Re: [indiana-discuss] Pidgin 2.4.3

2008-07-17 Thread Gilles Gravier
Hi! Dennis Clarke wrote: > I don't know what the fascination is with pidgin but, if you want the > latest version you *can* get pidgin-2.4.3 from Blastwave. > > I have run it today and, yes it works but doesn't do anything > particularly fascinating. Isn't just IRC enough for people? What is > thi

Re: [indiana-discuss] Revised instructions for updating from http://pkg.opensolaris.org/

2008-07-17 Thread Dennis Clarke
On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 3:57 AM, J.P. Trosclair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Now I'll eagerly wait for b95 with Firefox 3... :) >>> >>> Oh... And Pidgin 2.4.3 (yeah, I find it very cool that we already have >>> 2.4.2... but whaddayaknow... the pidgin world hasn't stopped rotating). >>> >>> Thanks

Re: [indiana-discuss] Revised instructions for updating from http://pkg.opensolaris.org/

2008-07-17 Thread Dennis Clarke
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 6:09 PM, Gilles Gravier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > Dave Miner wrote: > > Gilles Gravier wrote: > > > David. > > Now that I have a bunch of boot environments : > > opensolaris > opensolaris-1 > opensolaris-2 > opensolaris-3 > > How do I clean up the mess? Can I remo

Re: [indiana-discuss] Visual Effects dosen`t work

2008-07-17 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Shawn Walker wrote: > Thiago Pereira wrote: >> Hi guys, >> >> I update my OpenSolaris to snv_93 in my Dell Latitude 610 with an ATI >> M22 (Mobility Radeon X300), but when I try to active the "Normal" visual >> effects I`m getting the error message: "Desktop eddects could not be >> enabled". >>

Re: [indiana-discuss] Visual Effects dosen`t work

2008-07-17 Thread Shawn Walker
Thiago Pereira wrote: > Hi guys, > > I update my OpenSolaris to snv_93 in my Dell Latitude 610 with an ATI > M22 (Mobility Radeon X300), but when I try to active the "Normal" visual > effects I`m getting the error message: "Desktop eddects could not be > enabled". > > Do you know if there is a

[indiana-discuss] Visual Effects dosen`t work

2008-07-17 Thread Thiago Pereira
Hi guys, I update my OpenSolaris to snv_93 in my Dell Latitude 610 with an ATI M22 (Mobility Radeon X300), but when I try to active the "Normal" visual effects I`m getting the error message: "Desktop eddects could not be enabled". Do you know if there is another driver that I can install to use t

Re: [indiana-discuss] zombie process in b93

2008-07-17 Thread Alan Coopersmith
I don't think your xorg.conf matters - since the parent is metacity, the GNOME window manager, I've cc'ed desktop-discuss in hopes one of the GNOME engineers can investigate further. -Alan Coopersmith- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineerin

Re: [indiana-discuss] zombie process in b93

2008-07-17 Thread Amit Kulkarni
Thanks Alan I didn't know about preap and ptree... Here is the output of ptree, hope you can figure out why this is being created and if its reproducible on other machines. If you need my xorg.conf let me know. ~# ptree 605 519 /usr/sbin/gdm-binary 520 /usr/sbin/gdm-binary 557 /usr/b

Re: [indiana-discuss] zombie process in b93

2008-07-17 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Amit Kulkarni wrote: > I noticed a zombie in b91 on this system, a Sun Ultra 40. I ignored it > thinking it was some kind of upgrade issue from b90. Hmm, I don't see that on my Ultra 40 running b93. > I can't kill it even if I try all sorts of kill i.e kill -s 9 or kill -s HUP You can't kill a

[indiana-discuss] zombie process in b93

2008-07-17 Thread Amit Kulkarni
Hello, I noticed a zombie in b91 on this system, a Sun Ultra 40. I ignored it thinking it was some kind of upgrade issue from b90. It's still there in b93. The PID changes every time I reboot the machine, the relevant prstat output is ... PID USERNAME SIZE RSS STATE PRI NICE TIME CP

Re: [indiana-discuss] Grub/boot problems after upgrade to b93

2008-07-17 Thread Ethan Quach
Hugo Rivero wrote: > Well, "beadm activate" didn't work: > > -bash-3.2# beadm list > BE Active Active on Mountpoint Space > Name reboot Used > -- - -- - > opensolarisyesnolegacy 4.

