Re: [osol-help] ON build error : error: couldn't run /usr/sfw/bin/gcc (No such file)

2011-02-18 Thread W Brian Leonard
installed again totally separate?? -- W Brian Leonard Principal Product Manager 860.206.6093 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] Unable to update opensolaris

2011-02-08 Thread W Brian Leonard
same version successfully without any problems. root@dsshare01:~# pkg publisher PUBLISHER TYPE STATUS URI opensolaris.org (non-sticky, preferred) origin online http://pkg.opensolaris.org/release/ -- W Brian Leonard Principal Product Manager 860.206

Re: [osol-help] symbolic link in OpenSolaris

2011-01-10 Thread W Brian Leonard
-f /rpool/boot/grub/menu.lst I don't know to which precisely file attach this command. Any ideas? -- W Brian Leonard Principal Product Manager 860.206.6093 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] Can No Longer Drive External Monitor

2010-12-01 Thread W Brian Leonard
ual to 1900x1200 in the Display subsection with the Depth of 24 as follows: SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 *Virtual 1920 1200* Depth 24 EndSubSection /Brian On 11/29/10 09:28 AM, W Brian Leonard wrote: Hi,

[osol-help] Can No Longer Drive External Monitor

2010-11-29 Thread W Brian Leonard
etely gutted and replaced since the release of 2009.06. Is there an additional driver I need to get and install? Thanks, Brian -- W Brian Leonard Principal Product Manager 860.206.6093 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory X.Org X Server 1.7.7 Release Date: 2010-05-04 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0

Re: [osol-help] ZFS Administation Concole

2010-11-17 Thread W Brian Leonard
this kind of console / management capabilities are one of the differentiators between the Express and the not-express releases ? -- W Brian Leonard Principal Product Manager 860.206.6093 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ opensolaris-help mailing

Re: [osol-help] ZFS Administation Concole

2010-11-15 Thread W Brian Leonard
every post is from about two years ago. I am just wondering is this option not available on OpenSolaris anymore and if it is how do I set it up and use it. -- W Brian Leonard Principal Product Manager 860.206.6093 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory

Re: [osol-help] Download package

2010-11-01 Thread W Brian Leonard
ay to download opensolaris packages? Thank you -- W Brian Leonard Principal Product Manager 860.206.6093 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] Perplexed on installing OpenSOLARIS

2010-10-27 Thread W Brian Leonard
360 GB HDD. So how do I expand/enlarge/resize my root and etc? 2. I have two disks in the box. How do I see and install the second? Thanks JDL -- W Brian Leonard Principal Product Manager 860.206.6093 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ opensolaris

Re: [osol-help] Production raidz3 with opensolaris 2009.06?

2010-10-12 Thread W Brian Leonard
main data repository and I only backup a key subset of files from that 10+TB server. Does anyone have ideas or recommendations on how to best install a production level environment with raidz3? Thanks! Tom -- W Brian Leonard Principal Product Manager 860.206.6093 http://blogs.sun.com/o

Re: [osol-help] Sendmail

2010-09-29 Thread W Brian Leonard
Kartik, Does any of this help - especially the references at the bottom? http://blogs.sun.com/observatory/entry/sendmail /Brian Kartik Vashishta wrote: How do I configure sendmail to send mail outside the box? -- W Brian Leonard Principal Product Manager 860.206.6093 http

Re: [osol-help] Bash promt in zone

2010-09-07 Thread W Brian Leonard
Add the command the the .bashrc file in your home directory. Regards, Brian Marko wrote: Thank you it is working until I log off. How do you make this change permanent? -- W Brian Leonard Principal Product Manager 860.206.6093 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory

Re: [osol-help] Adding a system call to OpenSolaris

2010-09-02 Thread W Brian Leonard
Hi Maurice: http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Main/get Regards, Brian Maurice James B. Sepe wrote: Thanks for the reply. Do you know what name or any site where I can download the src. And how do I install it? Thanks :D -- W Brian Leonard Principal Product Manager 860.206.6093 http

Re: [osol-help] How to shutdown from login screen?

