> > 6562225 NVIDIA performance on AGP systems can be > > terrible on b65 > > > > (Since the nvidia drivers are closed source, the > bug > > is not > > visible on bugs.opensolaris.org - you can tell if > > it affects you > > by checking dmesg/syslog for a nvidia driver error > > such as: > > vidia: [ID 702911 kern.notice] NOTICE: NVRM: > > nv_devmap: invalid mmap(): > > 0x00100000 @ 0x00000000f0000000 > > ) > > > > -- > > -Alan Coopersmith- > > - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System > > em Engineering > > > > 1. I did see this error message, but did not notice > any problem (the installed machine has an nVidia FX > card). I have visited a couple of heavy graphic > sites and played with MPlayer. Pretty normal. > > 2. SX now does not configure NIC cards during > installation, but it includes a graphic tool > (Administration -> Network) which makes this task > greatly simplified. (I like this approach.) I > checked both boxes: (1) enable this connection and > (2) activate on boot. However, I was unable to > activate it with this graphic tool, and I had to > reboot the machine to activate the NIC card. What > did I do wrong? > > 3. For desktop users, try Moinak's suggestions if > you think the performance can be improved: > > http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=3 > 1983&tstart=0 > > His suggestion involves the following three > actions/commands: > > svcadm disable basicreg > pkgrm SUNWupdatemgru > pkgrm SUNWbrg > To install Flash Player 9, following this thread: > http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=2 > 6441&tstart=250 > > Move to the end of that thread and copy the two > downloaded and unpacked files as mentioned therein to > the appropriate holder. > > 5. Multimedia: > > Just enter the following command (as root) to install > the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" multimedia packages put together by > Alvaro Lopez Ortega: > > /usr/sfw/bin/wget -O - > http://opensolaris.es/codec-pack.sh | bash > > as per: > > http://blogs.sun.com/alvaro/entry/opensolaris_codec_pa > ck_updated >
Actually all the actions other than mplayer codec pack should be integrated in SX, I mean since there is the technology and there isn't legal issue, asking extra labor is not adopter friendly whatsoever. Cheers, Ivan. > and, all things considered, you will have a system (a > "Solaris" desktop) that is, at least in certain > aspects, better than any Linux distro or even Vista. > Of course I am too biased (& thus too blind) to > merit any credibility. But it looks that we are > getting unbelievably close to something (a > "reference Solaris distro") that will make all of us > proud. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