Re: [indiana-discuss] How to Remove a Boot Environment

2008-07-17 Thread Gilles Gravier
Ahem... what Linux distro do you get "beadm" on? :) GIlles. Jisakiel wrote: > +1 to that, definitely. I *always* type that one the linux way... > > - Mensaje original > De: Stephen Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Para: W. Wayne Liauh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: indiana-discuss@opensolaris.org >

Re: [indiana-discuss] Revised instructions for updating from http://pkg.opensolaris.org/

2008-07-17 Thread Gilles Gravier
Title: E-mail Signature Sun 2006 Hi! Dave Miner wrote: Gilles Gravier wrote: David. Now that I have a bunch of boot environments : opensolaris opensolaris-1 opensolaris-2 opensolaris-3 How do I clean up the mess? Can I remove, say, opensolaris and opensolaris-1 (free up some s

Re: [indiana-discuss] How to Remove a Boot Environment

2008-07-17 Thread Jisakiel
+1 to that, definitely. I *always* type that one the linux way... - Mensaje original De: Stephen Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Para: W. Wayne Liauh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: indiana-discuss@opensolaris.org Enviado: jueves, 17 de julio, 2008 19:01:37 Asunto: Re: [indiana-discuss] How to Remove

Re: [indiana-discuss] How to Remove a Boot Environment

2008-07-17 Thread Ethan Quach
Michael Schuster wrote: > Stephen Hahn wrote: >> * W. Wayne Liauh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-07-17 02:36]: >>> Thanks. I need to do the "UNmount" command first. I keep typing >>> beadm umount opensolaris-2 (using the "umount" command). Old habits >>> don't die. They don't even fade away. :-) >

[indiana-discuss] Release Notes: Grub Update for Those Who Upgrade From b_86 to b_93

2008-07-17 Thread Barbara . Lundquist
The following item was added to "Important Package Update Instructions for ALL Users" in the Release Notes at: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/indiana/resources/rn3/ Barbara Grub Update for Those Who Upgrade From b_86 to b_93 Due to changes in the GRUB boot s

Re: [indiana-discuss] pkg search tip for fellow newbies

2008-07-17 Thread Kevin Monceaux
On Thu, 17 Jul 2008, Richard Elling wrote: > I suppose it is worth pointing out that if you go to System -> Help and > search for PDF, then it will lead you right to evince. If you go to > Applications -> Office -> Evince Document Viewer and hover over the menu > item, a tooltip says "View an

Re: [indiana-discuss] [pkg-discuss] A few IPS Thoughts/Comments

2008-07-17 Thread Shawn Walker
[moved to indiana-discuss] Darren J Moffat wrote: > Dennis Clarke wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 4:57 PM, Darren J Moffat >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Chris Ridd wrote: Darren J Moffat wrote: > If you personally want to always exec pkg with pfexec then change your > shell from

Re: [indiana-discuss] How to Remove a Boot Environment

2008-07-17 Thread Michael Schuster
Stephen Hahn wrote: > * W. Wayne Liauh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-07-17 02:36]: >> Thanks. I need to do the "UNmount" command first. I keep typing >> beadm umount opensolaris-2 (using the "umount" command). Old habits >> don't die. They don't even fade away. :-) > > "beadm umount" as a synon

Re: [indiana-discuss] How to Remove a Boot Environment

2008-07-17 Thread Stephen Hahn
* W. Wayne Liauh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-07-17 02:36]: > Thanks. I need to do the "UNmount" command first. I keep typing > beadm umount opensolaris-2 (using the "umount" command). Old habits > don't die. They don't even fade away. :-) "beadm umount" as a synonym for "beadm unmount" seems

