Re: [osol-discuss] C programming, invalid argc value

2010-10-04 Thread Alan Burlison
On 04/10/2010 18:45, George Vasick wrote: I can reproduce the problem on my system running bash so I don't think it is related the the shell: OK, was just wondering if it might be related to http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6974936 -- Alan Bur

Re: [osol-discuss] C programming, invalid argc value

2010-10-01 Thread Alan Burlison
On 01/10/2010 03:17, Saadia Fatima wrote: Invalid argc value is passed to main, when I run the program with no cmmand line arguments main(argc = 134551360, argv=0x8047b2a) // from gdb How to fix this?? Which shell are you using? -- Alan Burlison

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle clears the air on OpenSolaris, but Sparc future looks dim

2010-07-31 Thread Alan Burlison
On 31/07/2010 21:01, usafverteran wrote: You are the biggest contributor to keeping this story going. Do you take pleasure in keeping this topic alive? *COUGH* http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/opensolaris-discuss/2010-July/058383.html -- Alan Burlison

[osol-discuss] Dell and HP to Certify and Resell all Three Oracle Operating Systems on their x86 Server Computers

2010-07-29 Thread Alan Burlison
FYI: http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/161333 -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Yet another warning about behaviour on this list

2010-07-15 Thread Alan Burlison
On 15/07/2010 16:48, Gary wrote: Please remove me or give me the link so I may do it myself. I've already done that off-list. I'll resend the mail to you. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Yet another warning about behaviour on this list

2010-07-15 Thread Alan Burlison
think it will only make things worse. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Yet another warning about behaviour on this list

2010-07-15 Thread Alan Burlison
ity of the list members who clearly aren't the cause of the problem. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] [ogb-discuss] Unacceptable language

2010-07-12 Thread Alan Burlison
id, I sincerely hope it's an action we will not have to repeat. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] [ogb-discuss] Unacceptable language

2010-07-12 Thread Alan Burlison
the aim is not to apply censorship, it is merely to ensure civility. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] [ogb-discuss] Unacceptable language

2010-07-12 Thread Alan Burlison
d list, and on that basis we've chosen to take the action we have. I'm hoping that we won't have to do so again. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] warning about mail on this list

2010-07-12 Thread Alan Burlison
ds'. The version of Jive we are running is old and no longer supported, and we haven't been creating Jive forums to pair up with new mailing lists for quite some time. We haven't decided what to replace Jive with in the future, but for now it should be considered to be 'd

Re: [osol-discuss] warning about mail on this list

2010-07-11 Thread Alan Burlison
use of people's behaviour, not their views. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] warning about mail on this list

2010-07-11 Thread Alan Burlison
. Please do not respond to hostile posts because that only escalates the situation. http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Main/tou It appears that some people haven't heeded this warning. We *will* take action if the personal insults and name-calling don't stop. -- Ala

Re: [osol-discuss] Gnome-terminal broken after update from build 111b to build 133

2010-02-26 Thread Alan Burlison
this point, the new BE can be booted into. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Error on zoneadm attach -u when going from b132 to b133

2010-02-22 Thread Alan Burlison
/001411.html http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=14673 -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Using cell as modem

2010-02-12 Thread Alan Burlison
tw, I don't have bluetooth on my PC either. I can only use data-cable :( Also, I'm a newbie @ UNIX tbh. See http://blogs.sun.com/chrisg/entry/mobile_internet_on_opensolaris -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Contributing code?

2010-02-09 Thread Alan Burlison
ommunity+Group+on/WebHome/cstyle.ms.pdf They should answer most of your questions. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] The Future of OpenSolaris Releases?

2010-02-05 Thread Alan Burlison
Gary wrote: I'll ask any question I want, so GFY! Last warning: another mail like that and you'll be removed from the mailing list. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] The Future of OpenSolaris Releases?

