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Glynn Foster | 1 Sep 02:20
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Re: xfce spec files


On 1/09/2008, at 12:56 AM, dick hoogendijk wrote:

> Where can I obtain the xfce spec files? I want them to be used w/ the
> CBE, but don't know how to get them onto my harddrive.
> Thanks fot the tips.
>
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/xfce/building_xfce/

Glynn

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javajoe | 1 Sep 10:44

Blastwave


Im assuming that when I do pkg-get to update or get 
that I am really hitting blastwave?  Correct me if this
is not what is happening.  Will the procedure for getting
packages still be to use pkg-get?  
regards,
joe

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Paul Gress | 1 Sep 15:26

Re: Blastwave

javajoe wrote:
> Im assuming that when I do pkg-get to update or get 
> that I am really hitting blastwave?  Correct me if this
> is not what is happening.  Will the procedure for getting
> packages still be to use pkg-get?  
> regards,
> joe
>
> ------------------------------------
>   
Blastwave mirrors are referenced in:

http://www.blastwave.org/mirrors.php

You have to scroll down to the bottom, just above GPG public key.  
Blastwave is supposedly supporting Solaris 10, SXCE and OpenSolaris.  It 
appears that under the first mirror site 
(http://blastwave.network.com/csw/) there still are packages for Solaris 
8 - 9 - 10 & 11.

The other site, Opencsw is suppose to be a continuation of the previous 
Blastwave.  Their mirrors are specified at:

http://www.opencsw.org/mirrors

They are supposedly only supporting Solaris 8 - 9 & 10.  But it also 
appears to have packages for Solaris 8 - 9 - 10 & 11.

So depending on which site you plan on using, change your pkg.conf file 
to point to a correct mirror.
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Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC | 2 Sep 01:22

Solaris on ASUS P5M2-E LGA 775 Intel 3000 ATX Server Motherboard

I have a failing FreeBAS based server that runs spam and anti virus  
for the mail host.

Needing to replace it, I was thinking of using Solaris as I am slowly  
putting Solaris in various supporting roles.

I am having a hard time figuring out HW support.  The HCL does not  
seem to be well kept up.

Anyone using anything like ASUS P5M2-E LGA 775 Intel 3000 ATX Server  
Motherboard?

Is the Marvell 8056 LAN chipset supported?

Thanks
Chad

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Germán Andrés Pulido F. | 2 Sep 03:32
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choose installed kernel

Hi everybody!

I am trying to install Solaris 10 U4 on vmware 6.5RC1. The host system 
is linux (Fedora 9 x86). Now the issue: even when my computer has a 
64-bit processor, I use the x86 version of Fedora. I would also like to 
install the 32-bit version of solaris, but it will install always the 
64-bit kernel. That seems to upset vmware somehow, since it hangs 
starting the virtualized solaris. Question is: is there a way to force 
solaris to install 32-bit only? I have found no way to do that in the 
vmware options.

Thanks!

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Carol & Mike Riley | 2 Sep 03:33
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Re: Solaris on ASUS P5M2-E LGA 775 Intel 3000 ATX Server Motherboard

Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote:
> 
> 
> I have a failing FreeBAS based server that runs spam and anti virus
> for the mail host.
> 
> Needing to replace it, I was thinking of using Solaris as I am slowly
> putting Solaris in various supporting roles.
> 
> I am having a hard time figuring out HW support. The HCL does not
> seem to be well kept up.
> 
> Anyone using anything like ASUS P5M2-E LGA 775 Intel 3000 ATX Server
> Motherboard?
> 
> Is the Marvell 8056 LAN chipset supported?

The best way to look for such things is to compare what is on the 
motherboard with existing items that are listed.  It is impossible for Sun 
to test every motherboard that comes out.  There are just too many.  You can 
use the Device Detection Tool to see what is supported on that motherboard:

http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/hcts/device_detect.jsp

The problem with motherboards is having one you can test before you buy it.

They are adding support for newer Marvell chipsets, but I don't know about 
that one specifically.

