[osol-discuss] Need help with opensolaris installation

2009-04-20 Thread yaseen nemeee
Hi , guys I need your help well , i tried to install opensolaris on my computer everything worked right double click on install opensolaris I clicked next Then I picked my region and location so in the partitioner windows i choosed the second choice , which is custom setting the first

Re: [osol-discuss] How to make pkgtool work properly?

2009-04-20 Thread Ghee Teo
On 04/17/09 17:10, Shao Xuan wrote: Thanks Aubrey, Now I know how the pkgtool works. I can use this tool to build specs. But it seems hard for this command to automatically resolve dependencies (using --autodeps) and download source codes from urls within the spec files. It always fail to

Re: [osol-discuss] Setup VNC on OpenSolaris

2009-04-20 Thread Halton Huo
On Sat, 2009-04-18 at 19:20 -0700, Tom Chen wrote: Thanks, I just tried on OpenSolaris nv112, but somehow, does not work sigh. We do not use OpenSolaris 2008.11. Hi Tom, As I know, OpenSolaris 2009.06 snv_112 is not out. I'm using OpenSolaris 2009.06 snv_111 now. System -- Preferences --

Re: [osol-discuss] Need help with opensolaris installation

2009-04-20 Thread Jedy Wang
On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 01:07 -0700, yaseen nemeee wrote: Hi , guys I need your help well , i tried to install opensolaris on my computer everything worked right double click on install opensolaris I clicked next Then I picked my region and location so in the partitioner windows i

[osol-discuss] Reading Route table

2009-04-20 Thread Akhil Jain
Hi All, Want to read route table from solaris kernel in my C code. Is there any API's for that ? Thanks Akhil Jain -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Reading Route table

2009-04-20 Thread Martin Bochnig
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Akhil Jain akhil_jain...@yahoo.co.in wrote: Hi All, Want to read route table from solaris kernel in my C code. Is there any API's for that ? Have a look at the routing(7P) and route(7P) man pages. ___

[osol-discuss] Mount a zpool in the post jumpstart script

2009-04-20 Thread Krishna Chaitanya
Hi, after solaris installation, in the post jumpstart script, I'm creating a zpool and trying to mount it as /data. Since the filesystem is readonly before reboot, I'm not able to mount it. But I need to install some softwares in that pool before reboot. The solaris install script copies the os

Re: [osol-discuss] Reading Route table

2009-04-20 Thread Paul Durrant
Akhil Jain wrote: The route command is an administrative command. If there are any C api's which can directly read routing table (w.o. using system() call) .. man -s 7p route what other API do you need? -- === Paul Durrant

Re: [osol-discuss] Reading Route table

2009-04-20 Thread Akhil Jain
Hi, The route command is an administrative command. If there are any C api's which can directly read routing table (w.o. using system() call) .. --Akhil Jain -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list

Re: [osol-discuss] How to make pkgtool work properly?

2009-04-20 Thread Halton Huo
On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 19:59 -0700, Shao Xuan wrote: Hello, I have tried, but with no luck. :( yuri...@mars:~/SFE$ pkgtool build-only --download SFWnasm.spec ips_utils: warning: unknown section variant ips_utils: failed to parse line: variant.opensolaris.zone = global ips_utils: failed

Re: [osol-discuss] The IBM deal is dead, so...

2009-04-20 Thread Calum Benson
On 16 Apr 2009, at 16:45, Oehnei wrote: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchivesid=a_Cd1zoHX4cs SIGH, DOUBLE SIGH. Can someone please tell whoever is behind this BS to S. T. F. U.? I think this officially puts an end to it:

Re: [osol-discuss] The IBM deal is dead, so...

2009-04-20 Thread CLF
So now Oracle will own BerkeleyDB and MySQL? Expect eye-watering price hikes now that there is effectively no competition in the DB arena. Chris (choking on his triple-shot) On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 12:55 +0100, Calum Benson wrote: On 16 Apr 2009, at 16:45, Oehnei wrote:

[osol-discuss] Oracle to buy Sun.

