Jim Grisanzio wrote:
hey, guys.
Google has announced its 2006 Summer of Code:
http://code.google.com/summerofcode.html
I am sure OpenSolaris based distributions like SchilliX, Nexenta and
BeleniX would have a lot of projects to offer.
I just spoke to Moinak, he is keen on putting
Hi,
Just to tie up Eric's question, I contacted James Eagleton, the product
manager for Sun in Australia. He confirmed that Hovespian's comments
were made at LinuxWorld Australia, which was held in Sydney from March
28 to 30th.
regards
Patrick
Eric Lowe wrote:
Has anyone tracked down
I was using the latest livecd Looking Glass CD and it's based on SLAX Linux.
Is there any reason any of the OpenSolaris livecd distributions cannot include
Looking Glass, Java and the latest Nvidia drivers like the SLAX Linux version?
Other than space but that could be solved with a live DVD
Pffft... everyone here understands what is meant, and it's a lot easier
than trying to describe,
closer to 'one of those types of machines that is based around
what is commonly called a linux distribution, and/or
a Linux Standards Base compliant system in addition to adhering to
Bob Palowoda wrote:
I was using the latest livecd Looking Glass CD and it's based on SLAX Linux.
Is there any reason any of the OpenSolaris livecd distributions cannot include
Looking Glass, Java and the latest Nvidia drivers like the SLAX Linux version?
Other than space but that could be
Bob Palowoda wrote:
I was using the latest livecd Looking Glass CD and
it's based on SLAX Linux.
Is there any reason any of the OpenSolaris livecd
distributions cannot include
Looking Glass, Java and the latest Nvidia drivers
like the SLAX Linux version?
Other than space but that could
Bob Palowoda wrote:
Bob Palowoda wrote:
[...]
LiveDVD is on the radar for BeleniX. A 4.7GB DVD
with compression
ill allow
9GB of software to be bundled and boot faster than
a CD.
I don't know if compression is all that important with 4.7GB
let alone we now have dual
Lastly the sata controller works in legacy emulation but suffers from
he simplex causes us to fall back to PIO performance issue
(5031379).
I'm not sure if the sata controller simplex / performance issue on the iMac is
the same as
bug 5031379.
Bug 5031379 is about a performance issue with
Hi,
Interesting - the password change request webpage on opensolaris.org
allows me to request to change the password by providing my registration
email address. Fine so far - but what if I've forgotten the username ?
The Email sent to my registered email doesn't have the username either ...
So
Sorry - dumbness alert. It's sometimes a good idea to read URL strings ...
FrankH.
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Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 13:11:27 +0100 (BST)
From: Frank Hofmann - Solaris Sustaining [EMAIL PROTECTED]@sun.com
Subject: [Q]: Recovering OpenSolaris user name ?
There is the small piece of the pie in which the
community really needs the support of Sun engineers in
provide quality desktop environments and graphic
libraries comparable to competing server/desktop OSes.
Namely, KDE/GNOME support which is being done very
well by the OpenSolaris desktop
Philip Brown wrote:
On Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 04:23:17PM -0700, Alan DuBoff wrote:
So, how would it be possible to build a large set of libraries that everyone
could update and use together? Is this at all possible? Sun has basically
proposed to work with the community, and that is
On Apr 19, 2006, at 7:18 AM, Stephen Hahn wrote:
Given the circular nature of this particular proposal, I will at
this
point suggest that we either
- repurpose opensolaris-code
Yeah, go for this one, the name is pretty good.
Kaiser Jasse -- Authorized Stealth Oracle
The
Philip Brown wrote:
On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 05:54:15PM -0500, Eric Boutilier wrote:
Philip Brown wrote:
The thing about all that, is that it forces the machine to be closer and
closer to a linux machine, until eventually, it becomes nothing more than a
linux machine with a
FYI -- I've updated this FAQ. You can check it out in its existing
location ( http://www.opensolaris.org/os/about/faq/general_faq/ ). We
can (obviously) still make changes, so just send mail to me and the list
if there is anything you want to see updated/added. I know that other
FAQs will be
ken mays wrote:
There is the small piece of the pie in which the
community really needs the support of Sun engineers in
provide quality desktop environments and graphic
libraries comparable to competing server/desktop OSes.
