David Clack, Ocean Shores, WA Netbooks Plus Java

Hi All,

 So I have gotten the Windows 7 boot loader to work.

 With Windows 7 running I went into control panel, system, create and format hard disk partitions.

I set the Windows 7 partition as active.

On the reboot only Windows 7 comes up.

I downloaded and installed Easy BCD.

The second tab in Easy BCD allows you to create a Linux grub boot entry in the Windows 7 boot menu.

When I restart I have the Windows 7 boot menu with two entries, Windows 7 and OpenSolaris.

Selecting OpenSolaris then gives you the standard OpenSolaris grub boot menu.

Dave

Hi All,

 For anyone who has built Evolution 2.27.90+ , you may have found that the signatures don't stick to email account through restarts.

They have just posted a patch in bugzilla

Bug 593872 - Evolution forgets which signatures are assigned to which accounts

 I've patched my system and it works.

diff --git a/e-util/e-signature.c b/e-util/e-signature.c
index 1b22dba..2d8da48 100644
--- a/e-util/e-signature.c
+++ b/e-util/e-signature.c
@@ -445,8 +445,13 @@ e_signature_set_from_xml (ESignature *signature, const gchar *xml)
 		return FALSE;
 	}
 
-	if (!signature->priv->uid)
-		xml_set_prop (node, "uid", &signature->priv->uid);
+	buf = NULL;
+	xml_set_prop (node, "uid", &buf);
+
+	if (buf && *buf) {
+		g_free (signature->priv->uid);
+		signature->priv->uid = buf;
+	}
 
 	changed |= xml_set_prop (node, "name", &signature->priv->name);
 	changed |= xml_set_bool (node, "auto", &signature->priv->autogenerated);

Hi All,

 So as I did a full reinstall of OpenSolaris 1002 B122, I decided to install Windows 7 over the Windows XP Home also.

I sliced the disk into three partitions:

0 NTFS 40Gb - Windows 7

  1 FAT32 40Gb

  2 ZFS 50Gb - OpenSolaris

  I placed my iTunes folder in the FAT32 partition.

  I mount the FAT32 partition to a directory in OpenSolaris during boot.

I modified the /etc/vfstab file adding this line:

/dev/dsk/c9t0d0p2 -        /shared_fat32    pcfs    -    yes    -

  It's interesting how OpenSolaris has a larger channel number than SXCE.

  After building the faac, faad and mp3 plugins, I can actually see and play the iTunes songs from OpenSolaris rhythmbox.

  Now I just have to go into the Windows side if I need to buy music from Apple.

Dave

Hi All,

So it's taken about a week now, I've moved all the netbooks I have off SXCE to OpenSolaris 1002 B121.

I have the MSI Wind U100, Acer Aspire One 8' and 10" with clean installs.

So from now on I just have to say OpenSolaris not Nevada.

Only issue I really had was the Attansic controller on the AA10, I already had the SUNWatge package from B123 and just added it.

I've been doing the installs of USB sticks which is really much better than having to attach an external USB drive.

I've been working with an external laptop Blu Ray device that I picked up of EBay for about $50.

It's working really good on a desktop, I was hoping one day to add it to my Asus C90S one day and play Blu Ray movies.

Dave

Hi All,

 So I miss spoke about B122 working perfectly on the Acer Aspire One 10" with Nevada B122.

I found out I could not print via CUPS to a Windows printer using the ATGE 2.6.5 driver, but could print over wifi.

The Sun developer had just finished the SUNWatge package for inclusion in Nevada B123, you know me always up for testing anything new :-)

We have been having some issues on B122 for the last day, thanks to Saurabh Mishra http://saurabhslr.blogspot.com/,  we traced my issues with not being able to get the interface to come up back to the Adlink Gigabit switches I have in the lab, once I moved the cable to a Netgear Gigabit switch everything started to work.

 I can even print to Windows via CUPS again.

Hi All,

 So I did an luugrade to Nevada B112 on the Acer Aspire One 10" last night.

 As far as I can tell from a few hours of testing it's a perfect build.

All function key + are working volume control, brightness, external monitor switch.

Compiz is fine, suspend / resume is fine, I've even got virtual terminal working.