2009-04-20 Thread Manish Chakravarty
http://www.sun.com/third-party/global/oracle/ ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle to buy Sun.

2009-04-20 Thread Alexander Eremin
On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 18:19 +0530, Manish Chakravarty wrote: http://www.sun.com/third-party/global/oracle/ ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org Congrats. I think Oracle is more better for OpenSolaris than IBM...

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle to buy Sun.

2009-04-20 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 18:19 +0530, Manish Chakravarty wrote: http://www.sun.com/third-party/global/oracle/ Congrats. I think Oracle is more better for OpenSolaris than IBM... Agreed. But now I worry about sun hardware. Should I buy? Shouldn't I buy? Will they be able to honor their

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle to buy Sun.

2009-04-20 Thread Anil Gulecha
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 6:21 PM, Alexander Eremin ere...@milax.org wrote: On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 18:19 +0530, Manish Chakravarty wrote: http://www.sun.com/third-party/global/oracle/ ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle to buy Sun.

2009-04-20 Thread Aubrey Li
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 9:14 PM, Anil Gulecha anil.ve...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 6:21 PM, Alexander Eremin ere...@milax.org wrote: On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 18:19 +0530, Manish Chakravarty wrote: http://www.sun.com/third-party/global/oracle/

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle to buy Sun.

2009-04-20 Thread Mario Goebbels
On 04/20/09 14:49, Manish Chakravarty wrote: http://www.sun.com/third-party/global/oracle/ Uh... what the? The IBM deal was all over the damn news, Oracle was just mentioned as part of the rumor mill (at least how I perceived it). Well, that's a surprise. Chances that OpenSolaris

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle to buy Sun.

2009-04-20 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 18:19 +0530, Manish Chakravarty wrote: http://www.sun.com/third-party/global/oracle/ Congrats. I think Oracle is more better for OpenSolaris than IBM... Agreed. But now I worry about sun hardware. Should I buy? Shouldn't I buy? Will they be able to honor

[osol-discuss] Oracle bought SUN! Congrats! :o)

2009-04-20 Thread Orvar Korvar
Congrats you SUN people! I like this a lot better than if IBM bought SUN. Oracle + Java + Solaris + Rock = whopass -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Impact of Oracle acquisition of Sun?

2009-04-20 Thread Mark Miller
Does anyone believe that Oracle's acquisition of Sun is a good thing? I have many friends at the valley who say that Oracle acquires companies and runs them into the ground. Obviously there is a great strategic use of Solaris to compete against IBM. Has Oracle been a good contributor to any

[osol-discuss] Oracle Have Bought Sun so ?

2009-04-20 Thread Krzysztof Abramowicz
http://www.sun.com/third-party/global/oracle/ Today sun informed that had been bought for 7.4 bln $ , What we may except for the future of Solaris , Java , Netbeans , Mysql , Sprac and more and more sun's products ? Will oracle sponsor opensolaris project and accelerate solaris 10 development

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle to buy Sun.

2009-04-20 Thread Mark Miller
What is Oracle's history with other acquisitions? This is a great strategic move for Oracle and makes sense, but what about the OpenSolaris community? Has Oracle been a major contributor to open source projects? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Packages installation

2009-04-20 Thread Alfred Peng
Jerry Tan wrote: On 04/19/09 11:40, Gohan Ray wrote: Hello guys..I m a newbie to OpenSolaris.. I was working on installing packages from Package Manager. I added Blastwave Repository.. Then i installed mplayer , ffmpeg codecs and GStreamer Plugins.. But the GStreamer codecs are not

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle to buy Sun.

2009-04-20 Thread Zoltan Farkas
Welcome to: Unbreakable Solaris -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Oracle to buy Sun?

2009-04-20 Thread Ivan Wang
Ok, now it's Oracle's turn, http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/20/oracle_buys_sun/ At least the company doesn't shy from speaking about it: http://www.oracle.com/sun/sun-general-presentation.pdf Personally I am not sure if Oracle is better than IBM. If I has to pick, Cisco is the top choice.

