[osol-discuss] [OT?] SXCR b40 on x4100

2006-06-09 Thread Dick Davies
Sorry if there's a better place to ask, but is anyone using Nevada b40 on an x4100? I'm seeing very long boot times (6+ minutes) which seem to be down to slow SCSI bus detection, and I can't see the console anymore if I ssh to the ILOM (although the KVM java app works fine). Console was fine

[osol-discuss] Problem configuring Video Device on Amilo Pro V8010

2006-06-09 Thread amir
Hello Could you please help me in this issue : I've installed Solaris 8 x86 on my laptop Amilo PRO V8010 but I can't access the X-Window. The video device is Intel 915GM/GMS . I've also installed the Solaris XFree86 Video Drivers and Porting Kit and I've tried with XF86 i810 but it doesn't

[osol-discuss] Proposal for new OpenSolaris project: modernise syslogd

2006-06-09 Thread Darren Reed
To bring the syslogd shipped with Solaris up to a level that is more in line with what is found in other systems today, I'd like to propose a project to upgrade it. Tasks currently scoped out for this project include: - introduce some of the more modern aspects of syslog.conf such as the use of

Re: [osol-discuss] Proposal for new OpenSolaris project: modernise syslogd

2006-06-09 Thread Darren J Moffat
Darren Reed wrote: To bring the syslogd shipped with Solaris up to a level that is more in line with what is found in other systems today, I'd like to propose a project to upgrade it. Tasks currently scoped out for this project include: - introduce some of the more modern aspects of syslog.conf

Re: [osol-discuss] Proposal for new OpenSolaris project: modernise syslogd

2006-06-09 Thread Gavin Maltby
On 06/09/06 11:31, Darren Reed wrote: To bring the syslogd shipped with Solaris up to a level that is more in line with what is found in other systems today, I'd like to propose a project to upgrade it. Tasks currently scoped out for this project include: - introduce some of the more modern

Re: [osol-discuss] Proposal for new OpenSolaris project: modernise syslogd

2006-06-09 Thread Darren J Moffat
Gavin Maltby wrote: On 06/09/06 11:31, Darren Reed wrote: To bring the syslogd shipped with Solaris up to a level that is more in line with what is found in other systems today, I'd like to propose a project to upgrade it. Tasks currently scoped out for this project include: - introduce some

Re: [osol-discuss] Proposal for new OpenSolaris project: modernise syslogd

2006-06-09 Thread Moinak Ghosh
Darren Reed wrote: To bring the syslogd shipped with Solaris up to a level that is more in line with what is found in other systems today, I'd like to propose a project to upgrade it. Tasks currently scoped out for this project include: - introduce some of the more modern aspects of

[osol-discuss] Re: You are Invited! Birthday Blog Party on June 14th!

2006-06-09 Thread Stephen Potter
Is anyone planning to blog on the 14th? I'm trying to gauge the apparent lack of interest... This is a good idea, and I'm planning on coming up with something for that day. -spp This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss

[osol-discuss] Re: Problem configuring Video Device on Amilo Pro V8010

2006-06-09 Thread Stephen Potter
I've installed Solaris 8 x86 on my laptop Amilo PRO V8010 but I can't access the X-Window. Solaris 8? Why would you still be using 8? Go download the most recent Express release and give that a try. These lists (including opensolaris-help) are geared towards OpenSolaris, the open source

[osol-discuss] Re: [OT?] SXCR b40 on x4100

2006-06-09 Thread Stephen Potter
Sorry if there's a better place to ask, but is anyone using Nevada b40 on an x4100? You'll probably find more help on the opensolaris-help list, rather than the general purpose opensolaris-discuss list. -spp This message posted from opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Re: Proposal for new OpenSolaris project: modernise

2006-06-09 Thread Stephen Potter
+1 -spp This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Proposal for new OpenSolaris project: modernise syslogd

2006-06-09 Thread Gavin Maltby
On 06/09/06 12:31, Darren J Moffat wrote: What problem does this solve ? Trawling syslog files with miserable Perl scripts and the like, trying to rebuild structure from a not very well-formed or structured ascii text. Writing a syslog event monitor should not involve grokking around in that

Re: [osol-discuss] Problem configuring Video Device on Amilo Pro V8010

2006-06-09 Thread James C. McPherson
amir wrote: I've installed Solaris 8 x86 on my laptop Amilo PRO V8010 but I can't access the X-Window. The video device is Intel 915GM/GMS . I've also installed the Solaris XFree86 Video Drivers and Porting Kit and I've tried with XF86 i810 but it doesn't work. So is there someone who can help

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

2006-06-09 Thread Joerg Schilling
Jim Grisanzio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was talking to the NetBeans guys from Prague at JavaOne, and they are very interested in OpenSolaris and in doing some stuff with our Czech OpenSolaris user group. So, perhaps we -- as communities -- can start collaborating in some way ... at least

