[osol-discuss] Bordeaux running on OpenIndiana

2010-10-01 Thread Tom Wickline
About OpenIndiana : OpenIndiana is a continuation of the OpenSolaris operating system. It was conceived during the period of uncertainty following the Oracle takeover of Sun Microsystems, after several months passed with no binary updates made available to the public. The formation proved timel

[osol-discuss] what is this panic?

2010-09-18 Thread Tom Chen
ow do I disable pm? I failed to make a core dump since recent Solaris Express release apparently does not enable creation of core dump when panic happens. How do I enable? Tom Sep 18 13:43:22 fourier reboot: [ID 330035 auth.crit] initiated by root on /dev/pts/2 Sep 18 13:43:29 fourier syslogd:

Re: [osol-discuss] unable to setup IP address to network port on recent Solaris Express

2010-08-27 Thread Tom Chen
Hi Mark, Thank you! But I find that this command, "ipadm create-addr", only works for new interfaces. For those interfaces plumbed up by default, it does not work. How do I manually re-config existing interfaces? it seems that I can not delete these existing interfaces and re-create them to a

[osol-discuss] unable to setup IP address to network port on recent Solaris Express

2010-08-25 Thread Tom Chen
tell me how to setup IP address on newer Solaris Express OS? Tom # uname -a SunOS fourier 5.11 snv_143 i86pc i386 i86pc Solaris r...@fourier:~# ifconfig -a lo0: flags=2001000849 mtu 8232 index 1 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff00 igb0: flags=1000843 mtu 1500 index 8 inet 172.17.13

Re: [osol-discuss] The Illumos Project

2010-08-04 Thread Tom Kranz
there's already been a proof-of-concept port of CUDA to OpenSolaris, and so I'm assuming (eagerly hoping, actually) that CUDA could be a realistically achievable short-term solution. Cheers, TOM -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _

[osol-discuss] where is on-src.tar.bz2

2010-07-29 Thread Tom Chen
Hello, The ON source was available for us to download at - OpenSolaris Download Center http://dlc.sun.com/osol/on/downloads/current/ But it is missing for some time. Anybody knows why? Tom -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris

[osol-discuss] Solaris Express package installation failure

2010-07-29 Thread Tom Chen
on of developer/gcc/gcc-43 can be installed". But I can install on snv134. Anyone can kindly tell me how to install? Tom -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Register: "Solaris, OpenSolaris, and the Oracle wall of secrecy"

2010-06-30 Thread Tom Wickline
e for OpenSolaris will be when the next stable version of OpenSolaris is released, and the way it looks that will be a long time from now. If you need Windows apps on OpenSolaris (2009.06) Bordeaux 2.0.2 will work just fine. Cheers, Tom -- This message posted from opensolari

[osol-discuss] An introduction to CrossOver Office and Games for Solaris

2010-06-30 Thread Tom Wickline
ne-reviews/solaris/an-introduction-to-crossover-office-and-games-for-solaris.html Cheers, Tom -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Where is OpenSolaris 2010 release?

2010-06-08 Thread Tom Wickline
OpenSolaris 2010.02... 03... 04... 05... 06! If you ask me Oracle should be re named to "Orifice" Cheers, Tom -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] [HELP] Cant install MilaX...

2010-05-18 Thread tom
hi all, im nubie in solaris. i want to install milax 0.5(the latest version) in my Win 7 at vmware. But, why everytime i mount iso (milax 0.5), choose what kind of instalation, then back to start again.. like restart?? if i install milax 0.4 version, it works... (weird huh..) could anyone help

[osol-discuss] snv137 package manager does not work

2010-05-04 Thread Tom Chen
none works. I use the Package Manager GUI to do the package search and installation. Has anybody encountered same issue? Tom -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] How to find SATA port for a Hard Drive device name

2010-05-01 Thread Tom
er methods? Right now the only thing I can think of is to unplug each drive one by one and market the one in the degraded state, but obviously that is not prefered... If anyone knows how to do this I'd really appreciate it! Thanks, Tom -- This message posted from