2010-08-16 Thread W Brian Leonard
Hi Peter, You have to log in so that we know you have the authority to shut down the computer. Regards, Brian Peter Steiner wrote: How can I shutdown from login screen? I found no "Shutdown" button or link Do I have to enable it somewhere? Peter -- W Brian Leonard Princip

Re: [osol-help] How to enable root login in welcome screen?

2010-08-12 Thread W Brian Leonard
Steiner wrote: Great! One last question :-) How do I find out if "root" is currently a role or an (user) account? Peter -- W Brian Leonard Principal Product Manager 860.206.6093 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ opensolaris-help ma

Re: [osol-help] How to avoid creation of new boot environment when updating? Or overwrite e

2010-08-12 Thread W Brian Leonard
No. What exactly are your trying to accomplish? What does one BE have that the other doesn't? /Brian Peter Steiner wrote: Ok thank you. Is there a way to merge two subsequent boot environments into one? Peter -- W Brian Leonard Principal Product Manager 860.206.6093

Re: [osol-help] How to enable root login in welcome screen?

2010-08-12 Thread W Brian Leonard
Absolutely, $ pfexec usermod --K type=role root /Brian Peter Steiner wrote: Ok, thank you. And what is the opposite command? I mean how to turn a (root) account back into a role? Is this possible at all? Peter -- W Brian Leonard Principal Product Manager 860.206.6093 http

Re: [osol-help] How to enable root login in welcome screen?

2010-08-12 Thread W Brian Leonard
login although passwd is correct. It seems to me that root account is somehow disabled for regular login. How can I re-enable root login? Peter -- W Brian Leonard Principal Product Manager 860.206.6093 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ open

Re: [osol-help] How to avoid creation of new boot environment when updating? Or overwrite e

2010-08-12 Thread W Brian Leonard
se boot environments cumulative or full backups? Peter -- W Brian Leonard Principal Product Manager 860.206.6093 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] Start of GUI program from terminal shows: "no display specified"

2010-08-12 Thread W Brian Leonard
y specified" Whats wrong? Why can I not start firefox? Peter -- W Brian Leonard Principal Product Manager 860.206.6093 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] Bootcamp and Opensolaris?

2010-08-06 Thread W Brian Leonard
ed that it was unable to create a solaris partition. I have since used the zfs for snow leopard to format the partition as zfs but opensolaris does not recognize it. What can I do? -- W Brian Leonard Principal Product Manager 860.206.6093 http://blogs.sun.com/o

Re: [osol-help] Difference between "pkg" and "pkg-get" installations?

2010-07-06 Thread W Brian Leonard
pkg-get ? -- W Brian Leonard Principal Product Manager 860.206.6093 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] Difference between "pkg" and "pkg-get" installations?

2010-06-23 Thread W Brian Leonard
ng software: pkg install . pkg-get install . What is the difference ? Thank you Peter -- W Brian Leonard Principal Product Manager 860.206.6093 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] Code browser for python

2010-06-21 Thread W Brian Leonard
ce of any tool like Cscope or Ctags it is vey tedious to understand the flow of code. Please let me know if any such tool is available and where it can be obtained from. -- W Brian Leonard Principal Product Manager 860.206.6093 http://blogs.sun.com/observ

Re: [osol-help] How to install the kernel of version snv_125?

2010-06-17 Thread W Brian Leonard
all copies of the original message. ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org -- W Brian Leonard Principal Product Manager 860.206.6093 http:/

Re: [osol-help] Setting up a ssh log file ?

2010-06-16 Thread W Brian Leonard
ation failed* Regards, Brian Uncle Charlie wrote: I would like to view attempts, successful or unsuccessful, to ssh into an opensolaris box. Would it simply be a case of tweaking the sshd_config file or would I have to direct the appropriate logging service to monitor ssh logins ? thanks c

Re: [osol-help] Trying to set up my first zone

2010-06-14 Thread W Brian Leonard
: uninstall required. This is the How To I am following: https://www.sun.com/offers/docs/solaris_containers.pdf Did I miss something? ___________ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] How can I restore an rpool shapshot to a new BE?