2010-02-04 Thread Alan Burlison
illions on OpenSolaris. Only to turn around and spend millions more to make OpenSolaris the new Solaris 11. There's a number of misconceptions there, most of which Alan Coopersmith addressed in an earlier post: http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/opensolaris-discuss/2010-February/053914.html -

Re: [osol-discuss] Some Why?-Questions

2009-12-17 Thread Alan Burlison
nsive remarks on this alias, please send a list of names to website-admin. If we feel that individuals are violating the site TOU we reserve the right, as outlined in the TOU, to suspend people immediately, and with no further warning. Thanks. -- Alan Burlison -- [1] http://hub.opensolari

[osol-discuss] Conversation tone

2009-12-17 Thread Alan Burlison
This conversation seems to be taking a bit of a death spiral. Please keep it polite, folks. We can, and will, take action if necessary. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Arduino on OpenSolaris

2009-12-15 Thread Alan Burlison
. We've therefore rebuilt with gcc 4.3.4, which doesn't have the same issue. If you downloaded the original tarball, we recommend you replace it with the new version. Thanks. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolar

[osol-discuss] Arduino on OpenSolaris

2009-12-11 Thread Alan Burlison
the OpenSolaris community. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] [website-discuss] New-Website Hell __/__ Fwd: [ogb-discuss] Leaderless collectives

2009-10-28 Thread Alan Burlison
out a notification when we are done. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] [website-discuss] New-Website Hell __/__ Fwd: [ogb-discuss] Leaderless collectives

2009-10-28 Thread Alan Burlison
Alan Burlison wrote: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/on/flag-days/pages/2006033001/ That's not working properly, I'll investigate. We've identified the cause of the problem and are working on a fix, we'll send out a heads-up when it is in place

Re: [osol-discuss] [website-discuss] New-Website Hell __/__ Fwd: [ogb-discuss] Leaderless collectives

2009-10-28 Thread Alan Burlison
nsolaris.org/os/community/tools/gcc/shadow/ That link gets redirected correctly for me. http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/on/flag-days/pages/2006033001/ That's not working properly, I'll investigate. http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/tools/gcc/flagday/ That link gets re

[osol-discuss] opensolaris.org services available again

2009-08-03 Thread Alan Burlison
unavailable for the next four hours whilst the Auth upgrade is in progress. We will send out an announcement when the services are available again. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] VirtualBox

2008-02-15 Thread Alan Burlison
> Also, I am only able to get 1024x768 screen. See http://blogs.sun.com/alanbur/entry/kicking_both_tyres_together_virtualbox for instructions on how to increase the resolution. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailin

[osol-discuss] VirtualBox

2008-02-15 Thread Alan Burlison
/alanbur/entry/kicking_both_tyres_together_virtualbox -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] A proposal for ensuring sustained Community Growth and Success

2007-11-06 Thread Alan Burlison
Shawn Walker wrote: [more stuff] Please don't cc me on any more mail on this subject, I won't be taking any further part, nor will I be reading the traffic on opensolaris-discuss. Thanks, -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss ma

Re: [osol-discuss] A proposal for ensuring sustained Community Growth and Success

2007-11-06 Thread Alan Burlison
ist is immaterial for the purpose of the proposal. > > Since it is an example listed in the constitution, one would assume, > logically, that it is something that should have been delegated. I, > personally, do not believe that it has been adequately defined or > delegated.

Re: [osol-discuss] A proposal for ensuring sustained Community

2007-11-06 Thread Alan Burlison
ple wanting to vote, or discuss the terms of usage of the OpenSolaris trademark. What is holding that discussion up? Why has it not yet been voted upon? Again, I believe the OGB are discussing this tomorrow. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] A proposal for ensuring sustained Community Growth and Success

2007-11-06 Thread Alan Burlison
ent at the moment, our community continues to debate who exactly > has authority over what, and has bickered endlessly over topics that > should have been decided long ago. You seem to be confusing lack of appropriate mechanisms with our failure to use the ones already in place. And you seem t

Re: [osol-discuss] A proposal for ensuring sustained Community Growth and Success

2007-11-06 Thread Alan Burlison
Alan Burlison wrote: > Bearing in mind there's only ever been one vote Before someone points it out, there have been two - the Community priorities/Test vote and the OGB/Constitution vote. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mail

Re: [osol-discuss] A proposal for ensuring sustained Community Growth and Success

