Re: [osol-discuss] Support for AMD 780G chipset? OMG!!!

2008-03-10 Thread James Mansion
Alan Coopersmith wrote: As soon as ATI releases an open source driver, or enough information to the open source developers so they can make a driver, we'll have Solaris support.I have no idea if or when either of those are likely to happen though It continues to amaze and confound me that

Re: [osol-discuss] SXCE build 84 *only* seems to be out

2008-03-10 Thread Moritz Willers
Thanks, and the from changed subtly again. I guess I have to improve the logic yet again so one has to chose from the pop up. code updated in the meanwhile to account for the new form values. http://wit.ch/sxce-download.pl for anyone that feels strongly about using the cli to download. -

Re: [osol-discuss] Moneydance?

2008-03-10 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
I haven't. I just know of GNUCash. James ___ desktop-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks for the reply. I am having problem compiling GNUCash in SXDE. The Blastwave.org's version of GNUCash does not seem to have a

Re: [osol-discuss] Support for AMD 780G chipset? OMG!!!

2008-03-10 Thread Orvar Korvar
Ok, ALANC states that the chipset will be supported if AMD releases the spec or a open source driver. That sounds good. Let's hope Alanc is right in this aspect. Now, how big are the chances AMD will released the spec or a open source driver for this chipset? Have AMD done it before, then

[osol-discuss] Kernel panic: BAD TRAP: type=e

2008-03-10 Thread Ben Middleton
Hi, Apologies if this isn't the best forum for asking for help. I've been running on SNV_64a on an x86 box for several months now - but a couple of nights ago the machine started throwing kernel panics. Here is the output of one of them: $ mdb unix.0 vmcore.0 Loading modules: [ unix genunix

Re: [osol-discuss] Support for AMD 780G chipset? OMG!!!

2008-03-10 Thread Rocky
2. Modern graphic cards in idle, uses maybe like 33% or so, of max power i believe. For a 9800GT that probably uses 100-150W max, it translates to maybe 40W in idle? That is a lot in my opinion. The AMD chipset uses like 1W in idle. 33% and/or 40W is too high to be honest; but I read on a

Re: [osol-discuss] Support for AMD 780G chipset? OMG!!!

2008-03-10 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Orvar Korvar wrote: Ok, ALANC states that the chipset will be supported if AMD releases the spec or a open source driver. That sounds good. Let's hope Alanc is right in this aspect. Now, how big are the chances AMD will released the spec or a open source driver for this chipset? Have AMD

[osol-discuss] Default Build 82a HD setup shows failures on boot

2008-03-10 Thread Kevin Duffey
Hello, I did the default install HD setup for 82a (upgraded from 79 to 82a from dvd). I am using a 120GB hd. Upon booting I see a number of boot failure messages regarding running out of HD space. Is this normal? I can list the errors if need be, but wanted to know first hand if this is ok to

Re: [osol-discuss] Support for AMD 780G chipset? OMG!!!

2008-03-10 Thread Lars Tunkrans
Shawn wrote: While it is bizarre, I can tell you that ATi *refused* to provide detailed specification information to some of their business partners in the past. MmmI have refrained from buying anything made from or with ATI components for three years by now. I ll be happy

Re: [osol-discuss] poweroff high CPU burn?

2008-03-10 Thread Oliver Seidel
I wish I had seen this before. I took home my father's old machine, installed a few harddisks and learned all about ZFS. ZFS is great. But since I place the machine down in the cellar, I did not realise it was running in that state. Now it is dead. I'll see whether I can get a cheap new

Re: [osol-discuss] Support for AMD 780G chipset? OMG!!!

2008-03-10 Thread Orvar Korvar
A 19 page review of 780G: http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/03/04/amd_780g_chipset/page14.html This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Board Election 2008/Amend Constitution/Community Priorities

2008-03-10 Thread Stephen Hahn
The polling system is now open for the 2008 Board election, as well as the determination of two proposed amendments to the Constitution and the solicitation of input for community priorities. Core Contributors from all Community Groups are eligible to participate in the poll. The

Re: [osol-discuss] [solarisx86] Picking a Laptop for S10/x86

2008-03-10 Thread Al Hopper
On Mon, 10 Mar 2008, John D Groenveld wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Alan Coopersmith writes: No - SXDE 1/08 was build 79b - about 3 months before build 86. (Numbered builds happen every two weeks.) On the topic of Nevadas, which cookies must I pass to cds.sun.com to download with

[osol-discuss] Solaris x86 Build 83a

2008-03-10 Thread David
Installing Nevada 83a under Virtual Box under Windows XP. Install going fine but now being asked for Language CD. Two questions 1. I saw an old thread about CD size and the Language CD that would be fixed around build 64. Did it get fixed. 2. Build 84 is now posted, is there a language CD