2010-05-26 Thread W Brian Leonard
ck my rpool to a previous snapshot from a week ago. I want to do this to another BE, so I still have my original BE should it all go south. What are the commands i would use to restore my rpool snapshot from a week ago to a new BE? -- W Brian Leonard Principal Software Engineer 860.206.

Re: [osol-help] How to see the contents of a zlib file

2010-05-20 Thread W Brian Leonard
oot sys 2.0K May 14 2009 tmp ---8--- They are gzip files containing a UFS filesystem. See lofiadm man page for instruction on how to moun it. -- W Brian Leonard Principal Software Engineer 860.206.6093 h

Re: [osol-help] VirtualBox shared folder

2010-05-06 Thread W Brian Leonard
emanded folder to "Shared folders" but I can't connect to host-computer neither by 192.168.56.1 (standard VB IP) nor host's name. Making the folder shared from Windows doesn't work too. Please help. Regards, MichaƂ -- W Brian Leonard Principal Software Engi

Re: [osol-help] How to install Flash Pluggin

2010-04-29 Thread W Brian Leonard
d put zfs on it. ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org -- W Brian Leonard Principal Software Engineer 860.206.6093 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] Looking for some answers to questions and perhaps some advice.

2010-04-18 Thread W Brian Leonard
uired. Or should I be put against the wall and shot. Is there a beginners guide on using this operating system. This is so very different from Windoze (Why isn't Mr Gates and co not lined against a wall) Thank you in advance for your replies, John -- W Brian Leonard Pri

Re: [osol-help] Keyboard locked

2010-04-09 Thread W Brian Leonard
es in the GNOME keyboard control panel, to ensure you didn't accidentally enable SlowKeys mode, which requires you to hold down a key for a few seconds before it's accepted, and beeps when you don't (used for people with hand tremors or poor motor control such that they bump extra keys a

Re: [osol-help] Finding the contents of a 'package' (ruby-dev)

2010-03-29 Thread W Brian Leonard
...@0.5.11,5.11-0.111:20090508T235714Z pa...@opensolaris:~$ pkg contents ruby-dev PATH pa...@opensolaris:~$ Any idea what was happening (hope it's not one of my typos :-) ? TIA Paul -- W Brian Leonard Principal Software Engineer 408.404.6884 http://blogs

Re: [osol-help] [osol-discuss] Strange startup messages on snv_134 February 2010

2010-03-24 Thread W Brian Leonard
Here you go: http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=125446&tstart=0 Cheers, Brian Dr Lou wrote: Alan - Thanks for your response. Could you direct me to either the release notes for snv_134 or the bug report to which you refer? I am already in an older BE... -- W B

Re: [osol-help] No terminal echo after upgrade from 131 to 134

2010-03-16 Thread W Brian Leonard
Oh, and with regards to the release notes, this too should help: http://blogs.sun.com/observatory/entry/release_notes Regards, Brian W Brian Leonard wrote: Hi Frank, The following should help: http://blogs.sun.com/observatory/entry/updating_to_a_specific_build Regards, Brian Frank Grimes

Re: [osol-help] No terminal echo after upgrade from 131 to 134

2010-03-16 Thread W Brian Leonard
ically just pointed it to pkg.opensolaris.org/dev and updated to new builds as they come out. Thanks! Frank Grimes -- W Brian Leonard Principal Software Engineer 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] unable to see web pages on milax

2010-03-11 Thread W Brian Leonard
help. Francesco -- W Brian Leonard Principal Software Engineer 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] Lost Permission

2010-03-08 Thread W Brian Leonard
pfexec or otherwise increase your privileges. pa...@workdellgx620:~$ pa...@workdellgx620:~$ ls -l /var/pkg/lock -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2010-03-08 12:55 /var/pkg/lock Anyone have any suggestions? TIA Paul -- W Brian Leonard Principal Software Engineer 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/o

