Re: [osol-discuss] frequency scalling in opensolaris

2007-11-26 Thread Casper . Dik
Also useful would be a message when the speed is reduced. I get messages like: cpudrv: [ID 495817 kern.info] NOTICE: cpudrv_pm_set_topspeed: instance 1: has new max power of 200 0 MHz but dont see any if the speed is reduce - I've no idea if it does reduce. If you get many of those

Re: [osol-discuss] frequency scalling in opensolaris

2007-11-26 Thread Casper . Dik
The messages you've listed are printed to the system log whenever the maximum power level changes. These maximums are set outside the scope Solaris by ACPI (and Solaris just complies with the request). All setting a new maximum means is that your processor cannot run at a frequency any higher

[osol-discuss] Display Managers

2007-11-26 Thread John Sonnenschein
So, GDM is rather large, and very tied to the GNOME desktop environment, dtlogin is being sadly jettisoned, and everyone seems opposed to xdm for some reason. Anyone have any comments about replacing it with something like SLiM ( http://slim.berlios.de ), which is lighter, has less

[osol-discuss] Can't Select en_US.UTF-8 in New Installer

2007-11-26 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
The conventional installer in SXCE77 is broken, and I was forced, for the first time, to use the new installer. I experienced several problems: 1. Since there is no multi-boot option with other Solaris slices, in order to preserve those already-installed slices I had to choose the upgrade

[osol-discuss] opensolaris build 58

2007-11-26 Thread Mladen Nikitovic
Hi, I need to get hold of opensolaris build 58, but it seems like the oldest build available currently from the download page is 60. So, is there a way to get older builds? Regards, Mladen This message posted from opensolaris.org ___

Re: [osol-discuss] LDAP authentication w/ OpenLDAP server on Linux

2007-11-26 Thread Darren J Moffat
Howard Tsai wrote: Hi, I installed OpenSolaris w/ Crossbow snapshot (snv_61-xb_15) on an x86 machine and would like to setup LDAP to authenticate ssh logins. The LDAP server is OpenLDAP on a Linux box. I init LDAP client with the following cmd: ldapclient manual \ -a

Re: [osol-discuss] snv-76 panics on installation

2007-11-26 Thread UNIX admin
This is very likely to be 6617465: ttp://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6617465 A workaround is included there, but it needs to be applied manually at every boot with no simple /etc/system setting or file you can remove which will avoid it. This is fixed in snv_77. Gavin

Re: [osol-discuss] opensolaris build 58

2007-11-26 Thread Shawn Walker
On 26/11/2007, Mladen Nikitovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I need to get hold of opensolaris build 58, but it seems like the oldest build available currently from the download page is 60. So, is there a way to get older builds? No. Older builds are not publicly available at this time

Re: [osol-discuss] opensolaris build 58

2007-11-26 Thread Casper . Dik
On 26/11/2007, Mladen Nikitovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I need to get hold of opensolaris build 58, but it seems like the oldest build available curre ntly from the download page is 60. So, is there a way to get older builds? No. Older builds are not publicly available at this time

[osol-discuss] iwk support wpa/tkip?

2007-11-26 Thread Mike DeMarco
Is wpa/tkip supported for the iwk driver? I was hoping that it would be integrated into build 77 but it does not seem to be. Thanks mike This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list

Re: [osol-discuss] LDAP authentication w/ OpenLDAP server on Linux

2007-11-26 Thread Darren J Moffat
Howard Tsai wrote: On Nov 26, 2007 5:50 AM, Darren J Moffat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Howard Tsai wrote: Hi, I installed OpenSolaris w/ Crossbow snapshot (snv_61-xb_15) on an x86 machine and would like to setup LDAP to authenticate ssh logins. The LDAP server is OpenLDAP on a Linux box.

Re: [osol-discuss] SXDE 0907 installation problem on Acer Aspire 5630

2007-11-26 Thread Chris Linton-Ford
On Sun, 2007-11-25 at 15:49 -0800, Akhilesh Mritunjai wrote: Some acers have a buggy bios. SXDE is based off an older build, so it might have some problems. Try this link: http://blogs.sun.com/danasblog/date/20050614 This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris 11 release timing (or should I run Solaris 10 on a laptop?)

2007-11-26 Thread Ali Bahrami
Sergio Enrique Schvezov wrote: Maybe things have changed... [i]Here at IBM Rational, we are not using OpenSolaris at all - we are tasked with making things work on Solaris 10, not OpenSolaris. What external version of Solaris 10 will have this linker fix, and in what expected

Re: [osol-discuss] 76B Cannot find install software

2007-11-26 Thread Juergen Keil
Joerg Schilling wrote: Jürgen Keil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On some boards you can also change the configuration of the s-ata controller to p-ata legacy ide (instead of ahci mode). In legacy mode, Solaris should be able to find both the (s-ata) disks and the (s-ata) optical device.