[osol-discuss] How to find SATA port for a Hard Drive device name

2010-04-26 Thread Tom
c10d0 ONLINE 0 0 0 c10d1 ONLINE 0 0 0 How can I tell which port/physical drive is represented by /dev/c7d1 vs. /dev/c10d0, etc.? Thanks! Tom -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-

Re: [osol-discuss] Bug reporting

2010-03-24 Thread Spencer Tom Tafadzwa Chirume
Imho I'm not sure how any of the above communication based on the present silence from Sun Oracle helps the project, because no engineer is supposedly - not "looking" at defects.OpenSolaris.org it makes sense to have a tool that keeps track of bugs on the project as long as anyone is putting man ho

Re: [osol-discuss] How to get GUI from servers without video card

2010-03-22 Thread Tom Chen
Bats, Thank you! But I usually access it from a PC running Windows XP. Any tool available for Windows? Tom -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] How to get GUI from servers without video card

2010-03-22 Thread Tom Chen
Hello, I have some Sun servers without video card. Is there any way to get GUI? I am using Solaris Express nv133. Tom -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Bug reporting

2010-03-21 Thread Spencer Tom Tafadzwa Chirume
Hi, Upon evaluation of of bug and defect tracking facilities it would be useful to note having bugs automatically picked up and submitted for the developers to deal with on them as they come for users willing to participate - similar to harvesting hardware and usage statistics, only the u

[osol-discuss] how to install OpenSolaris Express (nevada) with full developer tools

2010-03-19 Thread Tom Chen
install a developer version OS? Where to select installation option? Tom -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] onu does not upgrade after a reboot

2010-03-16 Thread Tom Chen
Hello, I am first time user of onu.sh. I am using onu tool to upgrade on nv133, the onu command went through smoothly. However, after a reboot, I am surprised to find that, the OS remains nv133. Can someone tell me how to make the upgrading permanent? I did the following: s# uname -a SunOS arc

Re: [osol-discuss] Bordeaux 2.0.2 for Solaris and OpenSolaris Released

2010-03-01 Thread Tom Wickline
If you ordered yesterday then you should have 2.0.2 was the file 95.9MB in size? if not, just log into your account and go to your downloads and then download the new 2.0.2 release. The file name stays the same, the size changes. :) Cheers, Tom -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Bordeaux 2.0.2 for Solaris and OpenSolaris Released

2010-03-01 Thread Tom Wickline
download Flash... But it also works near perfect in this config. Info and Screenshots here : http://www.wine-reviews.net/wine-reviews/bordeaux/howto-install-unsupported-applications-and-games-with-bordeaux.html Cheers, Tom -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Bordeaux 2.0.2 for Solaris and OpenSolaris Released

2010-03-01 Thread Tom Wickline
to run the program from their terminal. This way you can see whats going on. :) And never run Bordeaux or Wine as root! Cheers, Tom -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Bordeaux 2.0.0 for Solaris and OpenSolaris Released

2010-03-01 Thread Tom Wickline
download Flash... But it also works near perfect in this config. Info and Screenshots here : http://www.wine-reviews.net/wine-reviews/bordeaux/howto-install-unsupported-applications-and-games-with-bordeaux.html Cheers, Tom -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Bordeaux Group Announces License Agreement With StormOS

2010-02-27 Thread Tom Wickline
[b]Bordeaux Group Announces License Agreement With StormOS to Develop Bordeaux 2.2 User Interface[/b] The Bordeaux Technology Group announces it has signed an exclusive worldwide licensing agreement with StormOS to develop and further commercialise Bordeaux for Unix operating systems. Under th

[osol-discuss] Bordeaux 2.0.2 for Solaris and OpenSolaris Released

2010-02-26 Thread Tom Wickline
The Bordeaux Technology Group released Bordeaux 2.0.2 for Solaris today. Bordeaux 2.0.2 is a maintenance release that fixes a critical bug with sound support. Customers who need sound support are advised to upgrade to this newer release. This release has been tested on OpenSolaris 2009.06 as wel