Re: [osol-help] pkg image-update error

2010-03-05 Thread W Brian Leonard
ensolaris-help@opensolaris.org -- W Brian Leonard Principal Software Engineer 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] zonecfg in OpenSolaris

2010-02-26 Thread W Brian Leonard
in opensolaris? Now it tries to fetch "core system" stuff from online repository. Why is this needed I think zone must be the same patch level as global zone ... And what if online repository is not reachable? Any ideas? -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404

Re: [osol-help] upgrading ZFS tools in opensolaris.com

2010-02-26 Thread W Brian Leonard
. Is there a safe way of brining snv 128 to OpenSolaris? PSARC 2009/479 details: http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6667683 -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ opensolaris-help ma

Re: [osol-help] How to change beadm name on active Boot Environment

2010-02-24 Thread W Brian Leonard
Boot into another BE and then rename it. /Brian On Feb 24, 2010, at 10:29 AM, Andreas Braathen wrote: I've just upgraded to the 133 build which shows up as an arbitrary name in the "beadm list". As its active I'm unable to rename it .. "Renaming the active BE is not supported.". What is

Re: [osol-help] Bitten by the "pkg image-update" bad publisher name problem.

2010-02-10 Thread W Brian Leonard
Date: November 11, 2009 5:52:02 AM Size: 4.65 MB FMRI: pkg://opensolaris.org-dev/sunwgnome-a11y-rea...@0.5.11,5.11-0.127:2009T055202Z Do my update problems originate from the bad publisher name in the existing packages? -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangeli

Re: [osol-help] Why does Update Manager keep telling me no updates available?

2010-02-10 Thread W Brian Leonard
epository", but as noted in the release notes, new builds enforce the requirement that the publisher name on your computer match the publisher name set in the repository, and the publisher name for http://pkg.opensolaris.org/dev/ is "opensolaris.org" http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.j

Re: [osol-help] [Toshiba NB200] WiFi on Fresh Install of 2009-06

2010-02-05 Thread W Brian Leonard
one... Thanks again. Now all I need to do is get the trackpad to stop sticking. It happened after I plugged in a USB mouse. You wouldn't happen to know how to fix that, too, would you? :-P -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.4

Re: [osol-help] [Toshiba NB200] WiFi on Fresh Install of 2009-06

2010-02-04 Thread W Brian Leonard
, Brian john ingrim wrote: Hi, I have a Toshiba NB200 on which I've installed 2009.06 from a Live CD. However, I can't get the wireless interface to work -- I can't even see it anywhere! Can someone help? Is it a driver issue? -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 40

Re: [osol-help] LiveCD won't boot past copyright header

2010-01-06 Thread W Brian Leonard
olaris installed so I'm wondering if it would be something worth buying? Thanks for the help Bede -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] Opensolaris Virtualbox Question

2010-01-06 Thread W Brian Leonard
Then you just need to unmount the iso, as you're still booting in the Live CD. Shut down the machine and select Settings then select the Storage category. Select the CD/DVD Device and make sure it's set to Empty. /Brian B wrote: Yes. -- W. Brian Leonard Technology

Re: [osol-help] Opensolaris Virtualbox Question

2010-01-05 Thread W Brian Leonard
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/o

Re: [osol-help] Best half-mini PCIe wireless card for OpenSolaris

2010-01-04 Thread W Brian Leonard
pping for a new half-length mini PCIe internal wireless adapter (preferrably 802.11n) and am wondering what the best make and model to get? Broadcom? Intel? Ralink? If anyone can give me advice here, that would be fantastic! Matt -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884

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

2010-01-04 Thread W Brian Leonard
zfs list. See the zfs <http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/816-5166/zfs-1m?a=view> man page for more. /Brian B wrote: Sorry for all the newbie questions but what would be the appropriate command to list zfs? zfs -l ? Thanks -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.688

