Re: [osol-discuss] [OpenIndiana-discuss] Building aria2 from source

2012-11-20 Thread ken mays
Jason, Means you must roll your newer builds of autoconf and gettext and point your configure options to that. You can deinstall the old builds for easier detection in some cases. ~ Ken Mays From: Jason Lawrence To: ken mays Cc: "opensolaris-di

Re: [osol-discuss] [OpenIndiana-discuss] Building aria2 from source

2012-11-20 Thread ken mays
Firefox3 Cookie, HTTPS, Message Digest, Metalink, XML-RPC Hash Algorithms: sha-1, sha-224, sha-256, sha-384, sha-512, md5 Report bugs to t-tujik...@users.sourceforge.net Visit http://aria2.sourceforge.net/ Hope that helps you, Ken Mays From: Jason Lawrenc

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle Solaris Online Forum Event :: April 14th at 9am PT

2011-03-24 Thread ken mays
Hi Dave,   Make a symbolic link between firefox/depend/lib and firefox/libssl3.so.   It'll grab the lib dependencies of libssl3.so as well.   ~ Ken Mays     --- On Thu, 3/24/11, david bone wrote: From: david bone Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle Solaris Online Forum Event :: April 14

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle Solaris Online Forum Event :: April 14th at 9am PT

2011-03-24 Thread ken mays
presentation.   ~ Ken Mays   --- On Thu, 3/24/11, david bone wrote: From: david bone Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle Solaris Online Forum Event :: April 14th at 9am PT To: opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org Date: Thursday, March 24, 2011, 8:56 AM My email to Glynn yesterday regarding my Sun

Re: [osol-discuss] eSATA works fine?

2011-03-07 Thread ken mays
is will support xHCI and 5 Gb/s transfers. You can buy USB 3.0 hardware today though which will default to USB 1.0/2.0 transfer speeds (approx. 480 Mb/s) by design under the Solaris/OpenSolaris OS by default. The SIIG DP SuperSpeed USB 2-Port PCIe (JU-P20412-S2) PCIe card works well as an

Re: [osol-discuss] Another [OT] Hardware Post

2011-02-25 Thread ken mays
cs support is forthcoming but depends on other features/updates to drivers and the libraries. But for basic computability, you can run with a Sandy Bridge motherboard today with OI_148a/Sol-11x and super compute till your heart's content today! NO updates required. ~ Ken Mays __

Re: [osol-discuss] Another [OT] Hardware Post

2011-02-24 Thread ken mays
Actually, take note that heavy calculations are offloaded to GPUs or specialized hardware nowadays. Many ways to skin something ~ Ken Mays --- On Thu, 2/24/11, Orvar Korvar wrote: > From: Orvar Korvar > Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] Another [OT] Hardware Post > To: opensolari

Re: [osol-discuss] Another [OT] Hardware Post

2011-02-24 Thread ken mays
playback. Worked pretty well within the chip's limitations and I tested on a 1280x1024 display monitor. Most Compiz/3D features worked. As for official SandyBridge GPU driver support, best use a Nvidia GPU card as a workaround. Hope that helped a bit, Ken Mays --- On Wed, 2/23/11,

Re: [osol-discuss] Another [OT] Hardware Post

2011-02-23 Thread ken mays
), but if you get it then best make sure your hardware is using it properly and supports it if this is your more serious work/SOHO NAS unit. Good luck! ~ Ken Mays --- On Wed, 2/23/11, Harry Putnam wrote: > From: Harry Putnam > Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] Another [OT] Hardware Post &

Re: [osol-discuss] Another [OT] Hardware Post

2011-02-21 Thread ken mays
You can spend less with a dedicated predesigned commercial unit... ~ Ken Mays --- On Mon, 2/21/11, Harry Putnam wrote: > From: Harry Putnam > Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] Another [OT] Hardware Post > To: opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org > Date: Monday, February 21, 2011, 3:29

Re: [osol-discuss] SandyBridge support

2011-01-08 Thread Ken Mays
Sandybridge chipset in i965 DRI driver. Src: ftp://freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/7.10/MesaLib-7.10.tar.bz2 ~ Ken Mays -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] SandyBridge support

