Re: [osol-discuss] FAQ on problem reporting?

2010-02-23 Thread Richard L. Hamilton
Richard L. Hamilton wrote: I think there needs to be one, if there isn't. I just saw another question asked that gave every appearance of supplying _none_ of the information someone might need to take a stab at answering it. For anything that people repeatedly do in an unproductive

Re: [osol-discuss] Unable to ugrade from b132 to b133 : system freeze

2010-02-23 Thread dirk schelfhout
after 1 day : DOWNLOAD PKGS FILESXFER (MB) Completed 1591/1591 10557/10557 381.9/381.9 PHASEACTIONS Removal Phase10069/10069 Install Phase

Re: [osol-discuss] Unable to ugrade from b132 to b133 : system freeze

2010-02-23 Thread Bruno Damour
On 02/23/10 12:11 AM, david.co...@sun.com wrote: I've noticed that since b132 my laptop freezes under load. Just dies without any message other than memory pressure, tcp defensive mode on. Probably short of memory. I've _only_ 1GB which used to be quite ok for a laptop. Are you certain it's

Re: [osol-discuss] ZFS will not dedup image files with VAX COFF data type

2010-02-23 Thread Robert Milkowski
On 22/02/2010 18:02, N wrote: no problem, I figured it out .. file format is not the issue any more. Although, zfs-dupe at the block-level is not making any sense to me as my testing shows that these image files contain similar data but do not dedup unless they are the same exact match.

Re: [osol-discuss] Task Queue library

2010-02-23 Thread Richard L. Hamilton
I think some folks are looking at improving the portability of Mac OS X Grand Central Dispatch (libdispatch). You might find it interesting to google for libdispatch solaris No idea if anyone here is working on that... -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Mailman

2010-02-23 Thread Günther Schmidt
Hi, is there an OpenSolaris pkg for mailman or majordomo? Günther ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] An idea for helping OpenSolaris survive

2010-02-23 Thread Joerg Schilling
Matthew Nawrocki matthew.nawro...@gmail.com wrote: Just out of curiosity, since OpenSolaris is indeed an open-source project, if Oracle decides to let it rot on the vine, can the community just take it from Oracle and continue development without the corporate tie-in? After all,

Re: [osol-discuss] An idea for helping OpenSolaris survive

2010-02-23 Thread Joerg Schilling
Alan Coopersmith alan.coopersm...@sun.com wrote: Matthew Nawrocki wrote: Should we petition Oracle to open source any remaining proprietary bits and then just give it away? Sun already open sourced pretty much everything it could (with a few exceptions, mostly in software that it was

[osol-discuss] startx failing after move from b129 = b133

2010-02-23 Thread Harry Putnam
After doing an image-update from build 129 to 133, I'm finding my old system for starting X fails now. I usually run with gdm disabled and rely on startx to get X up when I need it, so have a console login. I've been starting X with: startx /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session

Re: [osol-discuss] An idea for helping OpenSolaris survive

2010-02-23 Thread Simon Phipps
On Feb 23, 2010, at 14:03, Joerg Schilling wrote: Alan Coopersmith alan.coopersm...@sun.com wrote: Matthew Nawrocki wrote: Should we petition Oracle to open source any remaining proprietary bits and then just give it away? Sun already open sourced pretty much everything it could (with a

Re: [osol-discuss] An idea for helping OpenSolaris survive

2010-02-23 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Joerg Schilling wrote: Alan Coopersmith alan.coopersm...@sun.com wrote: Matthew Nawrocki wrote: Should we petition Oracle to open source any remaining proprietary bits and then just give it away? Sun already open sourced pretty much everything it could (with a few exceptions, mostly in

Re: [osol-discuss] startx failing after move from b129 = b133

2010-02-23 Thread Brian Cameron
Harry: After doing an image-update from build 129 to 133, I'm finding my old system for starting X fails now. I usually run with gdm disabled and rely on startx to get X up when I need it, so have a console login. I've been starting X with: startx /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session

Re: [osol-discuss] startx failing after move from b129 = b133

2010-02-23 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Harry Putnam wrote: After booting into the new b133, my system fails with all these warnings and errors in /var/log/Xorg.0.log. (WW) Warning, couldn't open module extmod (EE) Failed to load module extmod (module does not exist, 0) Make sure your /etc/X11/xorg.conf does not contain a

