Re: [osol-discuss] IA64laris, anyone ? (an RFC)

2007-11-11 Thread John Sonnenschein
On 11-Nov-07, at 1:59 PM, Brandorr wrote: > On Nov 11, 2007 4:52 PM, Brandorr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Nov 11, 2007 4:30 PM, UNIX admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Nov 11, 2007 2:07 PM, UNIX admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Is anyone other than myself interested in seei

Re: [osol-discuss] cdda2wav problem in build 76

2007-11-11 Thread Artem Kachitchkine
>> D 1.564 07/09/20 11:57:19 >> backout 4046204/6603211: causes 6607084 >> >> D 1.563 07/09/19 19:42:10 >> PSARC/2001/252 Recovering SCSI Sense Data >> 4046204 USCSICMD fails to pass back more than 20 bytes ARQ Sense DATA; > > I would carefully check this diff. Nope, it was backed out the next

Re: [osol-discuss] IA64laris, anyone ? (an RFC)

2007-11-11 Thread ken mays
OpenSolaris on Itanium2 might be an interesting project to pursue. Why not start on it and see where it leads?? ~ Ken __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __

Re: [osol-discuss] cdda2wav problem in build 76

2007-11-11 Thread Joerg Schilling
Artem Kachitchkine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Let me add a note: I now see the problem in the log that I did miss a few hours ago. > > > It used to work in build 70. > > > Then somebody introduced a bug in the USCSI code from sd.c > > I prefer to say "a bug was introduced", subtler grammar with

Re: [osol-discuss] cdda2wav problem in build 76

2007-11-11 Thread Artem Kachitchkine
> It used to work in build 70. > Then somebody introduced a bug in the USCSI code from sd.c I prefer to say "a bug was introduced", subtler grammar with a softer attitude and leading to a more constructive discussion :) sd SCCS history between build 70 and 76: D 1.564 07/09/20 11:57:19 backo

Re: [osol-discuss] IA64laris, anyone ? (an RFC)

2007-11-11 Thread Brandorr
On Nov 11, 2007 4:52 PM, Brandorr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 11, 2007 4:30 PM, UNIX admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Nov 11, 2007 2:07 PM, UNIX admin > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Is anyone other than myself interested in seeing > > > an > > > > > IA64/Itanium port >

Re: [osol-discuss] IA64laris, anyone ? (an RFC)

2007-11-11 Thread Brandorr
On Nov 11, 2007 4:30 PM, UNIX admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Nov 11, 2007 2:07 PM, UNIX admin > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Is anyone other than myself interested in seeing > > an > > > > IA64/Itanium port > > > > of OpenSolaris? > > > > > > Would that be cool? Why, yes it would!

Re: [osol-discuss] IA64laris, anyone ? (an RFC)

2007-11-11 Thread UNIX admin
> > who's running IA64? Only two firms, sgi and hp. > > And Bull, Fujitsu, Hitachi, NEC, UNISYS, and a gamut > of small beige- > box server vendors Come on. That's such a small niche market. We're talking obscure here. I should know, obscure hardware like that (for example the rx Integrity, and

Re: [osol-discuss] IA64laris, anyone ? (an RFC)

2007-11-11 Thread UNIX admin
> They have already actually, I'm not sure how much > progress was made, > but the project was scrapped. If Sun's willing to > lawyer a little bit > and see if it's legally possible for them to disclose > the code, it may > be a possibility... It would be a possibility once OpenSolaris gains

Re: [osol-discuss] IA64laris, anyone ? (an RFC)

2007-11-11 Thread UNIX admin
> On Nov 11, 2007 2:07 PM, UNIX admin > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is anyone other than myself interested in seeing > an > > > IA64/Itanium port > > > of OpenSolaris? > > > > Would that be cool? Why, yes it would! > > > > Would it be a justifiable return on investment? No. > > > > Here's the

Re: [osol-discuss] IA64laris, anyone ? (an RFC)

