[desktop-discuss] OpenSolaris compatibility with LightScribe

2008-06-17 Thread ChaoHong Guo
Shao Xuan ??: > Hello, > > I have found that opensolaris doesn't support DVD-RAM fromat too. When I > insert a DVD-RAM disc (with contents in it), the OS doesn't recognize it. But > OS recognize DVD and CD. This same DVD-RAM can be recognized in windows xp of > the same machine (dual boot of win

[desktop-discuss] OpenSolaris compatibility with LightScribe

2008-06-17 Thread Paul Gress
> Care to explain to me what exactly DVD-ram is? I've only seen it in a > few machines, one being my Ultra 20 M2. > > It can be used as a hard drive with random read and write. I've taken dvd-ram disks and formated them with the UFS, it behaves exactly like a giant floppy drive. Paul

[desktop-discuss] mplayer with sun studio

2008-06-17 Thread Andras Barna
it seems that blastwave is closed source :( On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Lurie wrote: >> those were not. >> the new ones are >> Dennis > > Uhm, that's great. Can we see the patches somewhere ? > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > ___ > d

[desktop-discuss] nVidia driver 96.43.05 install OK, but GLX not available.

2008-06-17 Thread Mark Wright
Hello shao xuan, That is great that glx works. However I do not know how to make compiz work, sorry, hopefully someone else knows how to (I compiled compiz on my solaris 10u5 box, all the window title bars disappear if I enable compiz). Thanks, Mark On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:06:31 PDT Shao Xuan w

[desktop-discuss] mplayer with sun studio

2008-06-17 Thread Dennis Clarke
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 5:56 PM, Andras Barna wrote: > it seems that blastwave is closed source :( when and *if* those packages are released you will get what you need at http://svn.blastwave.org/trac/browser/csw/trunk/apps/mplayer/files Dennis ps: don't be so whiney about a *free* software pa

[desktop-discuss] OpenSolaris compatibility with LightScribe

2008-06-17 Thread dick hoogendijk
On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:58:38 PDT Shao Xuan wrote: > Maybe this software supports DVD-RAM, but my problem is: the > OpenSolaris OS can't even recognize DVD-RAM disc, not to mention > accessing it using softwares. That's weird. My Plextor also supports the dvd-ram standard. It's nothing more than

[desktop-discuss] opera-9.5 for solaris

2008-06-17 Thread Alfred Peng
James Cornell wrote: > Firefox 3 RC package goes into /opt/local /opt/sfw as I can see. -Alfred

[desktop-discuss] nVidia driver 96.43.05 install OK, but GLX not available.

2008-06-17 Thread Mark Wright
Hello shao xuan, After the line: Section "Files" Please try instead adding 3 ModulePath lines: ModulePath "/usr/X11/lib/modules/extensions/NVIDIA" ModulePath "/usr/X11/lib/modules/extensions" ModulePath "/usr/X11/lib/modules" like in the following diffs: goanna

[desktop-discuss] OpenSolaris compatibility with LightScribe

2008-06-17 Thread dick hoogendijk
On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:32:40 PDT Shao Xuan wrote: > I have found that opensolaris doesn't support DVD-RAM fromat too. > Anyone knows have to solve this? Doesn't Schily's CDRecord support DVD-RAM ? -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D ++ http://nagual.nl/ + SunOS sxce snv90 ++

[desktop-discuss] Javascript browser benchmarks posted

2008-06-17 Thread James Cornell
Hi there. Finally assembled all of the URL's to each test ran on each browser on each platform. There's a total of about 60 different platforms tested, and the benchmark features 26 specific tests covering different areas. I do not have this plotted. http://www.carcinogenic-studios.com/sunsp

[desktop-discuss] opera-9.5 for solaris

2008-06-17 Thread Volker A. Brandt
> > Come on. If you compile for solaris you shoudl be aware of the policy > > -NOT- to use /usr/local but /opt/local instead. > Why? This is my first time to hear this. If you build a package > yourself, you can decide where it will be put. See filesystem(5): [...] /opt Root of a

[desktop-discuss] opera-9.5 for solaris

2008-06-17 Thread Jeff Cai
On Mon, 2008-06-16 at 13:48 +0200, dick hoogendijk wrote: > I thought I'd give Opera a chance on my snv90. Just to look how fast it > is nowadays and wether or not flash/java is supported. > > However, I will -not- install the package. > It has a base path of /usr/local. > Come on. If you compile

[desktop-discuss] OpenSolaris compatibility with LightScribe

2008-06-17 Thread Shao Xuan
Hello shinsui, Maybe this software supports DVD-RAM, but my problem is: the OpenSolaris OS can't even recognize DVD-RAM disc, not to mention accessing it using softwares. Thanks, shao xuan This message posted from opensolaris.org

[desktop-discuss] OpenSolaris compatibility with LightScribe

2008-06-17 Thread Shao Xuan
Hello James, DVD-RAM is a DVD disc format, you can read it's definition here: http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid5_gci854607,00.html This message posted from opensolaris.org

[desktop-discuss] OpenSolaris compatibility with LightScribe

2008-06-17 Thread James Cornell
Shao Xuan wrote: > Hello, > > I have found that opensolaris doesn't support DVD-RAM fromat too. When I > insert a DVD-RAM disc (with contents in it), the OS doesn't recognize it. But > OS recognize DVD and CD. This same DVD-RAM can be recognized in windows xp of > the same machine (dual boot of

[desktop-discuss] OpenSolaris compatibility with LightScribe

2008-06-17 Thread Shao Xuan
Hello, I have found that opensolaris doesn't support DVD-RAM fromat too. When I insert a DVD-RAM disc (with contents in it), the OS doesn't recognize it. But OS recognize DVD and CD. This same DVD-RAM can be recognized in windows xp of the same machine (dual boot of windows xp and opensolaris).