Re: [osol-help] Cannot dowmload packages running OpenSolaris in Virtualbox

2010-01-04 Thread W Brian Leonard
I only have 14.2 MB Free on a virualized disk of 18 GB...I have not installed anything but the OS too... I will try to use a fixed disk and see if that changes things.... -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com

Re: [osol-help] ZFS compress existing files

2010-01-04 Thread W Brian Leonard
Yes, that should do it. /Brian Jaideep Das wrote: so if i copy all my data to a folder then copy it back to the original place then all the files will be compressed ? -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory

Re: [osol-help] ZFS compress existing files

2010-01-04 Thread W Brian Leonard
already moved all my personal data to my opensolaris laptop. -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] Cannot dowmload packages running OpenSolaris in Virtualbox

2010-01-04 Thread W Brian Leonard
wrote: Hi, Running OpenSolaris in Virtualbox and tried to download/install OpenOffice. It starts downloading and then says not enough space on device. How is the best way to tweak it so I can install packages too? Thanks.... -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blo

Re: [osol-help] Sun Solaris Server

2010-01-04 Thread W Brian Leonard
list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] Open Solaris on IBM 600e

2010-01-04 Thread W Brian Leonard
Windows and do not like Linux and it's association with some Norwegian software thief, so am looking to see what else is available. From what I see this is legit Unix (yes?). Thanks ahead for any advice. -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.68

Re: [osol-help] cannot replace disk in zfs pool

2009-12-22 Thread W Brian Leonard
otten this error back: cannot open 'usbstorage': pool is unavailable I'll appreciate any zfs guru can assist in this matter. Thanks, Keith -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory

Re: [osol-help] Installing Open Solaris on HP Pavilion Elite (AMD Phenom X4 Quad Core

2009-12-21 Thread W Brian Leonard
is box. Tip and suggestions welcome. Thanks MTR -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] Installing Command Line From pkgadd

2009-12-17 Thread W Brian Leonard
ike a charm, now if I may trouble you one more time? What do I do with the file that I downloaded from that link you have me? -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ opensolaris-help mailing

Re: [osol-help] Installing Command Line From pkgadd

2009-12-17 Thread W Brian Leonard
that contained the package orginally and it is not there? Where did it go? Sorry I feel really stupid but there it is. -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ opensolaris-help mailing list

Re: [osol-help] Installing Command Line From pkgadd

2009-12-17 Thread W Brian Leonard
e was in /usr/local/lib/opera right where I thought it should be. Did I need to do something else? I am at a lost. Thanks -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] Startup image selection, setting default

2009-12-15 Thread W Brian Leonard
s-2 Depending on what changes I have made to my configuration, or updates I have committed... how do I get my machine to default to the most recent??? Currently it boots to OpenSolaris-1... Thank you, sorry if I posted this twice, I tried this morning but it seemed to have failed -- W. Br

Re: [osol-help] Can't Navigate using LiveCD

2009-12-01 Thread W Brian Leonard
penSolaris? What can I do to correct this? (I am not Linux/Unix literate). Thanks in advance Douglas Hinds Gigbyte GA-M61SME-S2 MB Athlon X2 64 3Gb DDR2 -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ o

Re: [osol-help] webserver apache

2009-11-30 Thread W Brian Leonard
pears when you type in firefox http:/localhost the it works message to another page, but please if you know post it im tired of reading post that leaves you nowhere -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/o

Re: [osol-help] Opensolaris 2009.06 users forced to pay for security updates.

2009-11-29 Thread W Brian Leonard
Hi Jensen, This page may help: http://sunsolve.sun.com/show.do?target=opensolaris Regards, Brian Jensen Lee wrote: Could someone clarify if these patches are included in the dev distribution? ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@op

Re: [osol-help] virtualbox 3.0.12 IPS?

