Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Tribblix update

2014-05-26 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Other notes on Tribblix vs OI: 1. Tribblix is also a 'install-only' DVD and USB option at the moment versus the 'Live-DVD' option of OI. Also, it has support for automated installs in an easier fashion than OI. 2. OI is a 'server-centric' distro. Many packages community and/or sponsor supporte

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [OmniOS-discuss] Shopping for an all-in-one server

2014-06-03 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
I like what Ian said. although, 4U is a bit daunting. You can opt for 1U-2U, 1-2 processors. You can have a chassis with 8 drive bays. Fit for >= 18TB of storage. >From there you can get solid state HDs and regular drives of your choice. >Simple controller that can handle them - and has a drive

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [solarisx86] Firefox

2014-07-03 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Best for users to use with Firefox 29.0.1 or 24.6.0ESR. It'll take awhile for many of the supporting distros to migrate to the GCC 4.9.x compiler series which lowers  the overhead of building modern code like OpenMP 4.0 and C++1y. ~ Ken Mays On Thursday, July 3, 2014 9:03 AM, Alan Coopersmith

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] libgnomeprintui-2.2

2014-07-22 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Oddly, I pulled up my GIMP 2.8.10 build and see libgnomeprintui folded under the library/gnome/print/gnome-print package. No worries... ~ Ken On Tuesday, July 22, 2014 2:47 PM, Milan Jurik wrote: Hi, well, that is really question for Oracle, but yes, S11 removed libgnomeprintui, based

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] booting HP xw8600 from ISO

2014-07-22 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
You usually keep it in AHCI or SATA mode - not IDE. Depends on how the various providers define the modes. Consider IDE controller modes 'classic legacy'. On Tuesday, July 22, 2014 10:40 AM, Harry Putnam wrote: Mark writes: > On 21/07/2014 7:11 p.m., Harry Putnam wrote: >> Setup: >> >> 

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Cram more drives into an HP xw8600

2014-07-24 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Harry, Retrofit for 2.5 drives. You can fit about 12-16 of them in that same area. Give some space for cooling and air flow. Makes a 12TB-16TB storage array. Ken On Thursday, July 24, 2014 4:45 AM, Nikola M. wrote: On 07/23/14 08:34 PM, Philip Robar wrote: > If you don't mind a mini rack

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Cram more drives into an HP xw8600

2014-07-24 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
The power supply can handle the smaller drives very easily as they are not high-load devices. On Thursday, July 24, 2014 1:51 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: Harry Putnam writes: [...] Lots of good input here. Can anyone tell me if it is better to have a cage with backplane. If backplane is

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Cram more drives into an HP xw8600

2014-07-26 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Harry, Depends on how you look at it. You have a nice classic high-end 3.33Ghz Quad-core/32GB RAM workstation. Oddly, that is around the retail price of most new high-end cellphones - before discounts... Ken On Sunday, July 27, 2014 5:20 AM, Ed wrote: On 07/24/14 17:28, Harry Putnam

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] New OI /dev release, release structure

2014-10-02 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
And we need SOME release structure for /dev , made of people willing to do that, *starting with people who last time produced /dev and under their guidance* (and using latest updates in Hipster, that could be used, without breaking dependencies and production process and intoducing new bugs) Fo

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] New OI /dev release, release structure

2014-10-02 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Hipster provided the recent kernel builds and updates from the upstream consolidations. We had discussed hipster as being oi-151a10. /dev is just a timestamp on a snapshot. A Hipster snapshot can replace /dev once the major consolidations are successfully built and tested. Hipster is like upgr

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Future of OI (was Bash Bug issue)

2014-10-10 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
You missed Tribblix and DilOS and a few others. Same as in cars, why are there so many of them that do similar things ??? Choices. Tribblix, XStreamOS-Desktop, and OI are the current leading 'desktop-oriented' distros. Those distros differ in package management and default desktops (amongest oth

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] is this project still active

2014-10-11 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Hmmm, OI actually has a roadmap - we call it the TODO list. Also remember, OI is a 'CORE OS' Live CD/DVD desktop/server distro - not a buffet or extravaganza OS distro. A lot of the original major work was already done. Most of the work now is bug fixes and upkeep. Most users may not know tha

