Re: [osol-discuss] dtrace

2009-03-09 Thread Tirthankar
Refer to http://blogs.sun.com/binujp/entry/dtrace_provider_for_python Thanks, Tirthankar http://blogs.sun.com/tirthankar On 03/09/09 11:22, gautham k wrote: how to write our own probes for integrating dtrace with other scripting langauage. eg:python

[osol-discuss] How to check if java desktop is installed or not

2009-03-09 Thread sraghunan...@huawei.com
Dear All, How to check if java desktop is installed and whether it is working. My application needs to check if java desktop is present and if yes, create application shortcuts for this desktop also. Any help in this regard is appreciated. Thanks in advance Raghu -- This message posted from

[osol-discuss] Any groups working on consol developement

2009-03-09 Thread Harry Putnam
I hope this doesn't come over as just more carping, but I'm wondering if any developers are actively working on making the console login evironment more efficient? Are there already ways available to make the console a place where work can get done quickly and efficiently? Maybe somekind of

Re: [osol-discuss] Any groups working on consol developement

2009-03-09 Thread Lingbo Tang
Harry Putnam wrote: I hope this doesn't come over as just more carping, but I'm wondering if any developers are actively working on making the console login evironment more efficient? Are there already ways available to make the console a place where work can get done quickly and

[osol-discuss] Updating 11/2008 to build 108 with Package Manager

2009-03-09 Thread Dennis Keane
I'm currently running OS 11/2008 and would like to upgrade to build 108. I'm trying to add in the development repository into Package Manager and can't. I'm using this URL: http://pkg.opensolaris.org/dev The Add button remains Greyed Out. Do I need to add a port number like the SunFreeware

Re: [osol-discuss] Any groups working on consol developement

2009-03-09 Thread Fredrich Maney
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 8:38 AM, Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com wrote: I hope this doesn't come over as just more carping, but I'm wondering if any developers are actively working on making the console login evironment more efficient? Are there already ways available to make the console a

Re: [osol-discuss] Any groups working on consol developement

2009-03-09 Thread Harry Putnam
Lingbo Tang lingbo.t...@sun.com writes: [...] There must be skilled users who work in console mode extensivley, maybe someone can give me some tips. There have been virtual console functionality in solaris kernel. It's easy to extend the console environment, like scrollable screen in

[osol-discuss] using active directory ldap need group member definition using distinguished name not uid

2009-03-09 Thread Florian Manschwetus
I have a working setup for linux (kerberos + ldap), I have successfully ported a lot of it to my opensolaris testsystem (should become a filerserver (cifs + nfs)), but the group member ships aren't resolved (just the default group is resolved). It looks to me that the problem is the fact that our

Re: [osol-discuss] Updating 11/2008 to build 108 with Package Manager

2009-03-09 Thread Harry Putnam
Dennis Keane d...@panix.com writes: The Add button remains Greyed Out. Do I need to add a port number like the SunFreeware repository? http://pkg.sunfreeware.com:9000/ Or do I have to specify which version I want? The pkg.opensolaris.org/dev page shows 0.5.11-0.108 as the current

Re: [osol-discuss] Updating 11/2008 to build 108 with Package Manager

2009-03-09 Thread Florian Manschwetus
Harry Putnam schrieb: Dennis Keane d...@panix.com writes: The Add button remains Greyed Out. Do I need to add a port number like the SunFreeware repository? http://pkg.sunfreeware.com:9000/ Or do I have to specify which version I want? The pkg.opensolaris.org/dev page shows

Re: [osol-discuss] idmap seems to not use all information available in ActiveDirectory

2009-03-09 Thread Julian Pullen
Florian, I am not on the opensolaris-discuss alias so please include me on reply. idmap is for mapping Solaris identities to Windows identities. It does name based mapping. It coverts SIDs, UIDs and GID to names and hence maps a Windows name to a Solaris name. We currently don't have a naming

Re: [osol-discuss] Updating 11/2008 to build 108 with Package Manager

2009-03-09 Thread Marcelo M. Garcia
Dennis Keane wrote: I'm currently running OS 11/2008 and would like to upgrade to build 108. I'm trying to add in the development repository into Package Manager and can't. I'm using this URL: http://pkg.opensolaris.org/dev The Add button remains Greyed Out. Do I need to add a port number

