[osol-discuss] scg driver doesn't load on build 41

2007-04-08 Thread Richard L. Hamilton
SunOS paradox 5.11 snv_41 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Blade-1000 gets unresolved symbol for console_putc (which is in /dev/ksyms but as a local symbol). Would scg be useful with post-Solaris-10, even if it would load? And where is the source for scg? This message posted from opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Re: scg driver doesn't load on build 41

2007-04-08 Thread Richard L. Hamilton
scg of course being Joerg's creation, not Sun's. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Re: Re: Re: joining Sun

2007-04-08 Thread MC
I have this acqaintance who got put off by GNOME on Nexenta and who asked me whether there was some other desktop available. Maybe nevada + CDE might change his mind :D I think a good question is why was he put off by GNOME? The answer would let the community decide what, if anything,

[osol-discuss] Solaris Express Developer Edition (build 59) on ASUS P5B Deluxe AHCI mode

2007-04-08 Thread Boris Derzhavets
During installation procedure process pid 513 java sysid has been killed to unlock the installation procedure. View thread snv_59 not installable at all, regarding Tunla's action when system hanged. I've managed same way. Installer hangs during either Community Edition or Developer Edition

[osol-discuss] Re: Project Proposal: Tesla, Solaris Enhanced Power Management

2007-04-08 Thread Richard Skelton
I'd like to propose a project to provide an enhanced platform independent power management architecture...to be known as Project Tesla. From a high level, this project would implement a set of kernel olicies (including a default) that would leverage existing (and forthcoming)

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: Fresh Install Problems

2007-04-08 Thread Joerg Schilling
Jerry Sutton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you are working on a project using, say, Solaris/OpenSolaris, HP-UX, and Linux, and you want to use NIS (ick), you want the same authentication mechanism everywhere. Otherwise (voice of experience here), you will change the password with one

Re: [osol-discuss] was something else, now Packaging

2007-04-08 Thread Joerg Schilling
Shawn Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Great. Not much different from Linux for binary drivers. Now if you can tell me the same for those that come with Open Solaris no matter what release you are running... In this case, you probably can't get the si3124 package working on older

[osol-discuss] Re: The shell project now open...

2007-04-08 Thread Matty
Just a quick announcement that the shell project is now open. What are we are doing ? The shell project should investigate and execute improvements related to shells and the shell environment in (Open-)Solaris: * Improve usuablity for plain users, including beginners and admins

[osol-discuss] Re: How do I dual boot my machine?

2007-04-08 Thread Boris Derzhavets
1.Windows XP should be installed in (hd0,0) first parttiton of first disk. 2. Run Solaris Install. During install it will show you first parttiton of first disk as unknown, but size of partition will be exactly as you allocated for Windows. Go ahead with install , it will keep your Windows

[osol-discuss] Re: Solaris 10: The Complete Reference

2007-04-08 Thread Mike
Thanks for the responses guys. Send it back? You really think so number9? This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] blastware CD Subscriptions

2007-04-08 Thread george r smith
All Has anyone received a CD from blastware since January. I subscribed, paid and have yet to receive anything. Phone calls emails etc go unanswered. George ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris Express Developer Edition (build 59) on ASUS P5B Deluxe AHCI mode

2007-04-08 Thread Shawn Walker
On 08/04/07, Boris Derzhavets [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Issues:- 1.OS has not detected Marvell Youkon Gigabit Ehernet Adapter integrated on MB. Correct. This hardware is not yet natively supported by Solaris. Instead, you must obtain a driver from SysKonnect:

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Solaris 10: The Complete Reference

2007-04-08 Thread Dick Davies
Definitely. I own it and it's dreadful. Did you read any of the reviews? It's just a solaris 9 book that the guy wrote 'includes detailed information for solaris 10' on the cover of. By all accounts the solaris 9 version was good, too. Honestly, he should be ashamed of himself. The dtrace and

Re: [osol-discuss] scg driver doesn't load on build 41

2007-04-08 Thread Dennis Clarke
SunOS paradox 5.11 snv_41 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Blade-1000 gets unresolved symbol for console_putc (which is in /dev/ksyms but as a local symbol). Would scg be useful with post-Solaris-10, even if it would load? And where is the source for scg? I think that everything you need is in the

[osol-discuss] Re: How do I dual boot my machine?

2007-04-08 Thread Philip Brown
I have xp on a slave drive and found I had to put the map directive in /boot/grub/menu.lst ala #-- EDITED BY USER - OK TO EDIT -- title Windows XP rootnoverify (hd1,0) map (hd0) (hd1) map (hd1) (hd0) chainloader +1 #-END BOOTADM This

[osol-discuss] Re: scg driver doesn't load on build 41

2007-04-08 Thread Richard L. Hamilton
I don't think the old build 41 is the issue; console_putc is static in the current source just as it is in build 41. And I've got a reasonably recent cdrecord and scgcheck binary (from blastwave, of course). In fact, I even get results similar to what you show. But libscg can use USCSI if the

[osol-discuss] Re: Solaris 10: The Complete Reference

2007-04-08 Thread MC
The reviews for that book at Amazon.com range from DO NOT BUY to AGREED -- DO NOT BUY. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] was something else, now Packaging

2007-04-08 Thread Chung Hang Christopher Chan
something with patches? Is this available for Open Solaris? No. Sun Connection is currently only supported for released versions of Solaris 10. This is not going to help convert Linux/Unix users over... Besides the kernel, what if I want to maintain my own set of packages for my

Re: [osol-discuss] was something else, now Packaging

2007-04-08 Thread Shawn Walker
On 08/04/07, Chung Hang Christopher Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: packages and repositories are too different things. apt and yum are repository tools. Yes, I know that, but I don't see how that is relevant. There goes your dist upgrade for a driver being overkill and highly unlikely when

[osol-discuss] Re: Solaris Express Developer Edition (build 59) on ASUS P5B Deluxe AHCI mode

2007-04-08 Thread Boris Derzhavets
Thank you very much Shawn for your support. I've also reinstalled GRUB into corresponding boot partitions on second SATA drive. Multi booting Solaris Express (b59),CentOS 4.4 and openSUSE 10.2 now works fine been managed by mboot. Once again thank you. Boris. This message posted from

[osol-discuss] SNV_59 does recognize linux partitions existing on second SATA HDD

2007-04-08 Thread Boris Derzhavets
Thank you Shawn for your support I've reinstalled GRUB into corresponding boot partitions on second SATA drive. Multi booting Solaris Express (b59),CentOS 4.4 and openSUSE 10.2 now works fine been managed by mboot. Boris. This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Fresh Install Problems

2007-04-08 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Richard Raymond wrote: Seems to me if you create a username and password during install, it should work. If you were prompted to create a username password during install, it wasn't Solaris. The Solaris installer only prompts for a root password - creating other accounts is done after you