2011-01-06 Thread ken mays
driver updates. Thanks Alan for your work and support as well, ~ Ken Mays --- On Thu, 1/6/11, Guido Berhoerster wrote: > From: Guido Berhoerster > Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] SandyBridge support > To: "Alan Coopersmith" > Cc: "ken mays" , opensolaris-dis

Re: [osol-discuss] SandyBridge support

2011-01-06 Thread ken mays
.sun.com/osol/x/downloads/Xorg-1.9/build-2010-11-18/Xorg-1.9.2-20101118-i386.tar.bz2 I'm reviewing the intel 2.13.903/2.14.x 2D driver/Xserver 1.9.2 package integration for testing. Mesa 7.10 is proposed for release tomorrow. Tests ran on: Intel HD Graphics (Arrandale & Clarkdale) IGPs.

Re: [osol-discuss] OT: Which is the best option: Nexentstor or Solaris 11 Express

2010-11-21 Thread Ken Mays
ince you want "a ZFS solution on my home server to share vols/directories using iSCSI and/or NFS services between two ESXi hosts", both products will meet your needs with NexentaStor being more specialized in storage solutions for you. For home/personal use, I'd choose NexentaStor C

[osol-discuss] OpenSolaris-based distributions as on Nov 2010

2010-11-20 Thread Ken Mays
consolidations. All great distros serving various desktop, embedded, and server needs. ~ Ken Mays -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] How to get Solaris 11 GPL/LGPL Source Code from Oracle

2010-11-16 Thread Ken Mays
r the LGPL, Oracle chooses the other license." This is from the Solaris 11 Express distribution. Explain GPL/LGPL licensing dealing with source code availability for included FOSS-related binaries. ~ Ken Mays -- This message posted from opens

Re: [osol-discuss] Map snv_ versions into release versions

2010-11-15 Thread ken mays
cle is 134 as > "OpenSolaris > development build 134", while ON source is available up to > 147 and > other distributions are based on the newer source. > > -Albert Solaris 11 (SNV_151) is the new official public release with its updated IPS repo images. The 153 c

Re: [osol-discuss] : - (

2010-09-30 Thread ken mays
-ds-155370.pdf ~ Ken Mays --- On Thu, 9/30/10, Octave Orgeron wrote: > > Contrary to popular believe there are still some major > differences between > OpenOffice and the StarOffice code base. StarOffice has > closed source bits > around MS Office translation and print

Re: [osol-discuss] SchilliX-0.7.2 is out and makes OpenSolaris self hosting

2010-09-27 Thread ken mays
FMRI: pkg:/developer/sunstudio1...@12.1.1,5.11-0.111:20100306T002245Z" So, the idea is to get official wording from Oracle that they have tested building a recent 64-bit binary build of ON_147-150 with Sun Studio 12.1.x/12.2 without the need for the older Sun Studio 12. ~ Ken

Re: [osol-discuss] SchilliX-0.7.2 is out and makes OpenSolaris self hosting

2010-09-27 Thread Ken Mays
Recently patched versions of Sun Studio 12.1.x (Fall 2010) won't compile ON_147 and higher?!? Nor Sun Studio 12.2? Guess updating those docs would help... ~ Ken M. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opens

Re: [osol-discuss] Merge other distros to OpenIndiana?

2010-09-16 Thread ken mays
HI Ashih, Good suggestion and that is already underway in the OpenIndiana project for 'all' compatible distros. SFW_147 is already incorporated in the OI IPS repo. SPEC-FILES-EXTRA packaging from the pkgbuild project is already in the works as well. ~ Ken Mays --- On Thu, 9/16/

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenIndiana - a new OpenSolaris Distribution!

2010-09-12 Thread ken mays
;rock solid' solution and a great evolution from the Opensolaris project. ~ Ken Mays --- On Sat, 9/11/10, Orvar Korvar wrote: > From: Orvar Korvar > Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] OpenIndiana - a new OpenSolaris Distribution! > To: opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org > Date: Saturd

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenIndiana - a new OpenSolaris Distribution!