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

2006-06-09 Thread Darren J Moffat
Joerg Schilling wrote: Jim Grisanzio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was talking to the NetBeans guys from Prague at JavaOne, and they are very interested in OpenSolaris and in doing some stuff with our Czech OpenSolaris user group. So, perhaps we -- as communities -- can start collaborating in

Re: [osol-discuss] Proposal for new OpenSolaris project: modernise syslogd

2006-06-09 Thread Darren J Moffat
Gavin Maltby wrote: On 06/09/06 12:31, Darren J Moffat wrote: What problem does this solve ? Trawling syslog files with miserable Perl scripts and the like, trying to rebuild structure from a not very well-formed or structured ascii text. Writing a syslog event monitor should not involve

Re: [osol-discuss] Proposal for new OpenSolaris project: modernise syslogd

2006-06-09 Thread Gavin Maltby
Hi On 06/09/06 13:56, Darren J Moffat wrote: Gavin Maltby wrote: On 06/09/06 12:31, Darren J Moffat wrote: What problem does this solve ? Trawling syslog files with miserable Perl scripts and the like, trying to rebuild structure from a not very well-formed or structured ascii text.

Re: [osol-discuss] console font

2006-06-09 Thread Joerg Schilling
Philip Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 10:47:27PM -0700, Philip Brown wrote: http://www.bolthole.com/solaris/drivers/vgatext.html has a link to a tarball I hastily threw together of the resulting code. PS: there are two points of interest in my code: 1. it

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

2006-06-09 Thread Jim Grisanzio
Jim Grisanzio wrote: And also, I'm going to use my proximity to the rest of Asia to poke around throughout the entire region. I'll do very little travel to the US, actually -- probably only once a year. It will be Asia first, Europe second. But in terms of my online activities,

Re: [osol-discuss] Proposal for new OpenSolaris project: modernise syslogd

2006-06-09 Thread Darren Reed
Gavin Maltby wrote: On 06/09/06 11:31, Darren Reed wrote: To bring the syslogd shipped with Solaris up to a level that is more in line with what is found in other systems today, I'd like to propose a project to upgrade it. Tasks currently scoped out for this project include: - introduce some

Re: [osol-discuss] Another background image

2006-06-09 Thread Dennis Clarke
On Thu, 2006-06-08 at 19:46 -0400, Dennis Clarke wrote: No logo on this one at all : http://www.blastwave.org/articles/BLS-0052/index.html This is much darker than the first image. Still very simple and very open. Nice.. I do prefer this compared to the other one you have

Re: [osol-discuss] Problem configuring Video Device on Amilo Pro V8010

2006-06-09 Thread Amir MABROUK
Hi James Thank you for your answer. At the moment I have only Solaris 8 ... Could you please clarify more Maybe with vesa ... Thanks in advance for your kind support. Amir On 6/9/06, James C. McPherson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: amir wrote: I've installed Solaris 8 x86 on my laptop Amilo PRO

Re: [networking-discuss] Re: [osol-discuss] Proposal for new OpenSolaris project: modernise syslogd

2006-06-09 Thread James Carlson
Gavin Maltby writes: On 06/09/06 12:31, Darren J Moffat wrote: What problem does this solve ? Trawling syslog files with miserable Perl scripts and the like, trying to rebuild structure from a not very well-formed or structured ascii text. Writing a syslog event monitor should not

RE: [networking-discuss] Re: [osol-discuss] Proposal for new OpenSolaris project: modernise syslogd

2006-06-09 Thread De Mena, Ron
Call me crazy, but I hate the idea of putting crap (monitoring agents, security agents, more generic accounts, etc) on the box. Could we build a core syslog framework that would let us take those errors and configure them for more than a loghost ... say any or a specific host via SNMP in a way

Re: [osol-discuss] Problem configuring Video Device on Amilo Pro V8010

2006-06-09 Thread Stephen Lau
http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/get.jsp download a newer version :) Amir MABROUK wrote: Hi James Thank you for your answer. At the moment I have only Solaris 8 ... Could you please clarify more Maybe with vesa ... Thanks in advance for your kind support. Amir On 6/9/06, *James C.

Re: [osol-discuss] [OT?] SXCR b40 on x4100

2006-06-09 Thread Casper . Dik
Sorry if there's a better place to ask, but is anyone using Nevada b40 on an x4100? I'm seeing very long boot times (6+ minutes) which seem to be down to slow SCSI bus detection, and I can't see the console anymore if I ssh to the ILOM (although the KVM java app works fine). This is a BIOS

Re: [osol-discuss] Proposal for new OpenSolaris project: modernise syslogd

2006-06-09 Thread Torrey McMahon
Darren Reed wrote: To bring the syslogd shipped with Solaris up to a level that is more in line with what is found in other systems today, I'd like to propose a project to upgrade it. Tasks currently scoped out for this project include: - introduce some of the more modern aspects of syslog.conf