Re: [osol-discuss] SUNWluu packages for b132

2010-02-16 Thread Tom Buskey
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Evan Layton wrote: > On 2/15/10 10:16 AM, Tom Buskey wrote: > >> >>> >>> Tom Buskey schrieb am 15.02.10 16:29: >>> >>>> I should have said what I'm trying to do. >>>> >>>> I instal

Re: [osol-discuss] SUNWluu packages for b132

2010-02-15 Thread Tom Buskey
> > > Tom Buskey schrieb am 15.02.10 16:29: > > I should have said what I'm trying to do. > > > > I install b131 on a 40 GB drive. After the > install, I put a 2nd 40 GB drive in to mirror. > > > > The mirror won't work because the 2nd drive i

Re: [osol-discuss] SUNWluu packages for b132

2010-02-15 Thread Tom Buskey
I should have said what I'm trying to do. I install b131 on a 40 GB drive. After the install, I put a 2nd 40 GB drive in to mirror. The mirror won't work because the 2nd drive is 37.26 GB instead of 38.26 GB. I'm using less then 9 GB :-( To fix this, I want to: move the OS to the smaller dr

[osol-discuss] SUNWluu packages for b132

2010-02-15 Thread Tom Buskey
Where can I download them? They're not installed and I can't find them on the .iso -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Can 32 bit device driver run on 64 bit machine?

2010-02-14 Thread Tom Chen
have the option to select 64 bit or 32 bit OS, isn't it? Tom -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Solaris driver hardening test

2010-02-12 Thread Tom Chen
r: No such file or directory It looks like the th_define command does not open my driver, qlge0. Anybody know why? Tom bash-3.2# ifconfig -a lo0: flags=2001000849 mtu 8232 index 1 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff00 igb0: flags=1000843 mtu 1500 index 2 inet 172.17.138.75 netmas

[osol-discuss] pkgadd failure - cannot be installed on this system/zone?

2010-02-12 Thread Tom Chen
Hello, I want to install "SUNWftduu" and "SUNWftdur" using the pkgadd command, however, I got "cannot be installed on this system/zone" failure. What is that? Tom Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.11 snv_112 November 2008 You have new mail. # bash bash-

Re: [osol-discuss] Bordeaux 2.0.0 for Solaris and OpenSolaris Released

2010-01-30 Thread Tom Wickline
Hello, Sorry, ive never tested Skype in Bordeaux... Next week when I have access to a Desktop PC ill give it a shot. Im currently using Virtual Box on my laptop to run OS. Cheers, Tom -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris

Re: [osol-discuss] Bordeaux 2.0.0 for Solaris and OpenSolaris Released

2010-01-30 Thread Tom Wickline
for a few seconds (then resumed). Other then that it ran just fine for the limited testing that I did. Cheers, Tom -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Bordeaux 2.0.0 for Solaris and OpenSolaris Released

2010-01-30 Thread Tom Wickline
I just tested SeaMonkey 2.0.2 on Linux with Bordeaux 2.0.0 and it runs fine.. I'll test it on OS in a couple days. Tom -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Bordeaux 2.0.0 for Solaris and OpenSolaris Released

2010-01-30 Thread Tom Wickline
I tested VLC 1.0.3 on OpenSolaris 2010.2 build 131 with Bordeaux and it runs near perfect. see : http://wine-review.blogspot.com/2010/01/vlc-on-opensolaris-20102-build-131.html Tom -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss

Re: [osol-discuss] Bordeaux 2.0.0 for Solaris and OpenSolaris Released

2010-01-21 Thread Tom Wickline
our UI is hard coded, so if they do work ill have to do a minor service update and add them to the supported list. We do plan to work on the UI now that the back-end stuff is mostly done. Cheers, Tom -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Bordeaux 2.0.0 for Solaris and OpenSolaris Released

2010-01-21 Thread Tom Wickline
The http://bordeauxgroup.com/";>Bordeaux Technology Group released Bordeaux 2.0.0 for Solaris today. Bordeaux 2.0.0 marks major progress over older releases. With version 2.0.0 and onward we bundle our own Wine build and many tools and libraries that Wine depends upon. With this release we bund

Re: [osol-discuss] How to cheat Sun server that cover is closed?

