Re: [osol-discuss] irefox 3.0.1 contrib. builds for Solaris10 hungs when printing is attempted

2008-09-23 Thread Alfred Peng
Thommy M. Malmström wrote: >> I would like to mention one problem though relating >> to printing: >> >> as soon as I use P or use the menus to print a >> web page, FF3.0.1 FREEZES UP completely. >> > > This is the exact same behavior that I see on OpenSolaris 2008.11 b96 > Hi Thommy, Two b

Re: [osol-discuss] snv_98 iso

2008-09-23 Thread Bill Shannon
Dave Uhring wrote: >> I downloaded the snv_98 iso, burned it to DVD (it wouldn't fit on a CD), > > The osol-0811-98-global.iso is ~661 MB in size. Not the one I downloaded: $ ls -l osol-0811-98.iso -rw-rw-r-- 1 shannon uucp 783020032 2008-09-20 17:13 osol-0811-98.iso I didn't think I need s

Re: [osol-discuss] snv_98 iso

2008-09-23 Thread Dave Uhring
> I downloaded the snv_98 iso, burned it to DVD (it wouldn't fit on a CD), The osol-0811-98-global.iso is ~661 MB in size. I'm sure than any packages it may be missing can be added after installation. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___

Re: [osol-discuss] snv_98 iso

2008-09-23 Thread Paul Gress
Bill Shannon wrote: > On a different but related topic... > > I downloaded the snv_98 iso, burned it to DVD (it wouldn't fit on a CD), > but when I try to boot on an old Dell 4550 it fails in a different way > each time I try - sometimes disk errors, sometimes some problem with some > service, some

Re: [osol-discuss] firefox problems with snv_98

2008-09-23 Thread Thommy M . Malmström
Back to the slow Xorg. Having almost no response on the keyboard is worse. Any hints on what xorg.conf settings I need on an Acer Ferarri 4000 to get normal type pace? My xorg is attached -- This message posted from opensolaris.org xorg.conf.new Description: Binary data _

Re: [osol-discuss] snv_98 iso

2008-09-23 Thread Bill Shannon
Dave Uhring wrote: >> Already did that. It helps a little but it's still unusable. Same goes for >> thunderbird. It's the >> whole window system that is malfunctioning. Switching between workspaces is >> a 5 second >> operation. Machine is Ferrari 4000 with 2GB and fresh install of 2008.11 b86 >

Re: [osol-discuss] firefox problems with snv_98

2008-09-23 Thread Thommy M . Malmström
Luckily my own comment made me realize that I've seen something about DRI and ATI. http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6718572 So I created a xorg.conf to put in /etc/X11 svcadm disable graphical-login/gdm Log in and su then run /usr/X11/bin/Xorg -configure vi /root/xorg.conf.new Co

Re: [osol-discuss] Identification macro for Open Solaris

2008-09-23 Thread Ming Kin Lai
What if one wants to self-document the OS and compiler versions under which the executable is compiled? I don't know of any other way; I can only think of using the macros defined by the compiler, so that the program would display some message like "This executable is compiled using GCC 4.2.0 on

Re: [osol-discuss] firefox problems with snv_98

2008-09-23 Thread Thommy M . Malmström
> Then upgrade your system to b98 and replace firefox > as I previously showed. I did, no change. I actually don't think it is firefox because thunderbird is also slow as a cow as is the whole window system. Switching window workspace takes 5 seconds. Used to happen immediately when touching th

Re: [osol-discuss] irefox 3.0.1 contrib. builds for Solaris10 hungs when printing is attempted

2008-09-23 Thread Paul Gress
Aaron Wilson wrote: > Works fine for me when printing. Solaris 10 U5 using blastwave cups to > manage print jobs. I don't think the latter really matters though > since FF 3.01 just uses lpr to print, though I am using the blastwave > version of lpr and lp too. > > Locks up for me with Blas

Re: [osol-discuss] irefox 3.0.1 contrib. builds for Solaris10 hungs when printing is attempted

