[osol-discuss] gnome-keyboard-applet
Hello. Can someone clarify the situation with PSARC/2009/558 - gnome keyboard switcher re-integration? Will gnome keyboard applet appear in OpenSolaris 10.03 ? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] heads up, README.opensolaris is 0 bytes
just noticed this $ wget http://dlc.sun.com/osol/on/downloads/current/README.opensolaris --2009-11-03 07:11:42-- http://dlc.sun.com/osol/on/downloads/current/README.opensolaris Resolving dlc.sun.com (dlc.sun.com)... 72.5.124.114 Connecting to dlc.sun.com (dlc.sun.com)|72.5.124.114|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 0 [text/plain] Saving to: `README.opensolaris' [ <=> ] 0 --.-K/s in 0s 2009-11-03 07:11:42 (0.00 B/s) - `README.opensolaris' saved [0/0] which makes this line at http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/downloads/on real easy : Step 1: Before you begin, you will need to read the README. Really. The whole thing. -- Dennis Clarke dcla...@opensolaris.ca <- Email related to the open source Solaris dcla...@blastwave.org <- Email related to open source for Solaris ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] useradd problem
On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 2:41 AM, Will wrote: > I'm trying to create a user by, > #useradd -u amandabackup -g disk -d /var/lib/amanda -c "Amanda Backup" -m > amanda > > but i'm getting, > ux: userid: error: amandabackup is not a valid user id. choose another. > -- > This message posted from opensolaris.org > ___ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org > Will, uid should be an integer. -- Cheers, Steven --- Steven Acres Toronto OpenSolaris User Group Leader http://opensolaris.org/os/project/torosug ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Winkeys keyboard layout for iim
I've just tried ibus... Is it going to be better? All Russian keytables are spoiled. The most adequate are phonetic and kbd, but 1) keys with point, semicolon and other punctuation signs are not redefined; 2) there is still no winkeys code page... -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] useradd problem
I'm trying to create a user by, #useradd -u amandabackup -g disk -d /var/lib/amanda -c "Amanda Backup" -m amanda but i'm getting, ux: userid: error: amandabackup is not a valid user id. choose another. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] ntpd v4 IPS pkg?
Is there a ntpd v4 IPS pkg? Tried a couple of different search techniques but came up blank? Only v3? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] scp no-clobber option??
Is there an option for no-clobber (does not overwrite existing files) in the command scp? "man scp" doesn' t reveal anything. I got one hit in google which indicated that there was but perhaps that was the GNU version of scp. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] Fluendo DVD player for OpenSolaris to release this week
Just a brief heads up that Fluendo will be releasing the DVD Player for OpenSolaris at *some stage this week*. You can see some screenshots at my blog: http://myunix.org/2009/11/03/fluendo-dvd-player-for-opensolaris-arriving-very-very-soon/ Thanks to the guys at Fluendo for the hard work. Che Kristo ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris Tecra M10 laptop hangs on shutdown & reboot
Christopher Baumbauer wrote: As a followup, if you have virtualization extensions enabled in the bios, try disabling it, and then try it again. I filed 6870290 where S3 S/R fails on the M10 when hardware virtualization is enabled in the SBIOS but I didn't experience a regular showdown or reboot hang when this was enabled. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] any work on bug ID 6807184
M D wrote: Hmm: What happened to all the information that was in this thread? While the information was useful, it still doesn't point to a smoking gun or provide a reproducible test case on any of the rge equipment I own (ASUS Z92T notebook or eVGA X58 SLI motherboard). I've done transfers of much larger than 50GBytes with both MSI and fixed interrupts and there has been no hang. I also let iperf run overnight through a GigE switch. The kstat output was attached to the bug. As always, reproducible test cases are golden. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Sun UltraSparc: XVR-500, Expert 3D, legacy graphic cards
Jensen Lee wrote: And by the way, due to this mess with OpenSolaris, I do not think I will ever buy Sun hardware in the future. But most importantly, being a professional, I will refrein from advising anyone to buy Sun hardware. I used to recommend it as an investment ... what a shame! No wonder why Sun is loosing money. Professionals like me have lost confidence in the company. This is ridiculous. Sun's hardware and software support of the IFB/JFB family of graphics cards has continued *way* past what any other company would provide. There have been recent software enhancements for customers who have made requests and hardware service contracts are honored with actual spares, not a forced upgrade to new product (Vista - cough!). I have seen no requests from customers for IFB/JFB X.Org/OpenSolaris support -- just the opposite, they want continued support for Xsun on Solaris 8 and 9. If you are an enterprise customer who wants support for long term deployment, what we've done with IFB/JFB is a shining example of why you would want to continue to do business with Sun. Sun is bound by its agreements with the IP owner. INAL, but the agreements are very specific on use and restrict derived works. Even if a customer asked for X.Org/OpenSolaris support, no engineer could begin work until the lawyers on both sides agreed on the scope of derived works. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] ldom console issue
