[This was written before we knew SXCE 118 was not going to be released.
It applies equally to all releases following 118 as well though...
Apologies for the silliness - clearly when I wrote it I was too
excited to be able to finally excise the now-extraneous Xsun.]
A number of EOF'ed programs are being removed from the WOS in nv_118.
Xsun on x86 & x64 platforms is now an ex-X-server. It is not pining
for the fjords and we've stopped nailing its feet to the perch.
(On SPARC, the nails are still in place to prop it up a little while
longer, until we finish figuring out which of the SPARC graphics
boards that we don't currently ship Xorg drivers for will become
community supported vs. completely unsupported.)
The Xsun-based versions of Xvfb & Xnest have been removed on both
SPARC & x86, since they can't run without the removed Xsun packages,
and there's no need to keep them around just on SPARC.
sdtaudiocontrol's volume knob will similarly not go all the way to
[Solaris] 11 - it has not actually worked since the Boomer project
integration in nv_115 removed the obsolete audio interfaces it uses.
Users of SVR4-packaged Nevada/SXCE builds may notice these if they
have not yet converted to their replacements - now would be a good
time to make the move. Users of IPS-packaged OpenSolaris builds
won't notice a thing, as these obsolete components were never included
in IPS packages.
If you're still using: You should migrate to:
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Xsun on x86 console Xorg
Xsun on Sun Ray Xnewt (SRSS 4.1 or later)
kdmconfig to set
keyboard layout kbd -s
kdmconfig to set Xorg autoconfiguration or
monitor/video/mouse other Xorg configuration methods
/usr/openwin/bin/Xvfb /usr/X11/bin/Xvfb
/usr/openwin/bin/Xnest /usr/X11/bin/Xephyr
sdtaudiocontrol GNOME & gnome panel volume applet
If you absolutely can't live without these obsolete X servers, you could save
these packages from nv_117 (the packaging was reorganized in 117 to move the
bits being removed to better align with the package boundaries, to make it
easier both for us to remove and for you to save if needed) - but we'd really
like to know why you think that's necessary if you do so:
Xsun server:
SUNWxsun-server X Window System: Xsun server
SUNWxsun-keytables X Window System: Xsun Keyboard Layout Desc. Tables
Xsun-based versions of Xvfb & Xnest:
SUNWxwsrv X Window System Virtual Servers
plus Xsun server packages above
Xsun drivers for local x86 graphics:
SUNWpmi X Server x86 VESA PMI files
SUNWxf86 XFree86 Ported DDX Drivers and Libraries
SUNWxwpls X Server x86 platform software
SUNWxwscf X Server x86 probe and configuration
SUNWxwssu X Server x86 platform config start up software
Xsun support for Trusted Extensions:
SUNWxwts Trusted Extensions, X Window System
Xsun DDK for building your own drivers/extensions:
SUNWxsun-headers X Window System: Xsun server SDK headers
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-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