[osol-discuss] Emancipation SUNWsprot

2007-11-26 Thread John Sonnenschein
Hello It's come to my attention that /usr/ccs/bin/as is not redistributable. Since Indiana's aiming to be in the running to be considered some sort of reference distribution (despite how I feel about the concept in general) it ought to at least be able to build ON, which it currently

Re: [osol-discuss] [osol-code] Emancipation SUNWsprot

2007-11-26 Thread John Sonnenschein
On 24-Nov-07, at 1:59 PM, Joerg Schilling wrote: John Sonnenschein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello It's come to my attention that /usr/ccs/bin/as is not redistributable. Since Indiana's aiming to be in the running to be considered some sort of reference distribution (despite how I

Re: [osol-discuss] [osol-code] Emancipation SUNWsprot

2007-11-26 Thread John Sonnenschein
It appears we had a misunderstanding. :) such is the internet. On 24-Nov-07, at 2:32 PM, Joerg Schilling wrote: John Sonnenschein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: $ ls /opt/SUNWspro/bin/as /opt/SUNWspro/bin/as: No such file or directory Older SS did come with a separate as, recent versions seem to

Re: [osol-discuss] LDAP authentication w/ OpenLDAP server on Linux

2007-11-26 Thread Howard Tsai
On Nov 26, 2007 5:50 AM, Darren J Moffat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Howard Tsai wrote: Hi, I installed OpenSolaris w/ Crossbow snapshot (snv_61-xb_15) on an x86 machine and would like to setup LDAP to authenticate ssh logins. The LDAP server is OpenLDAP on a Linux box. I init LDAP

Re: [osol-discuss] Can't Select en_US.UTF-8 in New Installer

2007-11-26 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
My mistake. The locale for American English is indeed en_US.UTF-8. For some reason the system defaults to C. I *^%% I had selected American English as my default locale. Perhaps it was too much turkey. My apology. This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] [kde-discuss] Display Managers

2007-11-26 Thread Shawn Walker
On 26/11/2007, John Sonnenschein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 26-Nov-07, at 10:28 AM, Michael Schuster wrote: John Sonnenschein wrote: So, GDM is rather large, and very tied to the GNOME desktop environment, dtlogin is being sadly jettisoned, and everyone seems opposed to xdm for

Re: [osol-discuss] Can't Select en_US.UTF-8 in New Installer

2007-11-26 Thread Shawn Walker
On 26/11/2007, W. Wayne Liauh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My mistake. The locale for American English is indeed en_US.UTF-8. For some reason the system defaults to C. I *^%% I had selected American English as my default locale. Perhaps it was too much turkey. My apology. The system

Re: [osol-discuss] Laptop testing OpenSolaris (Indiana) on ODM laptops

2007-11-26 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
ASUS is getting me a EEE after the initial rush is over to try and put Solaris on it. David Clack The Chinese language version of the Money magazine has a cover story on the EeePC: http://news.chinatimes.com/2007Cti/2007Cti-Focus/2007Cti-Focus-Content/0,4518,9611260381+0+0+024615+0,00.html

Re: [osol-discuss] [desktop-discuss] [kde-discuss] Display Managers

2007-11-26 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Shawn Walker wrote: On 26/11/2007, John Sonnenschein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 26-Nov-07, at 10:28 AM, Michael Schuster wrote: John Sonnenschein wrote: So, GDM is rather large, and very tied to the GNOME desktop environment, dtlogin is being sadly jettisoned, and everyone seems opposed to

Re: [osol-discuss] opensolaris build 58

2007-11-26 Thread Artem Kachitchkine
Which particular quality is build 58 supposed to posses that makes it required for something? ... and if that something is in the ON consolidation, one possible workaround, I think, would be to retrieve and build the source snapshot from the ON mercurial repository (hg clone -r onnv_58).

Re: [osol-discuss] [desktop-discuss] [kde-discuss] Display Managers

2007-11-26 Thread Alan Coopersmith
John Sonnenschein wrote: All those reasons seem to me to be reasons to use something other than xdm. I don't see that they're particularly good reasons to use GDM in particular, however. gdm just happens to be the one we have that fits the bill, since it comes with GNOME. Brian Cameron has

Re: [osol-discuss] [desktop-discuss] [kde-discuss] Display Managers

2007-11-26 Thread Gary Combs
One nice thing about xdm is the option for command line. It would make gdm perfect if it had this option. Gary Alan Coopersmith wrote: Shawn Walker wrote: On 26/11/2007, John Sonnenschein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 26-Nov-07, at 10:28 AM, Michael Schuster wrote: John

