Install tips

Install tips to Open Solaris (latest)

I have install Open Solaris and..

Wifi?

If you use a WPA2 encrypted network then will this post be your friend:  http://blogs.sun.com/lubos/entry/joining_a_hidden_wpa2_secured

Do my (device) work?

OpenSolaris come with a device tool which neatly shows all devices and whether they are supported.

Open solaris on:

Eee PC

Open solaris even run on low end hardware like the eeepc 701. See this post:  http://blogs.sun.com/dtu/entry/open_solaris_on_the_eeepc or http://kohju.justplayer.com/docs/mirror/OpenSolaris/eeepc-special/ for a eeepc specilised OS dist

HP Compaq 2230s

This is likly to be updated as I get around to test the different parts. I use OpenSolaris as my OS on my laptop.

Tested:

*Wifi: Works
*Screen: Works
*Volume control: Works
*Webcam: Works (sort off, cheese however, do not it seems)
*ACPI: Gnome can blank the screen on lid close, but http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Community+Group+pm/FAQ_sr_support gives a guide to enable suspend to ram. This indeed make the suspend to ram work.

Not tested:

*Ethernet: See http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=234817 for driver. Myk driver do find my card, but it will not use dhcp. I can snoop packages, s.t. it must be the network config, or my home network which might be foobar.
*Bluetooth: Haven't found any bluetooth commands to test with :-(
*Mobile internet. I will try http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?forumID=79&threadID=37501 with my huqwai e160g and report back.

Software

*Haskell, git and gcc (and some more) did I need to get from here: http://code.google.com/p/opensolaris-lang/
*My publishers is like this:
davse@inuchan:$ pkg publisher
PUBLISHER                             TYPE     STATUS   URI
opensolaris.org          (preferred)  origin   online   http://pkg.opensolaris.org/
contrib.opensolaris.org               origin   online   http://pkg.opensolaris.org/contrib/
oldpending.opensolaris.org              origin   online   http://pkg.opensolaris.org/pending/
davse@inuchan:$