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Yikes, completely unexpected bootup problem

2014-10-11 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
1. Do a full power down (unplug power totally, wait about a minute, replug power) 2. Go into BIOS - see if your HD(s) are recognized there. 3. Check out your BIOS, make sure things look. Fix issues. Save/Reboot from there. If your drives are good, you are OK. Check dirt/cables/connections. Then

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] About moving to hipster

2014-10-12 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
See: http://dlc-origin.openindiana.org/isos/hipster/OI-hipster-gui-20141010.iso On Sunday, October 12, 2014 7:12 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: Is the wiki page at: http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/Hipster Still accurate where it says: Switching to "hipster" branch [...] To upgrade to hi

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Building Firefox 35.0b6

2014-12-24 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
pkg install library/audio/pulseaudio {  pkg://solaris/library/audio/pulseaudio@1.1,5.11-0.175.2.0.0.41.0:20140609T232012Z}(you can get it from Solaris 11 IPS). There is more to this On Wednesday, December 24, 2014 6:35 AM, russell wrote: Hi, I downloaded the Source for Firefox

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Openoffice

2015-01-14 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Russell, Can you also test:  desktop/office/openoffice@4.1.1,5.11-2014.1.3.0:20141212T083604Z ~ Ken On Wednesday, January 14, 2015 12:31 PM, russell wrote: Hi, I have installed OpenOffice last year but found that I am unable to save any new file or update an existing file. File pe

[OpenIndiana-discuss] GNOME 2.32.1 in Hipster

2015-01-15 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Hello, We are now at GNOME 2.32.1 in Hipster. ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] GNOME 2.32.1 in Hipster

2015-01-16 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
undation is complete. Meaning, all GNOME2-based applications currentlyexisting are portable to OI with minimal fuss (aka non-kernel related). See you in two weeks! ~ Ken   On Thursday, January 15, 2015 9:01 PM, Alexander Pyhalov wrote: Hello. ken mays via openindiana-discuss пи

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Hipster 2015 x264 issue

2015-01-16 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Russell, You can get it from here:http://sfe.opencsw.org/localhostoi151a8/en/index.shtml media/vlc@2.1.5,5.11-0.0.151.1.8:20150110T173732Z ~ Ken On Friday, January 16, 2015 11:09 AM, russell wrote: Hi, If you are going to create a /hipster-encumbered repository can I put a requ

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Mozilla Firefox 31.4.0 dumps core

2015-01-22 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Hello, Try: ~ ./firefox -safe-mode Thanks,Ken On Thursday, January 22, 2015 9:14 AM, Jonathan Adams wrote: My firefox dumps core every time it tries to do s3 acceleration ... but it doesn't die for most pages.  Other people do not have this problem. Google maps always causes firefo

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] HP Proliant Microserver N54L Upgrade

2015-02-13 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
David, Get an external USB 2.0 4TB drive for under $130.Use it to offload internal storage.Easy, portable, cheap. ~ Ken On Thursday, February 12, 2015 2:37 AM, david allan finch wrote: Hi all, I was wondering if anyone had any ideas of what to do for an upgrade? I have a HP Proli

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] VLC dependency libs

2015-03-01 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Russell, VLC 2.2.0 compiles on oi-hipster.  You can review other patches and compiler hints through SFE:Spec Files Extra Repository - OpenIndiana - OpenIndiana Wiki pkgbuild / Spec Files Extra / [r5925] /spec-files-extra/trunk/experimental/SFEvlc-2.0.7.spec Thanks,Ken |   | |   |   |   |   |  

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] All 32-bit-only X device drivers removed from Hipster -??

