Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] trying to get 4K aligned root pool on ESX

2013-08-20 Thread Steve Goldthorpe
Hmm seems like /255/63 is so embedded that either VMware or illumos is overriding what I put in the vmdk file. I managed to get an aligned msdos partition by using parted, however still haven't managed to get an aligned solaris partition within that (always seems to pick up the /255/63 geometry

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Unmount DVD from GUI fails with oi_151a8

2013-08-20 Thread Gary Mills
On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 05:36:49PM +0200, Udo Grabowski (IMK) wrote: Everything involving libdbus/Orbit permissions on Gnome is totally f**ed up due to a security change in libdbus. Don't know how to get out of this mess, which also involves the package manager and other stuff that needs

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Unmount DVD from GUI fails with oi_151a8

2013-08-20 Thread Milan Jurik
Hi, On po, 2013-08-19 at 17:36 +0200, Udo Grabowski (IMK) wrote: On 19/08/2013 17:12, Gary Mills wrote: When I insert a DVD in the drive on an oi_151a8 computer, a corresponding icon appears on the desktop. However, when I select the `Unmount' option from the icon menu, I get a dialogue

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Unmount DVD from GUI fails with oi_151a8

2013-08-20 Thread Udo Grabowski (IMK)
On 20/08/2013 15:21, Gary Mills wrote: On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 05:36:49PM +0200, Udo Grabowski (IMK) wrote: Everything involving libdbus/Orbit permissions on Gnome is totally f**ed up due to a security change in libdbus. Don't know how to get out of this mess, which also involves the package

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Unmount DVD from GUI fails with oi_151a8

2013-08-20 Thread dormitionsk...@hotmail.com
The only way to circumvent this is using sudo, which is a bit difficult to use in menus (as gksu -S -u root), I tried, but somehow it fails to get the password window open. Maybe you might be able to get beesu to work. http://honeybeenet.altervista.org/beesu/ It's not really meant for

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] oi151a8 vs firefox audio (also flash)

2013-08-20 Thread howard eisenberger
On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 02:05:25PM -0700, Marion Hakanson wrote: Anyone else had firefox/audio problems with oi151a8? I'm new here and haven't tried oi151a8 yet, but FWIW, I didn't get audio with firefox22 with Sol 5.10 on my old Ultra 60 (still going :-)), and reverted to firefox21. Regards,

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Unmount DVD from GUI fails with oi_151a8

2013-08-20 Thread Udo Grabowski (IMK)
On 20/08/2013 22:18, dormitionsk...@hotmail.com wrote: The only way to circumvent this is using sudo, which is a bit difficult to use in menus (as gksu -S -u root), I tried, but somehow it fails to get the password window open. Maybe you might be able to get beesu to work.

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Unmount DVD from GUI fails with oi_151a8

2013-08-20 Thread Gary Mills
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 09:59:52PM +0200, Udo Grabowski (IMK) wrote: On 20/08/2013 15:21, Gary Mills wrote: I thought that /usr/lib/pm-launch was the way to run commands as root from the Gnome menus. It prompts for the administrator account and password. Does this no longer work under

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Unmount DVD from GUI fails with oi_151a8

2013-08-20 Thread Milan Jurik
Hi, On 20.08.2013 20:03, Milan Jurik wrote: Hi, On po, 2013-08-19 at 17:36 +0200, Udo Grabowski (IMK) wrote: On 19/08/2013 17:12, Gary Mills wrote: When I insert a DVD in the drive on an oi_151a8 computer, a corresponding icon appears on the desktop. However, when I select the `Unmount'