Re: [osol-discuss] Need help with opensolaris installation

2009-04-20 Thread john kroll
If his newbe experience is close to my own, he has lost windows entirely. He could have tried to install opensolaris.com. So the question could be how do you keep that from hogging the entire disk? SXCE has no problem honoring partitions but they need to be primary not logical. -- This message

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle to buy Sun.

2009-04-20 Thread Uwe Dippel
[i]Welcome to: Unbreakable Solaris [/i] +2 Sometimes there is simply not enough to laugh about. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle to buy Sun.

2009-04-20 Thread Martin Bochnig
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Manish Chakravarty manishch...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.sun.com/third-party/global/oracle/ There have always been rumors on the market that Oracle might one day acquire Sun. During SNCQ4'2003 (product launch) conference in Berlin (yes, more than 5 years ago)

[osol-discuss] starter kit question

2009-04-20 Thread Harry Sack
dear, on http://get.opensolaris.org/ I see the starter kit is being redesigned. Can you tell me when the new starter kit is available please? thx ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Reading Route table

2009-04-20 Thread Martin Bochnig
Martin Bochnig wrote: Have a look at the routing(7P) and route(7P) man pages. On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Akhil Jain akhil_jain...@yahoo.co.in wrote: Hi, The route command is an administrative command. If there are any C api's which can directly read routing table (w.o. using

[osol-discuss] Video driver for Ultra 20 x86

2009-04-20 Thread Dexter Stowers
Hi, I have a Sun Ultra 20 and I have installed the Solaris x86_64 NVIDIA driver: Solaris Display Driver - x64/x86 Version: 180.44 Operating System: Solaris x64/x86 Release Date: March 30, 2009 But for some reason I can only get one of the two monitors to show up. Has anyone else

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle to buy Sun.

2009-04-20 Thread Octave Orgeron
Well it's a definite turn of events, but the important thing is that IBM and HP didn't get their hands on Sun. An interesting read is this: http://www.oracle.com/sun/sun-general-presentation.pdf Pulled some good points from it on my blog.

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle to buy Sun.

2009-04-20 Thread Jonathan Evans
A sad day for Sun, but depending on how Oracle manages the OpenSolaris community, it could be a good day for Solaris. MySQL on the other hand... -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list

Re: [osol-discuss] Video driver for Ultra 20 x86

2009-04-20 Thread John Martin
Dexter Stowers wrote: Hi, I have a Sun Ultra 20 and I have installed the Solaris x86_64 NVIDIA driver: Solaris Display Driver – x64/x86 *Version: 180.44 Operating System: Solaris x64/x86 Release Date: March 30, 2009* But for some reason I can only get one of the two monitors to show up.

Re: [osol-discuss] Video driver for Ultra 20 x86

2009-04-20 Thread Dexter Stowers
Thanks John...that is exactly what I need! I appreciate your assistance! -- Dexter Systems Programmer Unix/Linux Systems Administrator College of Engineering and Science Clemson University 142 Freeman Hall Clemson, SC 29634 helpdesk: unix-adm...@ces.clemson.edu Telephone: 864.656.1230

[osol-discuss] gvim?

2009-04-20 Thread Shawn Protsman
In my effort to get comfortable with opensolaris I've not been able to find gvim. I've installed the aap version but it will only compile without GUI (-X11), even after editing the configure options in vim/ src/config.arg. So where do I find a package for gvim, if one exists? Thanks, Shawn

Re: [osol-discuss] gvim?

2009-04-20 Thread Shawn Walker
Shawn Protsman wrote: In my effort to get comfortable with opensolaris I've not been able to find gvim. I've installed the aap version but it will only compile without GUI (-X11), even after editing the configure options in vim/src/config.arg. So where do I find a package for gvim, if one

Re: [osol-discuss] gvim?

2009-04-20 Thread Martin Bochnig
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Shawn Protsman prots...@mac.com wrote: In my effort to get comfortable with opensolaris I've not been able to find gvim. I've installed the aap version but it will only compile without GUI (-X11), even after editing the configure options in vim/src/config.arg.