Re: [osol-discuss] Any groups working on consol developement

2009-03-09 Thread James Carlson
Harry Putnam writes: Lingbo Tang lingbo.t...@sun.com writes: There have been virtual console functionality in solaris kernel. It's easy to extend the console environment, like scrollable screen in future. You can refer to project page on opensolaris.org for the latest status. If anyone

Re: [osol-discuss] Updating 11/2008 to build 108 with Package Manager

2009-03-09 Thread Dennis Keane
Marcelo M. Garcia wrote: Dennis Keane wrote: I'm currently running OS 11/2008 and would like to upgrade to build 108. I'm trying to add in the development repository into Package Manager and can't. I'm using this URL: http://pkg.opensolaris.org/dev The Add button remains Greyed Out. Do I

Re: [osol-discuss] Updating 11/2008 to build 108 with Package Manager

2009-03-09 Thread Shawn Walker
Dennis Keane wrote: Marcelo M. Garcia wrote: Dennis Keane wrote: I'm currently running OS 11/2008 and would like to upgrade to build 108. I'm trying to add in the development repository into Package Manager and can't. I'm using this URL: http://pkg.opensolaris.org/dev The Add button

[osol-discuss] Problems with netbeans

2009-03-09 Thread Marcelo M. Garcia
Hi I'm trying to use Wicket in my Opensolaris (snv_108). When I try to create a new Web project, and add (register) a server, I got an error. The point is, if I try to upload the error, I got a reply saying to update my netbeans to build of 6.7M1. But this version is not available to

[osol-discuss] How to install a font?

2009-03-09 Thread Nils Blomqvist
Hi all, I'm completely green when it comes to OpenSolaris, so I'm wondering how you go about to install a font! I've got my set of .otf files... But I don't know where to put them or what commands to run and so on. Help very much appriciated! -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Updating 11/2008 to build 108 with Package Manager

2009-03-09 Thread James Mansion
Shawn Walker wrote: There are a set of rules about what characters are allowed in the name. Spaces are one of the characters that are not allowed. I seem to remember being bitten by that too, albeit briefly. I seem to remember cursing the lack of clarity of diagnostic. And to be honest,

Re: [osol-discuss] Updating 11/2008 to build 108 with Package Manager

2009-03-09 Thread Shawn Walker
James Mansion wrote: Shawn Walker wrote: There are a set of rules about what characters are allowed in the name. Spaces are one of the characters that are not allowed. I seem to remember being bitten by that too, albeit briefly. I seem to remember cursing the lack of clarity of diagnostic.

Re: [osol-discuss] How to install a font?

2009-03-09 Thread Woong Bin Kang
Open Nautilus window. Go to your home directory. Press Ctrl+H to show all hidden directories. If not present, create a directory called .fonts (mkdir .fonts) Copy your font files to that directory. You should be able to see fonts added now. Woongbin -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] How to install a font?

2009-03-09 Thread Paul Gress
Woong Bin Kang wrote: Open Nautilus window. Go to your home directory. Press Ctrl+H to show all hidden directories. If not present, create a directory called .fonts (mkdir .fonts) Copy your font files to that directory. You should be able to see fonts added now. Woongbin I'm not sure if

Re: [osol-discuss] How to check if java desktop is installed or not

2009-03-09 Thread Aubrey Li
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 6:39 PM, sraghunan...@huawei.com sraghunan...@huawei.com wrote: Dear All,  How to check if java desktop is installed and whether it is working.  My application needs to check if java desktop is present and if yes, create application shortcuts for this desktop also.  

Re: [osol-discuss] Any groups working on consol developement

2009-03-09 Thread Aubrey Li
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 12:30 AM, James Carlson james.d.carl...@sun.com wrote: Harry Putnam writes: Lingbo Tang lingbo.t...@sun.com writes: There have been virtual console functionality in solaris kernel. It's easy to extend the console environment, like scrollable screen in future. You