2009-12-24 Thread Tom Chen
believe that cover is closed. Tom -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] How to cheat Sun server that cover is closed?

2009-12-24 Thread Tom Chen
Hi, I have a Sun Sparc T5240 server. I want to open the cover to hook my test instruments. But, if the cover is open, then the server won't boot up. How do I cheat the server that cover is always closed? Tom -- This message posted from opensolari

[osol-discuss] hcts4.3 setup failure on Sparc with nv121 OpenSolaris OS

2009-09-10 Thread Tom Chen
; But, nfs actually runs well on the test server and the suggested svcadm command can not fix this problem. Can someone help me? Tom bash-3.2# bash-3.2# svcs -a | grep nfs online 14:07:13 svc:/network/nfs/cbd:default online 14:07:13 svc:/network/nfs/mapid:default online

[osol-discuss] Any plans for a DVD Release..

2009-08-24 Thread Spencer Tom Tafadzwa Chirume
Hi, Been running OpenSolaris for a while now, a point from a peer who's been running it for a while well worth noting is the fact that many people can't keep up with all the packages online, since the repository images don't change so often it makes sense to have a DVD release doesn't it?

[osol-discuss] Bordeaux roadmap Office 2007 on OpenSolaris

2009-08-21 Thread Tom Wickline
something your interested in let us know here : http://bordeauxgroup.com/contact BTW.. Bordeaux cost $25.00 and only customers can get the early beta builds. I'm sorry we have to charge for it, but it's hard to pay the bills if we dont. Cheers, Tom Wickline -- This message p

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris Use Case: Package Management Possible Scenario

2009-08-19 Thread Spencer Tom Tafadzwa Chirume
ne wants to go and work on other package systems (and they have) they > are ,more than welcome to. > > On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 4:48 AM, Spencer Tom Tafadzwa Chirume < > schir...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> More choice is relevant when you have a limited application base, to >&g

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris Use Case: Package Management Possible Scenario

2009-08-19 Thread Spencer Tom Tafadzwa Chirume
r own application repos - that's the only gripe I have with OpenSolaris atm. More choice to the user works for most don't you think. 2009/8/18 Shawn Walker : > Spencer Tom Tafadzwa Chirume wrote: >> >> Hi Shawn >> >> So would it be possible to have a system similar

[osol-discuss] OpenSolaris Use Case: Package Management Possible Scenario

2009-08-18 Thread Spencer Tom Tafadzwa Chirume
isue you are trying to address exactly anyway? If we are missing > packages our efforts would be better spent on getting those packages into > the existing framework rather than complicating our package management by > introducing additional frameworks. > > On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 8

[osol-discuss] OpenSolaris Use Case: Package Management Possible Scenario

2009-08-17 Thread Spencer Tom Tafadzwa Chirume
Hi, It would be great to have the OpenPkg package management system integrated with opensolaris' IPS GUI which allows users to access binaries in RPM format for cross platform compatibility, it should make it easier to get programs from Fedora/Redhat linux platforms to run on opensolaris helping u

Re: [osol-discuss] OT: Re: Oracle 10g on OpenSolaris (Solaris 5.11)

2009-08-14 Thread Tom Georgoulias
On 08/14/2009 11:29 AM, Ethan Erchinger wrote: I'd love to do the same for my few opensolaris systems, but we use static IPs so I can't use AI. I hope that gets fixed soon. Maybe this was mentioned already, but why can't you statically assign IPs in DHCP, then use AI? We aren't running a DH

Re: [osol-discuss] OT: Re: Oracle 10g on OpenSolaris (Solaris 5.11)

2009-08-14 Thread Tom Georgoulias
l these suggestions for interactive installers and firstboot login config might be fine for low node count vertical solutions, but for large node count, horizontally scaled environments they are a show stopper. Tom ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Running Windows Apps on Solaris with Bordeaux 1.8.2 and

