Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris200805 can not boot up after SUNWiwi installation

2008-08-06 Thread Dallas
Same for me after installing package SUNWtoo, and the fact that they have removed the failsafe from the 05/08 version makes this one hell of a disaster. And reading this thread shows a solution is not very close. Dallas. http://www.ekkySoftware.com This message posted from opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] some command can't be used in chroot, what is the reason.

2008-08-06 Thread wan_jm
when using chroot, I found that sort, and add_drv can't be used in chroot. bash-3.00# chroot /secroot /usr/sbin/add_drv /usr/sbin/add_drv: getexecname() failed bash-3.00# chroot /secroot /usr/bin/sort /usr/bin/sort: getexecname() failed following is the turss message. what is the reason. could

Re: [osol-discuss] some command can't be used in chroot, what is the reason.

2008-08-06 Thread Milan Cermak
Seems like this line is being a problem: open(/proc/self/auxv, O_RDONLY) Err#2 ENOENT Do you have procfs mounted under chroot environment? Milan Cermak wan_jm wrote: when using chroot, I found that sort, and add_drv can't be used in chroot. bash-3.00# chroot /secroot

Re: [osol-discuss] problem upgrading opensolaris snv93 - snv_94

2008-08-06 Thread Tommaso Boccali
it is not just to login, but to allow some automatic scripts running via ssh... I know I could do it also as a normal user, but on all the other (linux) hosts I do as root and I wanted to be consistent. tom This message posted from opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] opensolaris.com : opensolaris.org

2008-08-06 Thread john kroll
Can anyone explain differences or need for both?? I'm guessing .com is 2008.05 only. I already have an account with sun and opensolaris.org, I'm experimenting with 2008.05 also should I start a third account with opensolaris.com. This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] problem upgrading opensolaris snv93 - snv_94

2008-08-06 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
but on all the other (linux) hosts Since there are at least several thousand various Linux distros, I have learned to always specify which distro, and what version number, etc., when mentioning Linux. Otherwise, it can be very confusing. :-) This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] problem upgrading opensolaris snv93 - snv_94

2008-08-06 Thread Tommaso Boccali
well, version dos not really matter here. Simply all the distros I use enable by default root ssh login (and I am used to use it) tom This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list

Re: [osol-discuss] opensolaris.com : opensolaris.org

2008-08-06 Thread Glynn Foster
On 6/08/2008, at 8:47 PM, john kroll wrote: Can anyone explain differences or need for both?? I'm guessing .com is 2008.05 only. I already have an account with sun and opensolaris.org, I'm experimenting with 2008.05 also should I start a third account with opensolaris.com.

Re: [osol-discuss] No /etc/X11/xorg.conf

2008-08-06 Thread Richard L. Hamilton
[...] I am not sure whether it will be at all possible to run multiple orgs on each VT. Does the VT design incorporate this kind of a behavior ? This will be like providing multiple virtual display framebuffers. Don't know how VT will do this, but IIRC, SCO Unix could do it, years ago.

Re: [osol-discuss] opensolaris.com : opensolaris.org

2008-08-06 Thread john kroll
Dear Mr. Foster, Thanks for your reply as a geekwanttobe I've been trying to follow Sun's progression. Could you better explain? Originally the software compiled to binaries with sun's compilers were incorporated into distro's by another party belenix,martux_mbe,nexentaos,schillix, of

Re: [osol-discuss] No /etc/X11/xorg.conf

2008-08-06 Thread J . D .
Thanks to all, I solved the problem. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] opensolaris.com : opensolaris.org

2008-08-06 Thread James Carlson
john kroll writes: Thanks for your reply as a geekwanttobe I've been trying to follow Sun's progression. Could you better explain? Originally the software compiled to binaries with sun's compilers were incorporated into distro's by another party belenix,martux_mbe,nexentaos,schillix, of

Re: [osol-discuss] Marvell Ethernet cards

2008-08-06 Thread Rob McMahon
frank Che wrote: Have you tried the 'myk' driver from http://homepage2.nifty.com/mrym3/taiyodo/eng/index.html ? Thanks for this pointer. In summary, both the yukonx driver and the skge driver crash in the attach routine with a NULL pointer dereference. This is annoyingly difficult to get

Re: [osol-discuss] Marvell Ethernet cards

2008-08-06 Thread James Carlson
Rob McMahon writes: The myk driver starts to work, but appears to give up sending after a while, around 30Kb :-) I'd like to re-compile for GLDv3, but can't because of a missing sys/mac.h, does anyone know where this might live ? It's not packaged; it's currently a private part of the

[osol-discuss] BIND update?