2010-09-10 Thread ken mays
ars ago and the discussion forum just lingered on afterwards. Much of the discussion there really is best suited for other forums. Archival was better suited for the old indiana-discuss forum. OpenIndiana is another project with its own discussion forums. ~ Ken Mays ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris cancelled, to be replaced with Solaris 11 Express

2010-09-08 Thread Ken Mays
not at the level of AIX. You may think AIX does not have a bright future - but wasn't that also said about Linux in the data center?!? Is not a diamond just a shiny crystal rock??? ~ Ken Mays -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ openso

Re: [osol-discuss] Indiana - what comes closest to it?

2010-09-02 Thread ken mays
-based distro providing numbers 2 and 3 at this moment. You can use and install the Oracle Solaris Studio Express 6/10 Software or pkg install sunstudio12u1 if you have IPS capability (or do it manually). ~ Ken Mays ___ opensolaris-discuss

Re: [osol-discuss] SchilliX-0.7.1 based on b147+ available

2010-08-31 Thread ken mays
ing in Freetype 2.4.2. Congrats on the PUBLIC release of Shillix 0.7.1!!! ~ Ken Mays ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Indiana - what comes closest to it?

2010-08-30 Thread ken mays
1. Some source consolidations are still being updated. 2. Much of ON_147/148 is in the open. Oracle mentioned they are providing a supported Solaris Express in place of the OSOL binaries of the past. The kernel sources are very recent to gain a 'like Solaris 11' experience today. ~ Ken --- On

Re: [osol-discuss] Phenom II X6 1090T, AMD 890FX / SB850, Any Driver Development Efforts?

2010-08-27 Thread ken mays
s cards to work. I suggest the Nvidia GPU-based graphic cards since the commercial video driver is maintained by Oracle/Nvidia. Much of this info I've posted in the HCL and validated with Sun (Oracle). ~ Ken Mays --- On Thu, 8/26/10, Dusan Kysel wrote: > From: Dusan Kysel > S

Re: [osol-discuss] @Oracle employees: OpenSolaris updates up to Solaris 11

2010-08-18 Thread ken mays
ome very basic steps. This is only based on my migrations from Solaris Legacy OSes to OpenSolaris-based OS installs. Protect and backup important data at all costs! ~ Ken Mays --- On Wed, 8/18/10, Stephan Ferraro wrote: > From: Stephan Ferraro > Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] @Oracle

Re: [osol-discuss] upcoming web event:strategy for Oracle's Sun Servers, Storage and solaris

2010-08-11 Thread ken mays
chalkboard points noted: 1. Dropping AMD servers for Intel-based servers. 2. Upscaling SPARC server roadmap to 128 cores and 64TB of memory by Y2015. 3. Solaris 11 will ship next year - Y2011. 4. Merge of Sun's Ops Center system management software and Oracle's Enterprise Manag

Re: [osol-discuss] upcoming web event:strategy for Oracle's Sun Servers, Storage and solaris

2010-08-11 Thread ken mays
mercial OSes (boosting sales and usage numbers) does not mean the Unix-based desktop market has gone the way of the dinosaurs... ~ Ken Mays ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] The Illumos Project

2010-08-05 Thread ken mays
. Based on the demo presentation, there is hope of a successful public core binary with the recent ON and Xorg updates. ~ Ken Mays ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Trouble formating usb external hard drive.

2010-08-03 Thread ken mays
hard drive storage devices. You "can" get things working somewhat... but you are better off utilizing the Solaris/OpenSolaris 64-bit kernel + userland in the long run. Better safe than sorry! ~ Ken Mays ___ opensolaris-dis

Re: [osol-discuss] The Illumos Project

2010-08-02 Thread ken mays
munity distros where resources and funding are always constrained. The Illumos founders are a very capable group. I imagine visionary leaders like Mark Shuttleworth or Garrett D' Amore leading the pack. As they say in the movies, godspeed ~ Ken Mays P.S. Possible Illumos trailer?

