Firefox adjacent to deal with this.
> 
> So:
> 
> 1) Has anyone else seen this?
> 
> 2) Anyone have any ideas as to how to fix either issue?
> 
> It's not permissions issues on Firefox's part, as it correctly shows 
> it's loaded
> the plugins in my .mozilla directory when doing an "about:plugins."
> 
> At this point I wonder if my best move is to reinstall 2008.11 from CD...
> 

Is this using your home directory?  Does root have the same problem?

-= Bart

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