[osol-discuss] A market prospect thought
This is an interesting shift to reducing the capital barriers for entry into the lower end hardware market through mass manufacturing techniques.The branded open source OS distributions like Opensolaris should welcome this opportunity for Commoditization of hardware to work with manufacturer's at minimal risk of entry to this market? .I certainly believe manufacturers like Asus will be looking to offer as many as three alternative distributions down loadable after purchase from their parent website in the forseeable future.Microsoft maybe getting a few sleepless nights in the future. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Nokia Booklet 3G
Uros Nedic ur...@live.com wrote: market. Certainly Sony and other companies will continue to use Linux under GPLv2. Even Linus is not for that Linux make transition from GPLv2 to GPLv3. We could think that one of reasons is big sponsorship contracts of Linux Foundation with large hardware companies. =A0 If OpenSolaris make transition=2C it'd be *first* OS under GPLv3. Very soon we could expect that some company release same product as Sony PlayStation 3=2C for example=2C but now with software licensed under GPLv3. All GNU stack will instantly GPLv3 is not a way to go. Solaris needs to be able to combine OSS (CDDL) and other code. This does not work with the GPLv3. The GPLv3 gives even less openness than the GPLv2. While the GPLv2 allows to link a GPL program against any libray of any license (because the GPLv2 is limited to the work that is published under GPLv2), the GPLv3 tries to aritificially introduce additional restrictions. These restrictions that are written in a very vague way, so it is a legallity risk for projects that use GPLv3. Background: Since the second half of the 1990s, the FSF spreads incorrect claims about the compatibility of GPLv2 with other code. The FSF claims that things are eforcable that are not even written in the GPLv2 text. The GPL analysis from Lawrence Rosen (the lawyer of the OpenSource initiytive) in http://www.rosenlaw.com/Rosen_Ch06.pdf explains word by word, sentence by sentence which claims from the GPLv2 are not enforcable and thus void and which if the claims of the FSF are not written in the GPL text. A lot of OSS software can only exist because certain claim of the GPLv2 are not enforcable. The GPLv3 is more restrictive than GPLv2 (and thus closer to what the FSF claims for the GPLv2) and it contains contains vague claims about what cannot be combined with GPLv3 code and thus causes a legal risk. Another legal risk with the GPLv3 is that you may add exceptions that give your users more freedom but the GPLv3 allows downstream redistributors to remove these opening exceptions before redistributing the code. I know of OSS projects that converted to GPLv3 and that had to go back to GPLv2 because the users of the code could no longer use it because of legal problems that resulted from GPLv3. Please note: this is a OpenSolaris discussion and no license discussion. A license discussion will not bring us anywhere. Jörg -- EMail:jo...@schily.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin j...@cs.tu-berlin.de(uni) joerg.schill...@fokus.fraunhofer.de (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] snv122 ahci regression
Hello, With my asus p5w dh deluxe, I used to have : - 1 250G system disk with a solaris slice containing my zfs root - 2 1Tb disks in a zpool mirror - 2 320G disks using the ezbackup in raid1 mode, showing like 1 stat disk - 1 500G disk using the jmicron controller all sata II using ahci It worked allright in snv121 but in snv122 i lost the 2 320G disks. I can see it if I change the bios to sata ide mode I have to mention that the order of the disks changed as well (the jmicron is now showing as the first, which used to be the system disk Bruno ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] Featurerequest
Hi Can i submit here featurerequests? On OpenSolaris 2009 i am missing some programs, they are Moonlight Firefoxplugin Wireshark Networksniffer A Dialog to configure the Printersettings (Collors, Format) and to print a testsite in Gnome A backport from the cadp160 driver F-Spot to manage Picturelibarys Banshee is on my wishlist too :) a graphical tool to configure the Mixersettings for the Soundcard and some graphical Tools to create Audio and Video Projects like Tovid, Hydrogen something like Mainactor and Ardour Something like Tomboy for quickly notices Thats currently that whats me almost hurts to migrate from Linux to OpenSolaris kind regard Darko Hojnik -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] OpenSolaris b122 and printing
After upgrading from b118 to b122 the network discvery failed again but now with function does not exist. Executing start method (/lib/svc/method/svc-network-discovery start snmp). ] /usr/bin/dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.Hal --type=method_call /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/network_attached org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.NetworkDiscovery.EnablePrinterScanningViaSNMP int32:60 string:public string:0.0.0.0 Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: Method EnablePrinterScanningViaSNMP with signature iss on interface org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.NetworkDiscovery doesn't exist -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] snv122 ahci regression