2015-03-05 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Hello, Removing 32-bit support was not until another release from now. ~K On Thursday, March 5, 2015 6:52 AM, Alexander Pyhalov wrote: Hello. I think I have to comment some statements to make them clearer. On 03/05/2015 10:04, Nikola M wrote: > I have been reading 'Hipster' change l

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Hipster upgrade 18-feb-2015

2015-03-26 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
i915resolution is a nice utility. I had built out the Gallium drivers awhile ago so I think we could do a lot of supportfrom the 'userland' perspective. Just need to get the kernel DRM pieces updated for some efforts. ~K On Thursday, March 26, 2015 5:40 AM, Jonathan Adams wrote: I

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Firefox 31.3.0 (and v 31.5.0 and 24.* and 17.* ) file downloads fail mostly, "Refresh Firefox" isn't working on Solaris/Illumos

2015-04-13 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Migrate to FF 31.6.0 ESR: ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/31.6.0esr/contrib/solaris_pkgadd/ ~K On Monday, April 13, 2015 4:12 AM, Private wrote: I am currently using FF 31.5 ESR. I note the security warnings on freakattack,CVE-2015-0291 and wonder if they pose a threat to

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Illumos distro support model was Martin Bochnig

2015-04-17 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Hello, 1. OpenSXCE was always officially recognized as an illumos & OpenSolaris distribution:Distributions - illumos - illumos wiki |   | |   |   |   |   |   | | Distributions - illumos - illumos wikiSkip to end of metadata Page restrictions apply Added by Jim Klimov, last edited by Robert Treat

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] No longer using OI Desktop

2015-06-05 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Jonathan, Very good points as some similar issues haunt the BSD/Linux desktop worlds.. I remember when I mentioned that Solaris 11.2 still lacked decent AMD/ATI Radeon support or when OI-Hipster started with a newer Nvidia driver that dropped Nvidia GeForce 6000/7000 support used on my laptop. H

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Newer versions of Firefox - WAS::::Re: Firefox 31

2015-08-13 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Jerry, Ref: http://wiki.openindiana.org/display/oi/Firefox Also, after what Peter said, here are the current porting efforts of the newer Firefox releases to OI-hipster: 1. Firefox 40.0 - Reviewed yesterday for porting. Passed all dependency checks. In progress. Porting efforts based on pkgsrc (r

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Newer versions of Firefox -- What About Chrome?

2015-08-24 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Jay, Newer versions of Firefox usually provided security and feature improvements:https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/releases/ As for closed-source providers, the question is relative to people's use of things like pre-compiled softwareand GMO/processed food. You may use Flash, but do you h

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Multiple monitor support

2015-09-11 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Rick, Try this (and this depends if you are using the Xorg ATI driver (radeon driver, make sure it is functioning correctly): --> xorg.conf Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc104" Option "XkbLayout" "us" EndSecti

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] HPLIP-3.15.9 build

2015-10-20 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Hello, I built hplip-3.15.9 using oi-hipster 2015.10. Seems to work for those printers. We'll see if we can update the IPS package. ~ Ken On Monday, October 19, 2015 3:16 AM, Ramesh Chari wrote: i wish to connect to my HP LaserJet Pro MFP m126nw printer over wireless [configured

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Security awareness: Update to Firefox 38.2.1 ESR or greater

2015-10-22 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
URL: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/38.2.1esr/contrib/ Mozilla Firefox is an open source web browser. XULRunner provides the XUL Runtime environment for Mozilla Firefox. A flaw was found in the processing of malformed web content. A web page containing malicious content could cause Fi

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] openindiana-discuss Digest, Vol 63, Issue 17

2015-10-25 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Nikola,According to the support page the password data can be found in ~/.mozilla/firefox/key3.db and  ~/.mozilla/firefox/signons.sqlite files. These files needs to be read with a sqlite editor. There are other alternatives like extensions that do so too for CVS/XML formatted output/input.The La

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] openindiana-discuss Digest, Vol 63, Issue 17

2015-10-26 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Nikola, Actually, you would just delete the login*.json file and use the sql* file I mentioned to get FF to use the older file. There is a procedure on the Mozilla site to do this. Last pass is just a option. The standard way is the one posted on Mozilla's site. Ken ___

[OpenIndiana-discuss] HPLIP 3.15.9 testing

2015-11-01 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Hello, We have updated OI-Hipster to hplip 3.15.9 providing support for 2449 HP-compatible printers. A list of supported, recommended, and unsupported printers is listed here: http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/supported_devices/index.html http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/supported_devic

[OpenIndiana-discuss] XDC 2016 in Finland!