2007-11-11 Thread Brandorr
On Nov 11, 2007 2:07 PM, UNIX admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is anyone other than myself interested in seeing an > > IA64/Itanium port > > of OpenSolaris? > > Would that be cool? Why, yes it would! > > Would it be a justifiable return on investment? No. > > Here's the deal: > > who's running

Re: [osol-discuss] IA64laris, anyone ? (an RFC)

2007-11-11 Thread John Sonnenschein
They have already actually, I'm not sure how much progress was made, but the project was scrapped. If Sun's willing to lawyer a little bit and see if it's legally possible for them to disclose the code, it may be a possibility... Sun types, likelyhood of this happening? On 11-Nov-07, at 11:

Re: [osol-discuss] cdda2wav problem in build 76

2007-11-11 Thread Joerg Schilling
Terry Heatlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It "rips" the CD in about one second, and the audio files are all empty. Then somebody introduced a bug in the USCSI code from sd.c This would not be the first time. Jörg -- EMail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin [EMAIL

Re: [osol-discuss] IA64laris, anyone ? (an RFC)

2007-11-11 Thread andrewk9
I would be very surprised if Sun put any effort into porting Solaris to Itanium. This doesn't prevent anyone else from trying though. Andrew. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolar

Re: [osol-discuss] IA64laris, anyone ? (an RFC)

2007-11-11 Thread John Sonnenschein
On 11-Nov-07, at 11:07 AM, UNIX admin wrote: >> Is anyone other than myself interested in seeing an >> IA64/Itanium port >> of OpenSolaris? > > Would that be cool? Why, yes it would! > > Would it be a justifiable return on investment? No. > > Here's the deal: > > who's running IA64? Only two fir

Re: [osol-discuss] Start Using SX*E, Or Just Wait?

2007-11-11 Thread MC
> (It's one of several links I'd remove > if I > controlled the sidebar, along with the duplication of > the > "Portal" and "All Communities"/"All Projects" links.) > > -- > -Alan Coopersmith- > - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System > em Engineering +1 to the p

Re: [osol-discuss] IA64laris, anyone ? (an RFC)

2007-11-11 Thread UNIX admin
> Is anyone other than myself interested in seeing an > IA64/Itanium port > of OpenSolaris? Would that be cool? Why, yes it would! Would it be a justifiable return on investment? No. Here's the deal: who's running IA64? Only two firms, sgi and hp. hp's servers are WAY TOO EXPENSIVE to buy j

Re: [osol-discuss] [Fwd: IA64laris, anyone ? (an RFC)]

2007-11-11 Thread Jakub Jermar
On Nov 11, 2007, at 7:09 PM, John Sonnenschein wrote: > I suggested ski because it's free to download & redistribute > whereas simics isn't. That's actually the greatest disadvantage of Simics. Other than that, it's just perfect. The fact that students can get one-year license for free is not

Re: [osol-discuss] [Fwd: IA64laris, anyone ? (an RFC)]

2007-11-11 Thread John Sonnenschein
On 11-Nov-07, at 4:31 AM, Jakub Jermar wrote: > > On Nov 11, 2007, at 11:53 AM, Milan Jurik wrote: >> This port may actually prove easier logistically than the PPC port, >> as >> there's already an accurate ia64 simulator ( it's called ski ) out >> there, though it only runs on HPUX, Linux ( I

Re: [osol-discuss] Is there a restart option button?

2007-11-11 Thread andrewk9
> We're so new to the reboot stuff... The reliability of Solaris is great. We've got 2 Sun boxes at work, and the only time we have to shut it down is when there is a power failure and the UPS batteries are almost empty. Actually that's not quite true - the tape drive on the E450 died so it had

Re: [osol-discuss] Start Using SX*E, Or Just Wait?

2007-11-11 Thread Alan Coopersmith
andrewk9 wrote: >> Actually, Nevada is the code name for the entirety of >> the next version >> of Solaris, including not just ON, but all the other >> consolidations (X, >> JDS, SFW, NWS, GAN, etc.) as well. ONNV is the code >> name for ON for >> Nevada. > > That's what I thought, but then I cl

Re: [osol-discuss] Start Using SX*E, Or Just Wait?