2007-11-06 Thread Alan Burlison
re purely organisational issues. It is not realistic to expect that every aspect of the functioning of the OpenSolaris community is promulgated in the constitution. The constitution is supposed to lay down a framework within which the community can operate and come to decisions, it is not supposed

Re: [osol-discuss] Let's focus. (2nd Draft)

2007-11-05 Thread Alan Burlison
community is to survive. As for your oft-repeated statement about 'stop energy', there's a very simple way of redirecting all the energy, and that's to hold votes on the issues. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] I'm sorry, but I just don't get it

2007-11-02 Thread Alan Burlison
ose to go down this route in the first place, it is we who must take the responsibility of delivering on what we committed to. > I'm sorry, but I just don't get it. Not in the least bit. That, at least, seems clear. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] [ogb-discuss] [trademark-policy-dev] [advocacy-discuss] Project Indiana and the OpenSolaris name

2007-11-02 Thread Alan Burlison
owever your proposal is a concrete step towards a resolution, no matter how rough you think it is at the moment. Thank you for doing it. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] [trademark-policy-dev] [advocacy-discuss] Project Indiana and the OpenSolaris name

2007-11-01 Thread Alan Burlison
Alan Burlison wrote: > I'd therefore suggest that a deadline is set of 2 weeks for preparing a > proposal and associated plan to be put to the OpenSolaris community at > large. The Advocacy Community and the Trademark and Branding Project > are to be responsible for produ

Re: [osol-discuss] [trademark-policy-dev] [advocacy-discuss] Project Indiana and the OpenSolaris name

2007-11-01 Thread Alan Burlison
d - no more no less. If there's a better suggestion, I'm all for it. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] [trademark-policy-dev] [advocacy-discuss] Project Indiana and the OpenSolaris name

2007-11-01 Thread Alan Burlison
sion (which would be > the middle of next year) before we try to crystalise a veto like that. > We may find our attitudes have changed. If they haven't - well, fair > enough. No. We need a decision before then. 2 weeks may be too short, 6 months is way too long. -- Alan Burlison -

Re: [osol-discuss] [trademark-policy-dev] [advocacy-discuss] Project Indiana and the OpenSolaris name

2007-11-01 Thread Alan Burlison
at the proposal be ratified or rejected by the OGB > itself. Agreed, I should have been more explicit and put that in. We elected the OGB to be the voice of the community, it seems right that they should be given the power to act in that role in

Re: [osol-discuss] [trademark-policy-dev] [advocacy-discuss] Project Indiana and the OpenSolaris name

2007-11-01 Thread Alan Burlison
That's a clear, concrete proposal for how we can move forward. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] [advocacy-discuss] Project Indiana and the OpenSolaris name

2007-11-01 Thread Alan Burlison
953) Vote early and vote often. Al Capone (1899 - 1947) -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] [advocacy-discuss] Project Indiana and the OpenSolaris name

2007-11-01 Thread Alan Burlison
mailing lists is not reasonable, not least because you are never sure if you are reading the current version of the proposal or not. If someone has something concrete, can we please have a page set up and the link widely disseminated? Ta. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] [advocacy-discuss] Project Indiana and the OpenSolaris name

2007-11-01 Thread Alan Burlison
claiming that they are the 'voice of the majority'. A vote is how we gauge the collective opinion of the community, not statements from one individual or another. I find the continuing attempts to avoid addressing this fundamental issue of community governance extremely perturbing. One

Re: [osol-discuss] Project Indiana and the OpenSolaris name

2007-10-31 Thread Alan Burlison
group(s). It's a hole that has been discussed before. Hey I know, let's put a proposal together on how it should be fixed and then vote on it. - Ah no, wait -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Project Indiana and the OpenSolaris name

2007-10-31 Thread Alan Burlison
on Community-wide decisions How? -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] [advocacy-discuss] Project Indiana and the OpenSolaris name

2007-10-31 Thread Alan Burlison
John Plocher wrote: > Even better, contribute and make the project something that > reflects your values - make it something you can vote *for*. > >> On 31/10/2007, Alan Burlison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> What will be the point of having a vote on somethi