2009-11-25 Thread W Brian Leonard
sion from their site. Regards, Brian keithk wrote: Hi: I have not been able to upgrade my virtualbox 3.0.12 because the IPS version has not been made available through the sun extra repository. Is there any way I can do a manual upgrade from my existing IPS package? Thanks, Keith -- W. Bria

Re: [osol-help] Virtualbox Networkbridge on Wireless Interface

2009-11-24 Thread W Brian Leonard
is-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] how do i configure services

2009-11-23 Thread W Brian Leonard
<http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-2240/svcadm-1m?a=view> will also help you. Regards, Brian evelin wrote: i dont find to much help, can u explain how to install it and to use it -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com

Re: [osol-help] CIFS crashes when accessed with Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0 via Vista

2009-11-10 Thread W Brian Leonard
on a sharemgr command. After the hard reboot, the system restart and functions as expected. Any suggestions are welcome. Thank you for your time and help. -scotts -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/observ

Re: [osol-help] Need a How-to on installing a VM on top of SunOS 5.10 Generic_141445-09 i38

2009-10-30 Thread W Brian Leonard
n Ultra 27 workstation. I would like be able to install other operating systems on top of SunOS 5.10 Generic_141445-09 i386. I can't find the correct documentation. Is there a difference between my system and openSolaris? Is there a step by step how-to? Thank you. Ramon -- W. Bri

Re: [osol-help] trap: Unknown trap type 8 in user mode

2009-10-30 Thread W Brian Leonard
h OS X and linux on it (GPT) Please help, really liked OpenSolaris in VBox, don't want to give up. -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] Help Req: Crossbow and Vbox

2009-10-29 Thread W Brian Leonard
Can anyone help me... Did you configure the guest to allow incoming SSH connections from the host? It's not enabled by default. Check the VBOX user manual for details. Cheers, -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://

Re: [osol-help] after reboot solaris

2009-10-21 Thread W Brian Leonard
All, I just installed current openSolaris under virtualBox and each time I reboot it goes to the install mode and this delete all updates applications I have installed prior to rebooting. What I need to do to stop it. Tks, agapio -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6

Re: [osol-help] Failed to start X server( several forum suggestions failed )

2009-10-19 Thread W Brian Leonard
en and was able to login. is there any permanent solution to this ? any pkg's needs to be installed ? -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] background images

2009-10-17 Thread W Brian Leonard
Hi Philo, You'll find them at: /usr/share/pixmaps/backgrounds /Brian philo neo wrote: hi, i have an stupid question : where are stocked the background images ? what is the repertory? thanks philo -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/observ

Re: [osol-help] OpenSolaris and Linux Mepis on the same machine

2009-10-17 Thread W Brian Leonard
e file menu.lst of the Mepis Linux GRUB, but to no avail. Grateful for any help. -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] begginer help

2009-10-17 Thread W Brian Leonard
tall open office how do i connect solaris with windows via network beeing solaris the server or the one that manages a printer -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ opensolaris-help mailing

Re: [osol-help] SPARC auto install CD won't boot

2009-10-14 Thread W Brian Leonard
xisting Auto Install server for the install 3. The SPARC hardware must be WAN boot capable to use Auto Install An install guide would be nice as well, but I wouldn't necessarily consider it required. Likewise a supported (or even just suggested) hardware list. -- W. Brian Leonard Technolog

Re: [osol-help] Marvell Yukon Ethernet Driver Help!

2009-10-11 Thread W Brian Leonard
, but, I am more confused now. In the link you posted, step 8, it shows 64 bit. I think I have 32 bit. Secondly my wireless is working already. I am using it to write this now. Do I need to do anything with it? I mean, do I need to uninstall it before making the wired internet work? -- W.

Re: [osol-help] Marvell Yukon Ethernet Driver Help!

