[desktop-discuss] Can't Install OpenOffice.org 3.2 in B133

On 03/ 6/10 05:37 PM, W. Wayne Liauh wrote: >> This is good.  This allows you to have two >> different versions installed >> (this is also the same as my directories).  >> Remember, this is a >> "pkgadd" version (all downloaded versions from >> openoffice.org).  This >> is why I also added the IPS

[desktop-discuss] Can't Install OpenOffice.org 3.2 in B133

On 03/ 5/10 04:47 PM, W. Wayne Liauh wrote: > > Hi paul, > > It took me a while to find a mirror that provides the OOo m73 package (the > one I downloaded from was Gesellschaft f??r wissenschaftliche > Datenverarbeitung G??ttingen). > > The setup script installed OOo-m73 into a pair of newly crea

[desktop-discuss] Can't Install OpenOffice.org 3.2 in B133

On 03/ 4/10 11:18 PM, W. Wayne Liauh wrote: > Hi Paul, > > Thanks for the report. > > Could you go to Help --> About OpenOffice.org > > to see what version of OpenOffice.org that you are running? > > screenshot > I tried to download m73 but was only getting about 17 KB/s. I am more than >

[desktop-discuss] Can't Install OpenOffice.org 3.2 in B133

On 03/ 2/10 11:58 PM, Paul Gress wrote: > On 03/ 2/10 07:59 PM, W. Wayne Liauh wrote: >> >> >> >>> It gets just past grub and then just >>> hangs indefinitely. >>> >> > >> (As an unrelated matter) when the "happy face&

[desktop-discuss] Can't Install OpenOffice.org 3.2 in B133

On 03/ 2/10 07:59 PM, W. Wayne Liauh wrote: > > > >> It gets just past grub and then just >> hangs indefinitely. >> > > (As an unrelated matter) when the "happy face" won't stop smiling, you can > hit the escape key, this will cause OpenSolaris to boot into text mode and > allow you t

[desktop-discuss] Can't Install OpenOffice.org 3.2 in B133

On 03/ 2/10 04:57 PM, W. Wayne Liauh wrote: >> I downloaded and installed OpenOffice 3.2 last night >> on my snv_133 x64 system, the only hiccup I saw was >> the "Next" button being grayed out on the initial >> setup screen - but clicking the "Help" button, then >> returning to the initial setup sc

[desktop-discuss] Can't Install OpenOffice.org 3.2 in B133

On 03/ 2/10 01:37 PM, W. Wayne Liauh wrote: > I am unable to install OpenOffice.org 3.2 in b133. Both the setup and the > update scripts failed. > > Previously, I had to do pkgadd of all the individual packages, and did not > have a chance to see why the install scripts failed. > > Perhaps we sh

[desktop-discuss] Firefox 3.6 won't load Java plugin

On 01/26/10 05:38 PM, Karl Rossing wrote: > > On 01/23/10 08:44, Peter Tribble wrote: >> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 7:59 PM, William Kucharski >> wrote: >>> I've got Java 1.6 update 18 installed and nothing I can do will >>> convince it to see the Java plugin; it sees all my other plugins >>> just

[desktop-discuss] b130 kills compiz

On 01/22/10 01:03 PM, Rich Teer wrote: > On Fri, 22 Jan 2010, Iain Curtain wrote: > > >> Hi Rich, >> > Hi Iain, > > >> I think it might be the below, although I'd strongly suggest to upgrade >> to B131 when it comes out - as it seems much better from internal >> testing I've done ;-):

[desktop-discuss] acrobat 9.3 install problem on v129+

On 01/19/10 12:54 AM, William Bauer wrote: > Has anyone noticed that Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.3 won't install on at least > v129, if not also v130? It gets stuck on the first or second y/n prompt. > Although answering "n" works correctly, answering "y" is stuck in a loop, and > "Y" and "yes" don

[desktop-discuss] Is Hulu still working for you?

On 01/17/10 12:53 PM, Tom Vacek wrote: > If that's the case, Firefox has a handy user agent switcher add-on that > will allow you to spoof your UA. > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59 > > It works great. > No, it didn't work to get hulu working. It looks as if it's a 64 bit issue

[desktop-discuss] Is Hulu still working for you?

On 01/17/10 01:28 AM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote: >>> >> >> I got the same also when I went to hulu. I assumed it's that their checking >> which >> OS is being used and won't let the video stream. If anybody figures it out >> let me know. > > What build are you using? While what you are suggesting

[desktop-discuss] Print Manager not working anymore in OpenSOlaris snv130

On 01/16/10 07:53 PM, John Martin wrote: > On 01/16/10 01:47 PM, Paul Gress wrote: >> >> OK, I stand corrected. I did test print manager before I posted and it >> didn't work. Then I tried what you suggested and it still wont work. >> >> >> bash-4.0$ p

[desktop-discuss] Is Hulu still working for you?

