Re: [osol-discuss] SXCR Download Link Problem

2006-06-05 Thread Eric Enright
On 6/5/06, Sean Sprague <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Eric, > There seems to be something wrong with the SXCR download link on > opensolaris.org's ON build instructions page. For the past few days, > the attempt to connect to javashoplm.sun.com has been timing out for > me. Just gave it a shot wi

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: What is OpenSolaris?

2006-06-05 Thread Philip Brown
On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 05:01:42PM -0700, Erast Benson wrote: > On Fri, 2006-06-02 at 16:54 -0700, Philip Brown wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 04:52:48PM -0700, Erast Benson wrote: > > > sound like debdelta which has been around for years is what you are > > > looking for. > > S'funny.. ther

Re: [osol-discuss] Adobe Acrobat for Solaris x86

2006-06-05 Thread Dennis Clarke
> On Saturday 03 June 2006 11:04 am, Joerg Schilling wrote: >> Alan DuBoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > On Sunday 28 May 2006 06:53 am, Joerg Schilling wrote: >> > > A company that does not create new versions of their software in more >> > > than 6 years _is_ dead. >> > >> > The thing is that

[osol-discuss] Re: why is there open source in Open Solaris [was Re: What is OpenSolaris?]

2006-06-05 Thread Alan DuBoff
On Sunday 04 June 2006 12:58 pm, James Carlson wrote: > I don't think I'm twisting anything here, nor do I believe that I'm > making or implying the sorts of assertions that you say I am. Seems like a fine line between what is known as the community and the distribution, and I think your explanat

Re: [osol-discuss] Adobe Acrobat for Solaris x86

2006-06-05 Thread Alan DuBoff
On Saturday 03 June 2006 11:04 am, Joerg Schilling wrote: > Alan DuBoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sunday 28 May 2006 06:53 am, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > > A company that does not create new versions of their software in more > > > than 6 years _is_ dead. > > > > The thing is that Adobe doe

[osol-discuss] Project Proposal : Open Desktop Background

2006-06-05 Thread Dennis Clarke
OKay, this is just a light hearted and fun idea. I propose that some of us join up and work on desktop graphics as a team. The final images could be rendered into a number of resolutions that may go so far as to be easily printed on large posters for trade shows or bedroom ceilings. :-) I have

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: Re: Sun lost one of it's biggest and oldest x86

2006-06-05 Thread Ian Collins
UNIX admin wrote: >>On the other side I >>cannot really get rid >>of the impression that Sun gave up on Europe at >>least. Don't know about US >>but that's just how it appears to me. >> >> > >I have come to the same observation; the state of affairs in Europe regarding >Solaris awareness an

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Project Proposal - "Simplified Solaris Device Naming" (a.k.a Devname)

2006-06-05 Thread Joerg Schilling
Darren J Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > James Carlson wrote: > >> I also like the fact that for my laptop when running Linux, I don't have > >> to remember how the network driver is called. But the above problem, how > >> is it addressed on Linux ? On Solaris at least, that issue only occur

RE: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: Re: Sun lost one of it's biggest and o ldest x86

2006-06-05 Thread Döhr, Markus ICC-H
[...] > It was one of the biggest shocks to me when I moved from the > U.S. Germany is particularly bad, sysadmins and consultants > there are slapping Windows on vanilla PCs by the cartloads. > When something needs done fast, the first thought is to slap > Windows on "because it's so easy an

Re: [osol-discuss] Problems with SX B39 on dual Opteron

2006-06-05 Thread Joerg Schilling
Gavin Maltby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK let's try divide-and-conquer at a higher level. We'll stop the > cpu.AuthenticAMD.15 module from initializing thereby forcing us > to fall back to the generic cpu module (as used on Intel cpus > and any AMD family 0xf systems not explicitly supported b

Re: [osol-discuss] Patricipation in the .org pavilion at Linuxworld SF

2006-06-05 Thread Teresa Giacomini
Awesome Ben. Thanks so much for taking this on. And to Alan for offering to be there. Rich, I've got no idea whether Sun will be able to fund a tripI think the answer is likely not. I'm happy to help with logistics and suchlike concall numbers for planning and such. So, shall we ha

[osol-discuss] Nomination : Rich Teer

2006-06-05 Thread Dennis Clarke
A number of years ago, 10?, I was trying to get Solaris 2.5.1 to run multiple Lotus Notes servers in a cluster on a SPARC Center 2000E as well as on some Compaq Proliant 5000 servers. I joined a newsgroup called comp.unix.solaris. I asked questions and I got answers. A guy named Rich Teer was a

