Re: [osol-discuss] Is there a restart option button?

2007-11-16 Thread Shawn Walker
On 15/11/2007, Reggie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for all the answers. Does this work? Type init6 in run? I think you need to open a terminal window, type "pfexec bash" and then "init 6". -- Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ "We don't have en

Re: [osol-discuss] Push for Matlab on Solaris x86

2007-11-16 Thread james hughes
On Nov 15, 2007, at 9:04 AM, Dale Ghent wrote: > On Nov 15, 2007, at 11:39 AM, Ben Miller wrote: > >> Maybe not the best list for this... >> >> I've been trying for about two years or more to get Mathworks to >> support Matlab for Solaris x86. The answer I have always gotten >> back is on the or

Re: [osol-discuss] How to get my linksys and ati

2007-11-16 Thread Reggie
Sorry I am very new to these commandline terms so I don't know what to do. However I tried the links and software but can't seem to install it. Is there a general to configure my adapter to get on internet. Nothing happens when I plug it in to usb. This message posted from opensolaris.org __

Re: [osol-discuss] Preconditions for luupdate

2007-11-16 Thread James Carlson
Roman Morokutti writes: > from now on I would like to use 'luupdate' for the > nexus of b76 (and further successors). 'luupdate' > requires an alternate root or similar. How can I > check if I meet the preconditions for that task? > > Or what preconditions at all exist? You need a separate disk

Re: [osol-discuss] Push for Matlab on Solaris x86

2007-11-16 Thread Simon Hammond
Have you guys tried using something like Octave (a freeware MATLAB clone). It might not be MATLAB, buts its free. We've had luck with it on the Linux environment without many problems. A Solaris problem is available from http://www.sunfreeware.com I think. Si Hammond University of Warwick On 16

Re: [osol-discuss] Preconditions for luupdate

2007-11-16 Thread Constantin Gonzalez
Hi, the very first time you go through the procedure of doing a live upgrade, it is kinda scary. But you learn a lot about Solaris and the innards of disk partitioning and slicing and the boot process. But once you've gone through it for the first time, you'll never want to miss it again. I regu

Re: [osol-discuss] Push for Matlab on Solaris x86

2007-11-16 Thread Nils Nieuwejaar
On Thu 11/15/07 at 23:12 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> If that does not work, just tell MathLab that you are going to go to > >> Mathematica :-) > > > > It's not so much "me" but rather my users (I'm talking about a > > research university here) > > > > They already have years of built up Matla

Re: [osol-discuss] Instruction design using SAM

2007-11-16 Thread Joerg Schilling
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, 15 Nov 2007, Ajay Ramesh wrote: > > > I want to design folowing SAM in solaris please some body help me > > My memory tells me that is a repeat request ... > > Anyway, OpenSolaris is a software project. CPU design isn't exactly what > people here focus on, and/o

Re: [osol-discuss] Push for Matlab on Solaris x86

2007-11-16 Thread ken mays
True. Yet, we resolved the issue by just giving students the instructions on using various tools on Solaris x86 through BrandZ, Xen, and partitioning methods. Now they can run Windows, Linux, Solaris x86, Mac OS X on preferred laptops in various setups. Trying to get ISVs to port AND maintain thei

Re: [osol-discuss] HELP ME!Problem about Coredump Analysis with pstack in Solaris 10

2007-11-16 Thread Tirthankar
You can use the dem utility provided in Sun Studio to demangle the names e.g. dokie @ ~ $ dem __1cDhpiEread6FipvI_I_ __1cDhpiEread6FipvI_I_ == unsigned hpi::read(int,void*,unsigned) Tirthankar This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolar

Re: [osol-discuss] Preconditions for luupdate

2007-11-16 Thread Roman Morokutti
Well it is mounted. # grep c0d0s4 /etc/vfstab /dev/dsk/c0d0s4 /dev/rdsk/c0d0s4/second_rootufs 2 yes - # mount | grep c0d0s4 /second_root on /dev/dsk/c0d0s4 read/write/setuid/devices/intr/largefiles/logging/xattr/onerror=panic/dev=1980004 on Fri Nov 16 09:28:11 2007

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris-related parts going GPLv3?

2007-11-16 Thread Joerg Schilling
"Shawn Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 15/11/2007, James Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Shawn Walker writes: > > > For example, if I wanted to take the source code of the hypervisor > > > manager and add bits and pieces of OpenSolaris code to it; I could > > > not. Even though it c

Re: [osol-discuss] Push for Matlab on Solaris x86

2007-11-16 Thread Ben Miller
> On Nov 15, 2007, at 9:41 PM, james hughes wrote: > > > Maybe you should try Mathematica? > > > > If that does not work, just tell MathLab that you > are going to go to > > Mathematica :-) > > It's not so much "me" but rather my users (I'm > talking about a > research university here) > > T

[osol-discuss] wake-on-lan

2007-11-16 Thread Gary Gendel
I admit that I haven't tried this since b48, but at that time OpenSolaris didn't have support for wake-on-lan. Has this situation changed? I have a machine that I'd love to dedicate for weekly builds and regression testing, but there is no sense having this suck power all the time. I'd just l