2008-09-23 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
> On another off topic note if you want to make your FF3 look more like the > Windows or Mac versions the > following theme works well on Solaris 10 :-) > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8105 > Aaron It also works well on os0811_98. Thanks. -- This message posted from opensolari

Re: [osol-discuss] irefox 3.0.1 contrib. builds for Solaris10 hungs when printing is attempted

2008-09-23 Thread Aaron Wilson
Works fine for me when printing. Solaris 10 U5 using blastwave cups to manage print jobs. I don't think the latter really matters though since FF 3.01 just uses lpr to print, though I am using the blastwave version of lpr and lp too. On another off topic note if you want to make your FF3 l

Re: [osol-discuss] firefox problems with snv_98

2008-09-23 Thread Dave Uhring
> Already did that. It helps a little but it's still unusable. Same goes for > thunderbird. It's the > whole window system that is malfunctioning. Switching between workspaces is a > 5 second > operation. Machine is Ferrari 4000 with 2GB and fresh install of 2008.11 b86 Then upgrade your system

Re: [osol-discuss] irefox 3.0.1 contrib. builds for Solaris10 hungs when printing is attempted

2008-09-23 Thread Bill Shannon
Thommy M. Malmström wrote: >> I would like to mention one problem though relating >> to printing: >> >> as soon as I use P or use the menus to print a >> web page, FF3.0.1 FREEZES UP completely. > > This is the exact same behavior that I see on OpenSolaris 2008.11 b96 It doesn't hang for me, it s

Re: [osol-discuss] firefox problems with snv_98

2008-09-23 Thread Thommy M . Malmström
> su > cd /usr/lib > mv firefox firefox.sun > wget > http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/re > leases/3.0.1/contrib/solaris_tarball/ \ > firefox-3.0.1.en-US.opensolaris-i386.tar.bz2 > gtar jxf > firefox-3.0.1.en-US.opensolaris-i386.tar.bz2 > vi firefox > change /usr/local/lib/firefox

Re: [osol-discuss] irefox 3.0.1 contrib. builds for Solaris10 hungs when printing is attempted

2008-09-23 Thread Thommy M . Malmström
> I would like to mention one problem though relating > to printing: > > as soon as I use P or use the menus to print a > web page, FF3.0.1 FREEZES UP completely. This is the exact same behavior that I see on OpenSolaris 2008.11 b96 > Thanks again for the good work. Don't be so polite. This is

Re: [osol-discuss] How to debug a weird nis+ issue?

2008-09-23 Thread Peter Tribble
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 3:26 AM, Yue Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Peter > > It is as followings > > passwd: compat files nis > shadow: compat files nis > group: files nis That doesn't look at all right. You don't need a shadow entry, and the passwd configuration for compat mod

Re: [osol-discuss] How to debug a weird nis+ issue?

2008-09-23 Thread Milan Jurik
Hi, V út, 23. 09. 2008 v 04:26, Yue Chen píše: > Hi Peter > > It is as followings > > passwd: compat files nis This is wrong config for compat mode > shadow: compat files nis shadow isn't using nsswitch, it's in "conjunction" with passwd backend > group: files nis > See manpa

[osol-discuss] Art Exhibit at SVOSUG on Thur. 09/25/08

2008-09-23 Thread Alan DuBoff
I unfortunately forgot to mention that Tamarah Rockwood will be showing her artwork which was submitted for the OpenSolaris Community Innovations Awards, at the meeting on Thurs. Many of you know Tamarah's husband Ben who has given a presentation at SVOSUG in the past, and is a great supporter

Re: [osol-discuss] firefox problems with snv_98

2008-09-23 Thread Thommy M. Malmström
Bill Shannon wrote: > Ginn Chen wrote: >>> It would be nice if there was more information than "it's broken". >>> I can't tell if the problems I'm having are the same problems >>> reported above. >> Firefox 3 in snv_97/snv_98 has several issues. >> e.g. >> Bookmarks are missing. >> Bookmarks could