Re: [osol-discuss] irefox 3.0.1 contrib. builds for Solaris10 hungs when printing is attempted

2008-09-23 Thread Alfred Peng
Thommy M. Malmström wrote:
>> I would like to mention one problem though relating
>> to printing:
>>
>> as soon as I use P or use the menus to print a
>> web page, FF3.0.1 FREEZES UP completely.
>> 
>
> This is the exact same behavior that I see on OpenSolaris 2008.11 b96
>   
Hi Thommy,

Two bugs have been fixed in OpenSolaris lately:
b96 Crash when printing use firefox 3 in papiJobStreamOpen.
b97 cupsGetDests hang when cups service is not on.

I'd suggest that you could wait to upgrade to b99(Firefox 3.0.1 in 
b97/b98 has some bookmarks problem). If the bug still exists, there 
could be another bug for printing.

Thanks,
-Alfred
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Re: [osol-discuss] snv_98 iso

2008-09-23 Thread Bill Shannon
Dave Uhring wrote:
>> I downloaded the snv_98 iso, burned it to DVD (it wouldn't fit on a CD),
> 
> The osol-0811-98-global.iso is ~661 MB in size.

Not the one I downloaded:

$ ls -l osol-0811-98.iso
-rw-rw-r-- 1 shannon uucp 783020032 2008-09-20 17:13 osol-0811-98.iso

I didn't think I need support for all languages.  Was that my mistake?
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Re: [osol-discuss] snv_98 iso

2008-09-23 Thread Dave Uhring
> I downloaded the snv_98 iso, burned it to DVD (it wouldn't fit on a CD),

The osol-0811-98-global.iso is ~661 MB in size.  I'm sure than any packages it 
may be
missing can be added after installation.
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Re: [osol-discuss] snv_98 iso

2008-09-23 Thread Paul Gress
Bill Shannon wrote:
> On a different but related topic...
>
> I downloaded the snv_98 iso, burned it to DVD (it wouldn't fit on a CD),
> but when I try to boot on an old Dell 4550 it fails in a different way
> each time I try - sometimes disk errors, sometimes some problem with some
> service, sometimes other things, all really weird failures.  An old
> 2008.05 CD that I burned boots and runs just fine.
>
> Did I make a mistake by burning it to DVD?
>
> I'm going to try installing 2008.05 and upgrade my way to snv_98.
>   
One thing I've noticed on an old laptop I had is that it couldn't read 
DVD +.  I had to reburn it on a DVD -.  Again, the very first DVD 
readers did not read DVD + format, which is almost forgotten today.

Paul
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Re: [osol-discuss] firefox problems with snv_98

2008-09-23 Thread Thommy M . Malmström
Back to the slow Xorg. Having almost no response on the keyboard is worse. Any 
hints on what xorg.conf settings I need on an Acer Ferarri 4000 to get normal 
type pace? My xorg is attached
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Re: [osol-discuss] snv_98 iso

2008-09-23 Thread Bill Shannon
Dave Uhring wrote:
>> Already did that. It helps a little but it's still unusable. Same goes for 
>> thunderbird. It's the
>> whole window system that is malfunctioning. Switching between workspaces is 
>> a 5 second
>> operation. Machine is Ferrari 4000 with 2GB and fresh install of 2008.11 b86
> 
> Then upgrade your system to b98 and replace firefox as I previously showed.  
> I have no idea
> what kind of processor or graphics your Ferrari uses but the nVidia drivers 
> have been updated
> considerably since b86 was released.  This system works almost perfectly:
> 
> $ head -1 /etc/release
>   OpenSolaris 2008.11 snv_98 X86
> 
> Download the iso from http://www.genunix.org

On a different but related topic...

I downloaded the snv_98 iso, burned it to DVD (it wouldn't fit on a CD),
but when I try to boot on an old Dell 4550 it fails in a different way
each time I try - sometimes disk errors, sometimes some problem with some
service, sometimes other things, all really weird failures.  An old
2008.05 CD that I burned boots and runs just fine.

Did I make a mistake by burning it to DVD?

I'm going to try installing 2008.05 and upgrade my way to snv_98.
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Re: [osol-discuss] firefox problems with snv_98

2008-09-23 Thread Thommy M . Malmström
Luckily my own comment made me realize that I've seen something about DRI and 
ATI. 

http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6718572

So I created a xorg.conf to put in /etc/X11

svcadm disable graphical-login/gdm
Log in and su then run
/usr/X11/bin/Xorg -configure
vi /root/xorg.conf.new
Comment out Load  "dri"
cp /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
svcadm enable graphical-login/gdm


or somethinhg similar. The only caveat now is that typing is slow like a cow 
instead.  About 1 second between key press and seeing it on the screen... 

Hints???
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Re: [osol-discuss] Identification macro for Open Solaris

2008-09-23 Thread Ming Kin Lai
What if one wants to self-document the OS and compiler versions under which the 
executable is compiled?
I don't know of any other way; I can only think of using the macros defined by 
the compiler, so that the program would display some message like "This 
executable is compiled using GCC 4.2.0 on Solaris 10", for example.
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Re: [osol-discuss] firefox problems with snv_98

2008-09-23 Thread Thommy M . Malmström
> Then upgrade your system to b98 and replace firefox
> as I previously showed. 