2007-11-11 Thread andrewk9
> Actually, Nevada is the code name for the entirety of > the next version > of Solaris, including not just ON, but all the other > consolidations (X, > JDS, SFW, NWS, GAN, etc.) as well. ONNV is the code > name for ON for > Nevada. That's what I thought, but then I clicked "Nevada Community" on

Re: [osol-discuss] cdda2wav problem in build 76

2007-11-11 Thread Terry Heatlie
It "rips" the CD in about one second, and the audio files are all empty. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] cdda2wav problem in build 76

2007-11-11 Thread Joerg Schilling
Terry Heatlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the advice, Joerg. I downloaded a later version, built and > installed it, and it has > the same, or a very similar issue. Output below... I see no error. What problem do you have? Jörg -- EMail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) Jörg Schilling D

Re: [osol-discuss] Start Using SX*E, Or Just Wait?

2007-11-11 Thread Alan Coopersmith
andrewk9 wrote: > Nevada is the codename for the core of the next version of Sun Solaris (which > *may* be called Solaris 11). It does not contain the whole system - only what > Sun call the "operating system and networking" - see > http://opensolaris.org/os/community/on/ for more details. Nevad

Re: [osol-discuss] cdda2wav problem in build 76

2007-11-11 Thread Terry Heatlie
Thanks for the advice, Joerg. I downloaded a later version, built and installed it, and it has the same, or a very similar issue. Output below... --Terry. # /opt/schily/bin/cdda2wav --version cdda2wav 2.01.01a36 (i386-pc-solaris2.11) Copyright (C) 1993-2004 Heiko Ei�feldt (C) 2004-2007 J�rg S

Re: [osol-discuss] Start Using SX*E, Or Just Wait?

2007-11-11 Thread andrewk9
As far as I know, SXDE only has the developer tools on the DVD version. As far as updating SXDE goes, it can update packages fine, but Sun doesn't provide automated package updates for SXDE or SXCE. Nevada is the codename for the core of the next version of Sun Solaris (which *may* be called So

Re: [osol-discuss] Sun Hardware

2007-11-11 Thread Ignacio Marambio Catán
On Nov 11, 2007 4:52 AM, gohar khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi every one, > > i want to know can install other operating systems like windows server > 2003,xp on sun hardware servers?? and can we install sun on other servers > like DELL etc a lot of sun's x86 hardware is certified to run wi

Re: [osol-discuss] cdda2wav problem in build 76

2007-11-11 Thread Joerg Schilling
Terry Heatlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just LUd to build 76 of Nevada, and now I don't seem to be able to rip > audio CDs any more. > I use a small wrapper round cdda2wav, and it seems to read the track > information fine, but > when it starts to try to extract the audio, it fails immediat

Re: [osol-discuss] [Fwd: IA64laris, anyone ? (an RFC)]

2007-11-11 Thread Jakub Jermar
On Nov 11, 2007, at 11:53 AM, Milan Jurik wrote: > This port may actually prove easier logistically than the PPC port, as > there's already an accurate ia64 simulator ( it's called ski ) out > there, though it only runs on HPUX, Linux ( I haven't tried it with > brandZ ) & FreeBSD. Well, ski has

Re: [osol-discuss] Sun Hardware

2007-11-11 Thread Tirthankar
Yes You can install XP and Linux and other OS on Sun hardware. I have installed Ubuntu on a Sun AMD Opteron system You can also install Solaris/Open Solaris on non Sun hardware. I have installed Open Solaris on Sony hardware. Cheers, Tirthankar This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] b75 is a desaster

2007-11-11 Thread Clarence CHU
gdm/xdmcp for b76 still doesn't work. pardon me how to have ftp://ftp.the-nelsons.org/pub package be added to b76? Clarence CHU This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org