Re: [osol-discuss] Nevada and VMware Woes

2007-12-02 Thread Kevin Duffey
Sorry Steve, I honestly don't know. I have yet to install a 64-bit Solaris on bare metal, so not sure if it takes a lot longer to boot than 32-bit, but I am guessing not by much. If we find anything out, I'll report back to this list regarding the issue. Glad you have a work-a-round for the

Re: [osol-discuss] LDOM ldmd refuses to start

2007-12-02 Thread Doug Baker - Sun UK - Support Engineer
Lisa wrote: I have a T2000 (SUNW,Sun-Fire-T200) with firmware 6.4.6 and with all LDOM required patches. I installed LDoms_Manager-1_0_1, but ldmd crashes and dumps core during startup (see error below) (fatal error: HV MD major version mismatch: found version 0, can only support version 1.)

Re: [osol-discuss] frequency scalling in opensolaris

2007-12-02 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
Try adding the following to your /etc/power.conf file: cpupm enable cpu-threshold 15s I believe these keywords are in the the power.conf(4) man page shipping with snv_70b. Then execute /usr/pmconfig. I think you'll find that code has already been written to reduce the

[osol-discuss] Wireless drivers tries to set Tx power when it knows transmitter is off

2007-12-02 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
I have a Sony VGN-SZ4XWN/C laptop, which has integrated WiFi. The WiFi basically works - I am sending this post via the WiFi. It uses the Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG chip. There is a switch on the front panel to turn the transmitter on/off. Trying to boot with this in the off position is

[osol-discuss] Indiana review

2007-12-02 Thread UNIX admin
The unthinkable has happened: SunOS backwards compatibility has been broken. Broken: `uname -a` returns some funky opensolaris bla bla bla string instead of the standard SunOS hostname 5.11 snv_## i86pc i386 i86pc. Broken: root's home directory is in /root; this is a SEVERE ERROR. We're not on

Re: [osol-discuss] Indiana review

2007-12-02 Thread UNIX admin
Oh yeah: and I can no longer log in as root. On the CONSOLE. Because if I create an account for myself during the install, root will be turned into a role. If that wasn't bad enough, it's not a sudo role, that I could use and transfer to HP-UX or IRIX, or AIX, oh no. We have to be stubborn and

Re: [osol-discuss] Indiana review

2007-12-02 Thread Lukas Oboril
Hi On Dec 2, 2007 12:50 PM, UNIX admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The unthinkable has happened: SunOS backwards compatibility has been broken. Broken: `uname -a` returns some funky opensolaris bla bla bla string instead of the standard SunOS hostname 5.11 snv_## i86pc i386 i86pc. Broken:

Re: [osol-discuss] Indiana review

2007-12-02 Thread Lukas Oboril
On Dec 2, 2007 1:00 PM, UNIX admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh yeah: and I can no longer log in as root. On the CONSOLE. Because if I create an account for myself during the install, root will be turned into a role. If that wasn't bad enough, it's not a sudo role, that I could use and

Re: [osol-discuss] Indiana review

2007-12-02 Thread Gary Gendel
The unthinkable has happened: SunOS backwards compatibility has been broken. Broken: `uname -a` returns some funky opensolaris bla bla bla string instead of the standard SunOS hostname 5.11 snv_## i86pc i386 i86pc. Understandable change for a non Sun OS. But I tend to agree that this

Re: [osol-discuss] Indiana review

2007-12-02 Thread UNIX admin
Understandable change for a non Sun OS. But I tend to agree that this will make things bad for current scripts. OK, well, if that's the case, then there needs to be no further discussion. I'll go back to my Solaris 10 and wait for Solaris 11 to come out. Buh-bye OpenSolaris. If that's the

Re: [osol-discuss] Indiana review

2007-12-02 Thread UNIX admin
This is debatable ... Can you provide pros and cons for this from your point of view? For example, I have a package that delivers /.cshrc, /.login and /.logout. Determining root's home directory via public interfaces is unreliable, namely because such public interfaces aren't well defined. I

[osol-discuss] disk read + timout errors. A bug, or something to be concerned about?

2007-12-02 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
Since the very first time I booted Solaris Express Developer Edition 9/07 snv_70b X86 on this laptop (Sony VAIO VGN-Sz4XWN/C) there has been a long delay in the boot process. The messages indicate something is amiss, but since it has done this all the time, and it boots OK, I'm not sure how

Re: [osol-discuss] Indiana review

2007-12-02 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
Broken, Broken, Broken, Broken, . . . . Now I know why I am so compellingly addicted to Solaris. Kudos Sun's management for their willingness to take such bold actions, undoubtedly accompanied by tons of well-oxidized midnight oil, that will finally take Solaris to world dominance, or even

Re: [osol-discuss] Indiana review

2007-12-02 Thread Patrick Ale
On Dec 2, 2007 6:30 PM, W. Wayne Liauh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Broken, Broken, Broken, Broken, . . . . Now I know why I am so compellingly addicted to Solaris. Kudos Sun's management for their willingness to take such bold actions, undoubtedly accompanied by tons of well-oxidized midnight

Re: [osol-discuss] Indiana review

2007-12-02 Thread Patrick Ale
On Dec 2, 2007 7:03 PM, Patrick Ale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: lalalalallaa Is Sun even sure it's self what will do what and what will replace what? I just get an email from somebody of this list saying Indiana will replace SXCE and will be the basis for Solaris 11. Which is ff-ing funny since

Re: [osol-discuss] Middle management at Sun destroys OpenDS is OpenSolaris next?