I did, no change. I actually don't think it is firefox because thunderbird is 
also slow as a cow as is the whole window system. Switching window workspace 
takes 5 seconds. Used to happen immediately when touching the Ctrl-Alt 
left-arrow...

> I have no idea
> what kind of processor or graphics your Ferrari uses
> but the nVidia drivers have been updated
> considerably since b86 was released. 

The Acer Ferrari is (or at least was) some kind of standar within Sun. It's a 
AMD Turion64 with ATI graphics.  Not the best choice for Solaris but I've seen 
no problems until now.

> This system works almost perfectly:

> $ head -1 /etc/release
> OpenSolaris 2008.11 snv_98
>  X86

Mine is the same, but is the worst version based on nevada that I've seen. And 
I've been testing _every_ build.

> Download the iso from http://www.genunix.org

I did.
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Re: [osol-discuss] irefox 3.0.1 contrib. builds for Solaris10 hungs when printing is attempted

2008-09-23 Thread Paul Gress
Aaron Wilson wrote:
> Works fine for me when printing. Solaris 10 U5 using blastwave cups to 
> manage print jobs. I don't think the latter really matters though 
> since FF 3.01 just uses lpr to print, though I am using the blastwave 
> version of lpr and lp too.
>
>

Locks up for me with Blastwave Cups on Solaris 10, and a W2100z 
computer.  On my Sparc (Solaris 10), it works.



Paul


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Re: [osol-discuss] irefox 3.0.1 contrib. builds for Solaris10 hungs when printing is attempted

2008-09-23 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
> On another off topic note if you want to make your FF3 look more like the 
> Windows or Mac versions the > following theme works well on Solaris 10  :-)
> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8105

> Aaron

It also works well on os0811_98.  Thanks.
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Re: [osol-discuss] irefox 3.0.1 contrib. builds for Solaris10 hungs when printing is attempted

2008-09-23 Thread Aaron Wilson




Works fine for me when printing. Solaris 10 U5 using blastwave cups to
manage print jobs. I don't think the latter really matters though since
FF 3.01 just uses lpr to print, though I am using the blastwave version
of lpr and lp too.

On another off topic note if you want to make your FF3 look more like
the Windows or Mac versions the following theme works well on Solaris
10  :-)
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8105

Aaron



Bill Shannon wrote:

  Thommy M. Malmström wrote:
  
  

  I would like to mention one problem though relating
to printing:

as soon as I use P or use the menus to print a
web page, FF3.0.1 FREEZES UP completely.
  

This is the exact same behavior that I see on OpenSolaris 2008.11 b96

  
  
It doesn't hang for me, it sort of dies.  All the windows disappear
and when I get tired of waiting for it to completely die I kill it
so I can restart it.

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Re: [osol-discuss] firefox problems with snv_98

2008-09-23 Thread Dave Uhring
> Already did that. It helps a little but it's still unusable. Same goes for 
> thunderbird. It's the
> whole window system that is malfunctioning. Switching between workspaces is a 
> 5 second
> operation. Machine is Ferrari 4000 with 2GB and fresh install of 2008.11 b86

Then upgrade your system to b98 and replace firefox as I previously showed.  I 
have no idea
what kind of processor or graphics your Ferrari uses but the nVidia drivers 
have been updated
considerably since b86 was released.  This system works almost perfectly:

$ head -1 /etc/release
  OpenSolaris 2008.11 snv_98 X86

Download the iso from http://www.genunix.org
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Re: [osol-discuss] irefox 3.0.1 contrib. builds for Solaris10 hungs when printing is attempted

2008-09-23 Thread Bill Shannon
Thommy M. Malmström wrote:
>> I would like to mention one problem though relating
>> to printing:
>>
>> as soon as I use P or use the menus to print a
>> web page, FF3.0.1 FREEZES UP completely.
> 
> This is the exact same behavior that I see on OpenSolaris 2008.11 b96

It doesn't hang for me, it sort of dies.  All the windows disappear
and when I get tired of waiting for it to completely die I kill it
so I can restart it.

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Re: [osol-discuss] firefox problems with snv_98

2008-09-23 Thread Thommy M . Malmström
> su
> cd /usr/lib
> mv firefox firefox.sun
> wget
> http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/re
> leases/3.0.1/contrib/solaris_tarball/ \
> firefox-3.0.1.en-US.opensolaris-i386.tar.bz2
> gtar jxf
> firefox-3.0.1.en-US.opensolaris-i386.tar.bz2
> vi firefox
> change /usr/local/lib/firefox-3.0.1 to
> /usr/lib/firefox
> :x!
> cd
> chown -R thommym .mozilla
> exit

Already did that. It helps a little but it's still unusable. Same goes for 
thunderbird. It's the whole window system that is malfunctioning. Switching 
between workspaces is a 5 second operation. Machine is Ferrari 4000 with 2GB 
and fresh install of 2008.11 b86
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Re: [osol-discuss] irefox 3.0.1 contrib. builds for Solaris10 hungs when printing is attempted

2008-09-23 Thread Thommy M . Malmström
> I would like to mention one problem though relating
> to printing:
> 
> as soon as I use P or use the menus to print a
> web page, FF3.0.1 FREEZES UP completely.