[osol-discuss] Re: [osol-mktg] First Annual OpenSolaris Contributor Awards

2006-06-05 Thread Joerg Schilling
Sara Dornsife <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > What do nominators get? ... > - A recordable CD/DVD imprinted with OpenSolaris for you to burn your > favorite distro - artwork is located at > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/marketing/mktgdownloads/ The needed software is here: ftp://f

[osol-discuss] b40 DVD does not work on Blade 100

2006-06-05 Thread NAKAJI Hiroyuki
I got used Blade 100 with DVD-ROM drive. Downloaded b40 DVD iso, confirmed the same md5sum, burned it onto a DVD-R. The problem is that folowing error continues and the installer does not come. Did I fail anything? {ok} boot cdrom ... (See /lib/svc/share/README for more information.) Console logi

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: Re: Sun lost one of it's biggest and oldest x86

2006-06-05 Thread Patrick Finch
Hi, Of course there is interest! Thanks for all your thoughts and offers. Teresa and I will discuss and will be back in touch with you. To an extent, some marketing money is spent on education already, although not in the direct "education credits" manner that you suggest. It should be qui

[osol-discuss] Re: Re: Re: Sun lost one of it's biggest and oldest x86

2006-06-05 Thread UNIX admin
> Thanks. :) It should be wild. I'll be in Sun's office > in Yokohama: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimgris/12375033/in/set-3 > 02056/ Simply wild! If I weren't all tied up here, I'd drop everything this instant, and get my behind on a plane for Tokyo. > Absolutely. My gut tells me that the Ja

[osol-discuss] Re: Re: Re: Sun lost one of it's biggest and oldest x86

2006-06-05 Thread UNIX admin
> On the other side I > cannot really get rid > of the impression that Sun gave up on Europe at > least. Don't know about US > but that's just how it appears to me. I have come to the same observation; the state of affairs in Europe regarding Solaris awareness and Solaris expertise is simply DI

[osol-discuss] Re: Re: Re: Sun lost one of it's biggest and oldest x86

2006-06-05 Thread UNIX admin
> Many of your ideas above are excellent--and maybe > Teresa or Patrick can > give further updates on specifics --maybe some of > these ideas are in > planning already. If so, maybe there's an > opportunity for community > members who are affiliated with Universities to join > Teresa's efforts > a

[osol-discuss] Re: OpenSolaris desktop background image

2006-06-05 Thread UNIX admin
I'd like to know the name of the font you used for "transparency intricacy" and where I could get it. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] SXCR Download Link Problem

2006-06-05 Thread Derek Cicero
Sean Sprague wrote: Eric, There seems to be something wrong with the SXCR download link on opensolaris.org's ON build instructions page. For the past few days, the attempt to connect to javashoplm.sun.com has been timing out for me. Just gave it a shot without problem... Can you ping it, o

Re: [osol-discuss] b40 doesn't work on T1000 servers?

2006-06-05 Thread Andrei Dorofeev
FWIW I tried booting one of out Niagara boxes with snv_40 and it worked just fine. Try snooping the network to see what actually gets downloaded by the client. On 6/3/06, Peter Eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, 3 Jun 2006, Robert Milkowski wrote: > Hello Peter, > > Friday, June 2, 20

Re: [osol-discuss] b40 doesn't work on T1000 servers?

2006-06-05 Thread Peter Eriksson
On Sat, 3 Jun 2006, Robert Milkowski wrote: > Hello Peter, > > Friday, June 2, 2006, 11:57:49 PM, you wrote: > > PE> This is all I get if I try to jumpstart a T1000 with B40 of Nevada: > > PE> {0} ok boot net - install > PE> Boot device: /[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED] File

[osol-discuss] First Annual OpenSolaris Contributor Awards

2006-06-05 Thread Sara Dornsife
Based on the +1s, we are moving forward with this proposal. Get your nominations in. What is a contributor? You define it. There is only one category, one requirement to be the recipient of one of these coveted awards: that the winner has to have done something -- anything -- to the benefit of

Re: [osol-discuss] SXCR Download Link Problem

2006-06-05 Thread Sean Sprague
Eric, There seems to be something wrong with the SXCR download link on opensolaris.org's ON build instructions page. For the past few days, the attempt to connect to javashoplm.sun.com has been timing out for me. Just gave it a shot without problem... Can you ping it, or telnet to it on port

[osol-discuss] SXCR Download Link Problem

2006-06-05 Thread Eric Enright
There seems to be something wrong with the SXCR download link on opensolaris.org's ON build instructions page. For the past few days, the attempt to connect to javashoplm.sun.com has been timing out for me. -- Eric Enright ___ opensolaris-discuss maili

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Project Proposal: CIFS client

2006-06-05 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Brian Bills wrote: I sent and email to the admin of this alias asking to be unsubscribed. Is there another step I have to take to accomplish this? http://www.opensolaris.org/os/discussions/ has an unsubscribe link. I am a developer in need of some assistance with the JDS v3 desktop environme