2015-11-15 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Hello, Disclaimer: This is NOT the official announcement. The 2016 X.Org Developers Conference (3-day event) is the annual technical meeting for X Window System and Free Desktop developers. The attendees will gather to discuss outstanding technical issues related to the Open Source Graphics stac

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Σχετ: ANNOUNCE: OpenSXCE-org/FireFox-43-port-for-all-OpenSolaris-distros with gcc4 flash-plugin support released at bin PKG and the src on GitHub

2015-11-18 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Martin, As always, most excellent! Ken On Wednesday, November 18, 2015 6:17 AM, Apostolos Syropoulos via openindiana-discuss wrote: Dear Martin, I am writing this message using your Firefox binary. It works great and the flush plugin works just fine. Thank you very much for your con

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI roadmap (for production)

2015-12-04 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Security updates are a part of the weekly package review and requests. Not always public announced, but someone like me usually pings Alex (alp) about certain update needs if they are high or it is discussed in the oi-dev channel. As for driver updates, same thing. We usually support what we have

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Illumos bug #1778 and oi_151a9

2015-12-30 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
On Wednesday, December 30, 2015 8:13 AM, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: On an OI oi_151a9 system with 16 cores (32 CPUs according to mpstat), I am running into Illumos bug #1778 (https://www.illumos.org/issues/1778) while the system is still running. This is after replacing a failed SAS drive, a

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Ian Murdock, Debian Founder and Ex-OpenSolaris VP, dies at Age 42

2015-12-30 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
FYI: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/12/ian-murdock-father-of-debian-dead-at-42/ His Speech on OpenSolaris: https://youtu.be/uBTR611oqZA ~ Ken ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindia

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Illumos bug #1778 and oi_151a9

2016-01-04 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
On Friday, January 1, 2016 7:05 AM, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > It was mentioned it to someone about upgrading to illumos-current > for oi_151a9. Better document exists but you can review: > http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/Upgrading+OpenIndiana My hesitancy with updating is primarily due to lack

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Again "new" (in fact older) KMS test bins uploaded

2016-01-07 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
On Wednesday, January 6, 2016 6:51 AM, Мартин Бохниг wrote: Hello, I just wanted to upload a better version anyway (status from 20151230). Then I saw your unfortunate message. --> Martin, Simply ingenious. I'll check if we have any remaining 32-bit OI users as we still support legacy p

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Inputs for FAQ on the Intel DRM/KMS work

2016-01-09 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
On Saturday, January 9, 2016 9:33 AM, Alan Coopersmith wrote: On 01/ 9/16 07:49 AM, Sriram Narayanan wrote: > Please reply with responses to the above and with further questions and > answers, if any. Places you may find some answers include: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=

[OpenIndiana-discuss] MATE 1.14 Desktop for OpenIndiana

2016-05-07 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Hello, The MATE 1.14 Desktop Environment is the continuation of GNOME 2. It provides an intuitive and attractive desktop environment using traditional metaphors for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. MATE Desktop Environment http://mate-desktop.org/blog/2016-04-08-mate-1-14-released/ A

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [oi-dev] OpenIndiana Docs - updated

2016-05-16 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Hello, The 'default' minimal hardware requires  =>768MB RAM. The achieved hardware minimum recently with the latest illumos kernel is 48MB RAM (i.e. in CLI mode). This was recently achieved by Peter Tribble. Older recent Live CD distros like Milax required at least 128MB RAM for CLI mode and 2

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OpenGL/3D application

2016-07-14 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Hello, Define if you need the Hipster environment updated to successfully build Paraview 5.1.0. Otherwise we either use the Mesa software renderer or mainly use the Nvidia driver (high-performance driver) for any serious OpenGL work. There are several packages, like FlightGear, that we've use on

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OpenGL/3D application

2016-07-15 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
glxgear always works as soon as you have a DRI loaded and I'm sure OpenGL as it is used by wine today has nothing to do with OpenGL from 10 years ago. I'll have a second look at Paraview next week and will resubmit sslh to userland. Best regards. Ben On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Darktable 2.0.5

