Re: [osol-discuss] any work on bug ID 6807184

2009-12-01 Thread George Drapeau
I hope I'm not intruding. I ran across this discussion while trying to find solutions to my system (which uses the nge0 driver), and I wanted to also confirm that this version of the fix (the -9 revision) works for me as well. I had tried the mcast.3.tar.gz version but it did not fix the

Re: [osol-discuss] Opensolaris 2009/06 2010/02 update/upgrade problems

2009-12-01 Thread Anon Y Mous
BTW he use wifi for this problem : I am updating over a wireless 11b network That's what I get for skimming through this thread in less then 3 seconds and firing off a reply without reading everything. I only check this forum in a few spare minutes between doing other work that I actually get

Re: [osol-discuss] virtualbox 3.0.12 IPS?

2009-12-01 Thread Robert Milkowski
Alan Steinberg wrote: I'm not in the VirtualBox organization, but I'm not aware of any beta releases. VirtualBox has been releasing on a cadence of a new version about every 4 weeks. We've tried to keep the gap between SVR4 package and IPS availability as small as possible. They do release

[osol-discuss] Is the default 512MB to small for swap

2009-12-01 Thread Andrew Watkins
I am just wondering if the default lower limit should be increased from 512MB when installed on small memory machines and depending on size of disk! The reason is I just tried a image-update of OpenSolaris 2009.06 to the latest dev release 127 and had the following message: pkg: There is

Re: [osol-discuss] Very slow boot time ( 35minutes)

2009-12-01 Thread Chris
By changing the package repository and using the update manager gui. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Opensolaris 2009/06 2010/02 update/upgrade problems

2009-12-01 Thread Tomas Bodzar
RedHat and Microsoft get broken? Unbelievable :-D (just joke). I hope that I will work soon with OpenBSD only. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] virtualbox 3.0.12 IPS?

2009-12-01 Thread Cyril Plisko
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 2:18 AM, Alan Steinberg alan.steinb...@sun.com wrote: I'm not in the VirtualBox organization, but I'm not aware of any beta releases. VirtualBox has been releasing on a cadence of a new version about every 4 weeks. We've tried to keep the gap between SVR4 package and IPS

Re: [osol-discuss] How do I install patches for sun studio 12 update 1 for opensolaris?

2009-12-01 Thread Keith
Hi Kulip, I am on the last build from /dev repository, build 127. Thanks for all of you who replied. I will wait for the SS12u1 + patches in /dev. Thanks. Kuldip Oberoi wrote: Hi Keith, Are you on an OpenSolaris 2009.06, a more recent build, or something else? We are planning on updating

Re: [osol-discuss] virtualbox 3.0.12 IPS?

2009-12-01 Thread Rob McMahon
On 01/12/2009 13:13, Cyril Plisko wrote: On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 2:18 AM, Alan Steinbergalan.steinb...@sun.com wrote: I'm not in the VirtualBox organization, but I'm not aware of any beta releases. VirtualBox has been releasing on a cadence of a new version about every 4 weeks. We've tried

Re: [osol-discuss] Why is using Package Manager such a pain in the A$$?

2009-12-01 Thread Shawn Walker
Anon Y Mous wrote: Is anybody interested in tacking a crack at re-writing IPS in the C programming language if that would make it run faster? I'm amused that you think that re-writing IPS in the C language would make it run that much faster. You're aware that core parts of IPS are already

[osol-discuss] system info

2009-12-01 Thread Harry Putnam
I wondered about a home made system info reporter that would report some basic info about the OS and hardware format (show Disks in use) zpool list zfs list -r /bin/df -h Come to mind as probably most useful in the event the sytem becomes unusable. I'm thinking to script something

Re: [osol-discuss] system info

2009-12-01 Thread Tim Bell
Harry Putnam wrote: : : If not though, I wondered if someone could coach me a bit with `format' When `format' is run with no args it lists all disks and prompts for a command. It appears there is no simple way to get the output by scripting, since `format' doesn't close by itself.

Re: [osol-discuss] Why is using Package Manager such a pain in the A$$?

2009-12-01 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
I'm amused that you think that re-writing IPS in the C language would make it run that much faster. snip Cheers, -- Shawn Walker Hi Shawn, You are, of course, a very respectable member of this forum (an understatement), but please refrain from using languages that may cause

Re: [osol-discuss] Why is using Package Manager such a pain in the A$$?