Re: [osol-discuss] Project Indiana and the OpenSolaris name

2007-10-31 Thread Alan Burlison
Simon Phipps wrote: >> Who has the mandate to say when iteration is appropriate and when the >> democratic process is appropriate? > > Oh, the irony :-) I wasn't being ironic. Who is it? I think it's an important

Re: [osol-discuss] [ogb-discuss] Project Indiana and the OpenSolaris name

2007-10-31 Thread Alan Burlison
e project team might in the future choose to > pursue its goals successfully within the OpenSolaris framework. If > the project team were content to be known as Indiana or some other > name that does not imply the community's exclusive endorsement without >

Re: [osol-discuss] Project Indiana and the OpenSolaris name

2007-10-31 Thread Alan Burlison
the problem they collectively have > chosen to address, regardless of their motives for doing so. We fall > back to a democratic process when that fails. Now is the time for > iteration. Who has the mandate to say when iteration is appropriate and when the democratic process is appro

Re: [osol-discuss] Project Indiana and the OpenSolaris name

2007-10-31 Thread Alan Burlison
ient. And as for constructive criticisms, I've made one. We should have a vote. This would help draw a line under the endless mail threads (such as this) that the current situation will cause. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Project Indiana and the OpenSolaris name

2007-10-31 Thread Alan Burlison
Shawn Walker wrote: >> So where is the announcement about step B - the vote? > > That would require the proposal to be finished; why don't you go help > us finish it? Because I'm working up to 18 hours a day single-handedly trying to rewrite opensolari

Re: [osol-discuss] Project Indiana and the OpenSolaris name

2007-10-31 Thread Alan Burlison
Shawn Walker wrote: > It's hard to propose something intangible; now we have something > tangible to base our proposal on. Seems far more logical that way, > doesn't it? So where is the announcement about step B - the vote?

Re: [osol-discuss] Project Indiana and the OpenSolaris name

2007-10-31 Thread Alan Burlison
that is made has the mandate of the community. Otherwise this debate will rumble on, and on, and on. Holding a vote would mean that a clear line could be drawn under the issue and the community could move on. I'll be perfectly happy to accept *whatever* decision the community make

Re: [osol-discuss] Project Indiana and the OpenSolaris name

2007-10-31 Thread Alan Burlison
emocracy works is A) Somebody makes a proposal C) everyone votes on it, if approved then C) The proposal is acted on The A C B ordering that's being used here is certainly novel. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] [ogb-discuss] Project Indiana and the OpenSolaris name

2007-10-31 Thread Alan Burlison
is issue. We're not ignoring it. When it is probably too late. Where have you all been for the last N months? -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Project Indiana and the OpenSolaris name

2007-10-31 Thread Alan Burlison
naming announcement. What I saw was a project > going forward with an early prototype having chose a tentative name > for it until the community gets their collective posteriors in gear > and makes a final decision. Has the community

Re: [osol-discuss] [trademark-policy-dev] [advocacy-discuss] Project Indiana and the OpenSolaris name

2007-10-31 Thread Alan Burlison
important that we keep clear about what >> happened, when and why. > > Agreed 100% Alan and thanks for calling me on it. No probs, and thanks :-) -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Project Indiana and the OpenSolaris name

2007-10-31 Thread Alan Burlison
say that. They've already made the naming announcement, and there has been no announcement of a vote. How is that *not* a fait accompli? -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Project Indiana and the OpenSolaris name

2007-10-31 Thread Alan Burlison
d at future naming > decisions. What will be the point of having a vote on something that is a fait accompli? -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] [trademark-policy-dev] [advocacy-discuss] Project Indiana and the OpenSolaris name

2007-10-31 Thread Alan Burlison
history to suit whatever is "soup de jour". I think it is important that we keep clear about what happened, when and why. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Project Indiana and the OpenSolaris name

2007-10-31 Thread Alan Burlison
ould care to comment? Or perhaps we should expect their usual torpor to continue... -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Project Indiana and the OpenSolaris name

2007-10-31 Thread Alan Burlison
to the OGB > > 5) Have a community vote > > Really, I don't see the problem here. If a ballot is announced, I won't see a problem either. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Project Indiana and the OpenSolaris name

2007-10-31 Thread Alan Burlison
n of the electorate. Without that you get into the farcical position we see so often in the OpenSolaris 'community', where multiple small subsets of the 'community' all simultaneously claim to speak for the majority, with no evidence to support their claim.

