Re: [osol-help] VNC/Remote Desktop

I had the same or a similar issue - white screen on the VNC client after logging in. I cleared it up by disabling desktop Visual Effects on the VNC server side. System >Appearance>Visual Effects and choose None. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _

[osol-help] virt-manager hangs

I am running Solaris Express Community Edition snv_127 X86. I am having promblems running virt-manager (the GUI XVM manager.) When I run virt-manager I get the following warning: Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module": ld.so.1: isapython2.4: fatal: libpk-gtk-module.so: open fail

Re: [osol-help] Opensolaris Virtualbox Question

Yes. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

[osol-help] Device needs usbftdi, gets usb_mid

Hi All I'm in the lengthy process of migrating services off a Linux server to a new snv_129 box. Your patience with a Solaris newbie would be appreciated ;-) One of the applications I am running is a 1-Wire weather system. The USB to 1-Wire adapter I have uses an FTDI chipset. Whilst I have

Re: [osol-help] Opensolaris Virtualbox Question

Does the desktop have an "Install OpenSolaris" icon? /Brian B wrote: live cd was showing as mounted but there is nothing in the cd tray. I unmounted it but still showing 21.0 mb free -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory _

Re: [osol-help] Opensolaris Virtualbox Question

live cd was showing as mounted but there is nothing in the cd tray. I unmounted it but still showing 21.0 mb free -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] Opensolaris Virtualbox Question

On Tue, Jan 05, 2010 at 02:12:23PM -0800, B wrote: > no datasets available Is it possible that you are running off the OpenSolaris Live CD instead of your installed guest? In VirtualBox, verify that you have no CD mounted (real or image) before your guest is booted. __

Re: [osol-help] Opensolaris Virtualbox Question

no datasets available -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] Opensolaris Virtualbox Question

On Tue, Jan 05, 2010 at 01:50:54PM -0800, B wrote: > Hi, > > I am running OpenSolaris build 130 in virtualbox. I created the image using > all the default settings in virtualbox. However, when I try to download or > upgrade things, there is only 129MB free space. I created the machine with > fi

[osol-help] Opensolaris Virtualbox Question

Hi, I am running OpenSolaris build 130 in virtualbox. I created the image using all the default settings in virtualbox. However, when I try to download or upgrade things, there is only 129MB free space. I created the machine with fixed 16GB and have not installed anything but the basic iso imag

Re: [osol-help] Problem with update to snv_130 from snv_111

Thanks! I followed the work around in the 130 release notes you pointed to and startup is now fine; also reboot succeeds. I still get the messages about module "austr" but maybe they are ignorable. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ openso

[osol-help] Trying 2009.06 on T42 laptop, can't get Samsung Ptr to work. Help?

Hi all, Hoping someone can help with this. I went to the HCL pages and the T42 was listed as compatible for OpenSolaris, but I couldn't find anything on my printer which is a Samsung ML-1740 laser printer (cheap one from around 2005.) Is it possible to get it up and running? I tried the Mana

Re: [osol-help] Problem with update to snv_130 from snv_111

Guy Woolley wrote: > I just updated to 130 from the Dev repository. All seemed to go OK through > to completion but there are some issues. Can anyone help ? I'm a beginner at > this Most of those were covered in the 130 release notes posted to opensolaris-announce. Try the workarounds from th

[osol-help] Problem with update to snv_130 from snv_111

I just updated to 130 from the Dev repository. All seemed to go OK through to completion but there are some issues. Can anyone help ? I'm a beginner at this I get the following messages on startup: Dialogue box: "Could not update ICEauthority file/.ICEauthority" [close] Dialogue box: "There is

[osol-help] Localized keyboard layout problems...

Hi people! I was wondering where to ask questions about this, so I am hoping that you could point me in the right direction. Recently I installed keyboard layout for my language (Serbian, Cyrillic) and to put it simply, it is incorrect. It has some differences to the keyboard layout used in w

Re: [osol-help] Is there any pressing reason to upgrade from build 111 to 129 or 130?

I have just made that upgrade (to snv130) together with the latest VirtualBox (3.1.2). On the positive side - a Virtual Box guest (WinXP) now works fine with my usb printers, scanners etc. - 111 + vbox knew nothing of them, and Sane in 111 didn't recognize the scanners at all. So that's progres

[osol-help] Using OpenSolaris as a security gateway

Hi all, I need to deploy a new perimetral security infraestructure to install the following services: - High availability and load balacing firewalls - VPNs - IDS/IPS My first choice to install this scenario is to use openBSD, but will be possible to do this with opensolaris?? The mos i

Re: [osol-help] VirtualBox from extras repository won't work on build 130

> As the title says - I can't get virtualbox working on > build 130 of OpenSolaris. Is this a known bug - if so > what is the bug ID? I would like this to work in > 2010.02 or failing that be able to get VirtualBox > working using a package from the VirtualBox download > site. > > Thanks > > Andr

[osol-help] 'Lagspikes' during high network IO-load

Hi, I've recently set-up an OpenSolaris machine running on x84_64 hardware. This machine is now my 'network backup server' which runs rsync to transfer files from remote servers to it's gigabit iSCSI connected backup-zpool. All works well; ZFS really kicks ass, but i'm running into a performance

Re: [osol-help] automounting FAT32 external hard disk partitions when they are plugged in

> How can I get OpenSolaris to automatically mount a > FAT32 partition on an external hard disk when it is > plugged in? > > Thanks > > Andrew. Just ignore me - realised why it wasn't working. Cheers Andrew. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _

[osol-help] automounting FAT32 external hard disk partitions when they are plugged in

How can I get OpenSolaris to automatically mount a FAT32 partition on an external hard disk when it is plugged in? Thanks Andrew. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] Disk only half-recognized

> Are 1.5TB+ drives able to be supported by OSol 32bit > in the future - or is this hitting a hard limit? Gazing into my crystal ball I would have to say that getting this working is at best a low priority task for Sun given how prevailant 64-bit is now. I think it would be worthwhile logging th

[osol-help] Is XEN at OpenSolaris ready for productive Use?

Hi, I'ld like to use an OpenSolaris Based Machine as VM-Server (In the same way like using a VMWare Server). Is this realistic and stable? Is XEN already able to export the VMs in VMWares ESX Format? Could you show me the doku? Searching for "xen" on wikis.sun.com only points to older xvm do