On 01/16/10 08:30 PM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote: > Hi all. > > I can no longer watch Hulu content using dev builds of OpenSolaris. (Can > you?) For me, attempts to play shows consistently fail with 'Sorry, we > are unable to stream this video. Please check your Internet connection > and try again.' > >

[desktop-discuss] Print Manager not working anymore in OpenSOlaris snv130

On 01/16/10 01:21 PM, John Martin wrote: > On 01/16/10 01:11 PM, Paul Gress wrote: >> On 01/16/10 05:47 AM, Bernd Schemmer wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> after upgrading OpenSolaris to snv130 I can't start the PrintManager >>> anymore . Starting PrintMa

[desktop-discuss] Print Manager not working anymore in OpenSOlaris snv130

On 01/16/10 05:47 AM, Bernd Schemmer wrote: > Hi, > > after upgrading OpenSolaris to snv130 I can't start the PrintManager > anymore . Starting PrintManager only gives the error message > > desktop-print-management-prefs is not available from cups print service > > How can I fix this error? > > reg

[desktop-discuss] OpenSolaris build #130 hang.

On 01/ 4/10 05:43 PM, John Martin wrote: > On 01/ 4/10 04:39 PM, Paul Gress wrote: >> I have an application that requires I shut compiz off then on. These >> are the commands I use: >> >> >> metacity --replace & >> sleep 1 >> gtk-window-decorator

[desktop-discuss] OpenSolaris build #130 hang.

On 01/ 4/10 04:05 PM, Brian Cameron wrote: > > Rich: > > If GLX is not working, then this would likely cause problems for > any program that requires OpenGL. Therefore, I'd expect that > compiz would not work on your system. It would be interesting > to find out if the problem goes away if you sw

[desktop-discuss] 1920x1200 on radeon ES1000

On 01/ 1/10 09:18 AM, LevT wrote: > Being an unix noob, I have switched videodriver > from vgatext 1024x768 > to radeon 1280x1024 > > > Please suggest a "How-To" on further switching to my native wide desktop > resolution > > http://markmail.org/message/56qcjt4otpir3wg7?q=opensolaris+915resolu

[desktop-discuss] build 130 - new GDM login screen

On 12/29/09 06:45 PM, William Yang wrote: > Speaking of installers...I think what Paul may be looking for is more of > what Red Hat offers, where you can complete an interactive install, and at > the end a KickStart config file is written to root's homedir that can be > used to repeat the installat

[desktop-discuss] build 130 - new GDM login screen

On 12/29/09 11:18 AM, Brian Cameron wrote: > > > This is just a rough suggestion, but I do think there would be value > in making it possible to use the installer to set up systems that are > more geared towards the desktop use case. I understand that Sun has > more of a focus on servers, but I do

[desktop-discuss] build 130 - new GDM login screen

On 12/27/09 09:27 PM, Brian Cameron wrote: > > Run "man gdm" and it explains how to change configuration, and provides > an example on how to use gconftool-2 to change the face browser setting. > >> I'd also like to see the shutdown button >> there, sometimes I turn on my computer and never use it

[desktop-discuss] build 130 - new GDM login screen

On 12/27/09 02:09 PM, Brian Cameron wrote: > > > The new GDM does not support gdmgreeter style themes. > > Note that the GNOME community is in the process of deprecating > libgnomecanvas. The old gdmgreeter used libgnomecanvas to support its > themes, and since the upstream GNOME community made it

[desktop-discuss] build 130 - new GDM login screen

On 12/25/09 08:12 AM, Frank Batschulat wrote: >> So we've got a new GDM and a new GDM login screen >> with build 130, fine. >> >> a single window "do you want to login" is displayed >> with a single button "okay". >> >> of course, I do! >> >> besides that, there is no other option one could >> sele

[desktop-discuss] WYSIWYG HTML Editors for OpenSolaris?

To add to this list: Openoffice actually has an wysiwyg html editor. To start this simply enter: soffice -web Seamonkey is just a little behind for Opensolaris at v2.0b1 http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Community+Group+desktop/development Paul Christian P?lissier wrote: > Here are

[desktop-discuss] What do I need to watch NASA TV?