Re: [osol-discuss] [kde-discuss] Display Managers

2007-11-26 Thread John Sonnenschein
On 26-Nov-07, at 10:28 AM, Michael Schuster wrote: John Sonnenschein wrote: So, GDM is rather large, and very tied to the GNOME desktop environment, dtlogin is being sadly jettisoned, and everyone seems opposed to xdm for some reason. can you (or someone else) elaborate on those

Re: [osol-discuss] [kde-discuss] Display Managers

2007-11-26 Thread John Sonnenschein
On 26-Nov-07, at 10:56 AM, Shawn Walker wrote: On 26/11/2007, John Sonnenschein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 26-Nov-07, at 10:28 AM, Michael Schuster wrote: John Sonnenschein wrote: So, GDM is rather large, and very tied to the GNOME desktop environment, dtlogin is being sadly jettisoned,

Re: [osol-discuss] [desktop-discuss] [kde-discuss] Display Managers

2007-11-26 Thread John Sonnenschein
On 26-Nov-07, at 11:07 AM, Alan Coopersmith wrote: Shawn Walker wrote: On 26/11/2007, John Sonnenschein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 26-Nov-07, at 10:28 AM, Michael Schuster wrote: John Sonnenschein wrote: So, GDM is rather large, and very tied to the GNOME desktop environment, dtlogin is

Re: [osol-discuss] [desktop-discuss] [kde-discuss] Display Managers

2007-11-26 Thread John Sonnenschein
On 26-Nov-07, at 11:20 AM, Alan Coopersmith wrote: John Sonnenschein wrote: All those reasons seem to me to be reasons to use something other than xdm. I don't see that they're particularly good reasons to use GDM in particular, however. gdm just happens to be the one we have that fits

Re: [osol-discuss] [kde-discuss] Display Managers

2007-11-26 Thread John Sonnenschein
On 26-Nov-07, at 11:36 AM, Stefan Teleman wrote: John Sonnenschein wrote: On 26-Nov-07, at 11:26 AM, Stefan Teleman wrote: John Sonnenschein wrote: On 26-Nov-07, at 11:05 AM, Stefan Teleman wrote: Both KDE3 and KDE4 have their own display manager -- kdm. I know, but then it has KDE

Re: [osol-discuss] [desktop-discuss] [kde-discuss] Display Managers

2007-11-26 Thread Gérard Henry
Alan Coopersmith wrote: Specifically, gdm provides for accessibility helpers during login, has much more advanced theming support, is supported by Sun Ray's server for adding and removing Sun Ray displays on the fly, and probably has a few other features I've forgotten. hum, i'm very

Re: [osol-discuss] opensolaris build 58

2007-11-26 Thread Mladen Nikitovic
Hi, I have a dvd-image of the desired build, but infortunately the machine I'm working with does only have a cd-player and no internet connection (of course :). Is it possible to split up the dvd-image and still make the installation work? If yes, can I use a ordinary splitting software or

Re: [osol-discuss] [desktop-discuss] [kde-discuss] Display Managers

2007-11-26 Thread Brian Cameron
John: I wouldn't say that GDM is tied to GNOME. GDM doesn't use much of the GNOME stack aside from GTK and libgnomecanvas. Some gdm-related GUI programs (such as gdmsetup) use libglade as well, but libglade isn't used by the actual login programs. In the real world many KDE users use GDM and

Re: [osol-discuss] opensolaris build 58

2007-11-26 Thread Willem van Schaik
The way I've overcome the 'no DVD' problem in the past has been to lofi-mount your DVD iso on another server, exporting it through NFS and then do a network install. For that however, you still need to have CD number 1. Not sure if you can use a CD from a slightly different version. Willem

Re: [osol-discuss] [desktop-discuss] [kde-discuss] Display Managers

2007-11-26 Thread Brian Cameron
John: One of the main reasons we picked GDM to work with is because it uses a GTK+ based widget set, and we needed a login program that supports accessibility. In other words, we needed a login program that used a widget set that supports accessibility - GTK+ or Java. The fact that GDM uses

Re: [osol-discuss] opensolaris build 58

2007-11-26 Thread Willem van Schaik
Oops, just after hitting the send button, I see you mentioning no internet. If that also means no network then please ignore my post. Willem Mladen Nikitovic wrote: Hi, I have a dvd-image of the desired build, but infortunately the machine I'm working with does only have a cd-player and

Re: [osol-discuss] opensolaris build 58

2007-11-26 Thread Kyle McDonald
Willem van Schaik wrote: The way I've overcome the 'no DVD' problem in the past has been to lofi-mount your DVD iso on another server, exporting it through NFS and then do a network install. For that however, you still need to have CD number 1. Not sure if you can use a CD from a slightly