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle shuts down open source test servers

2010-07-30 Thread ken mays
SQL and other developers needing test servers and places to develop their code - many user groups and engineers can assist in those regards. Best to support the people building and supporting 'OpenSolaris-based distros' over in distribution-discuss and/or wait for Solaris 10u9. If Oracle does provide another OpenSolaris distro update later this year then it will be better 'to wait for the cake to rise' than opening the oven door to early. ~ Ken Mays ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

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

2010-07-30 Thread ken mays
ndors are backing Oracle as it was menioned long ago that Oracle was going to have their major product lines all run on the Solaris 10 OS... ~ Ken Mays ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Community distro

2010-07-25 Thread Ken Mays
ers. Blastwave/OpenCSW for advanced Solaris-based package management and FOSS porting support. So you have a lot of community people that can help as well as many user groups. ~ Ken Mays Atlanta, Georgia (USA) -- This message posted from opensolaris.org __

Re: [osol-discuss] Community distro

2010-07-24 Thread ken mays
--- On Sat, 7/24/10, Alan Coopersmith wrote: > Ken Mays wrote: > > Hi Alan, > > > > I'm taking a stab at this but I heard Joerg mentioned > an issue with moving beyond ON snv_130. Then, you brought up > some things about not being able to build ON 135+, X b143

Re: [osol-discuss] SchilliX-0.7.0 ready for testing

2010-07-24 Thread Ken Mays
cense terms. Assembled 24 July 2010 Pre-tested: X.Org X Server 1.7.3 for integration and Nvidia 256.35. Review: Pre-tested: X.Org X Server 1.8.2 for integration and Nvidia 256.35. Main C/C++ compilers to use: Sun Studio 12.1/GCC 4.3.4 (BW) ~ Ken Mays -- This message posted from open

Re: [osol-discuss] Community distro

2010-07-24 Thread Ken Mays
Can Oracle Engineering provide someone like Joerg what he needs to update his external SchilliX distro to implement ON snv_145/IPS 134? ~ Ken Mays P.S. 'To infinity and beyond...' - Toy Story -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ open

Re: [osol-discuss] SchilliX-0.7.0 ready for testing

2010-07-23 Thread Ken Mays
This is an idea, but SchilliX (or a fork of it) could remain a pure server-oriented core distro (without X or desktop cruft). The desktop stuff could come by way of IPS integration and/or CSW/SFW/other packages... -- This message posted from opensolaris.org __

Re: [osol-discuss] SchilliX-0.7.0 ready for testing

2010-07-23 Thread ken mays
/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily > ___ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org > Congratulations, Joerg!!! I almost thought you did a snv_145 refresh but this is amazing as well. You're back on the map. Good job, ~ Ken Mays ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] VLC building help

2010-07-23 Thread Ken Mays
of the newer Boomer audio backend in OSOL Dev snv_134. Most of us have tested the packages with 1080p streams and the Nvidia 256.35 driver. Some old links: http://wyang0.blogspot.com/2009/08/vlc-on-solaris-10.html ~ Ken Mays P.S. Blu-Ray players are going for about $50-$75 USD now... -- This

Re: [osol-discuss] Community distro

2010-07-23 Thread Ken Mays
tachments/78086473/OSOLRELNOTES.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1268857930181 ~ Ken Mays -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Community distro

2010-07-21 Thread ken mays
n" if it is officially adopted by Oracle for Solaris Next. Also, a few other Solaris contributers are starting to use it. Larger ISV adoption of IPS will tell the tale for us. By the way, a few of us looked at Conary as well as many other solutions. Well, what programming language i

Re: [osol-discuss] mplayer + VDPAU + opensolaris = ?

2010-07-20 Thread Ken Mays
w your audio backend hw-acc capabilities as well (i.e. the ol' sunaudio won't do you justice). ;o0 ~ Ken Mays -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris Next timescale

2010-07-19 Thread ken mays
is is very possible within a 72-hour period based on building the FOSS packages separately beforehand with GCC 4.x. Will try to post some screenshots this weekend (depends!). ~ Ken Mays ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris Next timescale

2010-07-19 Thread ken mays
ommunity members? Also, I did remember a note about using GCC 4.x to build ON and the X consolidation as well in the future. Is this tested by anyone at Oracle Engineering? ~ Ken Mays ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Community distro

2010-07-18 Thread Ken Mays
distro to OSOL 2010.03-b134 at this time. You can get a copy of it at Genunix.org to review. ~ Ken Mays -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] [distribution-discuss] Community distro

