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Switching keyboard layouts and IIIM

Internet/Intranet Input Method (IIIM) is a distributed Input Method solution that provides Input support for Java & X11 clients via Internet/Intranet. The related documentation can be found here.

When I upgraded from snv_83a to snv_85 I lost the ability to switch layouts. This is what I discovered:

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How to heal garbled terminal

If you see something like:

°±⎼␊⎻: ␌▒┼'├ ⎺⎻␊┼ .┐␍␊/␌▒␌␤␊-│␊⎺┼
│␊⎺┼# ─
┐⎽␤: ─: ┼⎺├ °⎺┤┼␍
│␊⎺┼#
│␊⎺┼#
│␊⎺┼# ├⎻┤├ ⎽±⎼

instead of normal ASCII text, run the following command (blindly)

tput sgr


gam_server, Solaris and high CPU load

Since upgrading to s11b83a I noticed that gam_server processes eat significant amount of CPU cycles. So I decided to make some investigations.

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Unlocking pkgadd
## Waiting for up to <300> seconds for package administration
commands to become available (another user is administering
packages on zone <XXX>)
  • Remove /tmp/.ai.pkg.zone.lock-* from all zones
  • Remove /var/sadm/install/.lockfile
  • Remove /var/sadm/install/.pkg.lock (<- not sure about this one)


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