2009-08-09 Thread Tom Wickline
Sure you can... google for "purchase office 2003" their is tons of places to purchase Office 2003 starting at only $59.00 and up.. Cheers, Tom Wickline -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list o

Re: [osol-discuss] Running Windows Apps on Solaris with Bordeaux 1.8.2 and Wine

2009-08-05 Thread Tom Wickline
I just uploaded the 1.8.2 .pbi for PC-BSD :) Cheers, Tom -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Running Windows Apps on Solaris with Bordeaux 1.8.2 and Wine

2009-08-04 Thread Tom Wickline
Hello, It's for FreeBSD, we also support PC-BSD the 1.8.2 .pbi should be ready in a day or two. :) Cheers, Tom -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Running Windows Apps on Solaris with Bordeaux 1.8.2 and Wine

2009-08-04 Thread Tom Wickline
Hello, It's currently just a download and the system will let you download 5 times. Cheers, Tom -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Running Windows Apps on Solaris with Bordeaux 1.8.2 and Wine

2009-08-04 Thread Tom Wickline
support. We want to support Office 2007 in our next release and add in a DIB Engine and some other improvments as well. Thanks for your Support! Tom Wickline http://www.bordeauxgroup.com/store/bordeaux-for-opensolaris -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Running Windows Apps on Solaris with Bordeaux 1.8.2 and Wine

2009-08-03 Thread Tom Wickline
For what seems like forever using Wine (The Windows compatability layer) on Solaris was an absolute pain. There was once a time when you had to compile it by hand, then Vit Hrachovy & Apostolos Syropoulos & Albert Lee started producing SVR4 packages that made installing as easy as “pkgadd -d win

Re: [osol-discuss] [advocacy-discuss] Bordeaux for OpenSolaris 1.8.2 Released

2009-07-30 Thread Tom Wickline
2009/7/30 Uros Nedic > > > Hello Tom, Hello Uros, > > Thank you for you fast yet comprehensive reply. Couple months ago > I wrote 'wish list' email and this tread lasted for a long time > on advocacy mailing list. Anyway, I'm more then happy to bundle it

Re: [osol-discuss] Bordeaux for OpenSolaris 1.8.2 Released

2009-07-30 Thread Tom Wickline
e' will only diminish your brand in our community. :) Cheers, Tom -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Bordeaux for OpenSolaris 1.8.2 Released

2009-07-30 Thread Tom Wickline
Thanks for doing a review.. can you please mail me the url? ill link to it as well :) Cheers, Tom Wickline -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Bordeaux for OpenSolaris 1.8.2 Released

2009-07-30 Thread Tom Wickline
Steven Edwards of The Bordeaux Technology Group announces the release of Bordeaux for OpenSolaris 1.8.2 with support for Microsoft Office 97, 2000, 2003, Visio 2003, Project 2003, Internet Explorer 6, Adobe Photoshop 6, Adobe Image Ready 3, Adobe Photoshop 7, Adobe Image Ready 7, QuickTime Playe

[osol-discuss] no useful output from nfswizard.d dtrace script on opensolaris 2009.06

2009-07-30 Thread Tom Georgoulias
dtrace and didn't find anything in the dtrace mailing list about it, so I was wondering if others have tried it on opensolaris. Thanks, Tom ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] turning off graphical desktop & boot screen

2009-07-22 Thread Tom Georgoulias
Shawn Walker wrote: Tom Georgoulias wrote: Shawn Walker wrote: Tom Georgoulias wrote: I was looking at GRUB menu.lst and wondering if console= is the right place to change that behavior, but I'm not sure what options I can pass to it or what I should change it to. Here's th

Re: [osol-discuss] turning off graphical desktop & boot screen

2009-07-22 Thread Tom Georgoulias
Shawn Walker wrote: Tom Georgoulias wrote: I was looking at GRUB menu.lst and wondering if console= is the right place to change that behavior, but I'm not sure what options I can pass to it or what I should change it to. Here's the line I'm referring to: kernel$ /platfo

[osol-discuss] turning off graphical desktop & boot screen

2009-07-22 Thread Tom Georgoulias
ering if console= is the right place to change that behavior, but I'm not sure what options I can pass to it or what I should change it to. Here's the line I'm referring to: kernel$ /platform/i86pc/kernel/$ISADIR/unix -B $ZFS-BOOTFS,console=graphics Any id

[osol-discuss] Hardware sensor monitoring?

