[osol-help] Can't use FEN on /proc?

2009-02-06 Thread Richard L. Hamilton
If I use the example program at http://blogs.sun.com/praks/entry/file_events_notification on /proc, it gets errno 48 (ENOTSUP). This is _not_ helpful (unless there's a better way to be notified of process creation/termination than monitoring /proc for changes); without FEN, it would take a loop

[osol-help] After changing Wireless Card, the end?

2009-02-06 Thread Luis Useche
Hi Guys, Something very odd happen to my OS 2008.11 snv_106 today. I replaced my old wireless network card with another of identical model. The previous one worked perfect. However, for some reason, the new one broke the whole system! My OS is not even able to boot! I don't have gdm, no console

[osol-help] rge issues

2009-02-06 Thread Rob See
Hi, I'm running into an issue with the rge driver, and am wondering if anyone has any suggestions on what to do. I've tried on 2 different builds, with 2 slightly different results. My test is to copy 30 gigs of files to a zfs backed nfs share running on this machine. On 2008.11, the transfer d

Re: [osol-help] Fundamental: First verify reliability of your system!

2009-02-06 Thread Bart Smaalders
Ray Clark wrote: > I suggest that a note to this effect should be "sticky'ed" to the top > of the "help" list with a link to memtest86. I tried the two > mainline and a couple of off-shoot versions and in all cases all of > them gave the same result. Maybe it should be part of the > distribution

[osol-help] boot hangs after 'pkg image-update' to 105/106

2009-02-06 Thread Blake Irvin
I'm guessing that it's an issue with the nVidia sata driver? here's the relevant section of /var/adm/messages from a successful boot of 101b: Feb 6 18:43:29 hostname genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] npe0 is /p...@0,0 Feb 6 18:43:29 hostname sata: [ID 663010 kern.info] /p...@0,0/pci1043,8...@7 :

Re: [osol-help] Can I Monitor/Sample NFS File access?

2009-02-06 Thread Peter Schow
Hi Ray, On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 01:12:03PM -0800, Ray Clark wrote: > I have an SNV105 based ZFS file server doing NFS. > Sometimes I think it should be idle but there is heavy disk activity, for an > extended time. > > Is there a way that I can monitor what files are being accessed, or open? Ta

Re: [osol-help] Can I Monitor/Sample NFS File access?

2009-02-06 Thread Scott Watanabe
You can use snoop and filter on just the nfs traffic. There is enough to see what the filehandles(FH) are. Also use nfsstat, you can see what call counts are. The counters can be reset. HTH, -s -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensol

Re: [osol-help] Help with VNC or Remoe Desktop from my Mac

2009-02-06 Thread David Dyer-Bennet
On Fri, February 6, 2009 16:24, Aaron Epps wrote: > All the time, it's called SSH ;-) The real question is why do you want a > graphical interface to your remote OpenSolaris box? If it's to run the GUI > config tools like packagemanager/etc just displaying them back to your Mac > using X. For exam

Re: [osol-help] Problems when upgrading from SXCE b106 to b107

2009-02-06 Thread Paul Gress
John Brewer wrote: > If you using ufs as a root fs, since I have started using zfs rpool as root I > do not have the issue you describe when power goes out and reboot anymore, > ufs does not seem as robust as Solaris 904 used to be with logging manually > enabled in vfstab you could loose power

Re: [osol-help] Problems when upgrading from SXCE b106 to b107

2009-02-06 Thread John Brewer
If you using ufs as a root fs, since I have started using zfs rpool as root I do not have the issue you describe when power goes out and reboot anymore, ufs does not seem as robust as Solaris 904 used to be with logging manually enabled in vfstab you could loose power and not have any issues. i

Re: [osol-help] Help with VNC or Remoe Desktop from my Mac

2009-02-06 Thread Aaron Epps
All the time, it's called SSH ;-) The real question is why do you want a graphical interface to your remote OpenSolaris box? If it's to run the GUI config tools like packagemanager/etc just displaying them back to your Mac using X. For example, if I want to connect to an OpenSolaris server with

Re: [osol-help] [osol-bugs] Time to reinstall?

2009-02-06 Thread Paul Floyd
Alan Coopersmith wrote: > > Paul Floyd wrote: > >>4. In SXCE 107, my keyboard setting has reverted to US from UK. > > > If you're referring to in Xorg, this is a known bug introduced by the > Xorg 1.5.3 upgrade in 107: > http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6801598 > > Ma

Re: [osol-help] Clean install step-by-step: 2008.11 network print server does not work

2009-02-06 Thread Ray Clark
I found that I had a bad motherboard, getting memory errors. Changed out the motherboard and ran memtest86 overclocked for 5 days, then set back to spec'ed speed. I cannot say that all issues above were the memory errors, but my bet is that many of them were. I switched to CUPS and SNV105 jus

[osol-help] Fundamental: First verify reliability of your system!