Gary Mills wrote: >> I'm running snv_127 x86 on an AMD desktop. What do I >> need to >> watch NASA TV? When I select [Public] from [NASA TV >> (Live)], >> I get a black box. From there, when I select [Open >> with "Totem >> Movie Player"], the player appears with an error that >> says: >> >> No

[desktop-discuss] gecko and Wine

Hillel Lubman wrote: > On 22/11/2009 15:29, Albert Lee wrote: >> I maintained SFEwine in spec-files-extra for a long time and that is >> your >> best bet for an up to date development version of Wine (i.e. the 1.1 >> branch) - I don't publish prebuilt packages for it anymore but it is >> relativel

[desktop-discuss] How to customize Launch Menu (Main Menu) in JDS

Calum Benson wrote: > > Another option would be to add a drawer to the panel and use that: > > This is what I use extensively. But there is one major difference from JDS and Opensolaris/SXCE. You cannot name a Drawer. This featu

[desktop-discuss] [indiana-discuss] OpenSolaris build 124 and Tamil font rendering

Paul Gress wrote: > Andrew Gabriel wrote: >> >> I notice that in going from snv_113 to snv_124, the blasewave-shipped >> totem now renders all characters as square boxes. >> > > Thats usually a Pango/Cairo issue. Check and see if your using > LD_LIBRARY_PAT

[desktop-discuss] [indiana-discuss] OpenSolaris build 124 and Tamil font rendering

Andrew Gabriel wrote: > > I notice that in going from snv_113 to snv_124, the blasewave-shipped > totem now renders all characters as square boxes. > Thats usually a Pango/Cairo issue. Check and see if your using LD_LIBRARY_PATH and comment out, and/or remove and replace all the Pango/Cairo li

[desktop-discuss] Java desktop

Hillel Lubman wrote: >> JDS = GNOME + some specific branding/themeing >> > > So why is it called JDS (since it's not Java based really anymore), just for > historical reasons? > Recalling from memory, back in early Solaris 10 days, Sun was in process of changing their Wallstreet/Stock sy

[desktop-discuss] Java desktop

Al Li wrote: > Thanks Krishnan. > Interesting. Is JDS source code available? Where please? Since as described earlier there is no difference between JDS and Gnome (except that JDS used the Blueprint Theme), the source can be downloaded at: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/get/ Paul

[desktop-discuss] what is missing in the OpenSolaris desktop?

Luis de Bethencourt wrote: > Hello everyone! > > I was wondering... what do you feel is missing in the OpenSolaris > Desktop? We all have our small little things that we miss from the > linux (rest of open source) world: this or that useful software that > is in Ubuntu, or that nice feature that is

[desktop-discuss] Thunderbird Print Dialog

Karl Rossing wrote: > Running SXDE b115. I'm wondering if Thunderbird will get the native > cups/gnome print dialog boxes? > I just checked on my SXCE b117 and Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 still had the old dialog. But then I checked 3.0b2 and it had the Cups dialog. Paul

[desktop-discuss] Does the Fluendo codecs play "everything"?

Murray Blakeman wrote: > The Fluendo codecs won't help with Dolby Digital AC3 Audio. Flash > Video Containers (FLV) also aren't supported. > > With the above installed separately, I haven't had any issue playing > anything I have in my collection. > > Orvar Korvar wrote: >> I know that fluendo.co

[desktop-discuss] Does the Fluendo codecs play "everything"?

Orvar Korvar wrote: > I know that fluendo.com sells codecs, but the question is, do the codecs play > the majority of the formats available? Divx, Xvid, Mp3, Mp4, FLAC, etc etc? > If they only play Xvid then I am not interested in fluendo codecs, I prefer > VLC. I know VLC plays virtually all my

[desktop-discuss] licensed codecs available

Anon Y Mous wrote: > If we paid for the media player, then we could legally get all the codecs and > Sun would make a few bucks out of it for their work. Sounds fair to me. > Isn't that what Fluendo is offering now? They have all the codecs now and reported they are now porting their DVD play

[desktop-discuss] Firefox 3.5 rc2/Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 contrib. builds are available for OpenSolaris/Solaris 10

Uros Nedic wrote: > I realise that everyone could claim that its product is better than other. > But according 'independent testing suite' everyone could see results. > > One item that is over looked on this analysis is Opera has the E-Mail integrated with the browser. If you want it to be ac

[desktop-discuss] Openoffice 3.1 & 3.2 (dev) crashing gnome panel

Paul Gress wrote: > Hi Iain, > > I was playing around today with this issue of OO. For kicks I logged > in as root and the OO problem didn't exist. Then I created a new > user, and opened OO 3.1, and the problem didn't exist. So, now I've > come to the co

