Re: [osol-discuss] Cannot install guest OS using virtualbox on opensolaris 2009.06 host

2009-10-18 Thread Jürgen Keil
FATAL: No bootable medium found! System halted. The medium being used is CD/DVD Drive Not sure, but according to this virtualbox on opensolaris host thread, cd/dvd drive access is broken in vbox 3.0.8: http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=11t=23392 Yep, Solaris host dvd

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris: insecure or unstable ?

2009-10-18 Thread Che Kristo
Totally agree with this...forking out 324 USD a year for each of my systems (laptop + workstation) per year is just too much. A basic support option just for security fixes etc at a reasonable price would fill that hole well. Call me cynical but Sun will probably ignore this and keep on ignoring

[osol-discuss] audio810 vs. auidoi810

2009-10-18 Thread David J. Welch
Are you guys still around? I'm having trouble with opensolaris 2009.06 (Solaris 5.11 snv_111b.) I can't get any info at all about the ICH4 AC'97 hardware. (It's legacy stuff!) I would like audioi810, but nobody pointed at it. Vista is so popular, I can't get a lot of new Sound/Video software

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris: insecure or unstable ?

2009-10-18 Thread Mika Borner
Che Kristo wrote: Totally agree with this...forking out 324 USD a year for each of my systems (laptop + workstation) per year is just too much. A basic support option just for security fixes etc at a reasonable price would fill that hole well. Call me cynical but Sun will probably ignore this

[osol-discuss] No audio

2009-10-18 Thread Mike K
I am new to Opensolaris. I cannot seem to get sound out of my Dell D620 Laptop running OpenSolaris 2009.06. The audio driver is listed as audiohd. I have been able to use the audio device previously running Ubuntu and Debian hosts Please assist. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] No audio

2009-10-18 Thread Jürgen Keil
I cannot seem to get sound out of my Dell D620 Laptop running OpenSolaris 2009.06. The audio driver is listed as audiohd. You could try the latest opensolaris development release live cd/dvd, and check if audio support has improved (current dev release has the new boomer audio drivers).

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris: insecure or unstable ?

2009-10-18 Thread Che Kristo
I've signed for both my laptop and desktop and put a pointer to the poll on my blog too, lets hope the right people pay attention... Che 2009/10/18 Mika Borner opensola...@bluewin.ch Che Kristo wrote: Totally agree with this...forking out 324 USD a year for each of my systems (laptop +

[osol-discuss] USB keyboard language selection screen with dead keyboard

2009-10-18 Thread Christian Fluegel
For the record I already found and read: http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=415812#415812 I have a similar problem when installing an 2009.06 SB image. Config: Point of View ION330 Geforce 9400 2 GB of RAM Intel Atom 330 PS/2 Keyboard The boot proceeds to usb keyboard

Re: [osol-discuss] No audio

2009-10-18 Thread Che Kristo
I'll second that... 2009.06 is using the old Sun Audio system which has much less device support in my experience. The latest dev build (125) is rock solid anyway so why not go with that (unless of course you have a support subscription in place). On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 22:30, Jürgen Keil

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris: insecure or unstable ?

2009-10-18 Thread Uros Nedic
I also voted, but I think that SUN is now solving a lot of more harderproblems like integration process, global future roadmap. Stuffs like supportfor 'home users' and 'small enterprises' are not so important tasks atthe moment. But we also have to know that OpenSolaris has been opened to

Re: [osol-discuss] audio810 vs. auidoi810

2009-10-18 Thread John Martin
David J. Welch wrote: Are you guys still around? I'm having trouble with opensolaris 2009.06 (Solaris 5.11 snv_111b.) I can't get any info at all about the ICH4 AC'97 hardware. (It's legacy stuff!) I would like audioi810, but nobody pointed at it. Vista is so popular, I can't get a lot of new

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris: insecure or unstable ?

2009-10-18 Thread Milan Jurik
Hi, Mika Borner píše v ne 18. 10. 2009 v 13:09 +0200: Che Kristo wrote: Totally agree with this...forking out 324 USD a year for each of my systems (laptop + workstation) per year is just too much. A basic support option just for security fixes etc at a reasonable price would fill

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Re: [osol-discuss] I want to share this blog I found this morning, this might help you too!!!

2009-10-18 Thread Ron Halstead
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[osol-discuss] Going crazy with HBA's

2009-10-18 Thread Jason Spencer
I have not been able to get any HBA that I have tried to work in OpenSolaris. I have no idea what steps I am missing. Currently I have tested the following. Emulex LP959 using emlxs driver LSI Logic LSI 7202XP and 7204EP with mpt driver All os the cards state they are not able to attach the

[osol-discuss] Installing in a windows7 virtual PC

2009-10-18 Thread Gary Hutchison
I cannot get opensolaris to install in a windows7 native virtual pc. Is there a setting I am missing? the boot starts but complains about an ata1 pci failure. Has anybody else been succesful in this type of install? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Failed to start X server( several forum suggestions failed )

2009-10-18 Thread suraj
Hi All, I've installed the opensolaris 2009.06 on a SUN Virtualbox 3.0.8 Once the grub loader starts , it does not take me to GUI login screen. It takes me directly to the console login prompt. I browsed through many forums and tried many of the steps they suggested like : (1). I

Re: [osol-discuss] New user needing help

2009-10-18 Thread Keith Mitchell
Hi, I think it's great that you're giving OpenSolaris a try! By default, 'root' is a role, not a user, so I'm guessing you're not set up to log in to root directly. However, you should be able to use pfexec or su to act as root when logged in as your normal user. Now as for getting stuck in