2016-07-18 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Ben, Oracle reference of the usage:https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E36784_01/html/E36874/sprintf-3c.html and this reference:https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/dprintf.html Enjoy!,Ken On Sunday, July 17, 2016 10:06 PM, "benta...@chez.com" wrote: Hi, I'm trying to compile

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Σχετ: Fwd: Re[2]: [oi-dev] Stable Intel DRM/KMS Sol12 backport diffs and test bins

2016-08-11 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
I started with the Gigabyte Brix Pro. This one is handy for testing:http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5781#ov I started testing the Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580 based chips, but any Iris Pro-seriesin the last 2-3 generations  is good enough. ~ Ken On Thursday, August 1

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] NVIDIA again

2016-08-17 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
You can set it to enableIndirectGLX= false in xorg.conf.~ Ken On Wednesday, August 17, 2016 11:58 AM, Alan Coopersmith wrote: On 08/17/16 11:31 AM, Alexander Pyhalov wrote: > Apostolos Syropoulos via openindiana-discuss писал 17.08.2016 21:03: >> Hello, >> >> I reported my problem to t

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Mate is here (as well as new test ISOs)

2016-08-18 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Gary, The menu option would suffice for a something minimalistic like IceWM 1.3.8 versus MATE. ~K On Thursday, August 18, 2016 6:54 AM, Gary Mills wrote: On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 06:12:45PM +0300, Alexander Pyhalov wrote: > > So, let me introduce Mate 1.14. To facilitate installing,

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] boot failure

2016-08-31 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Christopher, I'd advise migrating your data and applications to a new install rather than upgrading. The key supported installations are: 1. oi_151a8 - http://dlc.openindiana.org/isos/151a8/2. hipster 2016.04.21 - http://dlc.openindiana.org/isos/hipster/ We'd rather you not lose any data or app

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] boot failure

2016-08-31 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Hi, " have an old netbook where I had installed OpenSolaris and later on I had upgraded to the second release of OpenIndiana. The system is a bit slow (it has an atom processor) but it is OK for basic things. Recently, I downloaded the latest OpenIndiana DVD, the one with MATE + KMS, and I tried to

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Hipster distro contents confusion

2016-09-27 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Hello, No. The official snapshot is the 2016.04 (i.e. BETA) release. The 2016.08 snapshot is an ALPHA (experimental) release - not an official snapshot. Read carefully, there are no STABLE releases of OI-Hipster. These are all 'developer snapshots' - and only tested within a limited scope. oi_151

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE GPU not supported on hipster

2016-09-29 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Gary, Use the Nvidia 304.x driver series. We used this driver with the current oi_151a by default. Latest: 304.132 OI_Hipster is based on Nvidia 340.x driver series (Geforce 8-series and higher). You can uninstall the default driver and use the Nvidia 304.x driver. ~ Ken On Thursday, Sept

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE GPU not supported on hipster

2016-09-30 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Hi Jean, Ref: http://http.download.nvidia.com/solaris/304.132/NVIDIA-Solaris-x86-304.132.run I've suggested Nvidia 304.132 for any testing with your card. Thanks,Ken. On Friday, September 30, 2016 1:01 AM, Jean-Pierre André wrote: Hi Martin, Мартин Бохниг via openindiana-discuss wro

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Add Users in MATE

2016-10-07 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
You'll want one of the newer snapshot DVD or update from the repo to resolve the themes issue. For MATE, under System-Administration Users and Groups (mate-users-admin). Need to add to packaging... ~ K ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindian

[OpenIndiana-discuss] On our migration to Xserver 1.18.x

2016-10-16 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Hello, After nearly a year after the announcement of the Xserver 1.18.0 stable release in Nov 2015, the OpenIndiana project will launch a port of Xserver 1.18.4 stable release. Please let the oi-dev team know if you have any issues with the video or input drivers. Also, if you have a specific

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] On our migration to Xserver 1.18.x

2016-10-18 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Hello, Thanks for your feedback. On Nvidia Optimus technology, please refer to this related article: http://www.thelinuxrain.com/articles/the-state-of-nvidia-optimus-on-linux Ken On Tuesday, October 18, 2016 4:07 AM, "cgrze...@opencsw.org" wrote: On 16.10.16 17:41, ke