2008-08-06 Thread Kyle McDonald
Hi all, Where can I look to be able to tell if NV will be , or has been, updated with a version of BIND that has the latest exploit patches installed? While NV policy is production code all the time, I understand that it's still not totally considered production environment, and therefore

Re: [osol-discuss] BIND update?

2008-08-06 Thread Milan Jurik
Hi Kyle, V st, 06. 08. 2008 v 17:50, Kyle McDonald píše: Hi all, Where can I look to be able to tell if NV will be , or has been, updated with a version of BIND that has the latest exploit patches installed? To Sun Alert or blogs.sun.com/security While NV policy is production code all

Re: [osol-discuss] BIND update?

2008-08-06 Thread Kyle McDonald
Milan Jurik wrote: Hi Kyle, V st, 06. 08. 2008 v 17:50, Kyle McDonald píše: Hi all, Where can I look to be able to tell if NV will be , or has been, updated with a version of BIND that has the latest exploit patches installed? To Sun Alert or blogs.sun.com/security I

Re: [osol-discuss] Can Solaris be discussed here?

2008-08-06 Thread Glen Gunselman
hzmonte, I can't offer any help with reporting Solaris bugs but I will sympathize with you. I have only been working/supporting Solaris for about 3 1/2 years. I have not personally experienced the golden age of Solaris support but from searching the forms (over the last 3 years) it appears

Re: [osol-discuss] Can Solaris be discussed here?

2008-08-06 Thread Glen Gunselman
Alan, You must be thinking about times past. In the past year to 18 months, using GOLD support contract, after support could not help me with a problem (this has happened more the once - I don't remember which time I pushed) I suggested filing a bug report. I was told that neither they nor

Re: [osol-discuss] Can Solaris be discussed here?

2008-08-06 Thread James Carlson
Glen Gunselman writes: I can't offer any help with reporting Solaris bugs but I will sympathize with you. I have only been working/supporting Solaris for about 3 1/2 years. I have not personally experienced the golden age of Solaris support but from searching the forms (over the last 3

Re: [osol-discuss] Can Solaris be discussed here?

2008-08-06 Thread Glen Gunselman
Ian, I tried usenet a few years back. If you ask a question that they feel is too simple - they insult you. If you ask a question that they feel requires more sys admin experience than you have - they insult your company. If you ask a question that's too complex - they insult you. It's a

Re: [osol-discuss] Minimal Install of OpenSolaris 2008.05

2008-08-06 Thread Zachary Richmond
After finding this thread I am somewhat disappointed. The main reason I am looking for a minimal install would be for Xen DomU images, where only CLI access would be needed, and only specific minimal services would be run, such as a web server, db server, or single application. If there is

Re: [osol-discuss] Can Solaris be discussed here?

2008-08-06 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Sorry - I haven't worked in support since 1995, and don't know what's involved in contracts or service any more. When I was there, anyone answering the phones could create a bug report for any customer who found a legitamate problem - I don't know if/when/why/how that's changed since. Sounds

Re: [osol-discuss] Can Solaris be discussed here?

2008-08-06 Thread Glen Gunselman
James, I do understand that the OpenSolaris Discussions and the Sun Develorper Network (SDN) Sun forums are software development lists and that I am at a real disadvantage because I'm a system admin - not a software developer. I did ask a question some time back about Blastwave but it was

Re: [osol-discuss] Can Solaris be discussed here?

2008-08-06 Thread Ian Collins
Glen Gunselman wrote: Ian, I tried usenet a few years back. If you ask a question that they feel is too simple - they insult you. If you ask a question that they feel requires more sys admin experience than you have - they insult your company. If you ask a question that's too complex -

[osol-discuss] blastwave.org - any info?

2008-08-06 Thread Matthew Snyder
A little off topic, but I figure you guys use the site and I see Dennis around here often, so.. Anyone know whats up with blastwave.org? the notice sounds legal; probably means no official updates right now. Anyone know anything? I hope all is ok DC

Re: [osol-discuss] blastwave.org - any info?