I've attached the instructions for turning on virtual terminals

Please follow the procedure to enable it if you want to use this long waited feature, and please read through before you take any action:

        As root or privileged user:

        # svcadm enable vtdaemon
        # svcadm enable console-login:vt2
        # svcadm enable console-login:vt3
        # svcadm enable console-login:vt4
        # svcadm enable console-login:vt5
        # svcadm enable console-login:vt6
        # svccfg -s vtdaemon setprop options/hotkeys=true
        # svcadm refresh vtdaemon
        # svcadm restart vtdaemon

        I guess most people are unlikely to use the lock screen feature
        (which will lock up your screen while you switch to other VTs),
        you can disable it by:

        # svccfg -s vtdaemon setprop options/secure=false
        # svcadm refresh vtdaemon
        # svcadm restart vtdaemon

        If you are doing the above in X session, please log out and wait for Xorg
        to restart. And then you will be able to switch between virtual console
        terminals and X sessions via hotkeys (Alt + Ctrl + F#).

        By default the first 6 virtual console terminals are reserved for console
        login sessions, so Xorg will start on the 7th virtual console terminal.

        There is an Xorg keyboard driver bug in build 122 which would occasionally hang Xorg during switch. It has been fixed in build 123. If you are eager to try it from build 122, please replace

        /usr/X11/lib/modules/input/kbd_drv.so
        /usr/X11/lib/modules/input/amd64/kbd_drv.so

        with the attached ones.

        You may also want to "pkill fbconsole" before you switch back to /dev/console
        (Alt + Ctrl + F1) otherwise your console will lose input. It should be done upon
        every reboot. It would be fixed when the new GDM comes in.

        Why is it not enabled by default?
        There are several console bugs like the fbconsole one that prevents the services
        from being enabled by default. Our team will continue to fix these bugs until
        it is prefect to be enabled by default. Now, if you want to use it, you need
        to enable it manually.

Hi All,

 So I took the Elonex Webbook out of the cupboard again, it ended up with a B112 build where GDM would not start but cde-login would work.

I tried doing a USB DVD install again and the GRUB still will not work.

I pulled the B121 iso across and did the lugrade on the B112.

GDM has finally started to work, now I need to look into the suspend / resume issues and the VIA C7 cpudrv issues, the CPU stays at 1600Mhz all the time.

Also will Compiz work on the new VIA OpenChrome video driver.

Next the Intel classmate PC :-)

Dave

Hi All,

 So I've upgraded all my lab wireless network gateways to Netgear with 802.11n capabilities.

As we are getting closer to having 802.11n for OpenSolaris I wanted to get the MSI Wind and AA1 10" ready for testing.

I had been using a USB and Mini PCI-E TP-Link hardware to get to 300 Mbps, not sure we will ever get a driver for OpenSolaris here.

I jumped on Ebay and got a couple of AR5008E-3NX Atheros Mini PCI-E cards for $29.99 each, free shipping from China.

 It took a while but I finally found the Atheros WiFi client and driver for Windows XP.

 Look for this zip file :

STA7.6.1.221_RNWF7.6.1.204_APPS7.0.2.70_APPSV1.0.0.137_INSTALL7.6.0.83bin.zip

The standard Windows XP driver does not let you go above 54Mbps.

In the client you can select to turn of 11Mbps and 54Mbps, now the AA1 10" and MSI connect to the 2.4Ghz at 300Mbps.

Now when we get to have 802.11n support for the ATH driver on OpenSolaris I already know the high speed internal card and gateway work.

Dave

Hi All,

 So i've been testing all the nightlyies of what will become Neveda B121. On both the AA1 10" and MSI Wind.

desktop-print-management-applet was looping, using 100% of the processor, I renamed to   desktop-print-management-applet.orig and kill the running program, cpu went back to normal.

The AA1 10" is working fine on Nevada B121.

The MSI Wind is working fine on Nevada B121, touchpad works after resume.

ACPICA is still locking up cpu 1 to 100% after resume, I'm going to check for different BIOS.

I have the AA1 8.9" on OpenSolaris 1002 B118, I'm going to look at local repositories and development for a customer I have in Turkey, they cannot afford to keep coming to our repository from Istanbul.

Also I need to build a headless distro for the BlueWonder Industrial Automation platform and a headless with Xorg distro for the JavaFX Jukebox / Digital Media projects.