2010-07-18 Thread Ken Mays
f the popular server-based applications. Otherwise, Oracle is providing us with the kernel and core environment updates and we still have OSOL 2009.06, OSOL 2010.03-b134, and Sol10u8 available. Whether you have VMWare, Xen, Virtuozzo/vzServer,VBox or something else it just boils down to hav

Re: [osol-discuss] Build 134

2010-07-18 Thread ken mays
me research on the hardware setup and motherboard. Ask in the storage-discuss group as they can research this for you. Default root password is usually 'opensolaris'. ~ Ken Mays ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Community distro

2010-07-17 Thread Ken Mays
y to update a bunch of consolidations and packages just yet. Sometimes, just getting a chance to stand on home plate to swing a baseball bat and striking out is better than just sitting only on the benches... ~ Ken Mays -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] OGB Threatens to Shoot Itself In The Head

2010-07-13 Thread ken mays
---Ken Mays wrote: > > If I was a betting man...I'd think someone from the > OGB staff attending these two meetings would be very helpful > to the OGB and to those attending --- On Tue, 7/13/10, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > If Oracle is willing to arrange the fligh

Re: [osol-discuss] OGB Threatens to Shoot Itself In The Head

2010-07-13 Thread ken mays
etting man...I'd think someone from the OGB staff attending these two meetings would be very helpful to the OGB and to those attending The asylum is now open... ~ Ken Mays ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] [opensolaris-discuss] Were to from here?

2010-07-13 Thread ken mays
update can be done to b142 and higher. Some people are running snv_138-144 kernels. Mileages may vary.   As for NWAN, there are some notes on the NWAN GUI install and other update info. You can also contact the nwan-dev team for more info.   ~ Ken Mays _

Re: [osol-discuss] Benchmarking OpenSolaris and Solaris 10?

2010-07-11 Thread Ken Mays
ix-32169-12593-24902 More info than what I posted, but something to compare with FreeBSD 9.0-current and FreeBSD 8.1-RC2. ~ Ken Mays -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Benchmarking OpenSolaris and Solaris 10?

2010-07-11 Thread ken mays
.06 5.62 - FBSD 8.1-RC2 (*) 6.24 - Ubuntu 10.10 Tandem XML v1.0 (sec) 54.52 - OSOL 2009.06 29.01 - FBSD 8.1-RC2 (*) 30.89 - Ubuntu 10.10 Use for pure entertainment value only! ~ Ken Mays ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Benchmarking OpenSolaris and Solaris 10?

2010-07-11 Thread ken mays
--- On Sat, 7/10/10, Ian Collins wrote: > From: Ian Collins > Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] Benchmarking OpenSolaris and Solaris 10? > To: "Ken Mays" > Cc: opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org > Date: Saturday, July 10, 2010, 8:17 PM > On 07/11/10 12:06 PM, Ken Mays

[osol-discuss] Benchmarking OpenSolaris and Solaris 10?

2010-07-10 Thread Ken Mays
rypt GnuPG GraphicsMagick Gzip compression Himeno John The Ripper LAME MP3 encoding LZMA compression MAFFT PostMark POV-Ray Sudokut Threaded I/O Tester A few tests need implementing. ZFS works for now (awaiting official word). ~ Ken Mays -- This message posted from opens

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris/Opensolaris, for a Server, or Desktop?

2010-07-06 Thread Ken Mays
... but some things may be still valid. I'll let you speculate and read up on that note!! (smile) ~ Ken Mays -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris/Opensolaris, for a Server, or Desktop?

2010-07-06 Thread Ken Mays
Ed said: "I continually say that solaris & opensolaris are designed to be servers, not desktops. I'd like to go into the reasons why, and see what other opinions people have about this." ---> Well, the basicness of what you said is true -as 'Solaris' primarily is a server-oriented product from

Re: [osol-discuss] So who is ready to be let down?

2010-07-04 Thread ken mays
- in relation to Solaris Next Dev. As for OpenSolaris updated binary distros, there was some commentary awhile ago that energies are focused on Solaris 10u9 (a bigger concern in the 'real' production world) as well as Solaris Next Dev in parallel. Also, the OTN por

Re: [osol-discuss] So who is ready to be let down?