2009-07-06 Thread Tom Rowan
lso love to get readings from all 7 SATA drives if possible. Have tried smartmontools, but SATA is not supported ('yet' I presume?). I also investigated ipmitool, but I guess this is more Sparc related? Or at least Sun specific. So what can you suggest please...? :-) Many thanks,

Re: [osol-discuss] osol-0906-ai-sparc.iso not bootable?

2009-06-25 Thread Tom Stocker
I know there is a way to make it work, but I dunno which one. I just saw already some OSOL installations on SPARC systems. Could someone _please_ provide a working inetboot file? The installer is really bad software, because it simply doesn't work as intended. In the Guides there is nothing men

[osol-discuss] Bordeaux for OpenSolaris Released

2009-06-07 Thread Tom Wickline
The Bordeaux Technology Group announces the release of Bordeaux for OpenSolaris 1.8.0 with support for Microsoft Office 97, 2000, 2003, Visio 2003, Project 2003, Internet Explorer 6, Adobe Photoshop 6 and Adobe Photoshop 7. There has also been many small bug fixes and tweaks on the backend to impr

[osol-discuss] packet forwarding, one port in, another port out

2009-05-28 Thread Tom Chen
up the test client machine so that the packets received by one port can exit from another port? I know in Linux, I can use iptables, but "iptables" isn't available in OpenSolaris. So, how do I set up? Tom -- This message posted from

[osol-discuss] unable to edit /usr/sbin/install.d/profind file included with b113 distribu

2009-05-20 Thread Tom Lindsay
Hi, I am trying to customize the b113 distribution miniroot to set it up for jumpstart support per the instructions provided in "GRUB AND THE SOLARIS™ OPERATING SYSTEM ON X86 PLATFORMS - A GUIDE TO CREATING A CUSTOMIZED BOOT DVD" document (excerpt is below). However, when we try to do Step

Re: [osol-discuss] Setup VNC on OpenSolaris

2009-04-27 Thread Tom Chen
/2009/01/opensolaris-vnc-server.html, however, this method does not work in recent OpenSolaris Express releases. I do not know why Sun changed again without alternative solution which confused its users. Tom - Original Message - From: "jerry tan" To: "Tom Chen&qu

Re: [osol-discuss] How to allow multiple users have different VNC sessions on OpenSolaris?

2009-04-22 Thread Tom Chen
low is the error I got on an Sparc server. Tom Fatal server error: failed to initialize core devices KIOCCMD: Invalid argument ddxSUNWkbd: Failed to turn off keyclick on /dev/kbd XIO: fatal IO error 146 (Connection refused) on X server ":0.0" after 0 requests (0 known proc

Re: [osol-discuss] How to allow multiple users have different VNC sessions on OpenSolaris?

2009-04-22 Thread Tom Chen
nola, I tried the link, but his method does not work for nv112. Sigh. Tom -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Setup VNC on OpenSolaris

2009-04-21 Thread Tom Chen
Halton, Yes, it works! But unfortunately, some of my servers do not have graphics card, so, have no video output. Is there any script that I can use instead? Tom - Original Message - From: "Halton Huo" To: "Tom Chen" Cc: Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 2:25 A

[osol-discuss] How to allow multiple users have different VNC sessions on OpenSolaris?

2009-04-20 Thread Tom Chen
e gdm" etc to enable vnc server on the remote machine. These scripts can allow several users work independently. However, this method ceased to work in recent OpenSolaris. Tom -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-disc

[osol-discuss] How to allow multiple users have different VNC sessions on OpenSolaris?