Maybe you can use screen on the domain controller and telnet or ssh into your console from there. you will be able to disconnect out and next time you come back in run screen -r -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] any work on bug ID 6807184
> Mike DeMarco wrote: > > Please let me know if I can be of any more help. > The rge interface is unstable on my new laptop and I > have limited options at this point. > What happened to the suggestion I made on May 15? > I don't see a reply. > > # echo "msi_enable=0;" >> /kernel/drv/rge.conf > # reboot > > > ___ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org John: Were you going to update the bug with any of this information? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] any work on bug ID 6807184
Hmm: What happened to all the information that was in this thread? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] any work on bug ID 6807184
Let me know if you need anything, testing, info, such Thanks -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris Tecra M10 laptop hangs on shutdown & reboot
I'll try that and see how it goes. -- Alan Christopher Baumbauer wrote: As a followup, if you have virtualization extensions enabled in the bios, try disabling it, and then try it again. Cheers, Chris ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Sun UltraSparc: XVR-500, Expert 3D, legacy graphic cards
Alan Coopersmith writes: > The SMF support for selecting an X server should stay - I have no plans to > remove it since it is useful for selecting between the remaining X servers > (Xorg, Xvnc, Xvfb), but Xsun will probably disappear from the list in the > Xserver script at some point. That's great news, thanks. I'm sure I'll be able to deal with the eventual removal of Xsun support in Xserver :-) Rainer - Rainer Orth, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Sun UltraSparc: XVR-500, Expert 3D, legacy graphic cards
Jensen Lee wrote: > Certainly I want to keep using my Sun Blade. Will Sun next commercial release > of Solaris at least support the legacy 3D Labs cards? Solaris 10 is the last release of Solaris planned to support those cards. > And by the way, due to this mess with OpenSolaris, I do not think I will ever > buy Sun hardware in the future. But most importantly, being a professional, I > will refrein from advising anyone to buy Sun hardware. I used to recommend it > as an investment ... what a shame! No wonder why Sun is loosing money. > Professionals like me have lost confidence in the company. Because like every other computer company in the world, including Sun for the past 25 years, hardware is not supported forever and at some point you must choose between hardware upgrade or software upgrade? Those cards from Sun will have OS support a lot longer than most of their contemporary video cards, and even a lot longer than some of Sun's older graphics drivers. I doubt you'll find any vendor who'll promise the video card you buy today will be supported in new OS versions coming out ten years from now. -- -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersm...@sun.com Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris Tecra M10 laptop hangs on shutdown & reboot
As a followup, if you have virtualization extensions enabled in the bios, try disabling it, and then try it again. Cheers, Chris ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Sun UltraSparc: XVR-500, Expert 3D, legacy graphic cards
I posted a message to ziiLabs' customer support which is the new company formed from 3DLabs. Please join me in inondating ziiLabs with requests to open the drivers for Sun frambuffer cards following this link: http://www.ziilabs.com/aboutus/contactgeneral.aspx The power of the Internet community. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris Tecra M10 laptop hangs on shutdown & reboot
I opened up a bug on this as http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=10106 when suspend/resume quit working for me in dev build 118, however I also noticed that the same thing happens on shutdown/reboot. Cheers, Chris On 11/02/09 07:34, Keith Mitchell wrote: I've experienced a similar issue with my M10, but haven't investigated the cause yet either. It's been this way for me for several builds now. Alan Steinberg wrote: On my Tecra M10 I've seen that it will stay at the "syncing file systems... done" point for a few minutes, but then does shut down on its own. I haven't investigated at all the cause of the delay. -- Alan John Martin wrote: andrew wrote: My OpenSolaris Tecra M10 has a problem running the latest builds of OpenSolaris which doesn't happen with 2009.06 . The problem is that when I attempt to shutdown the machine it hangs. I get the "syncing file systems... done" message then it stops. I get a similar result when rebooting. Is this a known bug? Which build(s)? Neither shutdown or reboot hangs on my M10 with b124 and b125. My M10 has SBIOS 2.00 and does not have anything from /extra loaded. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Sun UltraSparc: XVR-500, Expert 3D, legacy graphic cards
I understand that even though Sun posted binary drivers for OpenSolaris, Xorg will not work with them and Xsun is not bundled with it. To reply to those who suggested OpenBSD, that is out of topic, I have Sun because I want to run Solaris, if I wanted openBSD I would have had a cheap intel box. And BTW can OpenBSD run zfs or zones, or even virtualization? Certainly I want to keep using my Sun Blade. Will Sun next commercial release of Solaris at least support the legacy 3D Labs cards? And by the way, due to this mess with OpenSolaris, I do not think I will ever buy Sun hardware in the future. But most importantly, being a professional, I will refrein from advising anyone to buy Sun hardware. I used to recommend it as an investment ... what a shame! No wonder why Sun is loosing money. Professionals like me have lost confidence in the company. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] SUNWipkg constraints??