2010-07-03 Thread Ken Mays
ld get a cautionary sticker. If you use FreeBSD 9.0 amd64/ZFS with the Nvidia driver, you'll get a much different performance especially if you use the right FreeBSD 'tweaks' as Phoronix testing is usually done 'out-of-the-box' for automation reasons. I think we

Re: [osol-discuss] So who is ready to be let down?

2010-07-02 Thread Ken Mays
Ken Gunderson wrote: 'Could we please have links to these third party tests?' Phoronix has a test report to debate between OSOL-DEV-b127 and FreeBSD 8.0: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=freebsd8_benchmarks&num=10 The newer article was January 25, 2010 based on FreeBSD 8.0 and

Re: [osol-discuss] So who is ready to be let down?

2010-07-02 Thread Ken Mays
ait till after Solaris 10u9 is released and the OTN/BigAdmin portal is fully operational. My crystal ball is currently on lock-down via iPhone 4. ~ Ken Mays -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] So who is ready to be let down?

2010-07-01 Thread ken mays
--- On Thu, 7/1/10, betchou betchou wrote: I really don't care about delay. It has still existed, will exist... To say : "There will be a release every 6 month." is not that much precise. I don't really care if we have one two or three month to wait. But I really care about letting people with

Re: [osol-discuss] So who is ready to be let down?

2010-07-01 Thread Ken Mays
kage rolling' work being done? That's for another thread at another time... Oracle is working on the next production release of 'Solaris'. Either we wait for it, use what we got, or look for other options - especially for those people not willing to pay for it or the work invol

Re: [osol-discuss] So who is ready to be let down?

2010-07-01 Thread Ken Mays
ew apples - but at least you'll get some applesauce in the end rather than an empty bowl and dust mites. ~ Ken Mays -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] So who is ready to be let down?

2010-07-01 Thread ken mays
moreso hobbyists that are not willing to be a bit proactive and contact an Oracle account manager. ~ Ken Mays --- On Thu, 7/1/10, Alex Sims wrote: > From: Alex Sims > Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] So who is ready to be let down? > To: opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org > Date: T

Re: [osol-discuss] Milax 0.5 boot fails : login services can not start

2010-06-25 Thread ken mays
under 256 MB. Still enough for today's embedded Y2K purposes. I think the engineering quote was 384 MB RAM minimum (512MB roughly). ~ Ken Mays --- On Fri, 6/25/10, Dennis Clarke wrote: > From: Dennis Clarke > Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] Milax 0.5 boot fails : login services can n

Re: [osol-discuss] SNV_142 Test DVD & Blastwave's AMP stack

2010-06-21 Thread ken mays
date other areas as you see fit.   ~ Ken Mays       --- On Mon, 6/21/10, Bruno Sousa wrote: From: Bruno Sousa Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] SNV_142 Test DVD & Blastwave's AMP stack To: "Hernan Saltiel" Cc: "Ken Mays" , opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org Date: Mon

Re: [osol-discuss] Studio Express 6/10?

2010-06-21 Thread ken mays
NetBeans 6.8 support. Ken Mays Blastwave.org --- On Mon, 6/21/10, Tim Scanlon wrote: > From: Tim Scanlon > Subject: [osol-discuss] Studio Express 6/10? > To: opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org > Date: Monday, June 21, 2010, 7:09 AM > "Oracle Solaris Studio Express 6/10 &g

Re: [osol-discuss] SNV_142 Test DVD & Blastwave's AMP stack

2010-06-20 Thread Ken Mays
her resources but hope to make everything available soon. Ken Mays Blastwave.org -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] SNV_142 Test DVD & Blastwave's AMP stack

2010-06-17 Thread Ken Mays
Working on packages for compatible OSOL 2010.DEV-based distros. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] SNV_142 Test DVD & Blastwave's AMP stack

2010-06-17 Thread Ken Mays
9 Squid 2.7.Stable9 Many of the test packages mentioned are already available through the Blastwave.org repository mirrors to support other OSOL distro providers for both SPARC and x86/x64 platforms. Special thanks to Initworks BV and some work by Richard Lowe. Thanks Ken Mays Blastwave.org --

Re: [osol-discuss] Where is OpenSolaris 2010 release?

