Re: [indiana-discuss] opensolaris2009.06 slow boot

2009-06-04 Thread Nischal
i tried the dtrace script, and i found that modunload is taking around 1 min. i have attached the chart generated and the log file. i tried disabling automount no success :( -- This message posted from opensolaris.org___ indiana-discuss mailing

Re: [indiana-discuss] no scripting zone and isaexec(3C) == architectural

2009-06-04 Thread UNIX admin
The answer is that your software is not correctly packaged for OpenSolaris 200x :) Do you mind pointing out what exactly makes my software incorrectly packaged for OpenSolaris? Is there a formal specification document which details how and in what places Indiana expects to have software

Re: [indiana-discuss] opensolaris2009.06 slow boot

2009-06-04 Thread Jürgen Keil
i tried the dtrace script, and i found that modunload is taking around 1 min. i have attached the chart generated and the log file. Hmm, some of the hald commands show a strange delayed start of about one minute... Does your system have a ps/2 floppy drive, or is one configured in the bios?

Re: [indiana-discuss] no scripting zone and isaexec(3C) == architectural

2009-06-04 Thread UNIX admin
One solution is to create a little program that utilizes the isaexec API and accepts a pathname to an executable. See isaexec(3C). Thanks Moinak. I did exactly what you told me, and it worked, except that I replicated /usr/lib/isaexec functionality. As it turns out, a hard link is

[indiana-discuss] zio_read_data failed in GRUB while trying to boot from compact flash (CF)

2009-06-04 Thread James Lee
I am trying to get OpenSolaris 2009.06 to run from my 32 GB Kingston compact flash drive attached to a standard Sil 0680 IDE controller. The installer detects the card and install successfully. Upon reboot, GRUB drops to a grub prompt. Any attempts to read menu.lst fail with: grub root

Re: [indiana-discuss] no scripting zone and isaexec(3C) == architectural

2009-06-04 Thread Shawn Walker
UNIX admin wrote: The answer is that your software is not correctly packaged for OpenSolaris 200x :) Do you mind pointing out what exactly makes my software incorrectly packaged for OpenSolaris? Is there a formal specification document which details how and in what places Indiana expects to

Re: [indiana-discuss] zio_read_data failed in GRUB while trying to boot from compact flash (CF)

2009-06-04 Thread Joseph J VLcek
James Lee wrote: I am trying to get OpenSolaris 2009.06 to run from my 32 GB Kingston compact flash drive attached to a standard Sil 0680 IDE controller. The installer detects the card and install successfully. Upon reboot, GRUB drops to a grub prompt. Any attempts to read menu.lst fail with:

Re: [indiana-discuss] no scripting zone and isaexec(3C) == architectural

2009-06-04 Thread Matt Ingenthron
Shawn Walker wrote: UNIX admin wrote: The answer is that your software is not correctly packaged for OpenSolaris 200x :) Do you mind pointing out what exactly makes my software incorrectly packaged for OpenSolaris? Is there a formal specification document which details how and in what

Re: [indiana-discuss] no scripting zone and isaexec(3C) == architectural

2009-06-04 Thread Shawn Walker
Matt Ingenthron wrote: Shawn Walker wrote: UNIX admin wrote: The answer is that your software is not correctly packaged for OpenSolaris 200x :) Do you mind pointing out what exactly makes my software incorrectly packaged for OpenSolaris? Is there a formal specification document which

Re: [indiana-discuss] no scripting zone and isaexec(3C) == architectural

2009-06-04 Thread Matt Ingenthron
Shawn Walker wrote: Matt Ingenthron wrote: Shawn Walker wrote: UNIX admin wrote: The answer is that your software is not correctly packaged for OpenSolaris 200x :) Do you mind pointing out what exactly makes my software incorrectly packaged for OpenSolaris? Is there a formal specification

Re: [indiana-discuss] zio_read_data failed in GRUB while trying to boot from compact flash (CF)

2009-06-04 Thread James Lee
Joseph J VLcek wrote: With rpool imported/mounted can you cat the contents of the GRUB menu.lst file? What does it contain? e.g.: % cat /rpool/boot/grub/menu.lst This question should probably be posted to install-disc...@opensolaris.org Joe Yes, I can cat the file just fine once

Re: [indiana-discuss] zio_read_data failed in GRUB while trying to boot from compact flash (CF)

2009-06-04 Thread Cindy . Swearingen
Hi James, No answers from me, just some information. The ability to boot from a disk greater than 1 TB integrated last fall and this support is in the OpenSolaris 2009.06 release. I see the same zio_read_data error (boot from install okay, but not from the disk) in this CR: 6843138 can not

Re: [indiana-discuss] zio_read_data failed in GRUB while trying to boot from compact flash (CF)

2009-06-04 Thread Joseph J VLcek
James Lee wrote: Joseph J VLcek wrote: With rpool imported/mounted can you cat the contents of the GRUB menu.lst file? What does it contain? e.g.: % cat /rpool/boot/grub/menu.lst This question should probably be posted to install-disc...@opensolaris.org Joe Yes, I can cat the file just

Re: [indiana-discuss] no scripting zone and isaexec(3C) == architectural

2009-06-04 Thread Nicolas Williams
On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 11:15:45AM -0700, Matt Ingenthron wrote: Shawn Walker wrote: Matt Ingenthron wrote: Shawn Walker wrote: As noted in: PSARC/2005/185 Enabling serendipitous discovery PSARC/2007/048 Include GNU coreutils 6.7 PSARC/1991/061 Packaging rules for system extensions