Re: [osol-discuss] Unable to ugrade from b132 to b133 : system freeze

2010-02-23 Thread Jürgen Keil
I lost my snapshots on swap now. do I need them ? No, snapshots on a swap zvol are just a waste of disk space. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] startx failing after move from b129 = b133

2010-02-23 Thread Harry Putnam
Brian Cameron brian.came...@sun.com writes: I would recommend starting your desktop like this: startx /etc/gdm/Xsession gnome-session That fails even on the old build 129 BE, not to mention on 133. Running the suggested command: startx /etc/gdm/Xsession gnome-session: Errors from

[osol-discuss] Opensolaris 2010.03?

2010-02-23 Thread Chuck Schwab
Is the next formal release still planned for 2010.03 and based on build 134? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Opensolaris 2010.03?

2010-02-23 Thread Greg Eanes
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Chuck Schwab schwab...@yahoo.com wrote: Is the next formal release still planned for 2010.03 and based on build 134? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list

[osol-discuss] Xen PV Drivers

2010-02-23 Thread eric
where can I find Xen PV drivers for W2k3 server? I tried those from meadowcourt.org and none seemed to work and in fact hosed my machine to the extent that I had to do a clean re-install. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___

Re: [osol-discuss] Xen PV Drivers

2010-02-23 Thread Florian Manschwetus
Am 23.02.2010 20:42, schrieb eric: where can I find Xen PV drivers for W2k3 server? I tried those from meadowcourt.org and none seemed to work and in fact hosed my machine to the extent that I had to do a clean re-install. The only free ones are those, there are also some from sun (look in

[osol-discuss] Realplayer

2010-02-23 Thread Peter Jones
I have been searching for a realplayer pkg in the repository but was unable to locate it..On the Sun/Oracle main site there is a download available for solaris 10..are there any plans to include Realpalyer in the repository? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Opensolaris 2010.03?

2010-02-23 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
Is the next formal release still planned for 2010.03 and based on build 134? After very disappointing failures from previous builds, my hope was very high on b133, especially since it is so close to the os2010.03 official release. But b133 (LiveCD) still failed to boot from two of our three

Re: [osol-discuss] Realplayer

2010-02-23 Thread Harry Lu
You can download RealPlayer 11 for Solaris from http://www.real.com/solaris/ Harry On Tue, 2010-02-23 at 15:38 -0800, Peter Jones wrote: I have been searching for a realplayer pkg in the repository but was unable to locate it..On the Sun/Oracle main site there is a download available for

Re: [osol-discuss] startx failing after move from b129 = b133

2010-02-23 Thread Harry Putnam
Alan Coopersmith alan.coopersm...@sun.com writes: Harry Putnam wrote: After booting into the new b133, my system fails with all these warnings and errors in /var/log/Xorg.0.log. (WW) Warning, couldn't open module extmod (EE) Failed to load module extmod (module does not exist, 0)

Re: [osol-discuss] startx failing after move from b129 = b133

2010-02-23 Thread Harry Putnam
Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com writes: Alan Coopersmith alan.coopersm...@sun.com writes: Harry Putnam wrote: After booting into the new b133, my system fails with all these warnings and errors in /var/log/Xorg.0.log. (WW) Warning, couldn't open module extmod (EE) Failed to load

Re: [osol-discuss] virtualbox 3.0.12 IPS?

2010-02-23 Thread Cyril Plisko
On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 1:45 AM, Garen Parham gare...@gmail.com wrote: Should we be lobbying the VirtualBox folks then?  Is there a better venue to do that? I'm really eagerly awaiting 3.1 due to the improved USB/Audio support for OpenSolaris. Any ideas when 3.1.4 will appear in extra repo

Re: [osol-discuss] virtualbox 3.0.12 IPS?

2010-02-23 Thread Cyril Plisko
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Cyril Plisko cyril.pli...@mountall.com wrote: On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 1:45 AM, Garen Parham gare...@gmail.com wrote: Should we be lobbying the VirtualBox folks then?  Is there a better venue to do that? I'm really eagerly awaiting 3.1 due to the improved