Re: [osol-discuss] [trademark-policy-dev] [advocacy-discuss] Project Indiana and the OpenSolaris name

2007-10-31 Thread Alan Burlison
rights - so we have a formal mechanism for gauging the views of the community on important changes which affect the entire community. This is clearly such an issue. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] [trademark-policy-dev] [advocacy-discuss] Project Indiana and the OpenSolaris name

2007-10-31 Thread Alan Burlison
ned would have happened even if Indiana hadn't come along. Granted, they've probably happened a little faster, but they are all areas that were already being worked on. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Project Indiana and the OpenSolaris name

2007-10-31 Thread Alan Burlison
members of the community. So I > figured I'd see some voting happen before decisions were made. +1 - there should have been a vote. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] opensolaris.org user management webapp updated

2007-10-29 Thread Alan Burlison
user 'alex' will be displayed and can be edited. Note: last time I mailed about this webapp it caused some confusion; it has nothing to do with Solaris, it is the application that will be used to manage user accounts, communities

Re: [osol-discuss] hosts file. What should bee in it for dhcp

2007-10-14 Thread Alan Burlison
Please don-t cross-post help requests to both opensolaris-help and opensolaris-discuss. Thanks. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Mail list owners: SpamAssassin implemented; Action recommended

2007-10-12 Thread Alan Burlison
ap space The service should be back up and running. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] doubt regarding GRUB and /boot

2007-10-09 Thread Alan Burlison
correct place to ask), please don't ask it in opensolaris-discuss as well. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Reflections from the GSoC Mentor's summit

2007-10-09 Thread Alan Burlison
dy, but what do I know...I'm just a > no-op.;-) 1. It is the job of the *community* to do this, not 'Folks with OpenSolaris in their job title'. If you thing it should be done - go do it. 2. http://www.opensolaris.org/os/proje

[osol-discuss] Source code of opensolaris.org portal application now available

2007-09-28 Thread Alan Burlison
/questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] please. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Repository for new opensolaris.org user management app available

2007-09-28 Thread Alan Burlison
ris.org/os/project/website/website_restructuring/ The source is available from: svn+ssh://opensolaris.org/svn/website/auth It is also be browsable on-line at: http://cvs.opensolaris.org/source/xref/website/auth Any comments/questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] please. -- Ala

Re: [osol-discuss] [website-discuss] User facing website prototype.

2007-09-24 Thread Alan Burlison
nless you think people who have signed up are all going to reregister, and are going to keep multiple accounts in sync by hand. We already have multiple applications accessing the common user database, and I expect there to be more and more of them over time. -- Alan Burlison -- [1] http://cw

Re: [osol-discuss] User facing website prototype.

2007-09-24 Thread Alan Burlison
s/project/website/ and post followups to website-discuss. Thanks! -- Alan Burlison -- --- Begin Message --- Pradhap Devarajan wrote: I agree with Brain.. navigation in OpenSolaris.org is not user friendly ... major FOSS projects websites http://debian.org http://www.ubuntu.com/ are more use

Re: [osol-discuss] To create another zone

2007-09-24 Thread Alan Burlison
10. Please see the Zones documentation, http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-1592 and the BigAdmin Zones page, http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/content/zones/index.html -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] ATi Solaris drivers in our future?

2007-09-07 Thread Alan Burlison
you to stop bad-mouthing people, yet you are continuing to do so. Please desist. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] ATi Solaris drivers in our future?

2007-09-07 Thread Alan Burlison
e again, please stop it, it isn't appropriate, or helpful. Thanks, -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] change to 1000MB full duplex for Solaris 10 ce

2007-09-03 Thread Alan Burlison
Solaris helpdesk". -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris sever not responding INIT-ACK for INIT

2007-09-03 Thread Alan Burlison
ing never get INIT > -ACK from solaris .Can i know whats might be problem is there anyway to debug > this . Please note, the correct forum for this question is solaris-help -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] change to 1000MB full duplex for Solaris 10 ce

2007-09-03 Thread Alan Burlison
xavier wrote: > I am running Solaris with two NICs in the box ce0 ce1. Is there any way to > get full duplex 1000 Please note, the correct forum for this question is solaris-help -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opens

Re: [osol-discuss] back to windows share -possible automated?