Tim Cook wrote: I was attempting to upgrade SUNWipkg because an image-update to build 125 was failing. I thought perhaps it was an old rev of pkg that was holding me back. For whatever reason, after about 20 tries last night, it worked doing an image-update with the 118 version SUNWipkg this morning/afternoon. I likely should've saved the error log from the failed attempts, but I was up till 3am and finally just gave up and logged out for the night last night. If it was failing with a timeout error, that was a known issue with build 118 and is covered in the release notes. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Sun UltraSparc: XVR-500, Expert 3D, legacy graphic cards
Rainer Orth wrote: > Jensen Lee writes: > >> It is a shame that Sun does not support XVR-500, XVR-1000, Expert 3D and >> several other graphic cards on OpenSolaris because of copyright/NDA/patent >> issues. >> >> I think that Sun should make an effort to liase with 3D Labs to open their >> drivers source to allow for implementation into OpenSolaris. >> >> In the meantime could Sun at least provide binary drivers for these cards, >> even as separate downloads, to allow those like me with legacy Sun >> workstations to install, use and contribute to OpenSolaris? > > True. In the meantime (which will probably last forever ;-), I'll take the > last SVR4 packages from SX:CE build 130 and use them (together with Xsun) > on my Blade 1500 with XVR-600. It may require some hacking since I expect > the SMF support for switching between Xorg and Xsun to go away, but > certainly doable, and much better than turning my desktop into a brick. The SMF support for selecting an X server should stay - I have no plans to remove it since it is useful for selecting between the remaining X servers (Xorg, Xvnc, Xvfb), but Xsun will probably disappear from the list in the Xserver script at some point. -- -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersm...@sun.com Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] SUNWipkg constraints??
On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Shawn Walker wrote: > Tim Cook wrote: > >> I'm attempting to upgrade from b118 to b125, but it refuses to allow me to >> upgrade SUNWipkg first. What the heck am I missing? Either I'm forgetting >> what I've done in the past, or I've never had this issue before. >> >> pfexec pkg install sunwi...@0.5.11-0.125 >> Creating Plan - pkg: The following package(s) >> violated constraints: >>Package pkg:/sunwi...@0.5.11,5.11-0.125 conflicts with constraint >> in installed pkg:/entire:Pkg SUNWipkg: Optional min_version: >> 0.5.11,5.11-0.118 max version: 0.5.11,5.11-0.118 defined by: pkg:/entire >> > > You can't upgrade to the build 125 version of SUNWipkg if you're running > build 118. > > Why are you specifying sunwi...@0.5.11-0.125? > > You should be specifying: > > sunwi...@0.5.11-0.118 > > ...which would install the latest available version of SUNWipkg for build > 118. > > Cheers, > -- > Shawn Walker > I was attempting to upgrade SUNWipkg because an image-update to build 125 was failing. I thought perhaps it was an old rev of pkg that was holding me back. For whatever reason, after about 20 tries last night, it worked doing an image-update with the 118 version SUNWipkg this morning/afternoon. I likely should've saved the error log from the failed attempts, but I was up till 3am and finally just gave up and logged out for the night last night. --Tim ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] ATI Radeon HD 5870/5850/5770/5750 support
ken mays wrote: > Hello, > > The actual Xorg RadeonHD 2D driver support for the ATI Radeon HD > 5870/5850/5770/5750 graphic cards is not implemented yet. > > I usually test ATI graphic boards with the latest OpenSolaris distros and > have had success in 2D support for the latest ATI graphic cards. I've had > success in 2D resolutions up to 1920x1080. > > OSOL-snv_126 does not have official 2D driver support for those specific > cards yet. I'm hoping this will be implemented by OSOL-snv_129 but this > is based on announcements from the Xorg RadeonHD team. If it's not implemented yet, the odds of it being written, debugged, and released in a stable release upstream before our build 129 code freeze in three weeks are basically 0. We are planning to upgrade to the stable xf86-video-radeonhd 1.3 release around that time, but that's it. -- -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersm...@sun.com Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris Tecra M10 laptop hangs on shutdown & reboot
