[OpenIndiana-discuss] VirtualBox 4.0

2010-12-23 Thread Jonathan Adams
Not sure if any of you have seen that the new VirtualBox 4 is out, which has packages in GPL format with the ability to add extensions, with the only extension available so far being the PEULd one that adds USB/RDP/PXE support. however, on looking at the packages I found the vboxconfig.sh file

[OpenIndiana-discuss] OpenIndiana on VirtualBox 4.0

2010-12-23 Thread Kevin J. Woolley
Hello folks, Neat bit of trivia -- in VirtualBox 4.0's new VM wizard, if you give OpenIndiana as part of the VM name it automatically selects Solaris | Solaris modern (S10U8+) as the OS type and subtype. It's nice to get a nod from Oracle. :) Cheers, kjw

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] IO_b148 on an ATI HD 5770: Xorg failure / black screen

2010-12-23 Thread Robin Axelsson
But there is nothing wrong with the monitor or the connection. I get the BIOS post and I get the GRUB but as soon as Xorg initiates it goes black. Xorg works not fine in build 134 (it yields a picture but not at the resolution I want due to some limitations in the drivers) but it works and has

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] IO_b148 on an ATI HD 5770: Xorg failure / black screen

2010-12-23 Thread Jonathan Adams
do you have a custom Xorg configuration? what model Radeon are you using? Is your monitor connected via the HDMI interface? when you tried another monitor, did you connect it on the VGA/other interface(s) before the computer booted? Jon On 23 December 2010 12:22, Robin Axelsson

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI_147 upgrade to OI_148 on Lenovo Z60t problem

2010-12-23 Thread Ewald Ertl
Hi, On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 3:18 PM, John Connett j...@skylon.demon.co.ukwrote: Completed an apparently successful update from OI_147 using: pfexec pkg image-update -v However, when attempting to start OI_148 the system hangs at the Hostname: xxx stage with no activity on the disk

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI_147 upgrade to OI_148 on Lenovo Z60t problem

2010-12-23 Thread John Connett
On Thu, 2010-12-23 at 15:26 +0100, Ewald Ertl wrote: On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 3:18 PM, John Connett j...@skylon.demon.co.ukwrote: Completed an apparently successful update from OI_147 using: pfexec pkg image-update -v However, when attempting to start OI_148 the system hangs at the

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] General question about motherboards

2010-12-23 Thread Harry Putnam
Alex Smith (K4RNT) shadowhun...@gmail.com writes: On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 19:58, Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com wrote: [...] Thanks for the input. The spec says its `form factor' is micro ATX Does that mean the screw holes won't fit an ATX MidTower (antec sonata) Alex S responded: Any

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] General question about motherboards

2010-12-23 Thread Harry Putnam
Gary Mills mi...@cc.umanitoba.ca writes: The spec says its `form factor' is micro ATX That was because I had a micro ATX case. I believe ASUS also makes a similar board in the ATX form factor. So the micro ATX will NOT work on an ATX format box then? And do you have an idea what might be

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] General question about motherboards

2010-12-23 Thread Alex Smith (K4RNT)
ATX cases will come with standoffs that you will screw into the chassis' motherboard tray to match holes in the motherboard. ATX cases will take up the entire motherboard tray, MicroATX boards will take up a smaller footprint in these cases. There are sub-ATX cases available that will only handle

[OpenIndiana-discuss] opensolaris b134b (/release) to openindiana b148

2010-12-23 Thread Anil
What does this error(s) mean? On a test system, I installed OpenSolaris 2009.06. Upgraded to b134 (on OpenSolaris /release). Then, am trying to upgrade to OI b148. Perhaps, I shouldn't use /release any more and instead use /legacy? r...@opensolaris:~# pkg publisher PUBLISHER