2010-06-12 Thread Ken Mays
not even worry about what clothes they have on for a given day (i.e. Why? They can pay other people for that). Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer... but I never said let the sharks swim in your bathtub. ~ Ken Mays -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _

Re: [osol-discuss] Sun Software Product Map- opensolaris not included

2010-06-10 Thread ken mays
ble Oracle engineers willing to chat and help - or grab yourself an Oracle Account Manager with an Etch-A-Sketch. Shake often, ~ Ken Mays --- On Thu, 6/10/10, Giovanni Tirloni wrote: > From: Giovanni Tirloni > Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] Sun Software Product Map- opensolaris not included &

Re: [osol-discuss] Where is OpenSolaris 2010 release?

2010-06-09 Thread Ken Mays
Well, you have to also consider: 1. Oracle is still making patch updates to OpenSolaris 2009.06. See support contract. 2. OSOL DEV 134 is available, otherwise OSOL 2009.06. 3. Some engineers have updated to the ON snv_142 kernel release. 4. ZFS a little buggy (data loss >=b134 possible under cert

Re: [osol-discuss] Where is OpenSolaris 2010 release?

2010-06-07 Thread ken mays
- but those that can find bugs and willing to report those bugs to others. ~ Ken Mays --- On Mon, 6/7/10, Peter Jones wrote: > From: Peter Jones > Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] Where is OpenSolaris 2010 release? > To: opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org > Date: Monday, June 7, 2010, 5:3

Re: [osol-discuss] Opensolaris roadmap

2010-06-03 Thread ken mays
Steve, Oracle's account managers handle this sort of thing. The other solution is talk to someone like Nexenta. Now ensure you understand is that somone like Oracle may look at 'best tool for the job' so what is 'under the hood' may or may not be what you expect. ~ Ken

[osol-discuss] Solaris on DELL PowerEdge Servers

2010-05-21 Thread Ken Mays
tributions (i.e. OpenSolaris 2010.05) will probably come in the near future from Dell. I'll let Oracle or Dell correct me otherwise. ~ Ken Mays -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris 8/9 zones on OpenSolaris x64?

2010-05-20 Thread ken mays
ave a long time ago. The Solaris 8/9 x86/x64 Containers add-on packages on Solaris 10 x86/x64 platforms never made it to the general public (AFAIK). The resources and customer demand for Solaris 8/9 x86 container development and support was not there (i.e. pre-Y

Re: [osol-discuss] b134b / 2010.05

2010-05-19 Thread ken mays
opensolaris-announce for the OpenSolaris 2010.05 release and the update on the Genunix.org website. ~ Ken Mays ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Someone please tell me I'm wrong

2010-05-09 Thread ken mays
10, the larger SXCE (now defunct), or OSOL-DEV_b134. I'd think for many people that is good enough for many projects. As for speculating on Oracle Solaris 11, a few things can be put on Oracle Solaris 10 until that big release day happens. Just wait and be patient. Maybe we'll be on GNOME 3.0 for the next release by then...who knows? Just enjoy the ride and stop kicking the tires ~ Ken Mays ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Opera drops browser support for Solaris

2010-04-29 Thread ken mays
--- On Thu, 4/29/10, Alan Coopersmith wrote: > From: Alan Coopersmith > Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] Opera drops browser support for Solaris > To: "ken mays" > Cc: opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org, "Anon Y Mous" > > Date: Thursday, April 29, 2010,

Re: [osol-discuss] Opera drops browser support for Solaris

2010-04-29 Thread ken mays
for only a certain platform and version of Oracle Solaris (i.e. Solaris 10 SPARC). This is where the community and Oracle's support for the smaller ISVs and organizations that port **ANY** software to Oracle Solaris/OpenSolaris become important to help sustain and grow the community. ~ Ken Ma

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris on HP x86 servers

2010-04-27 Thread ken mays
hat it doesn't matter what hardware vendor you have or chose in this particular subject. The goal is that the Solaris OS has some level of professional maintenance and support warranty for consumers - **mainly** provided by Oracle (i.e. if all else fails).    ~ Ken Mays       --- On Tue,