2009-04-20 Thread Tom Chen
e gdm" etc to enable vnc server on the remote machine. These scripts can allow several users work independently. However, this method ceased to work in recent OpenSolaris. Tom -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-disc

Re: [osol-discuss] Setup VNC on OpenSolaris

2009-04-18 Thread Tom Chen
Thanks, I just tried on OpenSolaris nv112, but somehow, does not work sigh. We do not use OpenSolaris 2008.11. Tom -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Setup VNC on OpenSolaris

2009-04-18 Thread Tom Chen
Hi, I used similar ways before and just tried yours, it should work on earlier version but doesn't work on nv112 unfortunately. Sigh. Tom -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-di

[osol-discuss] Setup VNC on OpenSolaris

2009-04-16 Thread Tom Chen
Hello, I want to use VNC Viewer or something similar to remotely control servers running recent OpenSolaris (nv110). Can someone tell me how to do? Many thanks! Tom -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list

Re: [osol-discuss] MSIX interrupt allocation

2009-03-19 Thread Tom Chen
Aubrey, I added "set ddi_msix_alloc_limit = 16" at the bottom of /etc/system. I just tried the mdb command and verified that , ddi_msix_alloc_limit is 16. However, still get 2 vectors each time. So, probably just adding that hack is not enough. Tom - Original Message -

Re: [osol-discuss] MSIX interrupt allocation

2009-03-18 Thread Tom Chen
Paul, Thank you for your advice, I just added "set ddi_msix_alloc_limit = 8" to the bottom of /etc/system, but doesn't work, still 2 vectors. Do I need to do something extra in my interrupt allocation code? Is there any code in OpenSolaris can be a good reference? Tom

Re: [osol-discuss] MSIX interrupt allocation

2009-03-18 Thread Tom Chen
Hi Liu Jiang, Excellent infomation. However, it isn't realistic to let users "hack" Solaris system and this method may not work later. I keep wondering why getting a few more MSI-X interrupt vectors is so difficult on Solaris? this is very easy on many other OSs. Tom

Re: [osol-discuss] MSIX interrupt allocation

2009-03-17 Thread Tom Chen
x86 server running nv107 OS, the number of MSI interrupts I can get remains 2. I am wondering if this method obsolete? Tom - Original Message - From: "Aubrey Li" To: "Tom Chen" Cc: Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 12:26 AM Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] MSIX interru

Re: [osol-discuss] MSIX interrupt allocation

2009-03-17 Thread Tom Chen
Aubrey, Your information is really helpful! Thanks a lot! Tom - Original Message - From: "Aubrey Li" To: "Tom Chen" Cc: Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 12:26 AM Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] MSIX interrupt allocation Hi Tom, Which build are you using? Please

[osol-discuss] MSIX interrupt allocation

2009-03-16 Thread Tom Chen
ount); /* * Get number of available interrupts */ rc = ddi_intr_get_navail(devinfo, intr_type, &avail); request=9; rc = ddi_intr_alloc(devinfo, qlge->htable, intr_type, 0, request, &actual, DDI_INTR_ALLOC_NORMAL); why the actual is always 2? Tom -- This message posted from

[osol-discuss] session preferences question

2008-12-08 Thread Tom Albers
t) for future logins. -- Thanks, Tom ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] snv_99 jumpstart issue

2008-10-27 Thread Tom Albers
It sure looks like a match. This was closed as a dup of 6754716. James Carlson wrote: > Tom Albers writes: > >>My jumpstart no longer works as of build snv_99. Build snv_98 works fine. >>Problem occurs on both SPARC and x64 architectures. Is there an existing >>CR and

[osol-discuss] snv_99 jumpstart issue

2008-10-27 Thread Tom Albers
Hi, My jumpstart no longer works as of build snv_99. Build snv_98 works fine. Problem occurs on both SPARC and x64 architectures. Is there an existing CR and a workaround? Thanks, Tom Rebooting with command: boot net - install Boot device: /[EMAIL PROTECTED],70/[EMAIL PROTECTED] File

[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

[osol-discuss] snv_93 tmpfs panic

2008-07-15 Thread Tom Albers
fop_inactive+0xbf() vn_rele+0x5f() tmp_remove+0xfd() fop_remove+0xa7() vn_removeat+0x2c5() vn_remove+0x28() unlink+0x15() _sys_sysenter_post_swapgs+0x14b() -- Thanks, Tom ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing li

[osol-discuss] gtk+ build problems

2008-07-12 Thread Tom Vacek
I'm trying to build Viking (open source GPS software built on gtk) on my openSolaris 2008.5 (updated to snv_91) Ultra 40. I updated gtk from pgk. However, I got an error in the viking build script telling me that GTK didn't pass a test, and that the installation is defective. I decided to try

Re: [osol-discuss] How to edit files inside a ISO-image?