I've experienced a similar issue with my M10, but haven't investigated the cause yet either. It's been this way for me for several builds now. Alan Steinberg wrote: On my Tecra M10 I've seen that it will stay at the "syncing file systems... done" point for a few minutes, but then does shut down on its own. I haven't investigated at all the cause of the delay. -- Alan John Martin wrote: andrew wrote: My OpenSolaris Tecra M10 has a problem running the latest builds of OpenSolaris which doesn't happen with 2009.06 . The problem is that when I attempt to shutdown the machine it hangs. I get the "syncing file systems... done" message then it stops. I get a similar result when rebooting. Is this a known bug? Which build(s)? Neither shutdown or reboot hangs on my M10 with b124 and b125. My M10 has SBIOS 2.00 and does not have anything from /extra loaded. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Sun UltraSparc: XVR-500, Expert 3D, legacy graphic cards
Jensen Lee writes: > It is a shame that Sun does not support XVR-500, XVR-1000, Expert 3D and > several other graphic cards on OpenSolaris because of copyright/NDA/patent > issues. > > I think that Sun should make an effort to liase with 3D Labs to open their > drivers source to allow for implementation into OpenSolaris. > > In the meantime could Sun at least provide binary drivers for these cards, > even as separate downloads, to allow those like me with legacy Sun > workstations to install, use and contribute to OpenSolaris? True. In the meantime (which will probably last forever ;-), I'll take the last SVR4 packages from SX:CE build 130 and use them (together with Xsun) on my Blade 1500 with XVR-600. It may require some hacking since I expect the SMF support for switching between Xorg and Xsun to go away, but certainly doable, and much better than turning my desktop into a brick. Rainer -- - Rainer Orth, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris Tecra M10 laptop hangs on shutdown & reboot
On my Tecra M10 I've seen that it will stay at the "syncing file systems... done" point for a few minutes, but then does shut down on its own. I haven't investigated at all the cause of the delay. -- Alan John Martin wrote: andrew wrote: My OpenSolaris Tecra M10 has a problem running the latest builds of OpenSolaris which doesn't happen with 2009.06 . The problem is that when I attempt to shutdown the machine it hangs. I get the "syncing file systems... done" message then it stops. I get a similar result when rebooting. Is this a known bug? Which build(s)? Neither shutdown or reboot hangs on my M10 with b124 and b125. My M10 has SBIOS 2.00 and does not have anything from /extra loaded. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Sun UltraSparc: XVR-500, Expert 3D, legacy graphic cards
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Martin Bochnig wrote: > hi, with unaccelerated frame buffer mode drivers derived from wsfb ... > > > %mab > Yeah, with that "unaccelerated frame buffer mode drivers derived from wsfb" my *workstation* is actually more useful than a serial console. -- Mattieu Baptiste "/earth is 102% full ... please delete anyone you can." ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] any work on bug ID 6807184
> This bug is for the RTL8111 chipset and the rge > driver. The problem has been going on for some time > and the bug has also been open for quite some time > without updates. Is anyone working this problem? I'd like to investigate the issue. I have an idea to make a test version of rge with patch from bsd version of realtek gbe driver. So I'd like to know the mac vesrion, too. regards, masa murayama -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Sun UltraSparc: XVR-500, Expert 3D, legacy graphic cards
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Mattieu Baptiste wrote: > On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Jensen Lee wrote: >> Has anybody (Sun) actually asked 3D Labs to open their graphic cards drivers >> source? Because 3D Labs are no longer in the business of producing graphic >> cards, and I do not see why they would not do that if asked. >> > > Check : http://wikis.sun.com/display/FOSSdocs/Home for the details. > > For XVR-500, XVR-600, XVR-1200 and Expert3D support, I run OpenBSD: a > really open system. > > Cheers, > > > -- > Mattieu Baptiste > "/earth is 102% full ... please delete anyone you can." hi, with unaccelerated frame buffer mode drivers derived from wsfb ... %mab ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris Tecra M10 laptop hangs on shutdown & reboot