2009-12-01 Thread Brian Cameron
Is expressing amusement language that causes resentment? Or is the bad language you are talking about the reference to A$$ in the subject line? Has our forum come to this? Brian W. Wayne Liauh wrote: I'm amused that you think that re-writing IPS in the C language would make it run that

Re: [osol-discuss] any work on bug ID 6807184

2009-12-01 Thread Dave Miner
Anon Y Mous wrote: ... On a different note I don't know why Sun doesn't just give Masayuki Murayama core device driver contributor status so that he can freely work on fixing bugs in NIC drivers without having to run through the whole sponsorship obstacle course. If you look at how many Solaris

Re: [osol-discuss] system info

2009-12-01 Thread Harry Putnam
Tim Bell tim.b...@sun.com writes: [...] Harry wrote: It appears there is no simple way to get the output by scripting, since `format' doesn't close by itself. Its probably dead easy to run it with a `quit' or `exit' somewhere but I'm not sure how that might be done. This works on my home

Re: [osol-discuss] system info

2009-12-01 Thread Harry Putnam
About `failing miserably': Total pilot error... The shell I ran the command in was ssh'ed into a linux machine format /dev/null works just fine one the pilot gets his head out of his behind. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list

Re: [osol-discuss] Is the default 512MB to small for swap

2009-12-01 Thread Dave Miner
Andrew Watkins wrote: I am just wondering if the default lower limit should be increased from 512MB when installed on small memory machines and depending on size of disk! The reason is I just tried a image-update of OpenSolaris 2009.06 to the latest dev release 127 and had the following

Re: [osol-discuss] Very slow boot time ( 35minutes)

2009-12-01 Thread Chris
The boot log shown was from a boot with -v -m options. I haven't been able to complete a successful boot today, using -kv -m or normal options. For some attempts I forgot to start my timer, but they all ran passed one hour before I rebooted. However, the SVN_125 boot (to console) did succeed.

Re: [osol-discuss] system info

2009-12-01 Thread Paul Gress
Harry Putnam wrote: Tim Bell tim.b...@sun.com writes: [...] Harry wrote: It appears there is no simple way to get the output by scripting, since `format' doesn't close by itself. Its probably dead easy to run it with a `quit' or `exit' somewhere but I'm not sure how that might be done.

Re: [osol-discuss] Why is using Package Manager such a pain in the A$$?

2009-12-01 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
Is expressing amusement language that causes resentment? Or is the bad language you are talking about the reference to A$$ in the subject line? Has our forum come to this? Brian I believe you have answered your own question. (thus then why bothered to ask?) -- This message

Re: [osol-discuss] system info

2009-12-01 Thread Gopi Desaboyina
try echo | format -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] system info

2009-12-01 Thread Harry Putnam
Gopi Desaboyina gopidesaboy...@yahoo.com writes: try echo | format Nice, another good one. ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] any work on bug ID 6807184

2009-12-01 Thread Alan Coopersmith
On a different note I don't know why Sun doesn't just give Masayuki Murayama core device driver contributor status so that he can freely work on fixing bugs in NIC drivers without having to run through the whole sponsorship obstacle course. If you look at how many Solaris device drivers he

Re: [osol-discuss] Very slow boot time ( 35minutes)

2009-12-01 Thread Chris
Ok. I'm stuck now. My OS 2009.06 BEs won't boot, at least not within an hour. That includes a safe snapshot turned into a BE. The SVN_125 boots into console mode. It won't go into multi-user mode, because svc:/system/device/audio can't be started. Is it possible to remove the audio

Re: [osol-discuss] Why is using Package Manager such a pain in the A$$?

2009-12-01 Thread Che Kristo
I am all for calling out bad language when its used but I am failing to see your point here. As for the C question, it has been discussed already in the IPS mailing list, as already mentioned performance critical portions are written in C at this stage. On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 05:22, W. Wayne

[osol-discuss] java classpath

2009-12-01 Thread Dr. Martin Mundschenk
Hi! I'm moving from OSX Server to an OpenSolaris box. There are some java services to install and it's driving me nuts... The are some jar-Files that call classes from the jar file jt400.jar. I always get: Exception in thread main java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: jt400/jar Caused by:

Re: [osol-discuss] java classpath

2009-12-01 Thread Nicholas Senedzuk
Set your CLASSPATH to the path of the jt400.jar file and not the name of the file itself and then try it. On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 5:26 PM, Dr. Martin Mundschenk m.mundsch...@mundschenk.de wrote: Hi! I'm moving from OSX Server to an OpenSolaris box. There are some java services to install

Re: [osol-discuss] java classpath

2009-12-01 Thread Bill Shannon
Dr. Martin Mundschenk wrote on 12/ 1/09 02:26 PM: Hi! I'm moving from OSX Server to an OpenSolaris box. There are some java services to install and it's driving me nuts... The are some jar-Files that call classes from the jar file jt400.jar. I always get: Exception in thread main

Re: [osol-discuss] java classpath

2009-12-01 Thread Tim Bell
Dr. Martin Mundschenk wrote: 1) export CLASSPATH=jt400.jar java -jar SFR.jar As was suggested, try: export CLASSPATH=/full/path/to/jt400.jar:. java -jar SFR.jar 2) java -cp jt400.jar -jar SFR.jar on OSX all I have to do is move the libraries into /Library/Java/Extensions and

[osol-discuss] User management via http

2009-12-01 Thread Ɓukasz M
Hi, I'm looking for a user management app with web page UI. Functionality? Every user (not only a root) can login on web page to see his account (solaris system user) with ability to check a quota, change own password, maybe change personal info like first name, surname etc. Is there any system

Re: [osol-discuss] virtualbox 3.0.12 IPS?