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris build 134a has closed

2010-04-26 Thread ken mays
--- On Mon, 4/26/10, Alan Coopersmith wrote: > From: Alan Coopersmith > ken mays wrote: > > Some of us are running OSOL 2010.03 snv_137 now. > > That's impossible if you're outside of > Oracle.   You may be running > snv_134 with individual consolidati

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris build 134a has closed

2010-04-26 Thread ken mays
HI Edward, Not official, but most likely you'll see snv_138 for the Live CD as well b134(x) for OSOL 2010.03 FINAL on GENUNIX. Some of us are running OSOL 2010.03 snv_137 now. Also, the Nexenta Core Edition v3.0b3 (snv_b134c) CD is available. ~ Ken Mays --- On Mon, 4/26/10, E

Re: [osol-discuss] MythTV

2010-04-24 Thread ken mays
tream recording. I had a wireless setup which worked well but many of the wireless HDTV hardware was just coming down in price. You should be able to get it very cheap today. You can reference MythDora and Mythbuntu for some proof of concepts. Most of the codecs are ported to OpenSolaris. ~ Ken

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris Distributions

2010-04-23 Thread Ken Mays
is only a small piece of the larger solutions at hand. ~ Ken Mays -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Business use of OpenSolaris: enough to support commercial software?

2010-04-20 Thread Ken Mays
ronment and go from there for your own certification testing. Talk to Oracle about partner programs for ISVs. There is also this website: http://www.oracleisv.com Hope that helps, Ken Mays - Atlanta, GA -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris Distributions

2010-04-20 Thread Ken Mays
y are based on the ON kernel and core environment at some engineering snapshot level. Some projects are based on entirely different default package management systems and repositories. ~ Ken Mays -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] OpenSolaris Distributions

2010-04-19 Thread Ken Mays
Solaris 10u8) Hope that helps, Ken Mays - Atlanta, GA -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] b137 based on tonic or otherwise

2010-04-16 Thread ken mays
Hello, Something is brewing: http://dlc.sun.com/osol/on/downloads/b138/ ~ Ken --- On Fri, 4/16/10, Giovanni Tirloni wrote: From: Giovanni Tirloni Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] b137 based on tonic or otherwise To: "Dennis Clarke" Cc: opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org Date: Friday, April 16,

Re: [osol-discuss] Firefox 3.5.5 with SXCE can't load page

2010-04-14 Thread ken mays
b134) if possible. We mostly discuss this over at desktop-discuss... ~ Ken Mays --- On Wed, 4/14/10, bsd wrote: > From: bsd > Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] Firefox 3.5.5 with SXCE can't load page > To: opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org > Date: Wednesday, April 14, 2010, 4:34 AM

Re: [osol-discuss] Any news about 2010.3?

2010-04-04 Thread Ken Mays
g ANY major issues with a prior OpenSolaris release, just give OSOL 2010.03 until April 16th or await the snv_138 kernel release. You'll be 'very' glad you did. ~ Ken Mays -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris 10 - no longer free

2010-03-30 Thread ken mays
of Solaris 10 10/09 ASAP if you don't already have it and pay for whatever >=90 day warranty or technical support you need. Otherwise, you have other options to utilize for your work or hobbist environment. May our cups run over, Ken Mays --- On Tue, 3/30/10, Mike DeMarco wrot

Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris 10 - no longer free

2010-03-29 Thread ken mays
that conversation. You are dealing with engineering snapshots and BETA releases of 'something to come'. Treat it as such - and you'll be much happier in the end. As for Oracle Solaris 10, it is as free as it was yesterday. Kindly get off

Re: [osol-discuss] 2010.03 OSOL improvements regarding 3G USB HSDPA modems? Android+OSOL?

2010-03-17 Thread ken mays
Hi Jussi,   The 3G modems are 'supported' but you may have to configure them and modify the drivers (IDs) to your modem. A few walkthroughs are available.   Ask for detailed help at wwan-discuss and give them the output from "mdb -k ::prtusb -i e -v"   ~ Ken Mays     --- On

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