Dave

Hi All,

 I've been working on this for about a week and I can now confirm that the Acer Aspire One 8' and 10" plus The MSI Wind will not suspend if you install or upgrade to B120, the HD light comes on solid and then nothing.

For anyone with an MSI Wind, you can take all the *8042* mouse files from B120 /kernel/drv and install on a B119 system, this will stop the touchpad not working after resume issues.

Processor (thread) 1 will still be pegged at 100% however, something happening in acpica code.

Anyway I'm working with engineering to try and find out when and what happened that's causing suspend problems on B120+

Dave

 Hi All,

  I'm still seeing the fcoe_config startup issue on B120 builds.

  It stops the startup process

create a file /lib/svc/method/fcoeconfig with the following in it, remember to chmod +x on it, the problem should go away on the next restart.

#!/sbin/sh

. /lib/svc/share/smf_include.sh

exit $SMF_EXIT_OK

Hi All,

So the MSI touchpad would not work after resume on B119.

They fixed the issue in B120, problem is B120 would not even suspend, just sit and hange on HD.

I've done a clean B119 install and taken the three 8042 files from /kernel/drv off B120.

No more touchpad issues.

CPU 1 is still pulling 100% busy after resume, but we know it's an ACPI problem, so maybe we can get a fix.

As I mentioned before, after putting the latest BIOS onto the Acer One 10", the problems with ACPI lid taking 30 seconds to suspend the netbook has gone away.

I have B119 with Evolution 2.27.5 and Firefox 3.5.1, it's a pretty cool system.

Dave

Hi All,

 So that was one of the most intense few weeks of my life, but I did get the promotion yesterday.

Principal Field Technologist.

One of 134 in the company.

It feels really good, I'm proud to have been voted into such a great group.

I'm looking forward to the new challenges and responsibilities this position will bring.

On the Nevada topic, I tested the latest B120 this morning, suspend is still hanging up on the MSI Wind U100.

Dave

Hi All,

Survived two weeks with Grandkids, we had lots of swimming and ice cream.

I've been working on mandatory training :-)

Note from me, I'm usually always talking about Nevada, bad old habit I suppose, to many extras I add, can't teach an old dog new tricks :-)

Anyway, just testing B119 nightly (it's booting up as B120) on the Acer One 10" and MSI, I had B119 on both before.

B120 has the fix for the MSI touchpad not working after resume.

The luupgrade on the MSI to B120 went fine, cannot test the touchpad fix as the machine will not suspend at all, the HD light comes on and stays on, I'm working with the engineering team in LA to see if it's just a bad DVD or a regression.

Just finishing the B119 luupgrade on the AA1 10", I updated the BIOS and ACPI lid was working really fast on the B119 load.

I'll retest everything again now it's on B120.

I did just buy a couple of Pink MSI U100's of Ebay for friends, not my color, for $299.

If you do this look out for a really big difference in the offers, one has bluetooth and a 6 cell battery, the other one does not.

I assumed as they were both Pink and $299 they had the same hardware, I'll check better next time.

Dave

Hi All,

So it's been a couple of weeks, I've been working on trying to get a promotion, let me tell you without a lot of help from some great Sun colleges my documents would not be as good as they are.  I found it difficult to write about me, a lot easier to do product presentations.

I've been playing with the Nvidia driver settings on the Acer C90S, with the separate X server on the LCD and external monitor, with Compiz and 4 desktops each, I'm getting about 5000 frames per second running /usr/X11/demo/glxgears.

Rotating the cube is really smooth.

The external 500Gb 2.5" USB hard drive is working out great, it's has a ZFS pool which comes up all the time after I have to kill the laptop.

I'm having a problem with the 2.27.3 evolution, if I click on a large attachment it's locking up the system, still have not worked out whats going on yet.

I did do a B117 install on the Toshiba Portege R200 just for fun, the 2.26 nautilus sometimes does not come up all the way and you need to kill it a couple of times, looks like a timing issue, Compiz is not working at all on the Intel video, I'll have to look at this later, suspend / resume works ok, though the back light does not come up on the LCD.

I'm taking a couple of grandkids down to Oregon for a summer vacation tomorrow, back in two weeks.

Happy July 4th

Dave