2009-12-01 Thread Garen Parham
Should we be lobbying the VirtualBox folks then? Is there a better venue to do that? I'm really eagerly awaiting 3.1 due to the improved USB/Audio support for OpenSolaris. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing

Re: [osol-discuss] Very slow boot time ( 35minutes)

2009-12-01 Thread Chris
[url=http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6902551]Bug #6902551[/url] was responsible for the audio device issue on SVN_127 (its was always 127 not 125 as I mentioned earlier). The fix described worked a treat and the box now boots. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Very slow boot time ( 35minutes)

2009-12-01 Thread Alastair Neil
or as in my case if you have a server with no audio, just comment out devfsadm -i audio from lib/svc/method/device-audio :) On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 8:44 PM, Chris chris.sola...@jalakai.co.uk wrote: [url=http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6902551]Bug#6902551[/url] was responsible

Re: [osol-discuss] IRQ confilct warning logged at the console.

2009-12-01 Thread Anon Y Mous
Actually ejannett, I kind of messed up, a better way to get interrupt statistics might be to put a time interval after the intrstat command like this: pfexec intrstat 30 for 30 second intervals or pfexec intrstat 60 for 60 second intervals. There's also an intrtime command as well. These

Re: [osol-discuss] Static Ip Issue

2009-12-01 Thread Anon Y Mous
If I may suggest, use # sys-unconfig, you will need to reboot (it'll take you), but this process will ensure you change every part correctly. I thought sys-unconfig doesn't work properly on OpenSolaris Indiana. Can anyone confirm or deny this? I know when I got one of those Toshiba

Re: [osol-discuss] Static Ip Issue

2009-12-01 Thread Jim Walker
Anon Y Mous wrote: If I may suggest, use # sys-unconfig, you will need to reboot (it'll take you), but this process will ensure you change every part correctly. I thought sys-unconfig doesn't work properly on OpenSolaris Indiana. Can anyone confirm or deny this? correct. sys-unconfig isn't

Re: [osol-discuss] system info

2009-12-01 Thread Anon Y Mous
If all you want is basic hardware info (like what stick of RAM is in what slot on the motherboard and what device is in what slot) OpenSolaris has these three commands which I really love: pfexec prtdiag -v pfexec psrinfo -pv pfexec scanpci However, I always thought it was kind of

Re: [osol-discuss] system info

2009-12-01 Thread Anon Y Mous
If all you want is basic hardware info (like what stick of RAM is in what slot on the motherboard and what device is in what slot) OpenSolaris has these three commands which I really love: pfexec prtdiag -v pfexec psrinfo -pv pfexec scanpci However, I always thought it was kind of

[osol-discuss] Setting up of a Sun lab with Sun Blade 1500, Sun Ray 1G, Sun Fire 440

2009-12-01 Thread Guruprasad
Hi all, In my college, we have Sun Blade 1500 workstations, Sun Ray 1G thin clients, Sun Fire 440 server available. We intend to setup a Sun lab with Solaris/opensolaris. I could see from the internet that these machines are outdated products, but still I know it should be possible to configure

Re: [osol-discuss] system info

2009-12-01 Thread Anon Y Mous
If all you want is basic hardware info (like what stick of RAM is in what slot on the motherboard and what device is in what slot) OpenSolaris has these three commands which I really love: pfexec prtdiag -v pfexec psrinfo -pv pfexec scanpci However, I always thought it was kind of

Re: [osol-discuss] system info

2009-12-01 Thread Anon Y Mous
If all you want is basic hardware info (like what stick of RAM is in what slot on the motherboard and what device is in what slot) OpenSolaris has these three commands which I really love: pfexec prtdiag -v pfexec psrinfo -pv pfexec scanpci However, I always thought it was kind of

Re: [osol-discuss] Setting up of a Sun lab with Sun Blade 1500, Sun Ray 1G, Sun Fire 440

2009-12-01 Thread P.S.M.Swamiji
On 12/02/09 13:15, Guruprasad wrote: Hi all, In my college, we have Sun Blade 1500 workstations, Sun Ray 1G thin clients, Sun Fire 440 server available. We intend to setup a Sun lab with Solaris/opensolaris. I could see from the internet that these machines are outdated products, but still I

Re: [osol-discuss] system info

2009-12-01 Thread Anon Y Mous
Ok, I really need to apologize for this quadruple post, I'm trying to type in greater than and less than signs to symbolize input and output redirection in BASH and KSH and for some reason the OpenSolaris forums interpret greater than and less than signs as HTML tags or something similar and