Bruno Damour wrote: Hello, With my asus p5w dh deluxe, I used to have : - 1 250G system disk with a solaris slice containing my zfs root - 2 1Tb disks in a zpool mirror - 2 320G disks using the ezbackup in raid1 mode, showing like 1 stat disk - 1 500G disk using the jmicron controller all sata II using ahci It worked allright in snv121 but in snv122 i lost the 2 320G disks. I can see it if I change the bios to sata ide mode I have to mention that the order of the disks changed as well (the jmicron is now showing as the first, which used to be the system disk Are both 320GB disks connected to the Silicon Image 4723 ports? Can you post the contents of /var/adm/messages when this is configured as AHCI and the hardware raid disk doesn't appear? ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Featurerequest
Wireshark is in the repository already for the rest search the net to see if someone has already done the work. If you can't find anything then you can file an enhancement/RFE at http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/ Hope that helps, Ché On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 12:41 AM, Darko Hojnik hoj...@virtualizing.orgwrote: Hi Can i submit here featurerequests? On OpenSolaris 2009 i am missing some programs, they are Moonlight Firefoxplugin Wireshark Networksniffer A Dialog to configure the Printersettings (Collors, Format) and to print a testsite in Gnome A backport from the cadp160 driver F-Spot to manage Picturelibarys Banshee is on my wishlist too :) a graphical tool to configure the Mixersettings for the Soundcard and some graphical Tools to create Audio and Video Projects like Tovid, Hydrogen something like Mainactor and Ardour Something like Tomboy for quickly notices Thats currently that whats me almost hurts to migrate from Linux to OpenSolaris kind regard Darko Hojnik -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Nokia Booklet 3G
Will opensolaris support hotplugging of SIMS and telco convergence? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris b122 and printing
Bengt Farre wrote: After upgrading from b118 to b122 the network discvery failed again but now with function does not exist. Executing start method (/lib/svc/method/svc-network-discovery start snmp). ] /usr/bin/dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.Hal --type=method_call /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/network_attached org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.NetworkDiscovery.EnablePrinterScanningViaSNMP int32:60 string:public string:0.0.0.0 Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: Method EnablePrinterScanningViaSNMP with signature iss on interface org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.NetworkDiscovery doesn't exist I get this exact error also, but for me it was from b117 to b121. Hopefully someone can find a solution. Paul ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Featurerequest
Darko Hojnik wrote: Hi Can i submit here featurerequests? Wireshark Networksniffer Wireshark integrated in build 114 A Dialog to configure the Printersettings (Collors, Format) and to print a testsite in Gnome If you switch from LP to CUPS as your active print service, you will get the same print dialogs and management tool that you see on most Linux distribtutions. LP doesn't provide as complete desktop integration as CUPS. # pkg install SUNWcups SUNWcups-manager SUNWpycups # print-service -s cups -Norm ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] pkgmanager shows no ability to install or uninstall pkgs
Shawn Walker swal...@opensolaris.org writes: Harry Putnam wrote: Setup: OpenSolaris 2009.06 snv_111b X86 [...] Assembled 07 May 2009 When I start the pkg manager is takes a moment to refresh the database. but then it does not show any installed pkgs with the check mark. And if I check a pkg to install or whatever, the `Install/Update' button stays greyed out, as does the `Remove' button. So it offers neither to install or remove anything. pkg publisher shows: PUBLISHER TYPE STATUS URI release111b (preferred) origin online http://pkg.opensolaris.org/release/ I've never heard of this particular issue before. Although, I'd note that your publisher shouldn't be named release111b; it should be opensolaris.org'. I understood that naming option to be at the users discretion so used it to remind me I'm on a released version. I'm a little nervous about proceeding with cmdline pkg commands, since it seems something is wrong somewhere. The cli tool will provide more informative output. What's the output of 'pkg list' ? A hefty list of 621 pkgs... Let me say here that until just recently I've been using the pkgmanager every once in a while when I decided I wanted something else installed... and have had no serious problem to speak of. One thing that struck me as odd about `pkg list' output is that it has the term `dev' in parens like this: SUNWxwopt (dev)0.5.11-0.111installed SUNWxwplr (dev)0.5.11-0.111installed SUNWxwplt (dev)0.5.11-0.111installed SUNWxwpmn (dev)0.5.11-0.111installed SUNWxwrtl (dev) [...] I may have done something like decided to move up to dev at some time in the past and then changed my mind... I vaguely recall something like that... but I never actually ran an update that way... and the pkgs all have the [...]111 version on them. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