[desktop-discuss] Openoffice 3.1 & 3.2 (dev) crashing gnome panel

s fail on install? > > Failing all of this, maybe try starting openoffice in a terminal window > with a trailing & (ampersand) and reply back here with any crash info. > > Regards > > Iain > On Sun, 2009-05-24 at 03:07 -0400, Paul Gress wrote: > >> Hi a

[desktop-discuss] Openoffice 3.1 & 3.2 (dev) crashing gnome panel

Hi all, I'm not sure if this is the right discussion group, but I think it may be the closest. I'm running nv114. Whenever I open any of the Openoffice binaries (Calc, Wright, Draw, etc) from the 3.1 or 3.2 branch my gnome panel crashes. All icons freeze and the window switcher freezes and t

[desktop-discuss] Songbird or Sound Juicer problems

Brian Cameron wrote: > > It seems like the WAV files created by sound-juicer are corrupt. Why > don't you try to run the gst-launch command to rip a file from a CD. > This should be what sound-juicer is running behind the scenes: > > gst-launch cdda2wav track=2 ! wavenc ! filesink location=/tmp/fo

[desktop-discuss] Songbird or Sound Juicer problems

jerry tan wrote: > I guess that your wav file is corrupted. > > you can use audioplay to play wav file directly to check. > > if still meet error, file's problem. > Yes, the WAV files created are corrupted. I have played other WAV files no problem. So now, after evaluation I have one question

[desktop-discuss] Songbird or Sound Juicer problems

Brian Cameron wrote: > > Yes, this could be a GStreamer bug. I would recommend testing it by > running gst-launch directly. The following pipeline should play a > WAV file on Solaris: > > gst-launch filesrc location=/path/to/file.wav ! wavparse ! audioconvert > ! sunaudiosink > $ gst-launch fil

[desktop-discuss] Songbird or Sound Juicer problems

Brian Cameron wrote: > > Paul: > >> I recently purchased a CD and decided I'd like to rip it to my computer >> for listening. >> >> About 1 week ago I also purchased the full package offered from Fluento. >> >> So I should have all the tools to rip a CD. > > Note that Fluendo currently only sells d

[desktop-discuss] Songbird or Sound Juicer problems

I recently purchased a CD and decided I'd like to rip it to my computer for listening. About 1 week ago I also purchased the full package offered from Fluento. So I should have all the tools to rip a CD. I open up Sound Juicer. Click on tracks to rip. First I thought lossless, so I went to p

[desktop-discuss] (Open)Sol 10/nv106 on SB2000 w XVR-1200

Alan Coopersmith wrote: > Paul Gress wrote: > >> I guess what you need to do is download the XVR600 driver for >> Opensolaris located at: >> >> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/downloads/sparc_graphics/ >> > > Those drivers only work with

[desktop-discuss] (Open)Sol 10/nv106 on SB2000 w XVR-1200

Ariel wrote: > Well, after see lot of people like me trying to put your XVR-600 /XVR-1200 on > SPARC64 platform with an open-source OS, I would like to share my experience > and a light of hope. > I have a Sun Blade 100 2Gb and XVR-600 working on Sol10 (yes! in a Blade-100 > XVR-600 work nice,

[desktop-discuss] nv_109 APIC and X problems.

aric wrote: > I too have a similar problem, but I am unsure if it is identical. I have > liveupgraded to 109 from 105 on an Ultra 20 with a Quadra FX1500 graphics > card and cannot get a graphical login. The screen is stuck after 'Configuring > Devices' then a few more warnings about gfxp_vgatex

[desktop-discuss] SUNWxwfnt snv_109

dick hoogendijk wrote: > On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:56:12 -0700 > Alan Coopersmith wrote: > > >> dick hoogendijk wrote: >> > > >>> One thing is not solved (yet). I saw that I still can't correct any >>> typos I make in the login screen. Backspace does not work. the only >>> option is the 's

[desktop-discuss] living with ooxml

Ch? Kristo wrote: > My understanding is that OOXMl support is in OOo 3, for which release > candidate 3 is available atm...you can download the Solaris x86 package as an > interim solution. > > As for it (OOo3) being shipped I'll leave that for someone who knows ;-) > It's at release candidate

[desktop-discuss] Flash 10 beta is available

Sebastien Roy wrote: > FYI, Build 98 Firefox 3 crashes with this plugin when visiting > http://www.springwidgets.com/ > Build 99 & Firefox 3.0.3, no crash here. Paul

