OpenSolaris

OpenSolaris Network Administration for Linux SysAdmins

Posted Tue, 07/07/2009 - 17:57 by Justin Ellison

Why is it that we always find the good documentation after we've fumbled our way around the help and man pages? Such is the case with "OpenSolaris Network Administration for Administrators Familiar with Linux". If you're someone that is familiar with Linux (the doc annoyingly equates RHEL to Linux), and are thinking about installing OpenSolaris, make sure you download this PDF and keep a hardcopy handy!

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Making Home and End Work Like They Do In Linux on OpenSolaris

Posted Tue, 07/07/2009 - 16:37 by Justin Ellison

In OpenSolaris, the xterm bindings aren't there for the End and Home keys - they do nothing. Yes, I know, Ctrl+a and Ctrl+e do the same things, but my laziness has turned into muscle memory. Here's how to fix it:

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Fixing CPAN Perl Module Installation Issues on OpenSolaris

Posted Fri, 06/19/2009 - 08:04 by Justin Ellison

In OpenSolaris, if you're installing perl modules via CPAN, you might run into this error: 

cc: unrecognized option `-KPIC'
cc: language ildoff not recognized
cc: ReadKey.c: linker input file unused because linking not done

In order to fix that, edit the file /usr/perl5/5.8.4/lib/i86pc-solaris-64int/Config.pm, and make the following changes to the existing lines for 'optimize' and 'cccldflags':
UPDATE! Thanks to reader Vesta for his tip. The original tip I posted will not fix all the issues, for example Apache2::Util won't install.

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Fixing Metacity's Window Placement on Dual Head Setups on OpenSolaris

Posted Tue, 06/16/2009 - 18:04 by Justin Ellison

It took me a few minutes to get dual-head working on OpenSolaris, but once I did, I immediately found something that greatly annoyed me. Every new window I opened would launch in the middle of the two heads (half of it on one monitor, the other half on the other monitor). Also, maximizing a window made it stretch across both monitors.

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Installing the Pidgin-Encryption Plugin on OpenSolaris

Posted Tue, 06/16/2009 - 17:50 by Justin Ellison

You can install Pidgin from the OpenSolaris.org repository, but there's no package for the Pidgin-Encryption plugin. Once you point it in the right direction, it's not hard to install the plugin from source.

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Installing Synergy2 from Source on OpenSolaris 2009.06

Posted Tue, 06/16/2009 - 17:44 by Justin Ellison

At work, I can't live without Synergy, the program that allows you to share one keyboard and mouse with multiple systems across multiple systems. Here's a quick post on how to install it in OpenSolaris:

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Plunging into the Deep End: Running OpenSolaris on my Primary Workstation

Posted Tue, 06/16/2009 - 17:23 by Justin Ellison

Well, like I did with Linux ten years ago, I installed OpenSolaris 2009.06 on my primary workstation at work. There's simply no better way to learn an OS than to force yourself to run it. While I was pretty close to Ctrl-C'ing the whole project a couple of times, I'm now getting things set up pretty much the way I need them to be. Stay tuned for articles with my tips, but here's my first impressions:

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