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] On our migration to Xserver 1.18.x

2016-10-19 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
r the first I need get i915 driver for my 8086,1616 to work. On 18.10.16 16:22, ken mays via openindiana-discuss wrote: Hello, Thanks for your feedback. On Nvidia Optimus technology, please refer to this related article: http://www.thelinuxrain.com/articles/the-state-of-nvidia-optimus-on-linu

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [CFT] Xorg 1.18.4 update repository

2016-10-19 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Yes, the intel driver works on Intel HD 4000 as I've used it as the main test for the Intel driver.Some driver patches were sent in for other situations and still pending. ~ Ken' On Tuesday, October 18, 2016 8:17 AM, Alexander Pyhalov wrote: On 10/ 4/16 11:11 PM, Aurélien Larcher wrot

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [oi-dev] Updated OpenIndiana-Welcome

2016-10-24 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Michael, I like it overall. Ken On Sunday, October 23, 2016 7:55 PM, Michael Kruger wrote: This is a request for comments for an updated OpenIndiana-Welcome doc... ... ODT file is attached. thanks, Michael ___ oi-dev mailing list oi-...@ope

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Looking for translators for the updated 'openindiana-welcome'

2016-10-31 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Michael, == OpenIndiana Welcome page in Spanish OpenIndiana Logo Bienvenido a OpenIndiana inconformista! OpenIndiana es un Illumos distribución basada en Unix deriva de OpenSolaris. Construido como un sistema operativo de propósito general características de

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Any way to get a higher screen res in latest hipster

2016-10-31 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Hello, Look at: System Settings>Displays and adjusting the resolution there. Also check: xrandr ~ Ken On Monday, October 31, 2016 12:02 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: Fiddling around with a new install from OI-hipster-gui-20161030.iso, I don't see a way to get a screen resolution higher than 102

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] GNOME3

2016-11-03 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Hello, Yes, a great achievement! Although, GNOME 3.22.1 has descended upon us... ~ Ken On Tuesday, November 1, 2016 10:02 PM, Apostolos Syropoulos via openindiana-discuss wrote: It seems they have ported GNOME3 toSolaris.LGNOME 3 finally integrates into Solaris dev train! https://t.co/qQ

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The end is near

2017-01-20 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Hi, Seems it is akin to other OS providers naming upcoming product releases - without specific or proposed dates.Also, if proposed features get change/add/deleted or get stalled in development. Oracle Solaris 11.3 is still one of the best stable production-grade OSes... ~ Ken On Wednesday,

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Mesa 13.0.4 for OpenIndiana

2017-02-07 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Hi, Ref: https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-announce/2017-February/000294.html We've successfully compiled Mesa 13.0.4 binaries for OpenIndiana. Note: We may update to this version for the next snapshot release or later. Today, we use Mesa 12.0.6. Thanks, Ken _

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Any 32-bit users?

2017-02-11 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Peter, 1. Yes. Many end users still own old 32-bit Pentium 4-based desktops and laptops. 2. Yes, OI could ship 64-bit only applications/drivers/etc. OI has recent binary core snapshots and FOSS packages supporting 32-bit platforms. Having a 64-bit only core distro snapshot and packages is just f

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] oi-userland for SPARC

2017-02-27 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Gary, Ref:https://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/Building+with+oi-userland https://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/Contributing+to+hipster Review the github way of reviewing and pulling packages/patches:https://github.com/OpenIndiana/oi-userland This was anyone can review and utilize your patches to what they

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Testing for Xorg video drivers

2017-03-20 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Cloud: 1. VMware 5.x & 6.x 2. Amazon AWS In supporting this, you mainly have x86 and x86_64 VM platform support for testing. People can set up build machines, zones, and GUI remote desktop-related access on compatible physical hardware or using VMware. VMware tools support falls under their Sol

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Major troubles burning DVD from hipster ISO

