Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle Says OpenSolaris Will Stay Open Source

2010-03-01 Thread Erik Trimble
Ian Collins wrote: Edward Ned Harvey wrote: Here's how I interpret all of this: I think they're shifting some percentage of developers from opensolaris to solaris. Instead of letting opensolaris lead the way, and "trickle down" with open source contributions to solaris ... Solaris will lea

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle Says OpenSolaris Will Stay Open Source

2010-03-01 Thread Ian Collins
Edward Ned Harvey wrote: Here's how I interpret all of this: I think they're shifting some percentage of developers from opensolaris to solaris. Instead of letting opensolaris lead the way, and "trickle down" with open source contributions to solaris ... Solaris will lead the way, and contribu

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle Says OpenSolaris Will Stay Open Source

2010-03-01 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
> http://www.internetnews.com/dev- > news/article.php/3867776/Oracle+Says+OpenSolaris+Will+Stay+Open+Source. > htm The above link references the "real" article, which is: http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3867771/OpenSolaris-Alive- and-Well-at-Oracle.htm I think people are listeni

Re: [osol-discuss] very long wait in the end of pkg install

2010-03-01 Thread Shawn Walker
On 03/ 1/10 07:19 PM, Scott Rotondo wrote: Alan Coopersmith wrote: Richard L. Hamilton wrote: [...] Except that pkg uses elfcmp/wsdiff type mechanisms to not rev ELF binaries that don't differ in the important bits, but only differ in the timestamps or other metadata. [...] Are there standal

Re: [osol-discuss] very long wait in the end of pkg install

2010-03-01 Thread Scott Rotondo
Alan Coopersmith wrote: Richard L. Hamilton wrote: [...] Except that pkg uses elfcmp/wsdiff type mechanisms to not rev ELF binaries that don't differ in the important bits, but only differ in the timestamps or other metadata. [...] Are there standalone tools like that, able to ignore trivial

Re: [osol-discuss] Bordeaux 2.0.2 for Solaris and OpenSolaris Released

2010-03-01 Thread valrh...@gmail.com
Thanks for the quick reply. As I said, I still recommend the program---because it works and its capabilities are otherwise unavailable. As for the install, I did have to change tar to gtar on my standard OpenSolaris installation, for reasons I don't know. Also, do you have a script to do a com

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle Says OpenSolaris Will Stay Open Source

2010-03-01 Thread B
This is indeed great news! -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] very long wait in the end of pkg install

2010-03-01 Thread Shawn Walker
On 03/ 1/10 03:20 AM, casper@sun.com wrote: ... For example, on my system, when I did an image-update from build 110 to build 111, with all of the data to be installed downloaded already, it only took about five minutes to upgrade 666 packages and move around 480 megabytes worth of data. T

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle Says OpenSolaris Will Stay Open Source

2010-03-01 Thread Dave Koelmeyer
This makes me very happy. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle Says OpenSolaris Will Stay Open Source

2010-03-01 Thread Peter Tribble
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 7:33 PM, Roger Savard wrote: > Voila! > http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/386776/Oracle+Says+OpenSolaris+Will+Stay+Open+Source.htm Extended version here: http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3867771/OpenSolaris-Alive-and-Well-at-Oracle.htm IRC

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle Says OpenSolaris Will Stay Open Source

2010-03-01 Thread Matthias Pfützner
Plus: There will even be support, so, all those nitty-gritty pessimists: What did I say? Wait, drink a cup of tea, and relax! It's spring-time, things start to blossom! :-) Matthias -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Roger Savard Gesendet: 1.3.'10, 20:33 Voila! http://www.internetnews

[osol-discuss] Oracle Says OpenSolaris Will Stay Open Source

2010-03-01 Thread Roger Savard
Voila! http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3867776/Oracle+Says+OpenSolaris+Will+Stay+Open+Source.htm -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Bordeaux 2.0.2 for Solaris and OpenSolaris Released

2010-03-01 Thread Tom Wickline
If you ordered yesterday then you should have 2.0.2 was the file 95.9MB in size? if not, just log into your account and go to your downloads and then download the new 2.0.2 release. The file name stays the same, the size changes. :) Cheers, Tom -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _

Re: [osol-discuss] very long wait in the end of pkg install

2010-03-01 Thread Shawn Walker
On 03/ 1/10 03:22 AM, casper@sun.com wrote: ... It only *looks* like it downloads everything again -- this is purely a misleading display issue that we're hoping to improve at a future point. It did take a reasonable amount of time. Not less than downloading the first time, but I can't be

Re: [osol-discuss] Bordeaux 2.0.2 for Solaris and OpenSolaris Released

2010-03-01 Thread Giovanni Tirloni
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Peter Jones wrote: > I put an order in for Bordeaux yesterday.Will I receive the new update > 2.0.2 ? > I've seen messages about Bordeaux on several OpenSolaris mailing lists but I have still to understand the relevance of them and why ordering details should be d

Re: [osol-discuss] Bordeaux 2.0.2 for Solaris and OpenSolaris Released

2010-03-01 Thread Peter Jones
I put an order in for Bordeaux yesterday.Will I receive the new update 2.0.2 ? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] very long wait in the end of pkg install

2010-03-01 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Richard L. Hamilton wrote: > [...] >> Except that pkg uses elfcmp/wsdiff type mechanisms to >> not rev ELF binaries >> that don't differ in the important bits, but only >> differ in the timestamps >> or other metadata. > [...] > > Are there standalone tools like that, able to ignore trivial differ

Re: [osol-discuss] When OpenSolaris 2010.3 will release?

