Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Project proposal: GUI SMF Tools

2006-04-27 Thread David Powell
On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 11:06:30AM +0100, Darren J Moffat wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Besides, doing this in java isn't all that hard. The downside is the memory footprint. One issue with running the GUI in Java is getting the security and authentication right; this often requires

[osol-discuss] Re: Project proposal: GUI SMF Tools

2006-04-26 Thread Bob Palowoda
On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 10:40:18PM -0700, changho.kim wrote: Solaris have tools to control service by system. That's called SMF This is important role of self healing but every solaris beginner have difficulty in input command by keyboard. if user don't familiar with keyboard, they

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Project proposal: GUI SMF Tools

2006-04-26 Thread Erast Benson
On Wed, 2006-04-26 at 01:31 -0700, Bob Palowoda wrote: On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 10:40:18PM -0700, changho.kim wrote: Solaris have tools to control service by system. That's called SMF This is important role of self healing but every solaris beginner have difficulty in input

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Project proposal: GUI SMF Tools

2006-04-26 Thread Peter Tribble
On Wed, 2006-04-26 at 09:45, Erast Benson wrote: Though the ultimate goal is to do a lot more, the prototype for the Visual Panels project (screenshots, demo, and source at http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/vpanels/ currently contains a basic SMF GUI. Please check it

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Project proposal: GUI SMF Tools

2006-04-26 Thread Casper . Dik
Besides, doing this in java isn't all that hard. The downside is the memory footprint. One issue with running the GUI in Java is getting the security and authentication right; this often requires roll-your-own which is way too hard for most to get right. Casper

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Project proposal: GUI SMF Tools

2006-04-26 Thread Peter Tribble
On Wed, 2006-04-26 at 12:05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Besides, doing this in java isn't all that hard. The downside is the memory footprint. One issue with running the GUI in Java is getting the security and authentication right; this often requires roll-your-own which is way too hard for

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Project proposal: GUI SMF Tools

2006-04-26 Thread David Powell
On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 01:31:23AM -0700, Bob Palowoda wrote: Though the ultimate goal is to do a lot more, the prototype for the Visual Panels project (screenshots, demo, and source at http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/vpanels/ ) currently contains a basic SMF GUI. Please check

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Project proposal: GUI SMF Tools

2006-04-26 Thread David Powell
On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 01:45:35AM -0700, Erast Benson wrote: Don't you think using Java for this kind of things a bit of overhead? Its not like this app will be running on OSX or Windows.. why bother with Java then? We actually think it would be really valuable for people to be able to

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Project proposal: GUI SMF Tools

2006-04-26 Thread Erast Benson
On Wed, 2006-04-26 at 15:19 -0700, David Powell wrote: On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 01:45:35AM -0700, Erast Benson wrote: Don't you think using Java for this kind of things a bit of overhead? Its not like this app will be running on OSX or Windows.. why bother with Java then? We actually