Re: [osol-discuss] Identification macro for Open Solaris

2008-09-24 Thread Ming Kin Lai
Speaking of testing features rather than the OS/compiler/library, I have heard quite a lot about it but I am not sure I understand it. Here is an example where I want to write a function bind_thread() that can run on both Solaris and Linux: [code] #if defined (__sun) #include /* P_PID, process

Re: [osol-discuss] Project proposal: Input Method Project

2008-09-24 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
> Thank your for your comments and suggestions. I > personally agree with > you, that scim deserved to be bounded in the liveCD > :) > > I think one reason that Sun did not migrate to SCIM > completely, is that > scim is not that a perfect platform, though it's > popular (the author, > James Su

Re: [osol-discuss] printing from firefox3 vs firefox2...

2008-09-24 Thread Norm Jacobs
Bill Shannon wrote: > Norm Jacobs wrote: >> Other than the fact that firefox dumps core when you print, it seems >> to print. You may very well be running into >> >> 6743432 firefox is corrupting it's malloc buffers. >> >> which appears to be the cause of >> >> 6750542 memory corruption i

Re: [osol-discuss] Project proposal: Input Method Project

2008-09-24 Thread Yong Sun
Hi, Wayne, Thank your for your comments and suggestions. I personally agree with you, that scim deserved to be bounded in the liveCD :) I think one reason that Sun did not migrate to SCIM completely, is that scim is not that a perfect platform, though it's popular (the author, James Su, also a

Re: [osol-discuss] How can I recompile a source file after i do some modification on it ?

2008-09-24 Thread Li Ming
Yesterday I read a document in sun.com..Maybe we needn't compile the whole kernel, even we needn't use any makefile.. For example: the source is fd.c you make your change on it, create a new file fd_new.c then: gcc -D_KERNEL -c fd_new.c ld -r -o fd_new fd_new.o it works.. -- This

Re: [osol-discuss] Project proposal: Input Method Project

2008-09-24 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
> Yung Sun has ported SCIM: > > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/input-method/doc > uments/building_scim/ > > and UIM: > > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/input-method/doc > uments/building_uim/ Sorry for revising a very old thread. But the IPS packages for SCIM are now available

[osol-discuss] GNOME 2.24.0 unleashed

2008-09-24 Thread Ken Mays
Latest features of GNOME 2.24.0: http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.24 "Powered by the GStreamer multimedia framework, GNOME 2.22 introduced digital television (DVB) capabilities into its Movie Player. Determined to make things even better, developers have worked to enhance this suppo

Re: [osol-discuss] Installation OpenSolaris and Windows vista

2008-09-24 Thread John Brewer
when you reburn your iso image, use a slower write speed. Older dvd players can have issues reading the faster recorded media since they were not rated for. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-disc

Re: [osol-discuss] printing from firefox3 vs firefox2...

2008-09-24 Thread Bill Shannon
Norm Jacobs wrote: > Other than the fact that firefox dumps core when you print, it seems to > print. You may very well be running into > > 6743432 firefox is corrupting it's malloc buffers. > > which appears to be the cause of > > 6750542 memory corruption in firefox breaks printing >

[osol-discuss] Sun Microsystems CEO gets $11M pay package, a big boost from last year desp

2008-09-24 Thread Martin Bochnig
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080924/sun_microsystems_executive_compensation.html?.v=4 If your company can afford this (share lost 75% of its value y-o-y [split-undo-corrected]) Don't forget to play nice music. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___

Re: [osol-discuss] printing from firefox3 vs firefox2...

2008-09-24 Thread Norm Jacobs
Other than the fact that firefox dumps core when you print, it seems to print. You may very well be running into 6743432 firefox is corrupting it's malloc buffers. which appears to be the cause of 6750542 memory corruption in firefox breaks printing It looks like LD_PRELOAD of libc.s

[osol-discuss] printing from firefox3 vs firefox2...

2008-09-24 Thread Stuart Mackie
Someone wrote: > This concerns defects with Firefox3.0.1 running on Solaris 10. I installed OpenSolaris 2008.05, and bumped it to b98... but... ... I also could not print from Firefox. Argh! Show-stopper! I've just installed Solaris 10 u5 (due to the problems printing from Firefox3) and have e

Re: [osol-discuss] Installation OpenSolaris and Windows vista

2008-09-24 Thread Patrick Ale
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 6:53 PM, Mark R. Bowyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Santiago Builes Palacio wrote: >> Hi, I tried to install OpenSolaris in a machine which has windows vista, >> but after about 65% of the installation that laptop restarts automatically >> without finishing the installation

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris on ARM

2008-09-24 Thread Dave Walker - Sun UK
Hiya, On 24 Sep 2008, at 17:45, Tom Freund wrote: > I am new to Open Solaris and wanted to know if there any projects, > communities looking into porting Open Solaris into embedded > processors such as ARM. Well, there's certainly no reason why it couldn't be done; there's already Risc BSD

Re: [osol-discuss] Installation OpenSolaris and Windows vista

2008-09-24 Thread Mark R. Bowyer
Santiago Builes Palacio wrote: > Hi, I tried to install OpenSolaris in a machine which has windows vista, > but after about 65% of the installation that laptop restarts automatically > without finishing the installation > > Any one knows the reason and how to repair it? > An educated guess woul

[osol-discuss] Installation OpenSolaris and Windows vista

2008-09-24 Thread Santiago Builes Palacio
Hi, I tried to install OpenSolaris in a machine which has windows vista, but after about 65% of the installation that laptop restarts automatically without finishing the installation Any one knows the reason and how to repair it? Regards -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___

