Re: [osol-discuss] I give up.

2008-06-11 Thread Michael Lee
Please go to http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=2178 and vote on this bug, unstable e1000g and wpi network interfaces. Both are unusable on a T61p. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list

Re: [osol-discuss] I give up.

2008-06-09 Thread Chen Jianxun(Kelvin)
Hi James First of all, thank you very much, but my problem isn't relevant network card, I try to boot a installed solaris from usb disk. James Carlson 写道: Lu Baolu writes: I am encountering an e1000g error on Nevada snv_87. I am not sure whether it is the same as you stated.

Re: [osol-discuss] I give up.

2008-06-06 Thread James Carlson
Lu Baolu writes: I am encountering an e1000g error on Nevada snv_87. I am not sure whether it is the same as you stated. That's the one. Here's the work-around: One known problem with e1000g is that the new FMA support can cause it to erroneously report itself as faulty, resulting in

Re: [osol-discuss] I give up.

2008-06-06 Thread Mark Kaiman
I called Sun and I was willing to spend $324 for a year of support. However, I asked if for my money they could guarantee a solution. I didn't want to shell out $$ for someone to run me through what I've already tried, and then be told they couldn't help. Turns out that Sun doesn't officially

Re: [osol-discuss] I give up.

2008-06-06 Thread Brad Vaughan
Mark, I work in the services group at Sun. Would be interested to know if you have found anyone who would give you the "guarantee" you are looking for on that specific HW. I would be curious to review the service level commitment they offer. Just trying to make our services better.. Brad

[osol-discuss] I give up.

2008-06-05 Thread Mark Kaiman
I installed OpenSolaris on my ThinkPad a couple of weeks ago, and I have never been able to get it to work. The wpi0 and e1000g drivers just dont work. I have posted on these forums and on usenet and received some suggestions. I have tried every possible combination of wired and wireless

Re: [osol-discuss] I give up.

2008-06-05 Thread Calum Benson
On 5 Jun 2008, at 14:49, Mark Kaiman wrote: I installed OpenSolaris on my ThinkPad a couple of weeks ago, and I have never been able to get it to work. The wpi0 and e1000g drivers just dont work. I have posted on these forums and on usenet and received some suggestions. I have tried

Re: [osol-discuss] I give up.

2008-06-05 Thread Kevin Duffey
too old or maybe has some components that don't play nice, it may just not work. - Original Message From: Mark Kaiman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org Sent: Thursday, June 5, 2008 6:49:00 AM Subject: [osol-discuss] I give up. I installed OpenSolaris on my

Re: [osol-discuss] I give up.

2008-06-05 Thread Aubrey Li
On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 9:49 PM, Mark Kaiman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I installed OpenSolaris on my ThinkPad a couple of weeks ago, and I have never been able to get it to work. The wpi0 and e1000g drivers just dont work. I have posted on these forums and on usenet and received some

Re: [osol-discuss] I give up.

2008-06-05 Thread Mark Kaiman
I would be happy to submit bug reports as Calum suggested above. I'm not one of those people who just want to complain - I'd like to help Sun improve the product so I can actually use it. Is there a URL for bug reports? If you can suggest anything that would get wireless or wired networking to

Re: [osol-discuss] I give up.

2008-06-05 Thread Shawn Walker
2008/6/5 Mark Kaiman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I would be happy to submit bug reports as Calum suggested above. I'm not one of those people who just want to complain - I'd like to help Sun improve the product so I can actually use it. Is there a URL for bug reports? http://defect.opensolaris.org/

Re: [osol-discuss] I give up.

2008-06-05 Thread James Carlson
Mark Kaiman writes: I would be happy to submit bug reports as Calum suggested above. I'm not one of those people who just want to complain - I'd like to help Sun improve the product so I can actually use it. Is there a URL for bug reports? For the OpenSolaris distribution itself, use

Re: [osol-discuss] I give up.

2008-06-05 Thread Milan Jurik
Hi Mark, which ThinkPad? wpi0 could mean T60 or R60, both I know and both work well for me and my friend. Could we go off this list and discuss it directly, please? Best regards, Milan Mark Kaiman píše v Čt 05. 06. 2008 v 06:49 -0700: I installed OpenSolaris on my ThinkPad a couple of weeks

Re: [osol-discuss] I give up.

2008-06-05 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
I installed OpenSolaris on my ThinkPad a couple of weeks ago, and I have never been able to get it to work. The wpi0 and e1000g drivers just dont work. I have posted on these forums and on usenet and received some suggestions. I have tried every possible combination of wired and wireless

Re: [osol-discuss] I give up.

2008-06-05 Thread James Carlson
W. Wayne Liauh writes: Re the e1000g NIC problem, I have posted a work around: http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=61343tstart=50 This problem is so serious, I am really puzzled why nobody else is paying attention. What does fmadm faulty say when the problem occurs? One

Re: [osol-discuss] I give up.

2008-06-05 Thread Michael Lee
I too never got wpi0 to work stably but on a T61p in any mode, wep, wpa, or neither the two. It'll connect and work for a bit, then either it'll drop the connection over and over or the data rate will be all over the place down to a few bytes a second even when the laptop is a few feet away

Re: [osol-discuss] I give up.

2008-06-05 Thread Joerg Schilling
James Carlson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm surprised that your e1000g driver doesn't work. If nothing else, a simple interface like that ought to function. I heard about this problem on a small number of think pads I no longe rremember whether this was a problem with the bios or with the

Re: [osol-discuss] I give up.

2008-06-05 Thread Richard L. Hamilton
I would be happy to submit bug reports as Calum suggested above. I'm not one of those people who just want to complain - I'd like to help Sun improve the product so I can actually use it. Is there a URL for bug reports? If you can suggest anything that would get wireless or wired

Re: [osol-discuss] I give up.

2008-06-05 Thread Lu Baolu
Hi Mark, I am encountering an e1000g error on Nevada snv_87. I am not sure whether it is the same as you stated. The fault message is: SUNW-MSG-ID: PCIEX-8000-0A, TYPE: Fault, VER: 1, SEVERITY: Critical EVENT-TIME: Wed Jun 4 20:09:18 CST 2008 PLATFORM: To Be Filled By O.E.M., CSN: To Be Filled

Re: [osol-discuss] I give up.

2008-06-05 Thread Ché Kristo
Further to Shawns email. I'm not sure of your experience in filing bugs so don't be offended if you are fine doing it yourself. If you need a hand feel welcome to send me an email (che at opensolaris dot org) and I'll help you file bugs or RFE's for your issues. I understand your frustration,