2008-08-06 Thread Brent Jones
On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 5:18 PM, Matthew Snyder [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: A little off topic, but I figure you guys use the site and I see Dennis around here often, so.. Anyone know whats up with blastwave.org? the notice sounds legal; probably means no official updates right now. Anyone know

Re: [osol-discuss] blastwave.org - any info?

2008-08-06 Thread Jonas Lerch
well. why not just figure? might be some big company having to do with it, hm? and which one likes to screw up all the time, hm? unless some people take there seats in the near future, i see no good coming. This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] [osol-help] OpenSolaris no longer boots after an update

2008-08-06 Thread Shannon Jacobs
I think I'm in the same boat. However, I'd like to get a minimal solution--which also includes not installing vast amounts of unneeded stuff in the first place. For example, this is not an AMD64 machine, and I can't imagine any good reason for downloading and installing all of that stuff during

[osol-discuss] SSH - multiple sessions in one command

2008-08-06 Thread Matt Fioravante
I am trying to write a script to move a zone from one host to another in one command. Is there a way that I can do multiple ssh commands but only have to authenticate one time? I want to do several commands with ssh, and a couple file copies with rsync but I don't want to have to enter the

Re: [osol-discuss] blastwave.org - any info?

2008-08-06 Thread Ian Collins
Matthew Snyder wrote: A little off topic, but I figure you guys use the site and I see Dennis around here often, so.. Anyone know whats up with blastwave.org? the notice sounds legal; probably means no official updates right now. Anyone know anything? I hope all is ok DC genunix.org

Re: [osol-discuss] blastwave.org - any info?

2008-08-06 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Ian Collins wrote: Matthew Snyder wrote: A little off topic, but I figure you guys use the site and I see Dennis around here often, so.. Anyone know whats up with blastwave.org? the notice sounds legal; probably means no official updates right now. Anyone know anything? I hope all is ok

Re: [osol-discuss] VIA PC2500E and opensolaris?

2008-08-06 Thread Bill Bradford
On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 10:06 PM, Gil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can someone tell me if opensolaris will run on this low power setup? Can I assume that if it is not listed in the HCL it will not support Opensolaris? Runs just fine; all I had to do was install a third-party network driver. [EMAIL

Re: [osol-discuss] blastwave.org - any info?

2008-08-06 Thread Ian Collins
Alan Coopersmith wrote: Ian Collins wrote: Matthew Snyder wrote: A little off topic, but I figure you guys use the site and I see Dennis around here often, so.. Anyone know whats up with blastwave.org? the notice sounds legal; probably means no official updates right now. Anyone

Re: [osol-discuss] blastwave.org - any info?

2008-08-06 Thread Chris Mahan
On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 7:22 PM, Ian Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://204.152.191.100/ The wiki's gone :( It's still there: http://204.152.191.100/wiki/index.php/Main_Page -- Chris Mahan [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell 818.943.1850 ___

Re: [osol-discuss] blastwave.org - any info?

2008-08-06 Thread Chris Mahan
On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 7:27 PM, Chris Mahan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 7:22 PM, Ian Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://204.152.191.100/ The wiki's gone :( It's still there: http://204.152.191.100/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Now the question is: how to suck

Re: [osol-discuss] blastwave.org - any info?

2008-08-06 Thread Ian Collins
Ian Collins wrote: Matthew Snyder wrote: A little off topic, but I figure you guys use the site and I see Dennis around here often, so.. Anyone know whats up with blastwave.org? the notice sounds legal; probably means no official updates right now. Anyone know anything? I hope all is

Re: [osol-discuss] blastwave.org - any info?

2008-08-06 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Ian Collins wrote: Alan Coopersmith wrote: http://204.152.191.100/ The wiki's gone :( Clicking through tries to redirect via the DNS name, but going to http://204.152.191.100/wiki/index.php/Main_Page seems to work for me. Perhaps Ben or Al can bring it back online with a new domain name.

