How to start Gnome Connection Manager in English

Gnome Connection Manager is very nice tool, with interesting Cluster feature to manage a Cluster of servers.

On Solaris 11 Express, The LANGUAGE env parameter is not set, and the tool always start in Spanish.

If you want to run it in English, just run the following command line :

LANGUAGE=en_US:en /opt/gcm-0.9.4/gnome_connection_manager.py

How to run Solaris 11 Package Manager Updates with a Proxy

If you try to update the Solaris catalog for Package Manager you might face the following issue:

Error:

Catalog refresh error:

Only 0 out of 1 catalogs successfully updated.

Unable to contact valid package repository

Encountered the following error(s):

Unable to contact any configured publishers.

This is likely a network configuration problem.

Framework error: code: 6 reason: Couldn't resolve host 'pkg.oracle.com'

URL: 'http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release'. (happened 4 times)

In most cases this is due to the Proxy you are sitting behind …

A possible workaround to this is the following:

 - connect as root

 - start a Terminal

 - execute:

export http_proxy="http://TSF\myaccount:mypwd@proxy.3sixtyfive.net:8080"

    Where

          TSF is your domain

          myaccount is your user account

          mypwd is your user password

          proxy.3sixtyfive.net is your proxy

          8080 is your proxy port

    ie:

 - execute:

/usr/bin/packagemanager

The Package Manager will start and you can get updates.

Configurez votre clavier en Français sous Solaris 11 Express - Set Solaris 11 Express keyboard to French

>>> Français
Si vous avez essayé la machine virtuelle Solaris 11 Express avec VirtualBox 4.x, vous avez peut être rencontré des problèmes pour configurer votre clavier en Français …
Voici une astuce qui devrait régler votre problème !

Connectez-vous en user root, et créez le fichier :  /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-x11-input.fdi

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
  <device>
   <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.keys">
    <merge key="input.x11_options.XkbRules" type="string">base</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.XkbModel" type="string">sun_type6_usb</merge>
   <merge key="input.x11_options.XkbLayout" type="string">fr</merge>
  </match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>

Redémarrez votre VM, et vous devriez pouvoir enfin vous connecter en Français dès l’écran de login.

>>> English
if you tried Solaris 11 Express Virtual Machine in Virtual Box 4.x, you may have faced issues with your French keyboard not detected …

To fix this issue, create a file /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-x11-input.fdi

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
  <device>
   <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.keys">
    <merge key="input.x11_options.XkbRules" type="string">base</merge>
    <merge key="input.x11_options.XkbModel" type="string">sun_type6_usb</merge>
   <merge key="input.x11_options.XkbLayout" type="string">fr</merge>
  </match>
</device>
</deviceinfo>

Then restart your VM, and your French keyboard should be active from the login prompt.