[desktop-discuss] Opera 9.50 web browser available

2008-06-17 Thread James Cornell
Shao Xuan wrote: >> When finished I will have tested 50 configurations of >> 6 independent >> browsers. This is not including Linux, because that >> would be much >> harder to support unless I had at least 5 people >> agree on a distribution >> which to test on. Seems like Ubuntu is the choice

[desktop-discuss] opera-9.5 for solaris

2008-06-17 Thread James Cornell
Volker A. Brandt wrote: > I had to think a while about your email. :-) > > >> Compare VirtualBox on Linux to Solaris or Linux to Mac OS X. It's much >> better under Linux. >> > > Hmmm... I am not sure I am catching the direction of your comparisons. > > >> It looks horrid regardless, bu

[desktop-discuss] opera-9.5 for solaris

2008-06-17 Thread James Cornell
Alfred Peng wrote: > James Cornell wrote: >> Firefox 3 RC package goes into /opt/local > /opt/sfw as I can see. > > -Alfred My mistake, been up too late. James

[desktop-discuss] nVidia driver 96.43.05 install OK, but GLX not available.

2008-06-17 Thread Shao Xuan
Hello Mark, Thanks for your help, I'll see if I can solve compiz problem. Thanks, shao xuan This message posted from opensolaris.org

[desktop-discuss] nVidia driver 96.43.05 install OK, but GLX not available.

2008-06-17 Thread James Cornell
Mark Wright wrote: > Hello shao xuan, > > That is great that glx works. However I do not > know how to make compiz work, sorry, hopefully someone > else knows how to (I compiled compiz on my > solaris 10u5 box, all the window title bars disappear > if I enable compiz). > > Thanks, Mark > > On Tue,

[desktop-discuss] UnsatisfiedLinkError by launching an SWT based application

2008-06-17 Thread reda
Hello, Im developping a swt based java application under Win32 and i tested it opensolaris. Unfortunatly, i get an unsatisfiedLinkError by launching the application ( please see the attaechement) . I must noticed that i've copied the libraries needed by the swt.jar file to the application dir

[desktop-discuss] Opera 9.50 web browser available

2008-06-17 Thread James Cornell
Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > On Mon, 16 Jun 2008, Shao Xuan wrote: > > >> I have a habbit of only using the native web browser in all my >> systems/computers: IE7 in Windows (XP SP3 and Vista SP1, both >> 32-bit), safari3 in Mac OS X Leopard, Firefox3 in Ubuntu and >> OpenSolaris. But if your tes

[desktop-discuss] nVidia driver 96.43.05 install OK, but GLX not available.

2008-06-17 Thread Shao Xuan
Hello Mark, Thanks for your kind help, we have made a great progress! I have good news and bad news. The good one: WOW! GLX is finally enabled and Compiz finally works! But the bad news: after enabling the Compiz Visual Effects (Normal or Extra set), the wallpaper is disappeared, and I can't se

[desktop-discuss] Opera 9.50 web browser available

2008-06-17 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Mon, 16 Jun 2008, Shao Xuan wrote: > I have a habbit of only using the native web browser in all my > systems/computers: IE7 in Windows (XP SP3 and Vista SP1, both > 32-bit), safari3 in Mac OS X Leopard, Firefox3 in Ubuntu and > OpenSolaris. But if your test reveals that one of the browsers

[desktop-discuss] Opera 9.50 web browser available

2008-06-17 Thread James Cornell
Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > On Mon, 16 Jun 2008, James Cornell wrote: > >> On Solaris GCC is used to compile Opera. We do not know what options >> were >> used to build Opera since it's proprietary. Not that I'm against >> closed-source software, this is hardly the case, but I'd suspect >> Intel w

[desktop-discuss] Opera 9.50 web browser available

2008-06-17 Thread Shao Xuan
> > When finished I will have tested 50 configurations of > 6 independent > browsers. This is not including Linux, because that > would be much > harder to support unless I had at least 5 people > agree on a distribution > which to test on. Seems like Ubuntu is the choice > for most, though I'

[desktop-discuss] Opera 9.50 web browser available

2008-06-17 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Mon, 16 Jun 2008, James Cornell wrote: > On Solaris GCC is used to compile Opera. We do not know what options were > used to build Opera since it's proprietary. Not that I'm against > closed-source software, this is hardly the case, but I'd suspect Intel would > have better tuning since it co