Re: [osol-discuss] some command can't be used in chroot,

2008-08-06 Thread wan_jm
thanks. resolved. another question: can i use chroot to add driver in the virtual system. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] configure: error: C preprocessor /lib/cpp fails sanity check

2008-08-06 Thread Krenz von Leiberman
Hello. I just tried to run configure on gnu sed. I got this output: [quote] /root/bld/sed-4.1.5# /root/src/sed-4.1.5/configure checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/ginstall -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets

Re: [osol-discuss] ps -ef running really slow on non-global zone

2008-08-06 Thread Romeo
I encountered the same issue, but the nscd is running: ps -ef | grep nscd root 400 1 0 Aug 05 ? 7:47 /usr/sbin/nscd And the truss output as below: .. /1: 0.0001 fstat(1, 0x7FFFE1F0)= 0 /1:

[osol-discuss] ps -p pid running very slow (1-2 seconds) on Java process

2008-08-06 Thread Romeo
Hi Solaris gurus: I encountered a issue that running ps -p on java process running very slow, it took almost 2 seconds to complete. I issued a truss on the ps -p pid command, the following is part of the output: /1: 0.0001 fstat(1, 0x7FFFE1F0)= 0 /1:

Re: [osol-discuss] Error when installing OpenSolaris 2008.5 as Xen DomU

2008-08-06 Thread David . Comay
I'm using the GUI guest OS installer in virt-manager. Here is my setup for the VM: I believe there are changes to virt-manager(1) and/or virt-install(1M) that are required to support 2008.05 as a PV guest. I would suggest sending your question to [EMAIL PROTECTED] as the xVM team know what

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris200805 can not boot up after SUNWiwi installation

2008-08-06 Thread David . Comay
Same for me after installing package SUNWtoo, and the fact that they have removed the failsafe from the 05/08 version makes this one hell of a disaster. Before trying to install SUNWtoo, did you follow the steps documented at the front of the release notes (labeled Important Package Update

Re: [osol-discuss] Problem with threaded test program

2008-08-06 Thread Leo Carreon
I used dbx as suggested and I was getting (rua) and (rui) messages. I corrected those and the program still hangs in the same place. This is the stack trace from dbx: (dbx) where current thread: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [1] __lwp_park(0x0, 0x0), at 0xb3da3df9 [2] mutex_lock_queue(0xd13b2a00,

Re: [osol-discuss] blastwave.org - any info?

2008-08-06 Thread andrew
The phone number referred to in the holding page is for a company called LiveWire at the following address: 80 Galaxy Boulevard, Suite 19 Toronto, Ontario M9W 4Y8 Tel : ( 416 ) 798 - 3410 Fax : ( 416 ) 798 - 3391 (from www.livewirecomputer.com, which seems to be the same as livewire.ca.

Re: [osol-discuss] some command can't be used in chroot,

2008-08-06 Thread Moinak Ghosh
On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 8:07 AM, wan_jm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: thanks. resolved. another question: can i use chroot to add driver in the virtual system. Yes you can but what is the point ? Chroot does not run a separate kernel. It is just a filesystem jail within the running OS.

Re: [osol-discuss] blastwave.org - any info?

2008-08-06 Thread andrew
Blastwave mirror list: http://www.canoedissent.org.uk/mirror/status/ Cheers Andrew. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] blastwave.org - any info?

2008-08-06 Thread Chris Mahan
On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 9:17 PM, andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The phone number referred to in the holding page is for a company called LiveWire at the following address: 80 Galaxy Boulevard, Suite 19 Toronto, Ontario M9W 4Y8 Tel : ( 416 ) 798 - 3410 Fax : ( 416 ) 798 - 3391 (from

Re: [osol-discuss] configure: error: C preprocessor /lib/cpp fails sanity check

2008-08-06 Thread Andras Barna
check http://pkgbuild.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pkgbuild/spec-files-extra/trunk/SFEsed.spec and http://pkgbuild.sourceforge.net/spec-files-extra/ On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 5:37 AM, Krenz von Leiberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello. I just tried to run configure on gnu sed. I got this output:

Re: [osol-discuss] blastwave.org - any info?

2008-08-06 Thread andrew
Temporary workaround until (hopefully) genunix.org gets extracated from this mess: add this line to your hosts file: 204.152.191.100 genunix.org www.genunix.org Cheers Andrew. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris200805 can not boot up after SUNWiwi installation

2008-08-06 Thread Andras Barna
david, the beadm thingies arent documented there. i recommend to check [0] this too [0] http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/opensolaris-announce/2008-July/001874.html On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 5:58 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Same for me after installing package SUNWtoo, and the fact that

Re: [osol-discuss] SSH - multiple sessions in one command

2008-08-06 Thread Jan Friedel
On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 09:39:45PM -0400, Matt Fioravante wrote: I am trying to write a script to move a zone from one host to another in one command. Is there a way that I can do multiple ssh commands but only have to authenticate one time? I want to do several commands with ssh, and a