On May 31, 2006, at 6:03 PM, Kaiwai Gardiner wrote:
The funny part, when running CDE; there doesn't seem to be that
issue to the same extent as it is with GNOME running. I thought
that maybe upgrading to Xorg 7.1 would correct the issue, but it
seems to be more to do with how Solaris schedules its tasks.
I believe it's more related to the relatively light requirements of
CDE on the gfx infrastructure vs. Gnome/KDE. It is quite possibly the
lack of DRI (my understanding... maybe it's there now..)
Its even worse; I tried downloading and installing the Studio 11
patches using the Solaris update tool, like a good boy - well, the
installation failed; I cruised over to /var/sadm/spool and found
that the downloaded files were being added, but failed because the
individual who wrote the Solaris Update tool, failed to include the
-G to allow a global installation of the patch; and hence, I had to
manually add the patches; something that shouldn't happen had there
been some testing in that area.
I'm sure it's tested, but as with all things, there are always flaws.
Instead of flaming, post your troubles and ask for help, and it'll
get noticed and you'll get assisted. Outright flaming every time you
run into an issue is just irritating everyone.
As for the paths; why aren't they setup correctly in root? if one
tries to compile something in user, then drop down into root to go
make install, why aren't all the necessary directories setup by
default? I can handle having to install and use GCC; thats all
good, but when paths aren't setup correctly; it is pretty painful.
Again, this was already discussed, I brought something to this effect
up in the past week, and it was already responded to by Sun, along
with a roadmap of what they plan to do. Go search.
As for FreeBSD; I might give Solaris Express (the next build) a
try; I don't want bleeding edge, but I would like to be able to go,
"you know, I really like that application; I'll download it, and
compile it" and it actually compiles without needing to jump
through 100 flaming hoops.
I give up discussing things with you, all you want to do is spout
unsubstantiated garbage.
I'd be quite happy to make packages, upload them etc. etc. if it
were made alot easier to compile software for Solaris, but due to
the above issues, I can't.
If you can't figure out these basics, somehow I doubt you'll be
making any packages anytime soon. I never realized setting PATH was
that difficult.
As FreeBSD right now, the only thing I dislike is the slow C++
compiling, thanks to GCC, then again, I play Mr Conservative using -
Os -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe, which, although not heavily
optimised to the hilt, still provides a pretty damn good desktop
experience. Xorg + KDE 3.5.2 + Amarok + Koffice = great desktop.
That's nice, but this is OSOL-Discuss.
I give up,
David
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