[osol-discuss] Re: Problems booting Solaris (10 01/06, NV_33) on HP Pavilion dv8000

2006-04-26 Thread Jean-François Ndi
Why is 6401605 no longer in the database? Good question. The FAQ says that it can be related to security considerations. For info, the last time I saw the bug entry it was assigned. Regards, J-F This message posted from opensolaris.org ___

[osol-discuss] Re: Problems booting Solaris (10 01/06, NV_33) on HP Pavilion dv8000

2006-04-26 Thread Jean-François Ndi
Also, is there any thought of how broad a range of HPQ machines are affected by this issue? As far as I know all the affected machines are built around an ATI Radeon PCI-E chipset. Regards, J-F This message posted from opensolaris.org ___

Re: [osol-discuss] Project proposal: GUI SMF Tools

2006-04-26 Thread Alan DuBoff
On Tuesday 25 April 2006 10:40 pm, changho.kim wrote: Solaris have tools to control service by system. That's called SMF This is important role of self healing but every solaris beginner have difficulty in input command by keyboard. if user don't familiar with keyboard, they want GUI program.

Re: [osol-discuss] Project proposal: GUI SMF Tools

2006-04-26 Thread David Powell
On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 10:40:18PM -0700, changho.kim wrote: Solaris have tools to control service by system. That's called SMF This is important role of self healing but every solaris beginner have difficulty in input command by keyboard. if user don't familiar with keyboard, they want GUI

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Project proposal: Nevada Companion Software

2006-04-26 Thread Alan DuBoff
On Monday 24 April 2006 09:59 am, Eric Boutilier wrote: another impressive (heavily used and proven) build environment is the Sun GNOME (JDS) ports system based on pkgbuild. Don't forget about pkgsrc either, AFAIK, they're off happily building packages as well. -- Alan DuBoff - Sun

[osol-discuss] Re: Project proposal: GUI SMF Tools

2006-04-26 Thread Bob Palowoda
On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 10:40:18PM -0700, changho.kim wrote: Solaris have tools to control service by system. That's called SMF This is important role of self healing but every solaris beginner have difficulty in input command by keyboard. if user don't familiar with keyboard, they

[osol-discuss] Re: Problems booting Solaris (10 01/06, NV_33) on HP Pavilion dv8000

2006-04-26 Thread Bob Palowoda
Also, is there any thought of how broad a range of HPQ machines are affected by this issue? As far as I know all the affected machines are built around an ATI Radeon PCI-E chipset. Are you sure. The Apple MacBook uses ATI Radeon PCI-E and OpenSolaris runs on it. ---Bob This

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Project proposal: GUI SMF Tools

2006-04-26 Thread Erast Benson
On Wed, 2006-04-26 at 01:31 -0700, Bob Palowoda wrote: On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 10:40:18PM -0700, changho.kim wrote: Solaris have tools to control service by system. That's called SMF This is important role of self healing but every solaris beginner have difficulty in input

[osol-discuss] Re: Problems booting Solaris (10 01/06, NV_33) on HP Pavilion dv8000

2006-04-26 Thread Jürgen Keil
As far as I know all the affected machines are built around an ATI Radeon PCI-E chipset. I have the same impression. Are you sure. The Apple MacBook uses ATI Radeon PCI-E and OpenSolaris runs on it. Are you sure, Bob? The Apple Intel iMac that I have access to uses an Intel's ICH7M

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Problems booting Solaris (10 01/06, NV_33) on HP Pavilion dv8000

2006-04-26 Thread Casper . Dik
Also, is there any thought of how broad a range of HPQ machines are affected by this issue? As far as I know all the affected machines are built around an ATI Radeon PCI-E chipset. Are you sure. The Apple MacBook uses ATI Radeon PCI-E and OpenSolaris runs on it. Same as the

[osol-discuss] Re: Re: Project proposal: GUI SMF Tools

2006-04-26 Thread Bob Palowoda
Don't you think using Java for this kind of things a bit of overhead? Its not like this app will be running on OSX or Windows.. why bother with Java then? Besides to do simple management thingy natively you need an extra layer, like JNI... I don't think its the right way to go frankly...

[osol-discuss] Re: Problems booting Solaris (10 01/06, NV_33) on HP Pavilion dv8000

2006-04-26 Thread Jean-François Ndi
Are you sure. The Apple MacBook uses ATI Radeon PCI-E nd OpenSolaris runs on it. ---Bob As I said, AFAIK the affected machines are built around ATI Radeon Express chipset. Acer Ferrari seems to have no problem but the Acer Aspire 5024 WLMI, which is similar has. The problem occurrs

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: Project proposal: GUI SMF Tools

2006-04-26 Thread Erast Benson
On Wed, 2006-04-26 at 02:22 -0700, Bob Palowoda wrote: Don't you think using Java for this kind of things a bit of overhead? Its not like this app will be running on OSX or Windows.. why bother with Java then? Besides to do simple management thingy natively you need an extra layer,

[osol-discuss] Re: Problems booting Solaris (10 01/06, NV_33) on HP Pavilion dv8000

2006-04-26 Thread Jürgen Keil
Why is 6401605 no longer in the database? Good question. The FAQ says that it can be related to security considerations. Or it has be re-assigned to a new Category, that isn't exported to bugs.opensolaris.org. This message posted from opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Re: Re: Problems booting Solaris (10 01/06, NV_33) on HP Pavilion dv8000

2006-04-26 Thread Bob Palowoda
Also, is there any thought of how broad a range of HPQ machines are affected by this issue? As far as I know all the affected machines are built around an ATI Radeon PCI-E chipset. Are you sure. The Apple MacBook uses ATI Radeon PCI-E and OpenSolaris runs on it.