Namely, KDE/GNOME support which is being done very
well by the
Alan Coopersmith wrote:
Bob Palowoda wrote:
Is there any reason any of the OpenSolaris livecd distributions
cannot include
Looking Glass, Java and the latest Nvidia drivers like the SLAX Linux
version?
Project Looking Glass is the only one of the three that's open source.
You'ld have to
Moinak Ghosh wrote:
I had enquired with Nvidia customer support and marketing and got
feedback that they have no issues with we redistributing the Nvidia
driver with BeleniX. I guess this should apply to other OpenSolaris
distros as well. In think If they get enough requests, they will
I can't think of any reason why this wouldn't work. I recommend using
LG release 0.8.0 (which will be released in mid-May) and the Nvidia
8756 driver (which has already been released).
Bob Palowoda wrote On 04/19/06 00:13,:
I was using the latest livecd Looking Glass CD and it's based on SLAX
I am trying to mail myself some logs from a Solaris 8 machine. I am getting
some errors though. Below is the error: (I have replaced email address/domain)
- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(reason: 550 Host unknown)
- Transcript of
Just a FYI - nVidia doesn't support consumer level cards with the Solaris
drivers, so I took it upon myself to #1 - contact them and #2 - test. Happy to
report 8756 supports everything I threw at it, including the 7900 and 7600
series. nVidia also says it should work but we do not support it. I
Eric Boutilier wrote:
ken mays wrote:
...
The other is having a tool like apt-get in which you
can install software from a CD/DVD archive set of from
a remote mirrored FTP site...
...
+1. (That can not be overemphasized if you ask me.)
I'll just point out, for those of you who haven't
Guys,
I were thinking on what would be beneficial for every camp involved into
OpenSolaris and related development? What would be useful for NexentaOS,
BeleniX, SchilliX, marTux, SCXR, etc ?
I think having centralized place (bugzilla, bounty, project management,
calendar, etc) for OSS packages
Kevin I am trying to mail myself some logs from a Solaris 8 machine...
Kevin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Host unknown
Kevin (Name server: mailhost..com: host not found)
Assuming your machine is on the real Internet with real DNS (as
opposed to some internal network with fake DNS), and that dns is
On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 06:10:31PM -0700, Alan DuBoff wrote:
Blastwave essentially dropped their stable tree anyway, didn't you?
Just the opposite. We finally found someone to step up to the plate and
do the hard work, for free. James Lee is our official stable tree
maintainer, and we've been
On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 06:10:31PM -0700, Alan DuBoff wrote:
Sun has staff now to handle most of what they do, but this doesn't
allow Sun to work with the community.
btw: there's a difference between working with the community, and
meeting the needs of the community.
you dont have to do #1
If this is still open for discussion, I also agree for repurposing opensolaris-code.-MoazamOn Apr 19, 2006, at 7:18 AM, Stephen Hahn wrote: Given the circular nature of this particular proposal, I will at this point suggest that we either - repurpose opensolaris-code
On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 01:57:42PM -0400, Dave Miner wrote:
Eric Boutilier wrote:
I'm not sure Nexenta's implementation is the way to go though. It seems
to me that Phil's pkg-get -- being designed around Sun's implementation
of the SVr4 packaging standard -- seems like the better
On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 07:50:35PM -0400, Laszlo (Laca) Peter wrote:
On Tue, 2006-04-18 at 14:44 -0700, Philip Brown wrote:
Interesting.
This is not a deliberate thing. Apparently, it's just a side-effect of
using sun compilers with the -fast option.
The magic compiler option you
On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 12:50 -0700, Philip Brown wrote:
On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 07:50:35PM -0400, Laszlo (Laca) Peter wrote:
On Tue, 2006-04-18 at 14:44 -0700, Philip Brown wrote:
Interesting.