2009-10-10 Thread W Brian Leonard
Gigabit Ethernet Controller I know this is not a PCI card, it is an onboard NIC. I am just not sure what to do next. Shaggy -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ opensolaris-help mailing list

Re: [osol-help] OTF Fonts

2009-10-01 Thread W Brian Leonard
font renderer read them? I have a bunch of them. If it can be done, where? Thanks, Paul ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory

Re: [osol-help] Loud screaming noise while booting LiveCD

2009-10-01 Thread W Brian Leonard
evice drivers (which is a good thing). So for now you have to use a DVD. Regards, Brian Garratt Campton wrote: hmm any particular reason all the builds are 744mb? can't fit them on cd... -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/o

Re: [osol-help] Iscsi packages not installed

2009-09-28 Thread W Brian Leonard
. -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] mounting windows share at boot

2009-09-21 Thread W Brian Leonard
t; what am I missing and how do I solve this...please be specific as again, I a noob. :) thanks! -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] CIFS SMB

2009-09-16 Thread W Brian Leonard
e that hardware to set up an Opensolaris mirror. I know it can be done but not sure how but that's for a later post after I have read some more. -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ open

Re: [osol-help] CIFS SMB

2009-09-15 Thread W Brian Leonard
_ _ _ 1 guest other etc, etc So! Can I make spool/shares read only? Can I control permissions on the files guest creates, as you can with Samba? The good news is that my Windows 7 clients can write to swap without hanging! -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evange

Re: [osol-help] CIFS SMB

2009-09-15 Thread W Brian Leonard
look. I'm running the latest version fully patched on x86. -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] OpenSolaris On SunBlade 100

2009-09-14 Thread W Brian Leonard
t aren't included in OpenSolaris, though community drivers may be available, and it will really help if you've upgraded the RAM to 1gb, though at one point that was rather cheap for those machines since they use standard PC DIMM's.) -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6

Re: [osol-help] [osol-discuss] boot osol instalation for spark64

2009-09-13 Thread W Brian Leonard
Hi Philo, This Automated Installer How To Guide may help: Regards, Brian philo neo wrote: how to configure ips for distribute osol for spark64 ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help

Re: [osol-help] OpenSolaris Laptop Compatibility, Dell Studio 17

2009-09-13 Thread W Brian Leonard
Hi Rafael, Congratulations on your move to OpenSolaris :-). I don't know specifically about your Dell, but the Device Detection Tool will give you an indicator of the success you'll have. You can also boot the Live CD and run the Device

Re: [osol-help] Trying to install OpenSolaris SPARC 2009.06

2009-09-03 Thread W Brian Leonard
sparc installer (or live CD) be approximately expected? -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] Trying to install OpenSolaris SPARC 2009.06

2009-09-03 Thread W Brian Leonard
installed from a CD only on an intel/amd based server. Then you can use that server to install on sparc. Since I did not have an intel server to spare I eventually gave up on opensolaris. Too bad that Sun does not support Sparc CPUs first. MM. -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist

Re: [osol-help] [install-discuss] Changing the way how a Zone installs

2009-09-02 Thread W Brian Leonard
use so that the zone gets the packages from the global zone when installing. Or is there another way to do so? Thanks I have the same question (using OpenSolaris snv_111b). -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/

Re: [osol-help] I think I should forget about OpenSolaris... opinion?

2009-09-01 Thread W Brian Leonard
been since the Life With Solaris repo was pulled. BTW, I see Fluendo has a DVD player for Linux (one that's legal and all). I wonder whether anyone has asked them if they might do one for [Open]Solaris? -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun

Re: [osol-help] I think I should forget about OpenSolaris... opinion?

2009-09-01 Thread W Brian Leonard
quot; 's computer isn't a Server. So,I think,OpenSolaris must be easier to use than this moment. In past,I think,I'll use OpenSolaris.But now,I think,I should use Ubuntu. -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory _

Re: [osol-help] Which one should I install? OpenSolaris or Solaris?

2009-08-31 Thread W Brian Leonard
est differences. ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] 2008.11 to 2009.06 upgrade

2009-08-31 Thread W Brian Leonard
heers, -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] After upgrading from 111b to 118 mouse stopped responding

2009-08-31 Thread W Brian Leonard
install Unbutu or OpenSuse. -- W. Brian Leonard Technology Evangelist 408.404.6884 http://blogs.sun.com/observatory ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

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