[osol-discuss] Re: Re: Re: Project proposal: GUI SMF Tools

2006-04-26 Thread Bob Palowoda
Hey! I didn't want to start this flame.. :-) But I really do not see how Java fits in OS management GUI were you don't really need its multi-platform capabilities and associated difficulties. I asked questions. I said nothing about flames. And yes by multi-platform we need to

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: Problems booting Solaris (10 01/06, NV_33) on HP Pavilion dv8000

2006-04-26 Thread Casper . Dik
Yes but I did think somebody reported that other Acer Turion models had the same problem. I thought it was just HP and Compaq models that had some sort of ACPI problem but the but that it's related to now: http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6413401 is related to a

[osol-discuss] Re: audio810 vs. auidoi810

2006-04-26 Thread Jürgen Keil
I recently installed Build 37 on an HP nx9600 laptop. /usr/X11/bin/scanpci reports: pci bus 0x cardnum 0x1e function 0x02: vendor 0x8086 device 0x266e Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio controller Which is handled by the SUN supplied audio810 driver.

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Project proposal: GUI SMF Tools

2006-04-26 Thread Peter Tribble
On Wed, 2006-04-26 at 09:45, Erast Benson wrote: Though the ultimate goal is to do a lot more, the prototype for the Visual Panels project (screenshots, demo, and source at http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/vpanels/ currently contains a basic SMF GUI. Please check it

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Project proposal: GUI SMF Tools

2006-04-26 Thread Casper . Dik
Besides, doing this in java isn't all that hard. The downside is the memory footprint. One issue with running the GUI in Java is getting the security and authentication right; this often requires roll-your-own which is way too hard for most to get right. Casper

Re: [osol-discuss] Project proposal: GUI SMF Tools

2006-04-26 Thread Calum Benson
On Tue, 2006-04-25 at 22:50 -0700, Erast Benson wrote: On Tue, 2006-04-25 at 22:40 -0700, changho.kim wrote: Solaris have tools to control service by system. That's called SMF This is important role of self healing but every solaris beginner have difficulty in input command by keyboard.

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Problems booting Solaris (10 01/06, NV_33) on HP Pavilion dv8000

2006-04-26 Thread James Carlson
Jean-François Ndi writes: Why is 6401605 no longer in the database? Good question. The FAQ says that it can be related to security considerations. For info, the last time I saw the bug entry it was assigned. It is assigned. I don't see any marks on it, though, that would indicate

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Project proposal: GUI SMF Tools

2006-04-26 Thread Peter Tribble
On Wed, 2006-04-26 at 12:05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Besides, doing this in java isn't all that hard. The downside is the memory footprint. One issue with running the GUI in Java is getting the security and authentication right; this often requires roll-your-own which is way too hard for

[osol-discuss] Pittsburgh User Group?

2006-04-26 Thread Bill Rushmore
I am going to be moving to Pittsburgh in a couple months and was wondering if anyone would be interested in getting an OpenSolaris user group going there. On a side note, I would really apperciate it if someone would take over for me with trying to get a NYC group going. Bill rushmores.net

[osol-discuss] Re: Re: Re: Project proposal: GUI SMF Tools

2006-04-26 Thread Ron Halstead
Can the SMF GUI tool be incorporated into the current Java Web Console that allows GUIized ZFSadministration? One tool - many uses. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Re: Upcoming Anniversary Activities for OpenSolaris User Groups

2006-04-26 Thread Eric Boutilier
Ignacio Marambio Catán wrote: ... I think we should do what we do best, give away software, I know what I'm about to say is a bit impossible because of the time constraints, cost and others. Do we still have that band of brothers DVD? I was thinking about giving it away, shipping it even,

[osol-discuss] Does this potential security for SCSI devices only?