[osol-discuss] DEADLINE June 12 First Annual OpenSolaris Contributor Awards

2006-06-09 Thread Sara Dornsife
Just a reminder that the nominations close at the end of day Monday June 12 (CA time). Winners will be announced on June 14. Send nominations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sara Sara Dornsife wrote: Based on the +1s, we are moving forward with this proposal. Get your nominations in. What is a

Re: [networking-discuss] Re: [osol-discuss] Proposal for new OpenSolaris project: modernise syslogd

2006-06-09 Thread James Carlson
Nicolas Williams writes: On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 12:12:33PM -0400, James Carlson wrote: Instead, syslog is a great dumping ground for all sorts of debug and human-only messages, and will likely be treated that way indefinitely. I would oppose an effort to apply structure on top of something

Re: [networking-discuss] Re: [osol-discuss] Proposal for new OpenSolaris project: modernise syslogd

2006-06-09 Thread James Carlson
Nicolas Williams writes: Yes, I'm well aware of that effort. I think it's misguided for exactly the same reasons. Have you said so on the WG list? They were quite far along when I found out, plus I don't have the time to fight every fight. If they're sure it's right, I'll defer, but I

Re: [networking-discuss] Re: [osol-discuss] Proposal for new OpenSolaris project: modernise syslogd

2006-06-09 Thread James Carlson
Nicolas Williams writes: Failing to produce those sorts of schema leaves you with just a handful of code numbers plus free-form text wrapped prettily in XML. Each message could reference the schema/dtd that it conforms to... And existing MIBs could be re-used, perhaps. I await that MIB

Re: [Security-discuss] Re: [osol-discuss] Proposal for new OpenSolaris project: modernise syslogd (aside)

2006-06-09 Thread Henry B. Hotz
On Jun 9, 2006, at 7:58 AM, Darren Reed wrote: If there is any evolution of the log file format, it will be to use XML. XML and structured data have featured heavily in discussions about advancing syslog and the benefits are clear: data gets typed. If the protocol data is formatted this way

Re: [networking-discuss] Re: [osol-discuss] Proposal for new OpenSolaris project: modernise syslogd

2006-06-09 Thread Nicolas Williams
On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 12:12:33PM -0400, James Carlson wrote: Instead, syslog is a great dumping ground for all sorts of debug and human-only messages, and will likely be treated that way indefinitely. I would oppose an effort to apply structure on top of something that is inherently without

Re: [networking-discuss] Re: [osol-discuss] Proposal for new OpenSolaris project: modernise syslogd

2006-06-09 Thread Nicolas Williams
On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 10:58:09PM +0800, Darren Reed wrote: If there is any evolution of the log file format, it will be to use XML. [...] Sure, but the schema will have to be influenced by what the IETF SYSLOG WG ends up doing w.r.t. structured messages.

Re: [osol-discuss] You are Invited! Birthday Blog Party on June 14th!

2006-06-09 Thread Jim Grisanzio
Dan Price wrote: If your blog does NOT appear on http://www.opensolaris.org/os/blogs, and you would like it to, please send mail with your RSS feed to add-my-blog AT sun DOT com, and we'll add you. This is the way we'll make sure your blog entry is aggregated and archived with everyone else's.

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

2006-06-09 Thread Jim Grisanzio
Joerg Schilling wrote: Jim Grisanzio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was talking to the NetBeans guys from Prague at JavaOne, and they are very interested in OpenSolaris and in doing some stuff with our Czech OpenSolaris user group. So, perhaps we -- as communities -- can start collaborating in

[osol-discuss] 3 new request-sponsor putbacks: 78 total

2006-06-09 Thread Jim Grisanzio
Thanks to Richard Lowe and Juergen Keil for these three fixes below and to Dana Myers and Liane Praza for sponsoring the work through to putback. We now have a total of 26 non-Sun contributors who have worked with 33 Solaris engineers on request-sponsor, 421 bugs reported, 170 submissions, 78

Re: [osol-discuss] Problem configuring Video Device on Amilo Pro V8010

2006-06-09 Thread James C. McPherson
Amir MABROUK wrote: Thank you for your answer. At the moment I have only Solaris 8 ... Could you please clarify more Maybe with vesa ... Hi Amir, vesa is the generic VGA mode that XOrg (and XSun and XFree86) support. It's the mode that the Solaris installer will use as a fallback you can

Re: [Security-discuss] Re: [osol-discuss] Proposal for new OpenSolaris project: modernise syslogd (aside)

2006-06-09 Thread Darren Reed
Henry B. Hotz wrote: On Jun 9, 2006, at 7:58 AM, Darren Reed wrote: If there is any evolution of the log file format, it will be to use XML. XML and structured data have featured heavily in discussions about advancing syslog and the benefits are clear: data gets typed. If the protocol data

Re: [osol-discuss] Proposal for new OpenSolaris project: modernise syslogd

2006-06-09 Thread Darren Reed
Torrey McMahon wrote: Darren Reed wrote: To bring the syslogd shipped with Solaris up to a level that is more in line with what is found in other systems today, I'd like to propose a project to upgrade it. Tasks currently scoped out for this project include: - introduce some of the more