Re: [indiana-discuss] no scripting zone and isaexec(3C) == architectural

2009-06-04 Thread Shawn Walker
Matt Ingenthron wrote: Shawn Walker wrote: Matt Ingenthron wrote: Shawn Walker wrote: UNIX admin wrote: The answer is that your software is not correctly packaged for OpenSolaris 200x :) Do you mind pointing out what exactly makes my software incorrectly packaged for OpenSolaris? Is there

Re: [indiana-discuss] no scripting zone and isaexec(3C) == architectural

2009-06-04 Thread Shawn Walker
Nicolas Williams wrote: I myself am not sure where third-party pkgs should install into. FOSS could always be integrated directly into OpenSolaris via the consolidation process, or perhaps via /contrib, in which case it will end up in /usr -- to me this argues for third parties packaging FOSS

Re: [indiana-discuss] no scripting zone and isaexec(3C) == architectural

2009-06-04 Thread Shawn Walker
a b wrote: ...many bits of software are moving to /usr :) Deliver to /usr; your life will be simpler, many users will thank you, and you won't have this issue. Consider that if I deliver my software in /usr (as a 3rd party unbundled applications vendor), I run an extremely high risk of:

Re: [indiana-discuss] no scripting zone and isaexec(3C) == architectural

2009-06-04 Thread a b
...many bits of software are moving to /usr :) Deliver to /usr; your life will be simpler, many users will thank you, and you won't have this issue. Consider that if I deliver my software in /usr (as a 3rd party unbundled applications vendor), I run an extremely high risk of: a) being

Re: [indiana-discuss] no scripting zone and isaexec(3C) == architectural

2009-06-04 Thread a b
I disagree. For many of the same reasons stated in PSARC/2005/185, I believe even third-party software belongs in /usr. If you don't mind, would you please explain how software which enhances the OS yet works in a different way (such as for example 3rd party clustering software) would be

Re: [indiana-discuss] no scripting zone and isaexec(3C) == architectural

2009-06-04 Thread Nicolas Williams
On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 04:34:52PM -0500, Shawn Walker wrote: Nicolas Williams wrote: I myself am not sure where third-party pkgs should install into. FOSS could always be integrated directly into OpenSolaris via the consolidation process, or perhaps via /contrib, in which case it will end

Re: [indiana-discuss] no scripting zone and isaexec(3C) == architectural

2009-06-04 Thread Nicolas Williams
On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 04:37:51PM -0500, Shawn Walker wrote: a b wrote: It appears that these architectural issue have not been thought throughly. The OpenSolaris distribution, as you are aware, is experimenting with changes that have not yet made it through ARC. Regardless, I don't see

Re: [indiana-discuss] zio_read_data failed in GRUB while trying to boot from compact flash (CF)

2009-06-04 Thread Dave Miner
James Lee wrote: I am trying to get OpenSolaris 2009.06 to run from my 32 GB Kingston compact flash drive attached to a standard Sil 0680 IDE controller. The installer detects the card and install successfully. Upon reboot, GRUB drops to a grub prompt. Any attempts to read menu.lst fail with:

Re: [indiana-discuss] zio_read_data failed in GRUB while trying to boot from compact flash (CF)

2009-06-04 Thread James Lee
Dave Miner wrote: You didn't by chance turn on gzip-compression for the file systems on this, did you? Dave No. I'm not using any compression. ___ indiana-discuss mailing list indiana-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [indiana-discuss] no scripting zone and isaexec(3C) == architectural

2009-06-04 Thread Nicolas Williams
On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 08:11:48PM +0200, a b wrote: Consider that if I deliver my software in /usr (as a 3rd party unbundled applications vendor), I run an extremely high risk of: a) being overwritten by IPS, respectively your own updates b) my software overwriting your software. I

Re: [indiana-discuss] no scripting zone and isaexec(3C) == architectural

2009-06-04 Thread Brock Pytlik
Nicolas Williams wrote: On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 04:37:51PM -0500, Shawn Walker wrote: a b wrote: [snip] I won't debate the merits, etc. of this with your nor comment on what should or should not be done architecturally as that isn't my responsibility. I'll just simply say that I

Re: [indiana-discuss] gdm/X does not start

2009-06-04 Thread Alan Coopersmith
William Headrick wrote: Anil Jangity wrote: See attachments. /var/adm/messages: May 5 16:27:57 sjc gdm-binary[588]: [ID 702911 daemon.warning] WARNING: Failed to start X server several times in a short time period; disabling display :0 ... oh, I forgot to plug the mouse in when I

Re: [indiana-discuss] gdm/X does not start

2009-06-04 Thread Alan Coopersmith
opensola...@myspamfilter.fastmail.fm wrote: On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:29 -0700, Alan Coopersmith According to those logs, your X server started and is running on your AST service processor/remote KVM. Alan, I believe that I am running into the same issue on a Sun Fire x2270. I've got the

Re: [indiana-discuss] opensolaris2009.06 slow boot

2009-06-04 Thread Nischal
problem solved! actually i had not disabled the floppy drive in the BIOS (i don't have a floppy drive). The hal daemon was trying to access the floppy drive because it was enabled in BIOS. the same thing was probably happening in the older version of OpenSolaris. But in this release, hal was