> On 7/26/07, Kaiwai Gardiner > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-07-26 at 05:34 -0700, Mike DeMarco > wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2007-07-26 at 05:10 -0700, Mike DeMarco > > > > wrote: > > > > > I need to rant a bit: > > > > > > > > > > I had ordered a new laptop and when it > arrived I > > > > installed OpenSolaris b68. I was having many > problems > > > > with the keyboard and the NIC on the box. The > NIC > > > > driver had plumbed the interface and brought it > up > > > > but I was unable to send any packets or > receive. I > > > > susspected that there may be something wrong > with the > > > > hardware but could not prove it. I had to > install > > > > windoz and when the problems migrated there as > well I > > > > called the vendor to report it as a hardware > problem. > > > > I told the vendor that the NIC was not working > > > > properly on Solaris or Windows. The vendor > started > > > > blaming the solaris install as the culprit and > that I > > > > should completely wipe the harddrive and just > install > > > > windoz. I did this out of discuss with the > ignorance > > > > of the world towards solaris. I formated the > whole > > > > harddrive > > > > > for windoz and installed XP. I was still > having the > > > > problems and called the vendor. telling them > that > > > > even if it had worked I did not buy this laptop > to > > > > run Windoz and it was totally useless to me in > this > > > > confiration. > > > > > > > > > > What the vendor said next set me ablaze. > > > > > > > > > > "WE NEVER ADVERTISED THE SYSTEM WOULD WORK > WITH > > > > SOLARIS" > > > > > > > > > > I hate this. Why does the world have to use > windoz? > > > > Why can we not buy a piece of hardware and put > what > > > > we want on it without being harassed by the > seller > > > > that it must have this software on it or we > will not > > > > honor our warranty? > > > > > > > > Pissed off! > > > > Just out of curiosity - what was the brand - > bit of a > > > > name and shame is > > > > in order. > > > > > > > > Matthew > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > > > > opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org > > > > > > I did not want to mention brands because I have > had this same problem with every computer that I have > bought. > > > > Interesting, Toshiba and this HP I'm running right > now have been the two > > best machines to run Solaris on. The only thing not > supported on this is > > my webcam - its UVC compliant but requires a > firmware to be uploaded > > which Solaris doesn't support. > > > > Matthew > > Interesting for me as well, :) I was using DELL > laptop to run Solaris happily. > keyboard and NIC works properly. > > -Aubrey > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Yes but if you call dell support and tell them you are running solaris on the box and you believe that there is a hardware problem they will start by asking you to run windoz commands and will not even try to help you with the problem. I have been there. It does not even have to be their computers. I bought a dell LCD monitor and needed support when it froze up. They refused to support me after I told them that the monitor was hooked up to a Solaris host. "REFUSED". I had to call back and pretend I was running windozzzz. 8b... This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