Re: [indiana-discuss] pkg search tip for fellow newbies

2008-07-17 Thread Shawn Walker
Richard Elling wrote: > the keyword "pdf" in its synopsis. You might also get a complaint about > /usr/share/man/windex: No such file or directory, which is another pet > peeve. Adding man page packages should regenerate the indices. > It should be easier to fix the latter with our shiny new pkg

Re: [indiana-discuss] pkg search tip for fellow newbies

2008-07-17 Thread Richard Elling
Kevin Monceaux wrote: > Indiana Fans, > > Okay, maybe the subject should read: > > How many "Well, duh" moments am I going to have while I get used to > this OS? > > Let me detail my experiences of last night in case it might help a fellow > newbie. Forgive me if I ramble a bit. > > I w

[indiana-discuss] Latest update to 93 ... kills NVIDIA driver on FX 5 series (Toshiba Tecra M2) again

2008-07-17 Thread Gilles Gravier
Title: E-mail Signature Sun 2006 But it brings GNOME 2.22.2 ... way cool! So thanks for the new build! Just as a reminder... for those of us with FX5 boards from NVIDIA (Toshiba Tecra M2 and other similar machines)... if after the upgrade your X server fails to start, the answer is simple. 1

Re: [indiana-discuss] pkg search tip for fellow newbies

2008-07-17 Thread Moinak Ghosh
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Kevin Monceaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Indiana Fans, > > Okay, maybe the subject should read: > > How many "Well, duh" moments am I going to have while I get used to > this OS? > > Let me detail my experiences of last night in case it might help a fello

Re: [indiana-discuss] pkg search tip for fellow newbies

2008-07-17 Thread Shawn Walker
Chris Ridd wrote: > David Orman wrote: >> Hi Kevin, >> >> Good tip. I'm still at-odds with the decision to make pkg search >> function on actual installed files (or at least the fact it doesn't have >> a flag that allows you to search by package name), but that is how it >> works. My only proble

Re: [indiana-discuss] pkg search tip for fellow newbies

2008-07-17 Thread Chris Ridd
David Orman wrote: > Hi Kevin, > > Good tip. I'm still at-odds with the decision to make pkg search > function on actual installed files (or at least the fact it doesn't have > a flag that allows you to search by package name), but that is how it > works. My only problem with the pkg list -a me

Re: [indiana-discuss] pkg search tip for fellow newbies

2008-07-17 Thread David Orman
Hi Kevin, Good tip. I'm still at-odds with the decision to make pkg search function on actual installed files (or at least the fact it doesn't have a flag that allows you to search by package name), but that is how it works. My only problem with the pkg list -a method, other than the fact I feel p

Re: [indiana-discuss] Problems with USB keyboard on gigabyte motherboard

2008-07-17 Thread Karl Hakimian
With the offlist help of a very kind person from Sun, I have discovered that this is a problem specific to the keyboard (part of a raritan remote kvm) and not a generic usb or even a keyboard issue with the motherboard. The kvm seems to kill all additional hid devices when it is plugged in, so

Re: [indiana-discuss] Revised instructions for updating from http://pkg.opensolaris.org/

2008-07-17 Thread Dave Miner
Gilles Gravier wrote: > David. > > Now that I have a bunch of boot environments : > > opensolaris > opensolaris-1 > opensolaris-2 > opensolaris-3 > > How do I clean up the mess? Can I remove, say, opensolaris and > opensolaris-1 (free up some space and make GRUB look nicer)? What's the > proce

Re: [indiana-discuss] pkg query

2008-07-17 Thread Dave Miner
Vivek Joshi wrote: > > Hi, > > I am facing some problem in populating the repository. I have set the > following environment in the configuration file. > > bash-3.2# grep = dist.conf > DIST_PKG_LIST=/dreamz/distro_constructor/src/govind-pkgs.txt > DIST_ADDITIONAL_MOD="/date.txt" > DIST_ISO_SORT