2009-02-06 Thread Ray Clark
Over the past month I have learned [the hard way] that many PCs are not entirely reliable. Of course I knew this, but nothing like experience drives it home. Evidently the memory access patterns and frequency enables OS's and applications to work remarkably well with unreliable hardware. I wo

[osol-help] Can I Monitor/Sample NFS File access?

2009-02-06 Thread Ray Clark
I have an SNV105 based ZFS file server doing NFS. Sometimes I think it should be idle but there is heavy disk activity, for an extended time. Is there a way that I can monitor what files are being accessed, or open? Thanks. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___

Re: [osol-help] Problems when upgrading from SXCE b106 to b107

2009-02-06 Thread Paul Gress
OK, in replying to myself, I managed to get b107 to boot. I had to remove the "/a/reconfigure" file when logged in single user mode and the root drive was mounted on /a. This only confirms that my computer is locking up at "configuring devices". By removing the file reconfigure it happily bo

[osol-help] Xserver doesn't display on IBM x3550

2009-02-06 Thread Admin BnF
Hi, I've tried to installed opensolaris 811 on a IBM x3550 from the boot live cd. I've choose the keyboard type and the language correctly. After the Xserver seems to be launch but... My problem is that I didn't see anything (no video input for the screen) when the Xserver is running. So i can't

Re: [osol-help] b103 / b107 build problems: elfsign build problem

2009-02-06 Thread Lev Serebryakov
I've started from clean b07 (installed from DVD image) and it builds b107 sources without problems. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] [osol-bugs] Time to reinstall?

2009-02-06 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Paul Floyd wrote: > 4. In SXCE 107, my keyboard setting has reverted to US from UK. If you're referring to in Xorg, this is a known bug introduced by the Xorg 1.5.3 upgrade in 107: http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6801598 Manual configuration workaround shown in: http:

Re: [osol-help] Problems when upgrading from SXCE b106 to b107

2009-02-06 Thread Alan Coopersmith
John Brewer wrote: > I went back and ran a iniial_install of snv_b107 and the GUI installer failed > to work, where up untill snv_b106 it had worked ok, I had to boot the dvd in > sigle user mode and run set the TERM=ansi ; export TERM and then run > ttinstall and the same thing happened even af

Re: [osol-help] Freeze up during boot from live cd

2009-02-06 Thread Jürgen Keil
> Ok, so I booted with options -kdv and got the > following last lines before it froze: > > installing rootnex, module id 23. > installing iommulib, module id 24. > root nexus = i86pc > Start to check dmar related boot options > Start to create iommu state structures >dmar0,0 state str

Re: [osol-help] Freeze up during boot from live cd

2009-02-06 Thread Henry B
> > Try this to get some more information: > > > ttp://blogs.sun.com/dmick/entry/diagnosing_kernel_hang > s_panics_with Ok, so I booted with options -kdv and got the following last lines before it froze: installing rootnex, module id 23. installing iommulib, module id 24. root nexus = i86pc S

Re: [osol-help] Freeze up during boot from live cd

2009-02-06 Thread Henry B
Ok, so I booted with options -kdv and it got up to loading and installing module id's 23 and 24, called rootnex and iommulib. The lines after that were: root nexus = i86pc Start to check dmar related boot options Start to create iommu state structures dmar0,0 state structure created St

Re: [osol-help] Time to reinstall?

2009-02-06 Thread Paul Floyd
Hi I've logged bugs. I reset the keyboard with xorgconfig. This still leaves me without ssh and :-( no Page Up :-( A+ Paul -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] NIS Server on OpenSolaris ? arrgh

2009-02-06 Thread John Brewer
It been a while, I might be missing a step, this the same error on both snv_b106 and 100u6: # domainname mydomain # echo "mydomain" > /etc/defaultdomain # ypinit -m In order for NIS to operate sucessfully, we have to construct a list of the NIS servers. Please continue to add the names for YP s

Re: [osol-help] Time to reinstall?

2009-02-06 Thread John Brewer
> 5. In SXCE 107, on boot I got a load of crypto errors, and sshd wouldn't > start. From /var/svc/log/network-ssh:default.log I had the same issue with your # 5, luupgrade going from 10u6 to snv_b106. You should submit a BUG id https://www.opensolaris.org/bug/report.jspa for each of these issues

[osol-help] Still running firefox gets its profile corrupted if I stop Opensolaris

2009-02-06 Thread Pierrot
Hi all. I've been using OpenSolaris 2008.11 for some time already, and it's quite good. One thing that really push my nerves: everytime I reboot or poweroff OpenSolaris without manually closing firefox, my firefox profile gets corrupted and I can not use it any more. Symptoms when my profile g

[osol-help] Time to reinstall?

2009-02-06 Thread Paul Floyd
Hi I've been using live upgrade on a system which had it's last fresh install with SXDE 2 (= SXCE 87 I think). I'm now on SXCE 107, and things aren't looking too rosy. 1. Since SXCE 105, it looks like lofi has been broken. When I upgraded 105->105, I lofi mounted the iso image, but I couldn't