No keyboard or mouse after installing desktop in Solaris 11.4GA
Posted: 3. Sep 2020, 17:06
Short Story:
Solaris client VM fails to register keyboard or mouse inputs after installing Solaris desktop
Solaris 11.4GA
VirtualBox 6.1.12
I have searched the forum and mail finder.
Long Story:
My team hosts a Solaris workshop using VirtualBox on training laptops. We provide the participants with a flash drive containing the VM and supporting documents, which means we must use Solaris 11.4 GA ISO to create the VM. A bash script defines all parameters, and with minor edits have used it since v5.2. After updating the workshop to some new features on 11.4 I attempted to create a fresh VM. Everything progresses until performing 'pkg install solaris-desktop'. After installation there is no mouse or keyboard recognition in the VM. It does not matter if the extension pack is installed before the desktop. An existing VM created months ago works and has been updated to SRU24 on VBox 6.1.12.
I have tried:
Host HW: Home built servers (Solaris nvidia graphics & Linux Intel graphics), Toshiba laptop (Linux)
Host OSs: OLinux v7.9, Solaris 11.4SRU24
VirtualBox: v6.1.12 (Worked using v6.1.6-10)
I/O Devices: USB wired and wireless K&M, laptop keyboard & touchpad.
Re-installing extension packs. Tried using different hardware and OS.
Boot command line only; works, related to GUI.
Checked for mouse & keyboard integration.
Activated USB3.
Tried building with SRU24, required increasing VM to 8GB due to Python error and then reducing to 4GB. Also required mounting locally ISO repo to install the desktop. Worked after reboot, appears to be related to SRU update.
So, how can I provide a Solaris 11.4GA VM to a customer that will run in the latest VirtualBox release?
Or, stay within corporate software guidelines.
Solaris client VM fails to register keyboard or mouse inputs after installing Solaris desktop
Solaris 11.4GA
VirtualBox 6.1.12
I have searched the forum and mail finder.
Long Story:
My team hosts a Solaris workshop using VirtualBox on training laptops. We provide the participants with a flash drive containing the VM and supporting documents, which means we must use Solaris 11.4 GA ISO to create the VM. A bash script defines all parameters, and with minor edits have used it since v5.2. After updating the workshop to some new features on 11.4 I attempted to create a fresh VM. Everything progresses until performing 'pkg install solaris-desktop'. After installation there is no mouse or keyboard recognition in the VM. It does not matter if the extension pack is installed before the desktop. An existing VM created months ago works and has been updated to SRU24 on VBox 6.1.12.
I have tried:
Host HW: Home built servers (Solaris nvidia graphics & Linux Intel graphics), Toshiba laptop (Linux)
Host OSs: OLinux v7.9, Solaris 11.4SRU24
VirtualBox: v6.1.12 (Worked using v6.1.6-10)
I/O Devices: USB wired and wireless K&M, laptop keyboard & touchpad.
Re-installing extension packs. Tried using different hardware and OS.
Boot command line only; works, related to GUI.
Checked for mouse & keyboard integration.
Activated USB3.
Tried building with SRU24, required increasing VM to 8GB due to Python error and then reducing to 4GB. Also required mounting locally ISO repo to install the desktop. Worked after reboot, appears to be related to SRU update.
So, how can I provide a Solaris 11.4GA VM to a customer that will run in the latest VirtualBox release?
Or, stay within corporate software guidelines.