2017-03-22 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
1. Check MD5/SHA256 hash of your ISO images.2. Check 'verify ISO' before burning image. Usually, that will prevent bad burns unless your burner is out of alignment/defective. ~ Ken On Tuesday, March 21, 2017, 1:37:33 AM PDT, Harry Putnam wrote:Attempting to burn the latest hipster iso (the gui

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] USB3

2017-04-04 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Just note that for compliant USB 3.1 support, that is not fully feature supported yet.I know we have that itchy feeling... ~K On Tuesday, April 4, 2017, 12:48:09 AM PDT, Andreas Wacknitz wrote:USB3 has been imported to illumos. If you update your Hipster you will get it. There are also some

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] 12TB SATA HGST Support

2017-07-11 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
I didn't see any major issues with the 12TB drives for JBOD setups. Seagate ST12000NM0007 ~K On Friday, July 7, 2017, 2:03:03 AM PDT, Stephan Budach wrote: Hi, - Ursprüngliche Mail - > Von: "Nikola M" > An: "Handojo via openindiana-discuss" > Gesendet: Freitag, 7. Juli 2017 10:4

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] HDMI and sound

2017-08-28 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Professionally speaking, don't use the Nvidia audio processor for any serious work.Either use a good audio processor on the motherboard or a dedicated sound card/device (highly preferred). I'm speaking mainly on the Nvidia audio processors integrated on their graphic cards. You can use it forBlu

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] HDMI and sound

2017-08-28 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
See: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/systems/articles/assign-device-to-driver-jsp-138152.html PCI ID 10de, 0bea NVIDIA GF103 HDMI Audio Controller So... pfexec /etc/driver_aliases audiohd "pci10de,bea" Go through the method to rebuild /dev with update_drv and devfsadm. ~ Ken On Monday, Aug

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] reboot after loading platform

2017-09-04 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Dirk, Unless the Nvidia graphics card is defective, it will work with OI.Does the motherboard/graphics card work properly with any other operating system installed? Ken On Sunday, September 3, 2017, 5:33:44 AM PDT, Dirk Willems wrote: Hello, I tried to install OI on my desktop

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] BIND 9.11.2 compile problems on OpenIndiana

2017-09-23 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Jerry, Solaris/OpenSolaris/OpenIndiana-related OS distros are all built from a 'shared library (*.so)' model versus the 'static library (*.a)' model. Ensure you build with '--enabled shared --disable-static' and remove '*.a' libraries as applicable from your packages/manifests/etc. ~ Ken O

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [oi-dev] Xorg 1.19.5 testing

2017-10-25 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
HI Nikola, Aurelien mentions:"VT console switching cannot work until somebody works on the i915 *kernel* driver. This has been the case since we got the KMS intel driver integrated." Hope to supply a newer Intel kernel update soon after the next snapshot release. Nikola mentions:"On Dell D620

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] /hipster: recent Xorg updates and Martin's VirtualBox package problem

2017-10-26 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
No major issues with latest snapshot in VirtualBox 5.2.0...yet...~K On Thursday, October 26, 2017, 12:43:41 AM PDT, Alexander Pyhalov wrote: On 10/26/17 10:33 AM, Predrag Zečević - Technical Support Analyst wrote: > Hi all, > > I am using VirtualBox 5.1.6 package (created long time ag

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] .mobi/.epub reader solution for OpenIndiana?

2017-11-22 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
'Atril is a simple multi-page document viewer. It can display and printPostScript (PS), Encapsulated PostScript (EPS), DJVU, DVI, XPS and PortableDocument Format (PDF) files. When supported by the document, it also allowssearching for text, copying text to the clipboard, hypertext navigation,

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] .mobi/.epub reader solution for OpenIndiana?

2017-12-02 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
+1 - "Firefox ePub extension works fine for ePub" On Saturday, December 2, 2017, 12:50:35 AM PST, cpforum wrote:   Firefox ePub extension works fine for ePub       > Message du 22/11/17 17:59 > De : "Alexander Pyhalov" > A : "Discussion list for OpenIndiana" , "Aurélien Larcher"

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OpenIndiana or OpenSolaris version with PowerPC support?

