Re: [osol-discuss] Help with Compiz

2008-04-27 Thread heather valentine
hi Thank you for your reply i sorry i did not reply sooner i was reading up on some ipf rules for solaris so i can have some protection here i did not know there is a test or beta version of solaris express or 11 i would not mind obtaining it if you can point me in the right direction If it will

Re: [osol-discuss] Help with Compiz

2008-04-27 Thread Alan Coopersmith
heather valentine wrote: > hi > > i would like some help with > compiz on Solaris express Install Solaris Express Community Edition build 85 or later, or the OpenSolaris 2008.05 test (or wait a couple weeks for final) and compiz is already included. -- -Alan Coopersmith- [EMAIL P

Re: [osol-discuss] Install fails on Dell PE T105

2008-04-27 Thread Ian Collins
Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote: > I have Solaris 10 u4 installed. > > A live upgrade can install a different version of the OS you are booting > from, and will be just like doing it from the release I really want? > > Yes. You can upgrade directly form a mounted ISO image. Give it a go, there

Re: [osol-discuss] Install fails on Dell PE T105

2008-04-27 Thread Charles Shannon Hendrix
I have Solaris 10 u4 installed. A live upgrade can install a different version of the OS you are booting from, and will be just like doing it from the release I really want? I might try that, but I'm still open to other suggestions. Or, I could just wait... This message posted from opensola

Re: [osol-discuss] Install fails on Dell PE T105

2008-04-27 Thread Ian Collins
Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote: > Is there any way to force the Nevada kernel to use an older driver that works > for SATA DVD installs? > > You could try installing Solaris 10 and then (live) upgrading. Ian ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opens

Re: [osol-discuss] 76B Cannot find install software

2008-04-27 Thread Charles Shannon Hendrix
Can you install Solaris using pxeboot without a Jumpstart server? I don't have any other Solaris machines, but I do have a FreeBSD machine. Is there a way to get Solaris to install from pxeboot via FreeBSD? Is there any way to get the machine booted, and install from a hard drive? I could inst

Re: [osol-discuss] Install fails on Dell PE T105

2008-04-27 Thread Charles Shannon Hendrix
Is there any way to force the Nevada kernel to use an older driver that works for SATA DVD installs? I need to install Nevada on my T105, and this is a real roadblock. I tried using a kernel command line option to disable DMA, but that's not the issue, just all I could think of to get it out of

Re: [osol-discuss] What success with Dell PowerEdge T105 or the SAS6iR controller

2008-04-27 Thread Charles Shannon Hendrix
I run Solaris 10 u4 on a T105. No problems except that I had to install a driver from Broadcom to get the gig ethernet port working. Solaris u5 has support for it built-in. One annoying problem: at some point Solaris Nevada's SATA CD/DVD drive support broke and I cannot install a Nevada relea

[osol-discuss] Help with Compiz

2008-04-27 Thread heather valentine
hi i would like some help with compiz on Solaris express Here is the output of what happens when i try to install compiz. code: ./install This package works only on Solaris Express builds 60 - 62 i removed Solaris 10 and installed Express thinking compiz would work i know i will probally play

Re: [osol-discuss] Webcast on Solaris/Xeon

2008-04-27 Thread Jim Grisanzio
Stewart, David C wrote: > > In case you are interested. > > I recently sat in on a webcast with Sun talking about some of our work > optimizing OpenSolaris on Xeon. If you’re curious about some of the > work we’re doing, it’s nice because I talk a little about the upcoming > Nehalem processor fa

[osol-discuss] Webcast on Solaris/Xeon

2008-04-27 Thread Stewart, David C
In case you are interested. I recently sat in on a webcast with Sun talking about some of our work optimizing OpenSolaris on Xeon. If you're curious about some of the work we're doing, it's nice because I talk a little about the upcoming Nehalem processor family and our work there. http://

[osol-discuss] Opensolaris luupgrade failing

2008-04-27 Thread Mike Durkin
Hi, I am trying to run luupgrade to upgrade a build 65 environment to a build 85 environment. I ran lucreate, and that created the boot environment fine. I ran pkgrm on the following packages and then pkgadd using the new build media: SUNWlucfg SUNWlur SUNWluu I then ran luupgrade and I am ge

Re: [osol-discuss] Triple Boot with OpenSolaris as 3rd OS

2008-04-27 Thread James Mansion
Glenn Lagasse wrote: > Whichever disk is the 'master' disk. By that I mean, whatever disk is > listed to boot first in the bios (which is where all the other > bootloaders installed to). > Fine - so disable the other drives and install onto a dedicated drive, and then re-enable the others. Ja

Re: [osol-discuss] Test image for 2008.05

2008-04-27 Thread Mario Goebbels
> > The .com forums run exactly the same forum > software. > > That is surprising to me given all the past > complaints about jive! It works well enough IMO, apart from the thread splits. But I guess that's a compromise you have to accept if you combine forums with mailing lists. -mg This m