[desktop-discuss] Firefox-3.0.1 build, PDF handling

Evan Yan wrote: > Hi Marion, > > I tried on a Solaris 10 box, but didn't reproduce the problem. > I don't have evince installed on the box, instead I set the preferred > viewer to some test script. Then I saw the test script is executed . > > Does the problem on your box only exists for pdf viewer,

[desktop-discuss] Difference between Opensoalris Gnome and Java Desktop Gnome

Brian Cameron wrote: > >>> So your telling me my program "Pro-Engineer" won't run soon (if >>> SXCE is >>> gone and only OpenSolaris exist). Pro-Engineer currently needs the >>> closed binaries from Motif. If this is what is planned for Solaris >>> 11, >>> your going to break the binary compa

[desktop-discuss] Difference between Opensoalris Gnome and Java Desktop Gnome

Glynn Foster wrote: > > On 12/08/2008, at 3:04 PM, Paul Gress wrote: > >> Glynn Foster wrote: >>> Community Edition will continue until such a stage where IPS, SPARC >>> support and the new installer bits goes back into the mainline >>> Nevada gate. &g

[desktop-discuss] Difference between Opensoalris Gnome and Java Desktop Gnome

Glynn Foster wrote: > Community Edition will continue until such a stage where IPS, SPARC support > and the new installer bits goes back into the mainline Nevada gate. > > > So your telling me my program "Pro-Engineer" won't run soon (if SXCE is gone and only OpenSolaris exist). Pro-Engineer

[desktop-discuss] [xwin-discuss] The end of Sparc desktops?

Alan Coopersmith wrote: > Paul Gress wrote: > >> I take it since the Solaris uses same driver for xvr-300 and xvr-600, >> then your supported cards for x.org would include the xvr-600. Is this >> correct? >> > > I think you've confused your

[desktop-discuss] [xwin-discuss] The end of Sparc desktops?

Linda Fellingham wrote: > St;uart is quite right. We have to replace the standard video BIOS with > Fcode to do device initialization and terminal emulation for graphics cards > to work in SPARC platforms. > > Drivers supporting x.org for xvr-100, xvr-300, and xvr-2500 are planned > to be include

[desktop-discuss] The end of Sparc desktops?

Tim Scanlon wrote: > I noticed today that Sun has stopped selling Sparc based desktop machines. I > was sort of shocked by this to say the least. I have to support applications > that have endian issues, and this could be painful. > > Does anyone know if Fujitsu or another vendor will pick up the

[desktop-discuss] OpenSolaris compatibility with LightScribe

> 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] [osol-help] Cursor Size

Andreas Frische wrote: > http://www.gnome-look.org/index.php?xsortmode=down&page=0&xcontentmode=36 > > unpacking them to ~/.icons or /usr/share/icons should work. > > > > There we go, awesome! Thanks a lot.

[desktop-discuss] [osol-help] Cursor Size

Alan Coopersmith wrote: > Paul Gress wrote: > >> Alan Coopersmith wrote: >> >>> Paul Gress wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I've installed B84 on my laptop and set it up to my liking. The >>>> sc

[desktop-discuss] [osol-help] Cursor Size

Alan Coopersmith wrote: > Paul Gress wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've installed B84 on my laptop and set it up to my liking. The >> screen on is a 17 inch widescreen at 1920 x 1200. Very sharp at >> approx 150 dpi. All is fine except for one thing, the size of

[desktop-discuss] Re: Java tools for JDS, candidates discussion

Ch? Kristo wrote: > I haven't used Jpedal but does does it offer any functional benefit over > Evince? Yes it adds the functionality to edit and save forms (where the original document intended so). Paul

[desktop-discuss] New project: JPack - install your software easily !

Michal Pryc wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to announce a new project called JPack, which will provide > a GUI application for managing different types of packages for Solaris > Operating System. > > for more information: > > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/jds/tasks/jpack/ > > and > > http:

[desktop-discuss] How to halt system directly from Java Desktop System?

Peter Tribble wrote: > On 4/29/07, Rafal Chojnacki wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Can I halt OpenSolaris directly from Java Desktop System just like a >> can logout (for example from launch menu) without opening terminal, >> logging as root and running shutdown command? > > You don't need to be root. The c

[desktop-discuss] Re: Status of "Java Desktop System"

Michael Laajanen wrote: > I got it, why not call it OpenWindows ;) > > /michael > Why not just use "Open" as suggested before, ODS, Open Desktop System Paul

[desktop-discuss] Re: No HTML composer

Richard Elling wrote: > StarOffice/OpenOffice > What I've been using lately is seamonkey built by Blastwave. Would be nice for NVU to run alongside FireFox and ThunderBird. Paul