Problems with demo VM
Verfasst: 07 Feb 2013, 20:12
Hi,
I am hoping to implement opsi on CentOS 6, if I can successfully work around the dependency on Samba 3 - I am running Samba 4 AD.
I decided to try the demo VM to learn about installation and setup of opsi. I downloaded the current (4.0.2) opsidemo VM and opened it in VMware Workstation 6. The VM booted and entered the setup routine, where I provided all details. After the VM rebooted I found the following problems:
1. No X-windows/desktop - only tty - even though the guide said there should be a GUI.
2. German language, even though I was sure I selected English.
3. Keyboard mapping all screwed up - probably related to item 2.
4. No networking. Could ping the VM's own IP but nothing else.
Assuming I must have been half asleep and done something wrong, I blew away the VM and started again, but got exactly the same result. Next I tried importing the VM instead of opening it, and went through the setup routine again. This time I still had problems 1, 2 and 3, but now the network was functioning. At least now I could ssh into the VM with a keyboard that works! I managed to find all the files to edit to fix the language and keyboard issues. I really don't like Debian and its retarded offspring like Ububtu - everything is in the wrong place, called the wrong thing and works the wrong way.
But I still can't get X-windows to work. I get a splash screen at boot up, but LightDM fails and it drops back to tty. The log files are no help - it just reports 'illegal instruction'. I have tried many different things including
- aptitude update
- aptitude safe-upgrade
- Installing VMware tools
- Reinstalling LightDM
- Switching to gdm
- Installing video drivers (don't know why in a VM, but getting desperate)
The list goes on, but nothing works. And searching the internet for solutions to a Ubuntu problem, you can look at 100 sites with 100 different reasons and fixes, none of them any good.
Not that I'm desperate for X-windows, but without it you can't run opsi-configed, which makes it difficult to test opsi. Eventually I found I could run the opsi-product-updater which downloaded an opsi-admintools package including opsi-configed. This I copied from the depot share to a Windows client and could run it! This is not really clear from the manuals what to do. It's sort of there, but in different places - like a jigsaw puzzle.
A demo VM should 'just work' out of the box. Yes, you have to read the instructions, and I do, but you don't expect these issues. I have it working (without X-windows) but it has taken 100 times longer than it should have. At least this may help the developers or anyone else who finds these problems.
Regards,
Stephen Jones
I am hoping to implement opsi on CentOS 6, if I can successfully work around the dependency on Samba 3 - I am running Samba 4 AD.
I decided to try the demo VM to learn about installation and setup of opsi. I downloaded the current (4.0.2) opsidemo VM and opened it in VMware Workstation 6. The VM booted and entered the setup routine, where I provided all details. After the VM rebooted I found the following problems:
1. No X-windows/desktop - only tty - even though the guide said there should be a GUI.
2. German language, even though I was sure I selected English.
3. Keyboard mapping all screwed up - probably related to item 2.
4. No networking. Could ping the VM's own IP but nothing else.
Assuming I must have been half asleep and done something wrong, I blew away the VM and started again, but got exactly the same result. Next I tried importing the VM instead of opening it, and went through the setup routine again. This time I still had problems 1, 2 and 3, but now the network was functioning. At least now I could ssh into the VM with a keyboard that works! I managed to find all the files to edit to fix the language and keyboard issues. I really don't like Debian and its retarded offspring like Ububtu - everything is in the wrong place, called the wrong thing and works the wrong way.
But I still can't get X-windows to work. I get a splash screen at boot up, but LightDM fails and it drops back to tty. The log files are no help - it just reports 'illegal instruction'. I have tried many different things including
- aptitude update
- aptitude safe-upgrade
- Installing VMware tools
- Reinstalling LightDM
- Switching to gdm
- Installing video drivers (don't know why in a VM, but getting desperate)
The list goes on, but nothing works. And searching the internet for solutions to a Ubuntu problem, you can look at 100 sites with 100 different reasons and fixes, none of them any good.
Not that I'm desperate for X-windows, but without it you can't run opsi-configed, which makes it difficult to test opsi. Eventually I found I could run the opsi-product-updater which downloaded an opsi-admintools package including opsi-configed. This I copied from the depot share to a Windows client and could run it! This is not really clear from the manuals what to do. It's sort of there, but in different places - like a jigsaw puzzle.
A demo VM should 'just work' out of the box. Yes, you have to read the instructions, and I do, but you don't expect these issues. I have it working (without X-windows) but it has taken 100 times longer than it should have. At least this may help the developers or anyone else who finds these problems.
Regards,
Stephen Jones