This is the exact same behavior that I see on OpenSolaris 2008.11 b96

> Thanks again for the good work.

Don't be so polite. This is no good work. It's just plain crap.
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Re: [osol-discuss] How to debug a weird nis+ issue?

2008-09-23 Thread Peter Tribble
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 3:26 AM, Yue Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Peter
>
> It is as followings
>
> passwd: compat files nis
> shadow: compat files nis
> group:  files nis

That doesn't look at all right. You don't need a shadow entry, and the passwd
configuration for compat mode should be like:

passwd_compat: nis
passwd: compat

>> On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Yue Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> Hi everyone
>>>
>>> I have a host installed with NIS+ client. There is a user named jsn in
>>> NIS server.  His login shell is /bin/true. So he can not log on my
>>> host by default. Now I wanna grant his access so I added following
>>> line into /etc/passwd.
>>>
>>> +jsn::/bin/tcsh
>>>
>>> However, sometimes he is still unable to log on my host. To debug, I
>>> wrote a test binary using getpwnam to grab the user info and then
>>> check pw->pw_shell. To my surprise, the value for pw_shell is rather
>>> unstable. Sometimes it is /bin/tcsh (login is ok), sometimes it is
>>> /bin/true (login fails).
>>>
>>> How can I dig deeper on this weird issue? This issue almost drives me crazy.
>>
>> What does the passwd entry in your /etc/nsswitch.conf file look like?
>>
>> (Are you using compat?)
>>
>> --
>> -Peter Tribble
>> http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/
>>
>



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Re: [osol-discuss] How to debug a weird nis+ issue?

2008-09-23 Thread Milan Jurik
Hi,


V út, 23. 09. 2008 v 04:26, Yue Chen píše:
> Hi Peter
> 
> It is as followings
> 
> passwd: compat files nis

This is wrong config for compat mode

> shadow: compat files nis

shadow isn't using nsswitch, it's in "conjunction" with passwd backend

> group:  files nis
> 

See manpage of nsswitch.conf how compat mode should be configured. Also,
it's better to use pam_list for managing access to system.

Best regards,

Milan

> 
> > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Yue Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Hi everyone
> >>
> >> I have a host installed with NIS+ client. There is a user named jsn in
> >> NIS server.  His login shell is /bin/true. So he can not log on my
> >> host by default. Now I wanna grant his access so I added following
> >> line into /etc/passwd.
> >>
> >> +jsn::/bin/tcsh
> >>
> >> However, sometimes he is still unable to log on my host. To debug, I
> >> wrote a test binary using getpwnam to grab the user info and then
> >> check pw->pw_shell. To my surprise, the value for pw_shell is rather
> >> unstable. Sometimes it is /bin/tcsh (login is ok), sometimes it is
> >> /bin/true (login fails).
> >>
> >> How can I dig deeper on this weird issue? This issue almost drives me 
> >> crazy.
> >
> > What does the passwd entry in your /etc/nsswitch.conf file look like?
> >
> > (Are you using compat?)
> >
> > --
> > -Peter Tribble
> > http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/
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[osol-discuss] Art Exhibit at SVOSUG on Thur. 09/25/08

2008-09-23 Thread Alan DuBoff
I unfortunately forgot to mention that Tamarah Rockwood will be showing 
her artwork which was submitted for the OpenSolaris Community Innovations 
Awards, at the meeting on Thurs.

Many of you know Tamarah's husband Ben who has given a presentation at 
SVOSUG in the past, and is a great supporter of our community.

We will have Tamarah's art exhibit in the Living Room of the Mansion, I 
can't think of a better place to show it!

Please take a look at the work she created this Thurs.

Information on the meeting is on my blog at:

http://blogs.sun.com/aland/
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Re: [osol-discuss] firefox problems with snv_98

2008-09-23 Thread Thommy M. Malmström
Bill Shannon wrote:
> Ginn Chen wrote:
>>> It would be nice if there was more information than "it's broken".
>>> I can't tell if the problems I'm having are the same problems
>>> reported above.
>> Firefox 3 in snv_97/snv_98 has several issues.
>> e.g.
>> Bookmarks are missing.
>> Bookmarks could not be saved.
>> Bookmarks could not be renamed.
>> Can't import/export bookmarks.
>> Firefox coredumps at startup.
>> Firefox couldn't work with libumem.so,
> 
> I'm curious...  What kind of testing was done before release that none of
> these problems were discovered?  I would think the first one would've
> been discovered immediately had anyone actually used it before release.

Now you are asking too much. Testing is something that the OpenSolaris team has 
given up for time-to-market needs it seems. I installed 2008.11 beta 96 and 
ended 
up with having to run firefox and thunderbird inside ubuntu as guest in 
virtualbox 
2.0.2 to get a decent speed. How come firefox 3 runs 10 times faster inside 
vbox/ubuntu than on the bare opensolaris???

> And what turned out to be the root cause of these problems?

Layoffs???

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