Sun Ray Server on Fedora Core 4
From Sun Ray User Group Wiki
It is possible to install srss 3.1.1 on FC4. There are a few tricks to it though.
Install a compatible KSH
The default /bin/ksh included with FC4 is not compatible with the SRSS utinstall program. If you do not replace it, the installer will not run and you will get the following message:
/tmp/utinstall.3362/opt/SUNWut/sbin/../lib/iu_modules/M08GDM: line 301: ProductName: is read only /tmp/utinstall.3362/opt/SUNWut/sbin/../lib/iu_modules/M09SunRayCore: line 327: ProductName: is read only
To get around this problem, I used the /bin/ksh that ships with CentOS 3.4. This ksh reports its version as:
ksh$ echo $KSH_VERSION @(#)PD KSH v5.2.14 99/07/13.2
Uninstall gnome-session
A file that the srss installer wants to install conflicts with the same file provided by gnome-session. To get around this just uninstall gnome-session:
# rpm -e gnome-session
When the install is complete, be sure to re-install gnome-session from the FC4 distribution, you will need to use --nodeps. e.g.:
# rpm -ivh --nodeps http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/fedora/linux/core/4/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/gnome-session-2.10.0-2.i386.rpm
TODO
Finish off this howto.
