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

2008-09-26 Thread Ming Kin Lai
I have a feeling that you are not the only test-for-individual-features advocate who cannot explain how it would work in an actual case. Refer to the Feature Test Macros section in http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/816-0220/6m6nkorrh?a=view. I think test-for-features does depend on symbols

Re: [osol-discuss] weird printer behavior - multiple add printer queue instances

2008-09-26 Thread Ghee Teo
Norm Jacobs wrote: weknox wrote: After much trial and error I have a printer that works on opensolaris snv_98, an amd_64. There are a few problems that show up, however. 1. The add printer queue pop-up keeps multiplying. There are now about 15 instances that show up when I boot up

Re: [osol-discuss] Bittorrent client for Solaris

2008-09-26 Thread Brian Hechinger
I've been using bitflu lately myself. I can't get mldonkey to build on Solaris and the package in blastwave isn't stable on SPARC. Also, sancho doesn't run right on Solaris/x86_64. To fix the file descriptor issue I built a fully 64-bit perl 5.10, but it still only gets 255 file descriptors.

Re: [osol-discuss] Installation OpenSolaris and Windows vista

2008-09-26 Thread john kroll
My problems probably are not related but I'm thinking the 4 empty slots of r_m can be replaced by another device. My machine looses total awareness when 4 cards are removed. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing

Re: [osol-discuss] Bittorrent client for Solaris

2008-09-26 Thread Casper . Dik
I've been using bitflu lately myself. I can't get mldonkey to build on Solaris and the package in blastwave isn't stable on SPARC. Also, sancho doesn't run right on Solaris/x86_64. To fix the fi le descriptor issue I built a fully 64-bit perl 5.10, but it still only gets 255 file

Re: [osol-discuss] weird printer behavior - multiple add printer queue instances

2008-09-26 Thread weknox
After much trial and error I have a printer that works on opensolaris snv_98, an amd_64. There are a few problems that show up, however. 1. The add printer queue pop-up keeps multiplying. There are now about 15 instances that show up when I boot up the machine. Manageable now but,

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

2008-09-26 Thread Richard L. Hamilton
Look again at standards(5). Something like the following should work (simplified, i.e. I'm not using make in this example): OSVERS=`uname -s`-`uname -r` case ${OSVERS} in SunOS-5.[89]) BEST_STD_FLAG=-D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500;; SunOS-5.1[01]) BEST_STD_FLAG=-D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600;; *) echo unsupported

Re: [osol-discuss] weird printer behavior - multiple add printer queue instances

2008-09-26 Thread Ghee Teo
weknox wrote: You can remove /usr/share/gnome/autostart/ospm-applet.desktop to fix this. This hasn't gone so well. I renamed ospm-applet.desktop to ospm-applet.desktop.remove.this.if.it.works rather than delete it but it's still popping up the dialogs. And I do only have one

Re: [osol-discuss] Bittorrent client for Solaris

2008-09-26 Thread Dennis Clarke
I've been using bitflu lately myself. I can't get mldonkey to build on Solaris and the package in blastwave isn't stable on SPARC. What isn't stable ? Dennis ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Where is Trash Folder

2008-09-26 Thread George Arellano
Where is the Trash folder located? I need to cleanup the Trash folder that contains files with root permission. I followed this instruction: http://blogs.sun.com/observatory/entry/dealing_with_the_trash But it doesn't work. Thanks. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] weird printer behavior - multiple add printer queue instances

2008-09-26 Thread John Brewer
This is fixed in build 99 or 100. The desktop integration for the print management tools move around some and we ended up with two autostart files for the ospm for a build or two. You can remove /usr/share/gnome/autostart/ospm-applet.desktop to fix this. Will you be able to delete a printer

[osol-discuss] Network interface not working when installing

2008-09-26 Thread John Brewer
ping 164.73.82.36 164.73.82.36 is alive ping merlin.cmat.edu.yu ping: unknown host merlin.cmat.edu.uy To make this work properly I had to add the following line to /etc/system: set xnf:xnf_cksum_offload = 0 Wel,, I think that's all (by now, :) ). From URL

Re: [osol-discuss] VIA VT6420 SATA RAID Controller not working

2008-09-26 Thread Mike Meyer
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:49:56 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joerg Schilling) wrote: It is a shame that Solaris does not have a useful SATA support many years after the move towards SATA dis start. But it does. It doesn't have as broad of support as systems that the SATA controller manufacturers

Re: [osol-discuss] VIA VT6420 SATA RAID Controller not working

2008-09-26 Thread Mike Meyer
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:08:56 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joerg Schilling) wrote: Mike Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Conclusion, there is currently _no_ option to connect a SATA disk to a decent home system except by using a SATA - PATA or SATA - USB adaptor. I think you've shown

[osol-discuss] Boot 32 bit mode with grub

2008-09-26 Thread Treb
I'm trying to build a 32 bit wireless driver (ndis) on my 34 bit computer. In order to do so I am trying to modify grub to boot into 32 bit mode as follows: # /rpool/boot/grub/menu.lst # --- splashimage /boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz background 215ECA timeout 30 default 0

Re: [osol-discuss] Bittorrent client for Solaris

2008-09-26 Thread Brian Hechinger
On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 09:39:36AM -0400, Dennis Clarke wrote: I've been using bitflu lately myself. I can't get mldonkey to build on Solaris and the package in blastwave isn't stable on SPARC. What isn't stable ? The fact that it core dumps with a bus error rather frequently. This is

[osol-discuss] Netowrk interface not working during install

2008-09-26 Thread John Brewer
ping 164.73.82.36 164.73.82.36 is alive ping merlin.cmat.edu.yu ping: unknown host merlin.cmat.edu.uy To make this work properly I had to add the following line to /etc/system: set xnf:xnf_cksum_offload = 0 Wel,, I think that's all (by now, :) ). From URL

Re: [osol-discuss] Bittorrent client for Solaris

2008-09-26 Thread Dennis Clarke
On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 09:39:36AM -0400, Dennis Clarke wrote: I've been using bitflu lately myself. I can't get mldonkey to build on Solaris and the package in blastwave isn't stable on SPARC. What isn't stable ? The fact that it core dumps with a bus error rather frequently. well

Re: [osol-discuss] Where is Trash Folder

2008-09-26 Thread Calum Benson
On 26 Sep 2008, at 16:26, George Arellano wrote: Where is the Trash folder located? I need to cleanup the Trash folder that contains files with root permission. I followed this instruction: http://blogs.sun.com/observatory/entry/dealing_with_the_trash In recent builds it has moved to

Re: [osol-discuss] VBox 2.0.2 vs. 1.6.6

2008-09-26 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
Running os0811 under VBox now allows my notebook to go into suspend mode according to exactly the same manner that the Vista host is scheduled to do. Unlike some Linux distros, os0811 wakes up instantly. This is really something. I need to add a comment that at the present time, the

Re: [osol-discuss] Boot 32 bit mode with grub

2008-09-26 Thread Ignacio Marambio Catán
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 6:44 PM, Treb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to build a 32 bit wireless driver (ndis) on my 34 bit computer. In order to do so I am trying to modify grub to boot into 32 bit mode as follows: # /rpool/boot/grub/menu.lst # --- splashimage