Re: [osol-discuss] [kde-discuss] Display Managers

2007-11-26 Thread Shawn Walker
On 26/11/2007, John Sonnenschein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, why use GDM instead of KDM then? Other than because it's there ? Because of all the reasons that were listed before? From Sun's standpoint; they've done all of the work necessary and GDM was very attractive I suspect from a library

Re: [osol-discuss] [desktop-discuss] [kde-discuss] Display Managers

2007-11-26 Thread Brian Cameron
Gérard: hum, i'm very surprised to read this about sunrays, because the last time i asked sunray team, i got this reply (03/16/07): GDM is usable for Sun Ray only on Linux. On Solaris only dtlogin is usable. GDM on Solaris should now be capable of supporting Sun Ray but Sun Ray is not

Re: [osol-discuss] [desktop-discuss] [kde-discuss] Display Managers

2007-11-26 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Gary Combs wrote: One nice thing about xdm is the option for command line. It would make gdm perfect if it had this option. You mean dtlogin - xdm doesn't have that option. The lack of that in gdm is the last hurdle it needs to cross to become the default, replacing dtlogin, but gdm is

[osol-discuss] New passwd switch?

2007-11-26 Thread Mark Drummond
How difficult would it be to add a switch to passwd which allows a privileged user to select the password hashing scheme? Users who need to access DB2 (at least, DB2 V8) must have their passwords stored with CRYPT. Or at least, whatever DB2 we are running here where I work gets tripped up by

Re: [osol-discuss] Can't Select en_US.UTF-8 in New Installer

2007-11-26 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
My mistake. The locale for American English is indeed en_US.UTF-8. For some reason the system defaults to C. I *^%% I had selected American English as my default locale. Perhaps it was too much turkey. My apology. The system probably defaults to C because C is the *POSIX* locale.

Re: [osol-discuss] [desktop-discuss] [kde-discuss] Display Managers

2007-11-26 Thread Gary Combs
Thanks for the correction. It will be a nice addition to gdm when virtual terminals is done. Gary Alan Coopersmith wrote: Gary Combs wrote: One nice thing about xdm is the option for command line. It would make gdm perfect if it had this option. You mean dtlogin - xdm doesn't have

Re: [osol-discuss] New passwd switch?

2007-11-26 Thread Darren J Moffat
[Reply-To set to security-discuss, please respect and do NOT cross post] Mark Drummond wrote: How difficult would it be to add a switch to passwd which allows a privileged user to select the password hashing scheme? Pretty easy, and in fact I have it prototyped (I did the work about 2 or 3

Re: [osol-discuss] Can't Select en_US.UTF-8 in New Installer

2007-11-26 Thread Shawn Walker
On 26/11/2007, W. Wayne Liauh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My mistake. The locale for American English is indeed en_US.UTF-8. For some reason the system defaults to C. I *^%% I had selected American English as my default locale. Perhaps it was too much turkey. My apology. The

Re: [osol-discuss] [kde-discuss] Display Managers

2007-11-26 Thread Brian Cameron
John: kdm has dependencies on libX11.so, libXext.so, libXau.so, libXdmcp.so, libsocket.so, libresolv.so, and the optional security/ authentication libraries: MIT KRB5, pam, rpcsvc. It doesn't have any dependencies on KDE libraries. Really? I didn't know that. If it doesn't depend on

Re: [osol-discuss] New passwd switch?

2007-11-26 Thread Mark Drummond
On 26/11/2007, Darren J Moffat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [Reply-To set to security-discuss, please respect and do NOT cross post] Mark Drummond wrote: How difficult would it be to add a switch to passwd which allows a privileged user to select the password hashing scheme? Pretty easy, and

Re: [osol-discuss] [desktop-discuss] [kde-discuss] Display Managers

2007-11-26 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Brian Cameron wrote: libmp.so.2 =/lib/libmp.so.2 libmd.so.1 =/lib/libmd.so.1 libscf.so.1 = /lib/libscf.so.1 libast.so.1 = /usr/lib/libast.so.1 libtsol.so.2 = /lib/libtsol.so.2 libnvpair.so.1 =/lib/libnvpair.so.1

[osol-discuss] Why can't I administer time and date/

2007-11-26 Thread David Van Couvering
I'm using SXDE 9/07 in VMWare Fusion on my Mac. The time is *completely* wrong. I choose Administration-Time and Date to set up a time server, but the entire dialog is greyed out, and when I mouse over it, there is a little clock icon showing that it is busy. This never goes away. What's up?

Re: [osol-discuss] Why can't I administer time and date/

2007-11-26 Thread Ian Collins
David Van Couvering wrote: I'm using SXDE 9/07 in VMWare Fusion on my Mac. The time is *completely* wrong. I choose Administration-Time and Date to set up a time server, but the entire dialog is greyed out, and when I mouse over it, there is a little clock icon showing that it is busy. This