2017-12-03 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Polaris got to the point where it booted to prompt but never considered finished.The project was canned not long after this point. The project spawned into a project for the main Pegasos 2 workstations we used from Genesi. I had the source, but think it is still online. ~K On Sunday, Dec

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Gnome 3.26.2

2018-01-01 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
For users interested in GNOME 3. We are supporting GNOME 3 apps as needed. GNOME 3.26.2 is the current stable release. Please test any ported GNOME 3 related apps for any issues and bugs. Thanks ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discu

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Gnome 3.26.2

2018-01-07 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
: openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org Date: Friday, January 5, 2018, 6:19 AM Good news, How can we get this and add it to running openindiana systems ? Best wishes for 2018 to all of you. Marc On 1/01/18 17:15, ken mays via openindiana-discuss wrote: > For users interested in GNOM

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Laptop wireless card replacement recommendations.

2018-01-10 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Robert, 1. Proven Wifi adapters (https://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/WiFi) ~K Gigabyte Aero 15X  On Wednesday, January 10, 2018, 4:13:20 AM PST, openbabel wrote: I am considering an upgrade to my sony laptop wireless card hopefully to the latest industry standards. Could anyone recommen

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] AMD graphics for OI?

2018-05-02 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Till mentions: Unless somebody sneakily started a porting effort." See: https://www.illumos.org/issues/8069 I ported the AMDGPU driver a few years ago. The main AMDGPU-Pro components are closed source. So, no support otherwise... ~K On Wednesday, May 2, 2018, 11:42:07 AM PDT, wrote:

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] NTP not starting in Zones

2018-09-12 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Check owner status (non-root)...~K On Wednesday, September 12, 2018, 2:01:29 PM PDT, Till Wegmüller wrote: Hello fellow Community Since some time I get the following error inside all my zones from ntp. -- [ Sep 11 06:54:40 Enabled. ] [ Sep 11 06:54:41 Executing start method ("/li

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Formats for rhythmbox internet radio?

2018-10-10 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Gary, You can playback nearly all of them if you add these packages: pkg install gstreamer* (bad/ugly,...) You can do a few things with it like SoundCloud and Podcasting On Wednesday, October 10, 2018, 11:00:40 AM PDT, Gary Mills wrote: I've just started using rhythmbox on OI hips

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] VirtualBox

2018-11-11 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
A.S., Track: https://github.com/OpenIndiana/oi-userland/pull/4569 Epsen tested on Virtualbox 5.2.20 and I'm reviewing with 5.2.22. Grab pkgs from: http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.2.22/ Bugs mentioned by Epsen https://www.illumos.org/issues/9752 For what it's worth - updated Virtualb

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Nvidia 440.x video driver support proposal

2019-11-05 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Hi, One of the goals discussed a few years ago was to support many of the legacy Nvidia cards within a 10-15 year coverage. I'm proposing the latest driver, Nvidia 440.31, as it works with recent Nvidia 600-series through RTX graphic cards (also Quadro 400 through Quadro RTX 8000). This video d

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] 20190511 gui/text boot fails on Dell R710 II

2019-11-07 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Hi Jedi, Can you report this on the OI bug tracker with your specific physical hardware or VM used?I have it working here, so can compare notes. ~K On Thursday, November 7, 2019, 10:34:27 AM PST, Jedi Tek'Unum wrote: OI-hipster-minimal-20191106.iso works OI-hipster-text-20191106.iso

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] New laptop compatibility? System76?

2019-11-18 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Leonard, No. Intel Wireless AC 9560 drivers not provided at this time for OI. There are ethernet-to-wifi solutions and legacy Wifi drivers/hardware you can use. ~ Ken On Monday, November 18, 2019, 9:35:52 AM PST, Leonard Sitongia wrote: System76 sales says: WiFi/Bluetooth are with

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Has anyone used the GeForce GT 710 video card with OI?

2020-03-31 Thread ken mays via openindiana-discuss
Gary, Not natively. Need to add PCI ID to driver. The Nvidia GT 730 is natively supported. ~K On Tuesday, March 31, 2020, 10:36:52 AM PDT, Gary Mills wrote: I'm about to purchase a GeForce GT 710 video card to use with the current version of OI.  Has anyone else used this card with