2007-08-25 Thread Alan Burlison
do it, but it needs a password to be inputted to work. > Does anyone know how I can pass a password on a Bash script? > > Or > > Is there a better way to backing up my Open Solaris system to a Windows 2003 > share? It seems that the smbmount

Re: [osol-discuss] Adobe Acrobat for Solaris x86

2007-08-23 Thread Alan Burlison
Frank Hofmann wrote: > If that's not encouraging to you, feel free to go back sulking in your > cave ;) but personally, I take it as a great sign of things to come ! > > Good news indeed :) My sentiments entirely :-)

Re: [osol-discuss] Adobe Acrobat for Solaris x86

2007-08-23 Thread Alan Burlison
rs ago? How exactly do you thin your venting is going to improve things? Please calm down. Making personal attacks on execs at other companies isn't going to help us one jot. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Adobe Acrobat for Solaris x86

2007-08-23 Thread Alan Burlison
un got exactly the same sort of response when the opensolaris effort was started. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Adobe Acrobat for Solaris x86

2007-08-23 Thread Alan Burlison
This is also interesting http://blogs.adobe.com/johnnyl/2007/08/innovate_or_integrate_3.html -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Adobe Acrobat for Solaris x86

2007-08-23 Thread Alan Burlison
e of this blog is to provide a platform for developers and the users of the product to share ideas, experiences and feedback about the product for the benefit of everyone." Posted by Gaurav Jain on August 23, 2007 02:30 PM -- Alan Burlison -- _

Re: [osol-discuss] SXCE 70's installer and laying out file systems

2007-08-21 Thread Alan Burlison
UNIX admin wrote: >> Ummm, he was joking. > > Can't say that I found it funny. Oh, please - lighten up! :-) -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] SXCE 70's installer and laying out file systems

2007-08-21 Thread Alan Burlison
an offense code, pardon, spec, too? > So much for friendly community. > > This whole "policing" opensolaris: discuss is getting out of hand. Really. Ummm, he was joking. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] snv_70 odd behavior

2007-08-20 Thread Alan Burlison
them on Solaris a right pain. Is this some sort of a standard, or is the software vendor trying to be 'helpful' by including the HSFS filesystem? -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Best option for my home file server?

2007-08-19 Thread Alan Burlison
MC wrote: > This is a good post for the help forum. :) Yes, please move this thread onto opensolaris-help - thanks! -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Unix belongs to Novell - any impact for Solaris?

2007-08-19 Thread Alan Burlison
of the source) that they carry more weight than they actually do. I'd therefore request that we just stick to what we *do* know and leave the speculation to other people. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] This is not a Solaris helpdesk

2007-08-17 Thread Alan Burlison
n go on the list of things to do but realistically > it won't be changed any time soon. Yeah, and I of all people should have figured that would be the case ;-) -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Failure to complete solaris registration wizard: "Your login information does not match a valid Sun Account"

2007-08-17 Thread Alan Burlison
may also find some of the links on http://opensolaris.org/os/newbies helpful :-) Thanks, -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] This is not a Solaris helpdesk

2007-08-17 Thread Alan Burlison
; Should we be surprised if newbies post here? I've put a reference to os-help in the top of the page, but I don't know how you change the order of the forums in the list below... -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] This is not a Solaris helpdesk

2007-08-16 Thread Alan Burlison
n non-help groups hardly seems to be > a phenomenon unique to the solaris lists. Great, so this is an area where we can do *better* than other communities. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] [ogb-discuss] This is not a Solaris helpdesk

2007-08-16 Thread Alan Burlison
st. This is clearly an area where the community should take responsibility for solving the problem. As I said, it's about time the community stopped expecting to be spoon-fed at every turn, and started taking responsibility for solving some of the issues. -- Alan Burlison -- ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

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