andrew wrote: My OpenSolaris Tecra M10 has a problem running the latest builds of OpenSolaris which doesn't happen with 2009.06 . The problem is that when I attempt to shutdown the machine it hangs. I get the "syncing file systems... done" message then it stops. I get a similar result when rebooting. Is this a known bug? Which build(s)? Neither shutdown or reboot hangs on my M10 with b124 and b125. My M10 has SBIOS 2.00 and does not have anything from /extra loaded. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] with snv_126 I can not patch JavaSE 5.0 or JavaSE 6
You'll need to remove the SUNWj5jmp folder from the patch, as it doesn't exist on your system. It's not new - it has been going on for a while with the patch sets. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Sun UltraSparc: XVR-500, Expert 3D, legacy graphic cards
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Jensen Lee wrote: > Has anybody (Sun) actually asked 3D Labs to open their graphic cards drivers > source? Because 3D Labs are no longer in the business of producing graphic > cards, and I do not see why they would not do that if asked. > Check : http://wikis.sun.com/display/FOSSdocs/Home for the details. For XVR-500, XVR-600, XVR-1200 and Expert3D support, I run OpenBSD: a really open system. Cheers, -- Mattieu Baptiste "/earth is 102% full ... please delete anyone you can." ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] OpenSolaris Tecra M10 laptop hangs on shutdown & reboot
My OpenSolaris Tecra M10 has a problem running the latest builds of OpenSolaris which doesn't happen with 2009.06 . The problem is that when I attempt to shutdown the machine it hangs. I get the "syncing file systems... done" message then it stops. I get a similar result when rebooting. Is this a known bug? Thanks Andrew. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Sun UltraSparc: XVR-500, Expert 3D, legacy graphic cards
Has anybody (Sun) actually asked 3D Labs to open their graphic cards drivers source? Because 3D Labs are no longer in the business of producing graphic cards, and I do not see why they would not do that if asked. If they did it would only make good publicity to their name. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [osol-discuss] Sun UltraSparc: XVR-500, Expert 3D, legacy graphic cards
--- On Mon, 11/2/09, Jensen Lee wrote: > From: Jensen Lee > Subject: [osol-discuss] Sun UltraSparc: XVR-500, Expert 3D, legacy graphic > cards > To: opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org > Date: Monday, November 2, 2009, 5:21 AM > It is a shame that Sun does not > support XVR-500, XVR-1000, Expert 3D and several other > graphic cards on OpenSolaris because of copyright/NDA/patent > issues. > > I think that Sun should make an effort to liase with 3D > Labs to open their drivers source to allow for > implementation into OpenSolaris. > > In the meantime could Sun at least provide binary drivers > for these cards, even as separate downloads, to allow those > like me with legacy Sun workstations to install, use and > contribute to OpenSolaris? Hi Jensen, Well, the driver's source for those cards is owned somewhat by 3Dlabs so I don't think they'd want to open up their source anytime soon. Some companies that still have closed drivers: 1. ATI 2. Nvidia 3. Others Most of the mid-level XVR 3D cards from 3Dlabs were replaced by the XVR-2500. Besides that, Sun does have the drivers for all of their XVR cards posted (see: http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/downloads/sparc_graphics)and they are still included in SXCE and Solaris 10u8. Driver engineering resources for the older MAJC, 3Dlabs, and ATI-based cards may be very limited or defunct by now. Get one of the latest SXCE releases and stick with Solaris 10u8 if you have or maintain the older SPARC workstations. Ken Mays ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
[osol-discuss] Sun UltraSparc: XVR-500, Expert 3D, legacy graphic cards
It is a shame that Sun does not support XVR-500, XVR-1000, Expert 3D and several other graphic cards on OpenSolaris because of copyright/NDA/patent issues. I think that Sun should make an effort to liase with 3D Labs to open their drivers source to allow for implementation into OpenSolaris. In the meantime could Sun at least provide binary drivers for these cards, even as separate downloads, to allow those like me with legacy Sun workstations to install, use and contribute to OpenSolaris? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