Re: [indiana-discuss] Revised instructions for updating from http://pkg.opensolaris.org/

2008-07-17 Thread Gilles Gravier
Title: E-mail Signature Sun 2006 David. Now that I have a bunch of boot environments : opensolaris opensolaris-1 opensolaris-2 opensolaris-3 How do I clean up the mess? Can I remove, say, opensolaris and opensolaris-1 (free up some space and make GRUB look nicer)? What's the process so that

[indiana-discuss] pkg search tip for fellow newbies

2008-07-17 Thread Kevin Monceaux
Indiana Fans, Okay, maybe the subject should read: How many "Well, duh" moments am I going to have while I get used to this OS? Let me detail my experiences of last night in case it might help a fellow newbie. Forgive me if I ramble a bit. I was taking VirtualBox for a spin last nig

[indiana-discuss] pkg query

2008-07-17 Thread Vivek Joshi
Hi, I am facing some problem in populating the repository. I have set the following environment in the configuration file. bash-3.2# grep = dist.conf DIST_PKG_LIST=/dreamz/distro_constructor/src/govind-pkgs.txt DIST_ADDITIONAL_MOD="/date.txt" DIST_ISO_SORT=/dreamz/distro_constructor/src/proto DIS

Re: [indiana-discuss] VMWare User Tips

2008-07-17 Thread Ginn Chen
It is a bug of VMWare Fusion. Try VMWare Fusion 2.0b1. BTW: I've no trouble with e1000g0. Ginn On Jul 17, 2008, at 7:50 PM, Qingye Jiang (John) wrote: There is one thing I don't quite understand. I am using VMWare Fusion on a MacBook Pro. Everytime I start up OS 2008.05, I have to wait for

[indiana-discuss] VMWare User Tips

2008-07-17 Thread Qingye Jiang (John)
VMWare seems to use e1000g0 by default. I had a lot of problem trying to install OpenOffice via IPS before, and magically did that successfully by this "pfexec ifconfig e1000g0 mtu 576". I also discover a tip for VMWare users. In VMWare, OS 2008.05 detects a very large screen (this is the same

[indiana-discuss] compiz slow down after snv_93 upgrade

2008-07-17 Thread Luca Morettoni
I have upgraded my laptop installation to snv_93 (with success), after that I have X/Gnome very slow (for example when I scroll a page into firefox); if I turn off compiz effects (normal settings used) all work fine. With snv_91 compiz work very fine; my graphic card is an Inter 945. Any hints? --

Re: [indiana-discuss] Has anybody installed Sun Java Web Infrastructure Suite on OpenSolaris

2008-07-17 Thread Enrico Maria Crisostomo
Thanks for your insights. I was interested in the web server and the web proxy server. I think I'll switch to Solaris 10 instead. Thanks, Enrico. On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 11:01 PM, Sriram Natarajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > Please note that Web Infrastructure suite is not supported on Ope

Re: [indiana-discuss] Notice to e1000g (ThinkPad) Users

2008-07-17 Thread Chris Ridd
W. Wayne Liauh wrote: >> If you are using e1000g0 NIC (in several ThinkPad >> models) and have image-updated to nv-91 or 93, make sure >> that you enter the follow command: >> >> pfexec ifconfig e1000g0 mtu 576 >> >> Otherwise you won't be able to post in the jive >> forum, or will have problems se

Re: [indiana-discuss] Failed to compile gst-ffmpeg

2008-07-17 Thread Christian Thalinger
On Wed, 2008-07-16 at 18:23 -0700, Praveen Kumar wrote: > Praveen Kumar wrote: > > I am running OpenSolaris 2008.05 snv_93 with Sun Studio and most other > > development tools installed. I have managed to compile GNU Emacs 23 > > successfully. > > > > I am trying to compile gst-ffmpeg (0.10.4) a