> Now before we get into some diatribe about Solaris 10
> and Solaris Nevada I
> just want to point out that this friend of mine has
> been working with
> Microsoft Windows and Linux and Novell Netware for a
> long long time. He was
> anything but impressed. He could care less about the
> differe
> I think Dennis has a good point. We are looking at
> two issues that
> should be *really* simple to do something about.
>
> - graphic background for grub on install cd/dvd
> - numlock on by default
>
> What do others think?
>
> alan.
Two concerns:
* while the initial appearance and settings
> Darren J Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > So, MacOS X is broken. What else is new.
> >
> > Personally I disagree and I think they got it
> correct. On an Apple
> > keyboard there is no NumLock button.
> >
> > Apple knows a LOT more about usability than most of
> us do and they get
>
NumLock has been a thorny "PC" issue from the days of the IBM 5150 of 1981, up
to today--maybe even longer. Anyway, I've hassled with how "correctly" to
handle it since at least 1985.
/***
Short digression, not to hijack the thread. In 1985 I wrote an ANSI/VT100
emulator for the original PC
Dennis Clarke wrote:
If the code is not yet open then how did the Belenix people get this
going?
As far as I can see Grub background graphic (XPM) is a feature that
is already
I meant the keyboard mapping during the locale selection.
Oh I misunderstood. I am
Dennis Clarke wrote:
If the code is not yet open then how did the Belenix people get this
going?
As far as I can see Grub background graphic (XPM) is a feature that
is already
I meant the keyboard mapping during the locale selection.
Oh I misunderstood. I am just using GNU dialog linke
Dennis Clarke wrote:
Agreed (as a lapsed sysadmin). It makes a lot of sense that the program do
the right thing in the context of the menu presented to the user. That just
means keypad 8 & 2 are up and down, keypad 1 and 2 are the entries. Belenix
have managed it after all, so the code must be kn
>
If the code is not yet open then how did the Belenix people get this
going?
>>> As far as I can see Grub background graphic (XPM) is a feature that
>>>is already
>>>
>>I meant the keyboard mapping during the locale selection.
>>
>Oh I misunderstood. I am just using GNU di
Dennis Clarke wrote:
Dennis Clarke wrote:
Agreed (as a lapsed sysadmin). It makes a lot of sense that the program do
the right thing in the context of the menu presented to the user. That
just
means keypad 8 & 2 are up and down, keypad 1 and 2 are the entries.
Belenix
have managed it afte
> Dennis Clarke wrote:
>
>>>Agreed (as a lapsed sysadmin). It makes a lot of sense that the program do
>>>the right thing in the context of the menu presented to the user. That
>>> just
>>>means keypad 8 & 2 are up and down, keypad 1 and 2 are the entries.
>>> Belenix
>>>have managed it after all,
Dennis Clarke wrote:
Agreed (as a lapsed sysadmin). It makes a lot of sense that the program do
the right thing in the context of the menu presented to the user. That just
means keypad 8 & 2 are up and down, keypad 1 and 2 are the entries. Belenix
have managed it after all, so the code must be k
> Agreed (as a lapsed sysadmin). It makes a lot of sense that the program do
> the right thing in the context of the menu presented to the user. That just
> means keypad 8 & 2 are up and down, keypad 1 and 2 are the entries. Belenix
> have managed it after all, so the code must be knocking around.
Agreed (as a lapsed sysadmin). It makes a lot of sense that the program do the
right thing in the context of the menu presented to the user. That just means
keypad 8 & 2 are up and down, keypad 1 and 2 are the entries. Belenix have
managed it after all, so the code must be knocking around.
T
W. Wayne Liauh wrote:
I could be wrong, but I don't think Solaris is being developed with an aim, or
any slightest interest, to reach out to Windows/Linux users.
Again, I could be wrong, but everything I have experienced (except BeleniX, but
how much support is it geting?) tells me that I am n
> The aim is for developers. Since ATI and nVidia control the majority
> of the market, we should get your friend's problem fixed.
I was able to walk him through the whole process just fine and it really
came down to a misunderstanding. He saw that basic GRUB screen and assumed
that graphics sup
The aim is for developers. Since ATI and nVidia control the majority
of the market, we should get your friend's problem fixed.Â
W. Wayne Liauh wrote:
Recently I had a friend ask me why his ATI graphics
card was not working
with Solaris 10 Update 2. I asked him what kind of
machi
>
> Recently I had a friend ask me why his ATI graphics
> card was not working
> with Solaris 10 Update 2. I asked him what kind of
> machine it was and it
> turned out to be some common dog hardware. Nothing
> fancy. But he was
> convinced that the graphics card was being ignored
> because the
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