[osol-discuss] OpenSolaris on ARM

2008-09-24 Thread Tom Freund
I am new to Open Solaris and wanted to know if there any projects, communities looking into porting Open Solaris into embedded processors such as ARM. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@op

Re: [osol-discuss] Belkin f5d6020 ver 2

2008-09-24 Thread Michael Li
Belkin f5d6020 Ver 2 could be quite different with Ver 3. It sounds like ATMEL chipset, no solaris driver for it by now, you need to find another WiFi adapter. See: http://opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/wireless/wireless_driver_compatible_list/ - Michael Anthony 写道: > I installed OpenS

Re: [osol-discuss] problem

2008-09-24 Thread James Carlson
ganga pradeep kumar writes: > How can I mount drives in solaris?Pls..send details& commands for mounting.If > possible send me commands for solaris OS The command is "mount". You can read more details by entering this command: man -s 1m mount If you need more detail than that, you'll n

Re: [osol-discuss] problem

2008-09-24 Thread Ignacio Marambio Catán
what kind of drives? what filesystem? On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 2:55 PM, ganga pradeep kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How can I mount drives in solaris? > > Pls..send details& commands for mounting. > > If possible send me commands for solaris OS > > > Check out

Re: [osol-discuss] irefox 3.0.1 contrib. builds for Solaris10 hungs when printing is attempted

2008-09-24 Thread Thommy M. Malmström
Alfred Peng wrote: > Thommy M. Malmström wrote: >>> I would like to mention one problem though relating >>> to printing: >>> >>> as soon as I use P or use the menus to print a >>> web page, FF3.0.1 FREEZES UP completely. >>> >> >> This is the exact same behavior that I see on OpenSolaris 2008.

[osol-discuss] problem

2008-09-24 Thread ganga pradeep kumar
How can I mount drives in solaris?Pls..send details& commands for mounting.If possible send me commands for solaris OS Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now, on http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html/___ o

Re: [osol-discuss] Openoffice 3 and Staroffice 9, fonts do not work B98

2008-09-24 Thread David Clack
Hi All, Found the latest rc2 version and did the update. Same issues Forced the removal of the beta 2 packeges. Maunual install of the RC2 packages, looks like everythimg works. Dave -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discu

Re: [osol-discuss] Using Kstat framework

2008-09-24 Thread Dennis Clarke
> Akhil Jain writes: >> As soon as i restart my process all variables get deleted and now i need >> the kernel stats from the time i started my process.But when using kstat >> it will give me the stats from the time kernel has rebooted.So that's >> why i was asking for such a mechanism to reset th

[osol-discuss] Belkin f5d6020 ver 2

2008-09-24 Thread Anthony
I installed OpenSolaris 2008.05 on a laptop. Most everything I need works out of the box, however I'm trying to get this Belkin pcmcia wireless network card to work, with no success. This is my first install of OpenSolaris, and only been using Unix based kernels for a little less then a year. If

Re: [osol-discuss] Using Kstat framework

2008-09-24 Thread James Carlson
Akhil Jain writes: > As soon as i restart my process all variables get deleted and now i need the > kernel stats from the time i started my process.But when using kstat it will > give me the stats from the time kernel has rebooted.So that's why i was > asking for such a mechanism to reset the ke

Re: [osol-discuss] Using Kstat framework

2008-09-24 Thread Akhil Jain
Hi Milan, Thanks for the reply. > Do we have option to reset the kernel statistics in our program? --I don't think so. To get data for given period of time just subtract older value from newer value. >> As

Re: [osol-discuss] Using Kstat framework

2008-09-24 Thread Milan Cermak
Hi Akhil. Akhil Jain wrote: > Hi All, > > I have some doubts in usage of kstat framework (kstat_open; kstat_lookup) > regarding SCTP statistics: > >  Do we have option to reset the kernel statistics in our program? I don't think so. To get data for given period of time just subtract older val

Re: [osol-discuss] snv_98 iso

2008-09-24 Thread Dave Uhring
> I didn't think I need support for all languages. Was that my mistake? Not a mistake at all. You wrote: >> I downloaded the snv_98 iso, burned it to DVD (it wouldn't fit on a CD), and I merely showed that there does exist a CD-size image. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___

[osol-discuss] Using Kstat framework

2008-09-24 Thread Akhil Jain
Hi All, I have some doubts in usage of kstat framework (kstat_open; kstat_lookup) regarding SCTP statistics:  Do we have option to reset the kernel statistics in our program?  When I run the command "kstat sctp 10" on my Solaris system, it provides me the statistics in every 10 seconds. So c

Re: [osol-discuss] snv_98 iso

2008-09-24 Thread Joerg Schilling
Paul Gress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One thing I've noticed on an old laptop I had is that it couldn't read > DVD +. I had to reburn it on a DVD -. Again, the very first DVD > readers did not read DVD + format, which is almost forgotten today. My experiences with DVD+RW read compatibility

Re: [osol-discuss] irefox 3.0.1 contrib. builds for Solaris10 hungs when p

2008-09-24 Thread Thommy M . Malmström
> > > Works fine for me when printing. Solaris 10 U5 using > blastwave cups to We're talking OpenSolaris here, which is not the same in all details as Solaris 10. > On another off topic note if you want to make your > FF3 look more like > the Windows or Mac versions the following theme works >

Re: [osol-discuss] irefox 3.0.1 contrib. builds for Solaris10 hungs when printing is attempted

2008-09-24 Thread Ghee Teo
Aaron Wilson wrote: > Works fine for me when printing. Solaris 10 U5 using blastwave cups to > manage print jobs. I don't think the latter really matters though > since FF 3.01 just uses lpr to print, though I am using the blastwave > version of lpr and lp too. Please bear in mind that Solar