2007-12-02 Thread Chris Mahan
On Dec 1, 2007 9:23 PM, Ben McGinnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1) The cited project hasn't been closed down, just restructured (along with other large chunks of Sun recently). 2) OpenSolaris' licensing has resulted in all released code effectively being in the wild - those horses have

Re: [osol-discuss] Indiana review

2007-12-02 Thread Casper . Dik
I too find /root an extremely poor choice; which part of root do these people not understand? Of course, if you then say but all the window and browser garbage in /? I can only say that I think that /.mozilla should be linked to /dev/*mem in order to ensure maximum damage when you start a

Re: [osol-discuss] Indiana review

2007-12-02 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
Is Sun even sure it's self what will do what and what will replace what? I am definitely the least qualified person to comment on what Sun should or should not have done. But I think if there is any doubt, there is always the good 'ol faithful Solaris 10 (which is also surprisingly

Re: [osol-discuss] Indiana review

2007-12-02 Thread UNIX admin
Broken, Broken, Broken, Broken, . . . . Now I know why I am so compellingly addicted to Solaris. Kudos Sun's management for their willingness to take such bold actions, undoubtedly accompanied by tons of well-oxidized midnight oil, that will finally take Solaris to world dominance, or

[osol-discuss] Why is my Intel GMA 950 graphics not being reconisded (driver exists)

2007-12-02 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
I've a Sony VAIO VGN-SZ4XWN/C laptop which is quite an odd laptop in that it has two graphics chipsets. It has a high performance/high power consumption Nvidia GeForce Go 7400 as well as a lower performance/low power consumption integrated graphics in the form of the Intel GMA 950. There is a

Re: [osol-discuss] frequency scalling in opensolaris

2007-12-02 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
Well, there is an mdb hack (enable cpudrv_direct_pm) along with a couple of ioctl(2) calls (PM_DIRECT_PM and PM_SET_CURRENT_POWER) that could give you direct control over the frequency. I'm not convinced you really want to go there though I would like to 'go there'. I think it would be

Re: [osol-discuss] Indiana review

2007-12-02 Thread Shawn Walker
On Dec 2, 2007 5:50 AM, UNIX admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The unthinkable has happened: SunOS backwards compatibility has been broken. You are aware that Indiana hasn't gone through ARC yet and is an early prototype; right? Broken: root's home directory is in /root; this is a SEVERE ERROR.

Re: [osol-discuss] Indiana review

2007-12-02 Thread Shawn Walker
On Dec 2, 2007 12:20 PM, Patrick Ale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 2, 2007 7:03 PM, Patrick Ale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: lalalalallaa Is Sun even sure it's self what will do what and what will replace what? I just get an email from somebody of this list saying Indiana will replace SXCE

Re: [osol-discuss] Indiana review

2007-12-02 Thread Josh Lange
On Dec 2, 2007 7:40 AM, UNIX admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is debatable ... Can you provide pros and cons for this from your point of view? For example, I have a package that delivers /.cshrc, /.login and /.logout. Determining root's home directory via public interfaces is

Re: [osol-discuss] Indiana review

2007-12-02 Thread Shawn Walker
On Dec 2, 2007 5:22 PM, Josh Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 2, 2007 7:40 AM, UNIX admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is debatable ... Can you provide pros and cons for this from your point of view? For example, I have a package that delivers /.cshrc,

Re: [osol-discuss] Indiana review

2007-12-02 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
But I will not stick with a bastardized Solaris, I can damn well guarantee that. As my fellow Hawaiian Tim Scanlon suggested in a separate thread, when we get frustrated with Solaris Express (I don't think Indiana is even ready for discussion yet--outside the Indiana Forum) we can always seek

Re: [osol-discuss] frequency scalling in opensolaris

2007-12-02 Thread Mark Haywood
Dr. David Kirkby wrote: Well, there is an mdb hack (enable cpudrv_direct_pm) along with a couple of ioctl(2) calls (PM_DIRECT_PM and PM_SET_CURRENT_POWER) that could give you direct control over the frequency. I'm not convinced you really want to go there though I would like to 'go there'.

Re: [osol-discuss] Why is my Intel GMA 950 graphics not being reconisded (driver exists)

2007-12-02 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
I've a Sony VAIO VGN-SZ4XWN/C laptop which is quite an odd laptop in that it has two graphics chipsets. It has a high performance/high power consumption Nvidia GeForce Go 7400 as well as a lower performance/low power consumption integrated graphics in the form of the Intel GMA 950. There is

Re: [osol-discuss] Indiana review

2007-12-02 Thread Willem van Schaik
Personally I really like the /root thing. But, big but, that's only because I hate all those /.ghatever :) files in my root filesystem. And that just because the root user used a browser or some other GUI program. And that brings me to my main point, why would 'root' ever, ever use a

[osol-discuss] Strip Solaris off non-essential drivers!

2007-12-02 Thread Bhaskar Jayaraman
Hi I need some assistance in the following: - I am trying to strip the current solaris build off the drivers which may not be really essential. I would like to not make the audio drivers, crypto drivers, 1394, the dtrace binaries etc. a part of the final tar ball. If any one can add on to this

Re: [osol-discuss] Strip Solaris off non-essential drivers!

2007-12-02 Thread Gangadhar Mylapuram
Bhaskar, You might be interested in these blogs. http://blogs.sun.com/szhou/entry/build_a_minimal_solaris_image http://solaristhings.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-small-can-you-make-open-solaris_21.html -Gangadhar Bhaskar Jayaraman wrote: Hi I need some assistance in the following: - I am

Re: [osol-discuss] Indiana review

2007-12-02 Thread Alan Coopersmith
UNIX admin wrote: The unthinkable has happened: SunOS backwards compatibility has been broken. Broken: `uname -a` returns some funky opensolaris bla bla bla string instead of the standard SunOS hostname 5.11 snv_## i86pc i386 i86pc. Given all the other incompatibilities you note (and