Re: [osol-discuss] Preconditions for luupdate

2007-11-16 Thread Roman Morokutti
Thank you for your analysis. That is great news. This spare space has been most probably reserved by the new SXDE installer ... So I am awaiting the next build ;-) Roman This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list o

Re: [osol-discuss] Preconditions for luupdate

2007-11-16 Thread James Carlson
Roman Morokutti writes: > Well it is mounted. > > # grep c0d0s4 /etc/vfstab > /dev/dsk/c0d0s4 /dev/rdsk/c0d0s4/second_rootufs 2 yes > - > > # mount | grep c0d0s4 > /second_root on /dev/dsk/c0d0s4 > read/write/setuid/devices/intr/largefiles/logging/xattr/onerror=panic/d

Re: [osol-discuss] DHCP setup question.

2007-11-16 Thread James Carlson
Kyle McDonald writes: > James Carlson wrote: > > You wouldn't have to reboot the client if you had a permanent lease > > and decided to change the address. You'd just need to issue "dhcp > > extend" via ifconfig or otherwise restart the interface. > > > > > And if I had a non-permanent reserved

Re: [osol-discuss] Preconditions for luupdate

2007-11-16 Thread Roman Morokutti
Thank you for so much responses. Over all I have the feeling that live updating is a complicated task which may last twice as long as someone would make a complete new install. Am I right with my concerns? What would be the most preferable way to upgrade an existing installation that way that my d

Re: [osol-discuss] Preconditions for luupdate

2007-11-16 Thread Tirthankar
Part Tag Flag Cylinders Size Blocks 0 root wm 265 - 1680 10.85GB (1416/0/0) 22748040 1 swap wu 3 - 264 2.01GB (262/0/0) 4209030 2 backup wm 0 - 4714 36.12GB (4715/0/0) 75746475 3 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0 4 unassigned wm 1681 - 3096 10.85GB (1416/0/0) 22748040 5 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0 6 unas

Re: [osol-discuss] Preconditions for luupdate

2007-11-16 Thread Roman Morokutti
Well c0d0s7 is my home directory and I would rather alter c0d0s4 for the purpose of live upgrading - although I am also not knowing for what s4 is good for - than to scrap my /home. Roman This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-disc

Re: [osol-discuss] Running linux on solaris

2007-11-16 Thread Thommy M . Malmström
> How to run multiple instance of linux in solaris. Read up on branded zones This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Google GWT and Android in OpenSolaris

2007-11-16 Thread Iban Nieto
Reply to myself :-) Im now using branded zones (lx zones) and ssh forwarding to work with linux binaries in my desktop. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Preconditions for luupdate

2007-11-16 Thread Constantin Gonzalez
Hi, slice 4 might be a candidate. If your disk is "c0d0", then you can check with "mount | grep c0d0s4" if it has been mounted and check with grep c0d0s4 /etc/vfstab if it shows up there. You may also "mount -F ufs c0d0s4 /mnt", then look at /mnt if there's anything of value to you. If you are

[osol-discuss] Running linux on solaris

2007-11-16 Thread Beeresh G
How to run multiple instance of linux in solaris. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Preconditions for luupdate

2007-11-16 Thread Tirthankar
Hm Well not sure why the new installer created it but if you are brave enough to muck around with your machine, you could potentially unmount it and then comment out the entry in etc vfstab and designate it as your slice which will contain the alternate boot environment and then follow the

Re: [osol-discuss] Preconditions for luupdate

2007-11-16 Thread Roman Morokutti
This is my current layout: Current partition table (original): Total disk cylinders available: 4715 + 2 (reserved cylinders) Part TagFlag CylindersSizeBlocks 0 rootwm 265 - 1680 10.85GB(1416/0/0) 22748040 1 swapwu

Re: [osol-discuss] Is there a restart option button?

2007-11-16 Thread Reggie
I will have to try that soon. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Load Tests Monitoring in Zones with DTrace?

2007-11-16 Thread Thilo Reski
Dear all, my name is Thilo Reski and I'm with DB Systel, IT Service Provider for German Railways. I am currently working on load tests on several PeopleSoft applications running in Solaris 10 zones. For controlling and monitoring I use Loadrunner (Mercury, HP). For unix resource monitoring, L

Re: [osol-discuss] Preconditions for luupdate

2007-11-16 Thread Casper . Dik
>Thank you for so much responses. Over all I have the feeling >that live updating is a complicated task which may last twice >as long as someone would make a complete new install. Am I >right with my concerns? Perhaps the first time; all liveupgrade requires is preparing for it once. AFter that

Re: [osol-discuss] HELP ME!Problem about Coredump Analysis with pstack in Solaris 10

2007-11-16 Thread zhangmeng
That is only an example. What I care about is the string of question mark. I am confused why my own function became "??" but the external symbols are displayed normally? This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing lis

