[osol-discuss] Anyone still using Sun's csh ?

2006-03-28 Thread Yann POUPET
Hi All, I was wondering if people still use Sun's csh. I began to work on a bug found in the bug database about csh ( http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4635088 ). After I have fixed it, I thought maybe I could fix some other csh bugs since I was inside its code. I then a

[osol-discuss] Looking for a code-reviewer

2006-03-27 Thread Yann POUPET
Hi All, I'm working on a bugfix (bug #6249695). I'm sponsored for this bug, but I need a reviewer to check my modifications (only 1 line). Is there a specific place for this kind of request ? (something like sponsor-request, that'd be reviewer-request). Thank you Yann This message posted from

[osol-discuss] Re: Re: Re: Features found in other OS you'd like to see in Solaris

2006-03-20 Thread Yann POUPET
> Ah, when I think of "cool features" I generally think > that that means > features I have seen working elsewhere and which > address a problem I > currently have under Solaris. > > In the case of the sound driver: there are cases > where the driver thinks > it's all OK but the sound is distorted

[osol-discuss] Re: Re: Features found in other OS you'd like to see in Solaris

2006-03-20 Thread Yann POUPET
> I'm not too impressed about features which primarily > work around broken > software. (If the driver not responds because of > broken hardware, then > reloading the driver obviously makes no sense). > > How do you unload a driver which is stuck? It may > have threads of control > and those thr

[osol-discuss] Re: Features found in other OS you'd like to see in Solaris

2006-03-20 Thread Yann POUPET
> For what it's worth, it doesn't sound like that's > what he means. > Instead, the driver is "health checked" in some way > and deliberately > unloaded and reloaded if it's not working. Yes indeed IIRC that's the purpose of this feature. > Rather than being an additional stress-test (which is >

[osol-discuss] Features found in other OS you'd like to see in Solaris

2006-03-20 Thread Yann POUPET
Hello, It could be interesting to improve Solaris to ask people if there are some nice (killer?) features they love on some other operating systems they'd like to see in OpenSolaris. I've read a lot of things about differents OS/kernels. Here are some things I found to be cool (don't know if t

[osol-discuss] lib interface for reading/writting compressed files directly

2006-03-18 Thread Yann POUPET
Hello, I was looking for an oss-bit-size bug/RFE to work on, and saw this one : *tar* tar needs 'z' functionality http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6267081 The basic idea is to implement -z (and why not -j) options to tar, like gnu-tar does. I had a look at tar.c, and

[osol-discuss] Unifying configuration files management / use

2006-03-12 Thread Yann POUPET
Hello, I guess this may have been discussed many times, but after a quick search in the forum, I could not find any thread about it (but it was a really quick search ...). OpenSolaris, as well as most (all ?) unixes, uses configuration files for many applications. All applications needing some

[osol-discuss] Has OpenSolaris' code ever been checked with tools such as Coverty ?

2006-03-09 Thread Yann POUPET
Hello, I don't know if this is the right place for this question, I hope so ... I was just wondering if OpenSolaris' code has ever been checked/audited with tools that attempt to discover bugs, such as Coverty. http://scan.coverity.com/ There may be some other similar tools, and it could be in

[osol-discuss] Re: Change Sun's video card refresh rate

2005-12-12 Thread Yann POUPET
Hello Rugart, >For this product, a video mode will need to be added to >the Expert3D family driver. I will file a Request for Enhancement. I'd like the RFE to be a bit more general and the request could be to have more refresh rates available for many graphic cards (Expert3D, but XVR as w

[osol-discuss] Re: Change Sun's video card refresh rate

2005-12-12 Thread Yann POUPET
Hello Rugrat, Thanks for your reply. The documentation for the viewsonic VA1912WB is "light", but here it is : http://viewsonic.com/products/desktopdisplays/lcddisplays/aseries/va1912wb/ http://viewsonic.com/pdf/us_eng/products/VA1912wb-1_ds_lo_1005.pdf This document does not mention the refres

[osol-discuss] Change Sun's video card refresh rate

2005-12-11 Thread Yann POUPET
Hello I hope this is the right place for my question ... I have an Expert3D video card which can display at a resolution of [EMAIL PROTECTED] This resolution is nice because there are some new LCD monitors who have a native res. of 1440x900, but with a 60Hz max refresh rate. (esp. the viewsoni