2006-04-26 Thread YJ Fan
Q: How can I add a filesystem to an existing zone? 3. Export the device associated with the disk partition to the non-global zone, create the filesystem in the non-global zone and mount it (has potential security issues) To my understanding, the security issue is to associate SCSI devices to

Re: [osol-discuss] [osol-mktg] Upcoming Anniversary Activities for OpenSolaris User Groups

2006-04-26 Thread Sara Dornsife
I like the idea a lot. We don't have the "Band of Brothers" ISO yet though. We do have what Stephen Lau has been handing out which is based on the Solaris Express Community Edition. Would that work? Any ideas on how many we might go through in a given month? We can make the ISO and DVD

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Problems booting Solaris (10 01/06, NV_33) on HP Pavilion dv8000

2006-04-26 Thread Alan DuBoff
On Wednesday 26 April 2006 02:07 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Same as the Ferrari 4000. Also ATI Radeon PCI-E. Last night I had installed a Ferrari 4006, the new model. The screen did act slightly different, but a fix from Henry Zhao did get things working for me (thanks to AlanC and StuartK

Re: [osol-discuss] [osol-mktg] Upcoming Anniversary Activities for OpenSolaris User Groups

2006-04-26 Thread Erast Benson
Oh, another thing I'd like to add. Ubuntu community very concerned about whether to ship their ISOs as DVD or as CD media. They claim (and I think it is very true) that a lot of their potential users still do not have DVD drive and will not have for a long time. I think the requirement would be to

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Project proposal: GUI SMF Tools

2006-04-26 Thread David Powell
On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 01:31:23AM -0700, Bob Palowoda wrote: Though the ultimate goal is to do a lot more, the prototype for the Visual Panels project (screenshots, demo, and source at http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/vpanels/ ) currently contains a basic SMF GUI. Please check

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Project proposal: GUI SMF Tools

2006-04-26 Thread David Powell
On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 01:45:35AM -0700, Erast Benson wrote: Don't you think using Java for this kind of things a bit of overhead? Its not like this app will be running on OSX or Windows.. why bother with Java then? We actually think it would be really valuable for people to be able to

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Project proposal: GUI SMF Tools

2006-04-26 Thread Erast Benson
On Wed, 2006-04-26 at 15:19 -0700, David Powell wrote: On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 01:45:35AM -0700, Erast Benson wrote: Don't you think using Java for this kind of things a bit of overhead? Its not like this app will be running on OSX or Windows.. why bother with Java then? We actually

Re: [osol-discuss] [osol-mktg] Upcoming Anniversary Activities for OpenSolaris User Groups

2006-04-26 Thread Ignacio Marambio Catán
On 4/26/06, Sara Dornsife [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like the idea a lot. We don't have the Band of Brothers ISO yet though. We do have what Stephen Lau has been handing out which is based on the Solaris Express Community Edition. Would that work? Any ideas on how many we might go through

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: audio810 vs. auidoi810

2006-04-26 Thread Bruce Riddle
Jürgen Keil wrote: I recently installed Build 37 on an HP nx9600 laptop. /usr/X11/bin/scanpci reports: pci bus 0x cardnum 0x1e function 0x02: vendor 0x8086 device 0x266e Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio controller Which is handled by the SUN supplied

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Problems booting Solaris (10 01/06, NV_33) on HP Pavilion dv8000

2006-04-26 Thread Bruce Riddle
Alan DuBoff wrote: On Wednesday 26 April 2006 02:07 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Same as the Ferrari 4000. Also ATI Radeon PCI-E. Last night I had installed a Ferrari 4006, the new model. The screen did act slightly different, but a fix from Henry Zhao did get things working for me

[osol-discuss] sol-nv-b36 just released as Solaris Express 4/06

2006-04-26 Thread Dennis Clarke
This is the even more tested edition and, in my opinion, really solid: http://javashoplm.sun.com/ECom/docs/Welcome.jsp?StoreId=8PartDetailId=Sol-Express_Sub-SP_x86-G-FTransactionId=try This edition has ZFS included and while this is not a GA release it is really excellent. I have been running

[osol-discuss] Adding C99 features to an existing shared library...

2006-04-26 Thread Roland Mainz
Hi! Does anyone know whether it is possible to use C99 features in a shared library which is used by older applications ? For example would it be possible to use C99 features such as |int getrpcbynumber(int arg1, /* ... */) { char buff[arg1]; /* ... */ }| in a library such as libnsl

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris in the Google Summer of Code

2006-04-26 Thread Stephen Hahn
* Jim Grisanzio [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-04-26 17:53]: Ok, we're in the Google Summer of Code. Thanks so much for all the excellent project ideas, and thanks to Simon Phipps for initiating the process to get us involved. Nice work, Simon and Jim. - Stephen

Re: [osol-discuss] Adding C99 features to an existing shared library...

2006-04-26 Thread Ian Collins
Roland Mainz wrote: Hi! Does anyone know whether it is possible to use C99 features in a shared library which is used by older applications ? For example would it be possible to use C99 features such as |int getrpcbynumber(int arg1, /* ... */) { char buff[arg1]; /* ... */ }| in a library

[osol-discuss] Project Proposal: Virtual Console

2006-04-26 Thread Riny Qian
The Virtual Console project would provide multiple consoles and switch between Xserver and consoles for Solaris. There are two areas of work envisioned: 1. Multiple consoles 2. Switch between Xserver and consoles This project is affiliated with the Device Driver community, and would have its own