Re: [osol-discuss] cdda2wav problem in build 76

2007-11-16 Thread Joerg Schilling
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joerg Schilling) wrote: > I investigated in the problem and I found that the SCSI subsystem has a > general > problem: > > If _no_ DMA did happen although a DMA-count has been set up, pkt->pkt_resid > is 0 > > This affects all target drivers. > The problem is present for ATAP

Re: [osol-discuss] Push for Matlab on Solaris x86

2007-11-16 Thread ken mays
Ben, I don't speak for either company - but that is a Mathworks choice not to have a 'native' Solaris x86 version. Not to say that wouldn't change anytime soon with the right connections. So the answer is run MatLab within an OS environment hosted within a Solaris x86 domain/zone. That way you ca

Re: [osol-discuss] Preconditions for luupdate

2007-11-16 Thread Tirthankar
Go ahead and designate s4 as your ABE James Carlson has confirmed that its a bug that the new installer created it. Tirthankar This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Preconditions for luupdate

2007-11-16 Thread James Carlson
Constantin Gonzalez writes: > The below layout looks great for live upgrade: it has two slices of equal size > that you can use to live upgrade back and forth. Indeed. And to get you started, the command to set up the new environment should be something like this: lucreate -m /:/dev/dsk/

Re: [osol-discuss] Preconditions for luupdate

2007-11-16 Thread Roman Morokutti
Thank you all for your help. I am now off. Have to catch the train. Maybe we can talk again on Monday if there are any questions left. Roman This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris-related parts going GPLv3?

2007-11-16 Thread Simon Phipps
On Nov 16, 2007, at 13:42, Joerg Schilling wrote: > "Shawn Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 15/11/2007, James Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Shawn Walker writes: For example, if I wanted to take the source code of the hypervisor manager and add bits and pieces of OpenS

Re: [osol-discuss] Running linux on solaris

2007-11-16 Thread Iban Nieto
Hi! Try with http://opensolaris.org/os/community/brandz/ You should run the latest bits of Nevada (SXDE and SXCE works fine) in order to run branded zones. Download the centos tarball and follow the instructions in the documentation. Its fine and works very good for me. cheers! This messa

Re: [osol-discuss] Preconditions for luupdate

2007-11-16 Thread Tirthankar
> Thank you for so much responses. Over all I have the feeling > that live updating is a complicated task which may last twice > as long as someone would make a complete new install. Am I > right with my concerns? > > What would be the most preferable way to upgrade an existing > installation that

Re: [osol-discuss] Push for Matlab on Solaris x86

2007-11-16 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
> On Thu 11/15/07 at 23:12 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The educational price is $1300-$1400 and the student > price is $140. It > appears that the student edition isn't available for > Solaris on either > SPARC or x86, making BrandZ (*) the only option for > the OpenSolaris user. > > Nils If someon

Re: [osol-discuss] cdda2wav problem in build 76

2007-11-16 Thread Jürgen Keil
> I downloaded a later > version, built and installed it, and it has > the same, or a very similar issue. Output below... > # /opt/schily/bin/cdda2wav -VV dev=0,0,0 > > Executing 'inquiry' command on Bus 0 Target 0, Lun 0 timeout 60s > CDB: 12 00 00 00 24 00 > cmd finished after 0.000s timeout

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris-related parts going GPLv3?

2007-11-16 Thread Shawn Walker
On 15/11/2007, James Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Shawn Walker writes: > > For example, if I wanted to take the source code of the hypervisor > > manager and add bits and pieces of OpenSolaris code to it; I could > > not. Even though it comes from Sun and is OS-related in my view. > > As be

Re: [osol-discuss] Instruction design using SAM

2007-11-16 Thread Frank . Hofmann
On Thu, 15 Nov 2007, Ajay Ramesh wrote: I want to design folowing SAM in solaris please some body help me My memory tells me that is a repeat request ... Anyway, OpenSolaris is a software project. CPU design isn't exactly what people here focus on, and/or have great expertise in... It migh

Re: [osol-discuss] Push for Matlab on Solaris x86

2007-11-16 Thread Erik Takahide Törnqvist
Yes, it's their choice, but it is based on demand. There's absolutely no reason not to tell Mathworks that you are interested in a Solaris x86 version. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@

[osol-discuss] solaris 9 boot error

2007-11-16 Thread Bryan
Hello - I am getting a solaris 9 boot error -- I have a sun ultraSPARC 1 167MHz creator box' openboot 3.11 256MB RAM the system beeps once on start, does memory test then I get: "cannot mount root on /[EMAIL PROTECTED], 0/SUNW, [EMAIL PROTECTED], 880/[EMAIL PROTECTED], 0:a fstype ufs panic

Re: [osol-discuss] HELP ME!Problem about Coredump Analysis with pstack in Solaris 10

2007-11-16 Thread zhangmeng
Yes,I know the utilities like dem or c++filt I mean how I do deal with the string of question mark .The sym where the ?? exist is the very infomation I cared about. I want to known why it come to question marks and how can I handle these?? This message posted from opensolaris.org ___