[osol-discuss] How to allow multiple users have different VNC sessions on OpenSolaris?

2009-04-20 Thread Tom Chen
Hi, Thanks for everyone helping me out on the previous post about VNC setup. The method is to enable Desktop Sharing: System -- Preferences -- Desktop Sharing I re-installed nv112 and it works! I guess the reason why I failed is that I tried some scripts before then this method did not work.

Re: [osol-discuss] gvim?

2009-04-20 Thread Shawn Protsman
On Apr 20, 2009, at 11:24 AM, Glenn Lagasse wrote: How did you try to look for it? glaga...@shire:~$ pkg search gvim INDEX ACTIONVALUE PACKAGE basename file usr/bin/gvim pkg:/sunwg...@7.2.84-0.111 basename file usr/bin/gvim pkg:/sunwg...@7.2.84-0.111

Re: [osol-discuss] gvim?

2009-04-20 Thread Glenn Lagasse
* Shawn Protsman (prots...@mac.com) wrote: In my effort to get comfortable with opensolaris I've not been able to find gvim. I've installed the aap version but it will only compile without GUI (-X11), even after editing the configure options in vim/ src/config.arg. So where do I find a

Re: [osol-discuss] gvim?

2009-04-20 Thread Shawn Protsman
On Apr 20, 2009, at 11:37 AM, Shawn Protsman wrote: On Apr 20, 2009, at 11:24 AM, Glenn Lagasse wrote: How did you try to look for it? glaga...@shire:~$ pkg search gvim INDEX ACTIONVALUE PACKAGE basename file usr/bin/gvim pkg:/sunwg...@7.2.84-0.111

Re: [osol-discuss] gvim?

2009-04-20 Thread Shawn Walker
Shawn Protsman wrote: On Apr 20, 2009, at 11:24 AM, Glenn Lagasse wrote: How did you try to look for it? glaga...@shire:~$ pkg search gvim INDEX ACTIONVALUE PACKAGE basename file usr/bin/gvim pkg:/sunwg...@7.2.84-0.111 basename file usr/bin/gvim

Re: [osol-discuss] gvim?

2009-04-20 Thread Shawn Protsman
On Apr 20, 2009, at 11:41 AM, Shawn Walker wrote: Shawn Protsman wrote: On Apr 20, 2009, at 11:24 AM, Glenn Lagasse wrote: How did you try to look for it? glaga...@shire:~$ pkg search gvim INDEX ACTIONVALUE PACKAGE basename file usr/bin/gvim

Re: [osol-discuss] gvim?

2009-04-20 Thread Shawn Walker
Shawn Protsman wrote: I tried the '-r' flag also. Same result. Perhaps I ought to update to 111? Yes, you'll probably have to. The problem is that SUNWgvim isn't available from the /release repository and wasn't available until build 105. The OpenSolaris 2008.11 release you're using (based

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle to buy Sun.

2009-04-20 Thread MC
I think people should assume that opensolaris as you know it is over. opensolaris is a consumer desktop os developed by sun, and that has no place in the oracle future. I assume oracle will accelerate the transition of solaris to the opensolaris code and build systems, and it will remain

Re: [osol-discuss] Video driver for Ultra 20 x86

2009-04-20 Thread Martin Bochnig
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 8:04 PM, Dexter Stowers dex...@exchange.clemson.edu wrote: Thanks John...that is exactly what I need! I appreciate your assistance! -- Dexter Yep, John is the Nvidia expert. Only one additional question (of/from a more general background) : Normally OpenSolaris relies

Re: [osol-discuss] gvim?

2009-04-20 Thread Glenn Lagasse
* Shawn Protsman (prots...@mac.com) wrote: On Apr 20, 2009, at 11:24 AM, Glenn Lagasse wrote: How did you try to look for it? glaga...@shire:~$ pkg search gvim INDEX ACTIONVALUE PACKAGE basename file usr/bin/gvim pkg:/sunwg...@7.2.84-0.111 basename

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle to buy Sun.