2008-03-18 Thread Tom Haynes
You must be talking to me... Here is what I first did to get a bootable DVD: http://blogs.sun.com/tdh/entry/kanigix_an_experiment_in_packaging4 You can look at earlier entries to find out what didn't work. When I redid my steps a couple of months ago, I just followed this article... This me

Re: [osol-discuss] Any interest in a Solaris 10 / OpenSolaris Industrial PC

2008-02-12 Thread Tom Haynes
David Clack wrote: > Hi, > > So this is the interesting problem, what to actually expose. > > On a server in a computer room or out in a telco CO, do you need sound ? > > For the customers on the list for BlueWonder, it's not important. > > Sound is not important until you are trying to hear POST

Re: [osol-discuss] Any interest in a Solaris 10 / OpenSolaris Industrial PC

2008-02-11 Thread Tom Haynes
David Clack wrote: > Hi, > > No fans, no noise. > > I really designed it for Solaris X86 and Real Time Java. > > It's going to be the same price range as Siemens MicroPC 427b, > Bechoff, MPL or PDSI. > > Just more ports of everything. > > Dave Any pictures online?

Re: [osol-discuss] How to edit files inside a ISO-image?

2008-02-07 Thread Tom Haynes
Joerg Schilling wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> >>> cpio has a bug with hard link handling that will cause real problems >>> if you use the outdated mkisofs that currently comes with Solaris. >>> >> What kind of bug (it always works for me and makes the proper hardlinks) >>

[osol-discuss] A strange crash issue

2008-02-06 Thread Tom Chen
appears in all crash dump, see the result of " 30001418080::findstack -v " below. Is it truly a log message writing bug of the OS? Tom ::msgbuf panic[cpu0]/thread=3000201ec20: Fatal error has

Re: [osol-discuss] [osol-announce] No update on SXCE Build 79

2008-02-05 Thread Tom Keiser
proaches to the same > problems others > have tried to solve before. IPS, notably, stands out > the most as being > widely divergent in its approach to packaging. > > I would encourage you to approach the efforts of this > community with > an open mind. > Many

[osol-discuss] Why Solaris SPARC can not identify a PCI board but x86 can?

2008-01-31 Thread Tom Chen
hello, I have a 2 ports PCI board. On the x86 machine, a "prtconf" shows: pci1014,36f (driver not attached) pci1014,36e (driver not attached) but on a SPARC machine, "prtconf" result becomes: ethernet (driver not attached)

[osol-discuss] An error on driver loading

2008-01-30 Thread Tom Chen
ry Base Register Address1 =0xd834. Cardbus CIS Pointer =0x0. Subsytem Vendor Id =0x1014. Subsytem Id =0x36f. ROM Base Register =0x0. Capabilities Pointer =0x44. Interrupt Line =0xa. Interrupt Pin =0x1

Re: [osol-discuss] PulseAudio

2007-12-11 Thread Tom Servo
> I talked to Lennart during the week, and he's keen to see PulseAudio in > Solaris > as well. He mentioned that the feature set would be significantly reduced > since > OSS (when integrated) won't nearly provide as much capability as Alsa does > on > Linux, but confirmed it does work fine on Solar

Re: [osol-discuss] PulseAudio

2007-12-11 Thread Tom Servo
> For the record, Solaris is listed as a supported platform: > http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/AboutPulseAudio Which is a huge joke, because it uses the wrong type of ioctl structs (those with the additional fields that Solaris doesn't support) and doesn't even wrap them in #ifdefs. To compile Puls

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