On 5 Jun 2008, at 14:49, Mark Kaiman wrote: > I installed OpenSolaris on my ThinkPad a couple of weeks ago, and I > have never been able to get it to work. The wpi0 and e1000g drivers > just dont work. I have posted on these forums and on usenet and > received some suggestions. I have tried every possible combination > of wired and wireless internet. WPA, WEP and no encryption. Let the > cable modem reset to a new MAC address. Enable NWAM. Disable NWAM. > Endless restarting NWAM. Endless wificonfig connect commands. > NOTHING WORKS. I just have to conclude that OpenSolaris isn't ready > for prime time and wait for the next release. In contrast, I put > SLED 10 on the same ThinkPad and it works fine. Full connectivity. I > really want to use Solaris and I wish someone could convince me > otherwise. Sun could do a better job supporting people who want to > use and enjoy their OS.
Have you filed bugs regarding the issues you encountered? That's the first step in receiving the sort of support you're looking for... without that, Sun's own QA team may never run into them, so they may never get fixed. Sun (or any other company) can't test every combination of hardware and software out there, so to some extent our users will always be part of the QA team, especially for the very first release-- that's part of the reason the OpenSolaris community exists. Of course we try to catch and fix as many such issues as we can through our public preview releases, but it's an unfortunate inevitability that we won't catch them all. Cheeri, Calum. -- CALUM BENSON, Usability Engineer Sun Microsystems Ireland mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] GNOME Desktop Team http://blogs.sun.com/calum +353 1 819 9771 Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun Microsystems _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