2009-04-20 Thread Shawn Walker
MC wrote: I think people should assume that opensolaris as you know it is over. opensolaris is a consumer desktop os developed by sun, and that has no place in the oracle future. I think people should assume nothing. If you'll note from today's announcement, Oracle considers Java and

[osol-discuss] frustrated in installing Sun Studio 12 in opensolaris

2009-04-20 Thread Shao Xuan
Hello, I want to reinstall Sun Studio 12 in opensolaris 2009.06 snv111 using graphical installer (installer file). But when the windows came to 'select content' (translated from Chinese), the 3 check box are all grey, I can check them all, but they all can't install! The install progress end

[osol-discuss] How to allow multiple users have different VNC sessions on OpenSolaris?

2009-04-20 Thread Tom Chen
Hi, Thanks for everyone helping me out on the previous post about VNC setup. The method is to enable Desktop Sharing: System -- Preferences -- Desktop Sharing I re-installed nv112 and it works! I guess the reason why I failed is that I tried some scripts before then this method did not work.

Re: [osol-discuss] frustrated in installing Sun Studio 12 in opensolaris

2009-04-20 Thread Andre Lue
Try using the command line. Just unzip create a few links in opt and set your PATH. The details are in the package after you download and unzip it. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list

[osol-discuss] Sun and Oracle getting married

2009-04-20 Thread Peter Jones
Sun and Oracle getting married Think its too early to tease out what's going to happen..The initial release sets the tone of Sun fitting into Oracles business model However the full integration of the value chain here is a big undertaking for oracle.The development of Solaris in enterprise

Re: [osol-discuss] frustrated in installing Sun Studio 12 in opensolaris

2009-04-20 Thread Shawn Walker
Shao Xuan wrote: Hello, I want to reinstall Sun Studio 12 in opensolaris 2009.06 snv111 using graphical installer (installer file). But when the windows came to 'select content' (translated from Chinese), the 3 check box are all grey, I can check them all, but they all can't install! The

Re: [osol-discuss] frustrated in installing Sun Studio 12 in opensolaris

2009-04-20 Thread Shawn Walker
Shao Xuan wrote: Thanks for your quick reply. But is there a way to completely uninstall the Sun Studio 12 in my system? I installed it using graphical interface last time. I think there's an uninstall script where you extract the download tarball. However, failing that, this might work

Re: [osol-discuss] frustrated in installing Sun Studio 12 in opensolaris

2009-04-20 Thread Ian Collins
On Tue 21/04/09 08:52 , Shawn Walker swal...@opensolaris.org sent: Shao Xuan wrote: Thanks for your quick reply. But is there a way to completely uninstall the Sun Studio 12 in my system? I installed it using graphical interface last time. I think there's an uninstall script where you

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle to buy Sun.

2009-04-20 Thread Krzysztof Abramowicz
Now I'm interesting of he future of Solaris 10 , this system will be longer Freeware And OpenSource ? Perspect Future of OpenSolaris that system wouldn't be a next ubuntu clone , evolution from version 08.05 to 08.11 convinced me to option that Opensolaris will heve been multi task OS like

Re: [osol-discuss] frustrated in installing Sun Studio 12 in opensolaris

2009-04-20 Thread Shao Xuan
Hello, the script you provided can't work, the terminal returns: yuri...@mars:~# ./batch.sh sed��-e ʽ #1���ַ� 12��unterminated `s' command yuri...@mars:~# I put the log file in my home directory. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___

Re: [osol-discuss] frustrated in installing Sun Studio 12 in opensolaris

2009-04-20 Thread Shao Xuan
But the terminal said it can't find uninstall_sun_studio_12.class. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle to buy Sun.

2009-04-20 Thread Tim Scanlon
It's better than IBM. However the nicest thing I've ever heard anyone say about Larry Ellison is that he has good taste in boats... So we'll see how it goes. Tim -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list