2010-03-01 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Uros Nedic wrote: > > Next release of GNOME is scheduled on > > Mar 31 GNOME 2.30.0 newstable release > > I was wondering if it is possible that next > release of OpenSolaris could be delayed for > the beginning of April since we could enjoy in > new GNOME release. One or two weeks of reschedul

[osol-discuss] Problem to run a DHCP server to make it possible to do a solaris jumpstart.

2010-03-01 Thread esra
We run a virtual Solaris 10 on Sun VirtualBox. The OS that we run Solaris 10 on is Windows Vista. The hardware is an 64-bit AMD CPU with 4 GB RAM, a laptop. First I want to say that I forgot to add an ethernet interface and IP to solaris. Will try this of course, had forgot to do it. Which exact

Re: [osol-discuss] When OpenSolaris 2010.3 will release?

2010-03-01 Thread homerun
Greetings Been using solaris in home and work over 10 years. Been installing SXCE and OS to testing system ... Now really have to say please focus realibility and stability over functionality. If release slips to summer with better quality , please do so. Thanks -- This message posted from open

[osol-discuss] Compatibility with Intel H55 / Intel H57 chipset.

2010-03-01 Thread Jan Chu
Hello, ive been unable to find any information about the compatibility with OpenSolaris on the to chipsets: Intel H55 express Intel H57 express Is it important who implements the chipset in order to be compatible ? Or can i just rely on the fact that if the chipset is compatible, then any bra

Re: [osol-discuss] xscreensaver disable

2010-03-01 Thread Brian Cameron
Gregory: How do I completely disable /usr/bin/xscreensaver, aside from rm'ing the executable? Information about how to configure xscreensaver is here: http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/faq.html Also, you can run the "xscreensaver-demo" program and you can disable the screensaver by changing

[osol-discuss] Mailinglist manager package?

2010-03-01 Thread Günther Schmidt
Hi, is there a package for a mailing list manager (majordomo, mailman) for OpenSolaris? Günther ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] When OpenSolaris 2010.3 will release?

2010-03-01 Thread Andreas Braathen
2010/3/1 Uros Nedic mailto:ur...@live.com>> Next release of GNOME is scheduled on Mar 31 GNOME 2.30.0 newstable release I was wondering if it is possible that next release of OpenSolaris could be delayed for the beginning of April since we could enjoy in

Re: [osol-discuss] When OpenSolaris 2010.3 will release?

2010-03-01 Thread Maurizio Lombardi
2010/3/1 Uros Nedic > > Next release of GNOME is scheduled on > > Mar 31 > > GNOME 2.30.0 newstable release > I was wondering if it is possible that next > release of OpenSolaris could be delayed for > the beginning of April since we could enjoy in > new GNOME release. One or two weeks of resched

Re: [osol-discuss] Bordeaux 2.0.2 for Solaris and OpenSolaris Released

2010-03-01 Thread Tom Wickline
Hello Everyone, I made another update to the unsupported apps with Bordeaux. This time I added Windows Media Player 9, QuickTime Player 7.1.6, eMule 0.49c and FireFox 3.5.5 for Windows. B.T.W the flash 10 plugin works really good in FireFox. :) And yes im aware if you register OS you can downlo

Re: [osol-discuss] Bordeaux 2.0.2 for Solaris and OpenSolaris Released

2010-03-01 Thread Tom Wickline
valrhona : The installer works perfect here, and ive posted to the "Issue Tracker" and answered all the "Contact Us" emails. Sorry if your report wasn't answered. But we are trying to do better. :) The file is updated, if you go to your downloads you will notice the download file is now .3MB l

Re: [osol-discuss] Bordeaux 2.0.0 for Solaris and OpenSolaris Released

2010-03-01 Thread Tom Wickline
Hello Everyone, I made another update to the unsupported apps with Bordeaux. This time I added Windows Media Player 9, QuickTime Player 7.1.6, eMule 0.49c and FireFox 3.5.5 for Windows. B.T.W the flash 10 plugin works really good in FireFox. :) And yes im aware if you register OS you can downlo

Re: [osol-discuss] very long wait in the end of pkg install

2010-03-01 Thread Richard L. Hamilton
[...] > Except that pkg uses elfcmp/wsdiff type mechanisms to > not rev ELF binaries > that don't differ in the important bits, but only > differ in the timestamps > or other metadata. [...] Are there standalone tools like that, able to ignore trivial differences when comparing ELF binaries? The

Re: [osol-discuss] When OpenSolaris 2010.3 will release?

2010-03-01 Thread Uros Nedic
Next release of GNOME is scheduled on Mar 31GNOME 2.30.0 newstable releaseI was wondering if it is possible that nextrelease of OpenSolaris could be delayed forthe beginning of April since we could enjoy innew GNOME release. One or two weeks of rescheduling,I believe it is worth integration of

Re: [osol-discuss] very long wait in the end of pkg install

2010-03-01 Thread Casper . Dik
>It only *looks* like it downloads everything again -- this is purely a >misleading display issue that we're hoping to improve at a future point. It did take a reasonable amount of time. Not less than downloading the first time, but I can't be sure. The ips server is local, though. >What ha

Re: [osol-discuss] very long wait in the end of pkg install

2010-03-01 Thread Casper . Dik
> > >>For example, on my system, when I did an image-update from build 110 to >>build 111, with all of the data to be installed downloaded already, it >>only took about five minutes to upgrade 666 packages and move around 480 >>megabytes worth of data. That's not too shabby if you ask me. > >Co

Re: [osol-discuss] very long wait in the end of pkg install

2010-03-01 Thread Shawn Walker
On 03/ 1/10 01:51 AM, casper@sun.com wrote: ... I think you're confused about what I've said here. And no, the data is intentionally stored by digest and not by its original name. It would neither be practical, nor efficient to store the files in the repository by their delivered name. The