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Project Proposal: CIFS client

2006-06-05 Thread Brian Bills
I sent and email to the admin of this alias asking to be unsubscribed. Is there another step I have to take to accomplish this? Not a single person acknowledged my question I posed to the alias. I am a developer in need of some assistance with the JDS v3 desktop environment. Please, if anybody

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: OpenSolaris desktop background image

2006-06-05 Thread Dennis Clarke
> certainly is transparent and open . > > put the text in the RIght hand top corner as the left side of a desktop > is clutterd with Icons. > and 1920*1200 pixels would be nice. > http://www.blastware.org/docs/images/OpenSolaris_01_1920x1200.jpg I think I will start over now with some n

[osol-discuss] Re: Project Proposal: CIFS client

2006-06-05 Thread Robert Thurlow
Ignacio Marambio Catán wrote: +1 here, i've been looking forward to having something like this in solaris, it is one of the areas where it definitelly lagged other os along with the sound subsystem. is gnome integration included in the project? Hi Ignacio, We plan to work with the Gnome team t

[osol-discuss] Re: Project Proposal: CIFS client

2006-06-05 Thread Ignacio Marambio Catán
+1 here, i've been looking forward to having something like this in solaris, it is one of the areas where it definitelly lagged other os along with the sound subsystem. is gnome integration included in the project? nacho On 6/5/06, Stephen Lau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: +1 from me and +1 from e

[osol-discuss] Re: OpenSolaris desktop background image

2006-06-05 Thread Lars Tunkrans
certainly is transparent and open . put the text in the RIght hand top corner as the left side of a desktop is clutterd with Icons. and 1920*1200 pixels would be nice. //Lars This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discu

Re: [osol-discuss] Patricipation in the .org pavilion at Linuxworld SF

2006-06-05 Thread Rich Teer
On Fri, 2 Jun 2006, Teresa Giacomini wrote: > The OpenSolaris community has been invited to participate in the .org pavilion > at Linuxworld San Francisco. Anyone out there interested in taking the lead > on this? I'm happy to help out with logistics and such, but I'd love to see > some local fo

Re: [osol-discuss] Project Proposal: CIFS client

2006-06-05 Thread Stephen Lau
+1 from me and +1 from everyone who has ever asked me why Solaris doesn't have smbmount (which is like +5000) Robert Thurlow wrote: The CIFS client for Solaris is a virtual file system on Solaris providing access to the servers which support the CIFS protocol, which is the natural file sharing

Re: [osol-discuss] Project Proposal: CIFS client

2006-06-05 Thread Rich Teer
On Mon, 5 Jun 2006, Robert Thurlow wrote: > The CIFS client for Solaris is a virtual file system on Solaris > providing access to the servers which support the CIFS protocol, > which is the natural file sharing protocol on Windows; Samba on > Unix/Linux is a CIFS server implementation. +1 -- Ri

[osol-discuss] Project Proposal: CIFS client

2006-06-05 Thread Robert Thurlow
The CIFS client for Solaris is a virtual file system on Solaris providing access to the servers which support the CIFS protocol, which is the natural file sharing protocol on Windows; Samba on Unix/Linux is a CIFS server implementation. Using the CIFS client, users can mount remote CIFS server sh

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: OpenSolaris desktop background image

2006-06-05 Thread Dennis Clarke
>> This image is actually a >> rop of a much larger image at 4096x3072 pixels. Then >> I cropped out the >> 1600x1200 section here and that bland column really >> sticks out. > > How about a widescreen 1920x1200 version to fit natively on Sun's largest > LCD? Consideration would then have to be

Re: [osol-discuss] console font

2006-06-05 Thread Philip Brown
On Mon, Jun 05, 2006 at 12:19:50PM +0530, Moinak Ghosh wrote: > Philip Brown wrote: > >http://www.bolthole.com/solaris/drivers/vgatext.html > > > > >fstobdf(1) should be able to convert to BDF fonts if one is running a >fontserver. Thank you! I've updated my web page accordingly. __

[osol-discuss] Re: OpenSolaris desktop background image

2006-06-05 Thread Wes Williams
> This image is actually a > rop of a much larger image at 4096x3072 pixels. Then > I cropped out the > 1600x1200 section here and that bland column really > sticks out. How about a widescreen 1920x1200 version to fit natively on Sun's largest LCD? Consideration would then have to be made for

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: Sun lost one of it's biggest and oldest x86

2006-06-05 Thread Laura Ramsey
Jim Grisanzio wrote: Joerg and Thomas are correct to point out the university issue, but things will turn around. Inside Sun, this is being taken seriously. I would like to make a suggestion, and task you specifically to take that s