Release schedule and security information.
We have released a new OpenIndiana Hipster snapshot 2017.04. The noticeable changes: Support for USB 3.0 devices was integrated. Intel KMS port was reworked and should work on most Intel GPUs. Xorg server was updated to 1.18.4. Mate was updated to 1.16. A lot of end user applications are delivered Read More …
A bug was found in the illumos bootloader that resulted in the inability to boot after updating Openindiana Hipster on MBR disk installs. The problem with booting is solved by updating to OI Hipster osnet-incorporation 0.5.11-2017.0.0.16205 (2017-02-25_1202) with system/boot/loader 1.1-2017.0.0.16205 (2017-02-25_1228) and upwards and reinstalling boot blocks. Here are some Read More …
We’ve prepared ISO images with updated DRM drivers. They can be found here. New drivers should support some older hardware, which is currently not supported in OI. There are currently 2 known issues with this code: it still doesn’t restore VGA text mode on Xorg exit; users reported seeing ‘WARNING: Read More …
As part of our documentation revitalization effort, we’re happy to announce a new end user documentation platform based on MkDocs. While still very much a work in progress, the Getting Started with OpenIndiana section of the new Hipster Handbook is nearing completion. However, much work remains to be done, and we cannot do it without Read More …
We have released a new OpenIndiana Hipster snapshot 2016.10. This snapshots contains some notable changes: Intel KMS was integrated and should work on some Intel GPUs. This provides a huge leap forward for desktop users. Mate 1.14 has replaced aging GNOME 2 and is the default desktop environment. The look Read More …
Two illumos security issues, https://www.illumos.org/issues/7488 and https://www.illumos.org/issues/7483 got CVE-2016-6560 and CVE-2016-6561. First one is an issue in kernel bcopy code, second is related to in-kernel SMB server. Both can lead to system crash. Both issues were fixed about ten days ago. Check that your systems are updated at least to Read More …
As the time for the next snapshot is coming, we have prepared a repository for testing the X11 candidate branch for Hipster 2016.10: http://pkg.openindiana.org/xorg-testing/ If you are running a recent ATI graphic adapter, be advised that we cannot provide recent drivers due to the lack of KMS support. This testing Read More …
The work on porting FreeBSD loader to illumos-gate has been recently integrated and loader bits are present in OpenIndiana package repository now. This concerns all OpenIndiana Hipster users. Briefly, when you update to the latest OpenIndiana Hipster AND do beadm activate, grub will be replaced with loader. Loader fixes a Read More …
A lot of users reported about SSH update issues after removal of Sun SSH from illumos-gate. It had to be transparent for users and silently update SSH to OpenSSH, but due to IPS issue, things has gone wrong, and IPS can crash on this update (Issue 7320). Long-term fix was Read More …
We are pleased to announce that Mate 1.14 is available in OI now. To facilitate installing, we’ve created pkg:/mate_install meta-package. Unfortunately, when you have both Gnome 2 and Mate installed, both of them try to use the same applications, so you’ll have interesting time removing Gnome 2 applications from Mate Read More …