This is not a deliberate thing. Apparently, it's just a side-effect of
using sun compilers
Philip Brown wrote:
On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 01:57:42PM -0400, Dave Miner wrote:
Eric Boutilier wrote:
I'm not sure Nexenta's implementation is the way to go though. It seems
to me that Phil's pkg-get -- being designed around Sun's implementation
of the SVr4 packaging standard -- seems like
On Thursday 13 April 2006 08:43 am, James Carlson wrote:
Seriously, this is near the root of one of the reasons that I
abandoned running Debian on my home system, despite the fact that I
otherwise liked it. The tortured mess of X needing Y.1 and Z needing
Y.2 and me wanting both X and Z was
On Wed, 19 Apr 2006, Dave Miner wrote:
Not being a Debian user, I won't try to compare. I guess your
experience with Solaris patches is more from the user end, whereas I'm
looking at it from the creator/maintainer end; let's just say that there
are a lot of resources expended to make sure
On Thursday 13 April 2006 09:22 am, Dennis Clarke wrote:
Discussion is fine .. lets discuss how to make the Solaris Community
project at Blastwave even better.
Ok, as long as it doesn't alienate other folks like Nexenta, Gentoo, pkgsrc,
or other.
Should you wish to join the Solaris
On Wednesday 12 April 2006 11:02 pm, Bart Smaalders wrote:
I'm both a user of blastwave and another Sun engineer
cycle-stealing on this project. From my point of view,
what I'd like to see happen with a community software
distribution for Solaris Nevada is:
1) large scale participation of
Philip Brown wrote:
On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 06:10:31PM -0700, Alan DuBoff wrote:
Sun has staff now to handle most of what they do, but this doesn't
allow Sun to work with the community.
btw: there's a difference between working with the community, and
meeting the needs of the
On Tue 18 Apr 2006 at 04:12PM, Eric Lowe wrote:
Dan Price wrote:
On Tue 18 Apr 2006 at 08:32AM, Eric Lowe wrote:
As for the technical discussion list, as I've said before, I don't care
about the means as long as we accomplish the ends. For all I care we can
call it [EMAIL PROTECTED], and as
Below is an update on the projects/communities proposed, approved,
recently opened, or void since my last mail on 3/27. Sorry I missed a
few weeks. I was out. I suck. I think I have everything up to date here
since the last report, but if I'm missing anyone let me know.
There are currently
* Dev Mazumdar [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-04-19 18:11]:
How about the audio newsgroup I had proposed a while back?.
You can propose new communities or new projects; see the instructions
at the top of
http://opensolaris.org/os/communities/
and
http://opensolaris.org/os/projects/
I am trying to mail myself some logs from a Solaris 8
machine. I am getting some errors though. Below is
the error: (I have replaced email address/domain)
This really isn't appropriate for the OpenSolaris-discuss forum, a mailing list
designed for discussion of the Open Source Open Solaris
Hi, there,
Question is quite simple as subject. What's your prefer?
Thanks.
Calvin
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Dan Price wrote:
You said: as long as everybody knows to go there for technical
questions, spec posts, and RFC submissions. That sounds like you're
spreading your project's wings out over the charter of other
communities and projects.
That certainly wasn't the intent. I haven't seen
I guess the reference to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" in the announcement left some people confused and thinking that this was the new list previously being discussed in this thread. Wow...even that sounds confusing.-MoazamOn Apr 19, 2006, at 7:58 PM, Eric Lowe wrote:As you'll see we have removed the
* Dev Mazumdar [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-04-19
18:11]:
How about the audio newsgroup I had proposed a
while back?.
Damn. I figured I'd miss something. :) I saw this earlier and was going to
comment but missed it. But Stephen commented below.
You can propose new communities or new
Moazam Raja wrote:
I guess the reference to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] in the announcement left some
people confused and thinking that this was the new list previously being
discussed in this thread. Wow...even that sounds confusing.
I suppose the confusion isn't surprising,
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