Mike
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Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC | 2 Sep 07:43

Re: Solaris on ASUS P5M2-E LGA 775 Intel 3000 ATX Server Motherboard


On Sep 1, 2008, at 7:33 PM, Carol & Mike Riley wrote:

> Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote:
>>
>>
>> I have a failing FreeBAS based server that runs spam and anti virus
>> for the mail host.
>>
>> Needing to replace it, I was thinking of using Solaris as I am slowly
>> putting Solaris in various supporting roles.
>>
>> I am having a hard time figuring out HW support. The HCL does not
>> seem to be well kept up.
>>
>> Anyone using anything like ASUS P5M2-E LGA 775 Intel 3000 ATX Server
>> Motherboard?
>>
>> Is the Marvell 8056 LAN chipset supported?
>
> The best way to look for such things is to compare what is on the
> motherboard with existing items that are listed.

That is what I was doing, but even the list entries for Marvell  
networking chips was incomplete.  It just said Marvell Yukon, whatever  
that is, with no numbers for one of the entries.

I tried looking on the Solaris 10 website to see if there was a list  
of supported hardware, and it said to see the HCL.   It should not be  
that hard to generate a list of supported HW based on the drivers
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Tony Reeves | 2 Sep 09:00
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Re: choose installed kernel

2008/9/2 "Germán Andrés Pulido F." <g-pulido <at> gmx.net>:
> Hi everybody!
>
> I am trying to install Solaris 10 U4 on vmware 6.5RC1. The host system
> is linux (Fedora 9 x86). Now the issue: even when my computer has a
> 64-bit processor, I use the x86 version of Fedora. I would also like to
> install the 32-bit version of solaris, but it will install always the
> 64-bit kernel. That seems to upset vmware somehow, since it hangs
> starting the virtualized solaris. Question is: is there a way to force
> solaris to install 32-bit only? I have found no way to do that in the
> vmware options.
>

You will need to tell grub to use the 32bit kernel.  Some info here...
http://blogs.sun.com/souvik/entry/workaround_for_vmware_fusion_hanging

To get into Solaris initially to change menu.lst you will have to
press "e" at the grub menu to edit the kernel and module lines, then
press "b" to boot.

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John D Groenveld | 2 Sep 16:30
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Re: Problem with DISPLAY variable

In message <48B896D1.3010407 <at> sun.com>, Alan Coopersmith writes:
>Because Sun's bug database has a separate state for each release for each
>bug, and bugs.opensolaris.org doesn't display that well - that bug is
>actually marked:
>	Solaris Nevada:		Not a Defect
>	Solaris 10:		Fix Available
>	Solaris 9:		Accepted
>
>so they're just saying it's not broken in Nevada/Solaris Express, not that
>it's not a bug in any release.

I noticed in this morning's SunAlert digest that Peter Ryan and company
have updated the SunAlert to reflect the T-patch for S10.
<URL:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-240906-1>

Also, Sun has updated the machinery which links customers'
Sun Online accounts to service, sales, and marketing newsletter
subscriptions and also customers' product/services interests.
<URL:https://subscriptions.sun.com/subscription_center/>

John
groenveld <at> acm.org

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John D Groenveld | 2 Sep 17:25
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Re: Anyone know what the status of blastwave is?

In message <7ff97a780808310643o7df7ae13q594965da75a4fe04 <at> mail.gmail.com>, "Ben 
Taylor" writes:
>Dennis and other forwarded starting a new project with S10/SXCE/OS200805
>as the base, to reduce the overlap, and be able to use the Studio12
>compilers (since S8 can only use Studio 11).  Phil picked up the source
>trees, the tools, the mail server, and the archives, and along with a couple
>of folks in germany and switzerland, set up his own "area" in Europe,
>after Dennis
>had basically provided him the same space at Blastwave for the
>Solaris 8/Blastwave project and *full* autonomy. Pretty vindictive if
>you ask me.

 From my tiny and far-away corner of the world, it looked like
Dennis Clarke had capriciously shutdown his Blastwave.ORG domain,
just as he had done years ago in protest of Sun's meager sponsorship
at the time, and that Phil Brown and company did what they needed to
do to allow the Blastwave.ORG CSW packages to be continued to be
published.

Vindictive or not, I don't see any signs of hijacking, just a
break-up of CSW package providers into two projects.

But if you think Phil Brown, Dennis Clark, or any other package
maintainer might be cut from the same cloth as Emil Kacperski,
then I'd like to hear about.
<URL:http://www.spamhaus.org/news.lasso?article=636>

>Anyone who has considered building packages for Solaris is
>invited to join the new infrastructure.  There's still some discussion
>whether GAR will continue to be used, or CBE or schillymake,
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