Hi All,
So I took the Acer Aspire One 10" and installed or company VPN software.
Jumped into the network and followed the instructions.
NWAM Phase 1 Early Access looks really good, it's got more buttons and whistles than I expected.
I'm really going to have to test it some more, but it looks really cool, I'll have to build some profiles, see how it really configures.
Looks like you cannot use it with the panel Network Monitor, the "Track system active interface" switch does not want to work.
Hi All,
So it's been interesting since I got back from vacation.
I received a large military laptop to test with Solaris 10 X86, I've actually never seen a laptop with so much hardware capability or BIOS settings, Solaris 10 X86 was a stretch but I did get it working, video was never going to work up to it's full potential.
I did throw Nevada B125 at it, 1680 x 1050 and Compiz, Core 2 Duo processor, pretty cool piece of hardware.
I've been testing Fedora 11 on the Acer One 11.6", it's got the new Imagination Technologies PowerVR video chip, I'm trying to work out how to prove I use the H.264 HD decoder in the hardware not software.
I still have not found an open Xorg driver for this video, only Fedora, Ubuntu and Windows support as far as I can tell.
This video is also on the Intel CE4100 SOC, the Always Innovating TouchBook (I've ordered one) and the beagleboard (on the way).
I want to see if I can build a touchscreen system, that has a JavaFX desktop and will play HD content.
I've also just installed Intel Moblin on the Acer Aspire One 10", it truly is an amazing piece of work, did the install with no issues at all.
I must be getting old, I really don't like the interface at all, don't get me wrong the work is outstanding, it's just personal preference. The interface is really very pretty, I think if it was the first GUI I have used it would be very intuitive.
I'm upgrading all the netbooks to OpenSolaris 1002 B125, I just noticed it's actually Gnome 2.28.
I've been playing with changing the icon themes, creating ~/.icons, then downloading different icone themes from this web site.
If you download the tar.gz file into ~/.icons, then gtar xvfz the tar file, you can see the new icon theme in desktop appearance.
I've been experimenting with creating my own theme, Daves-icon-mix, everything comes from the index.theme in the directory.
The Inherits line causes the system to look for an icon called for by the application in this order, if it cannot find it in the selected theme, works in real-time, if you change the order with your favorite editor and then save, you will see the icons change on the screen.
You can also download cursor themes from this web site and install in .icons.
If you want them system wide put them in /usr/share/icons
When you create a directory called default in ~/.icons and an index.theme, see example you can set the default cursor to use on login.
Have fun
Dave
~/.icons/default
[Icon Theme]
Inherits=ComixCursors-Orange-Small
~/.icons/Dave_icon_mix
[Icon Theme]
Name=Daves_icon_mix
Comment=
Inherits=Mashup,GNANT,hydroxygen,AquiGNOME,Ultimate Gnome, hicolor,JiniBlueSky,gartoon,blendedcrystal,Kamel,Tango,gnome,nuoveXT.2.2,Vista-Inspirate_1.0,OSX,ClearlooksOSX
Example=x-directory-normal
Directories=16x16/emblems,128x128/actions,128x128/apps,128x128/categories,128x128/devices,128x128/devices,128x128/emblems,128x128/mimetypes,128x128/places,128x128/status
[16x16/emblems]
Size=16
Context=Emblems
Type=Fixed
[128x128/actions]
Size=128
Context=Actions
Type=Scalable
[128x128/apps]
Size=128
Context=Applications
Type=Scalable
[128x128/categories]
Size=128
Context=Categories
Type=Scalable
[128x128/devices]
Size=128
Context=Devices
Type=Scalable
[128x128/emblems]
Size=128
Context=Emblems
Type=Scalable
[128x128/places]
Size=128
Context=Places
Type=Scalable
[128x128/mimetypes]
Size=128
Context=MimeTypes
Type=Scalable
[128x128/status]
Size=128
Context=Status
Type=Scalable
[192x192/actions]
Size=192
Context=Actions
Type=Scalable
[192x192/apps]
Size=192
Context=Applications
Type=Scalable
[192x192/categories]
Size=192
Context=Categories
Type=Scalable
[192x192/devices]
Size=192
Context=Devices
Type=Scalable
[192x192/emblems]
Size=192
Context=Emblems
Type=Scalable
[192x192/places]
Size=192
Context=Places
Type=Scalable
[192x192/mimetypes]
Size=192
Context=MimeTypes
Type=Scalable
[192x192/status]
Size=192
Context=Status
Type=Scalable
Hi All,
I've been working on the B122 OpenSolaris Acer One 10", I have Windows 7 Ultimate installed on the first partition, FAT32 in the middle and ZFS at the end.
I mount the FAT32 partition via /etc/vfstab during boot.
My Documents is coming up in read only mode.
If I try to do a chmod -R 777 /shared_fat32/Daves/My\ Documents nothing happens.
If I bring up nautilus and change the properties to read / write and apply to all sub folders, it actually does it.
I can now create files in My Music, My Pictures, etc.
Wish I could work out why ?
Dave
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 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,
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,
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 I'm not sure how many of you watched the last day keynote by James Gosling, I've already talked about the JavaFX Jukebox on stage, I actually did get to go down the San Francisco and was in the hall during the keynote.
I got to meet and shake hands with both James Goslings and Paul Perrone finally.
Paul and I got to work on the Solaris X86 and JRTS, UAV helicopter that flew at Java ONE a couple of years ago, a very small full featured motherboard from IGoLogic and Axiomtek.
The second to last presentation was by Sun and VW about working with Stanford University to build an Audi car that could navigate a rally course at high speed, without a driver.
It will be using Java Real Time to do the processing on top of Solaris X86.
Well I shipped the first test unit of the dual core Celeron running Solaris 10 X86, to VW on the Monday after Java ONE.
In the end there will be four separate systems in the car running Solaris X86, we received the Canbus controllers from our other partner in Germany Hilscher just the week before Java One, we have one of the first multiprotocol PCI104 cards in the USA, Canbus, DeviceNet and ProfiBus, we just need to change drivers and connectors on the front of the system.
The system is just like the other motherboards from IGoLogic and Axiomtek, no issues at all with the install, GUI installer works all the time, even through the DVI / VGA converter.
Once Solaris is up and running, the system is very quite, no error messages in the logs at all.
I installed Solaris X86 onto a Transcend 8Gb SDD, same 2.5" form factor as we use in the BlueWonder, this time though with a SATA connector, the speed looks just like you would see if it was a real SATA HDD.
Dave
Hi,
So someone asked for gnome hearts, the python install is missing a file, download from here, put in /usr/lib/python2.4/config/, this is easier than rebuilding Python 2.4.5, though the system does look like it gates faster if you do.
Download gnome-hearts-0.3 from here
gtar xvfj gnome-hearts-0.3-os.tar.bz2
cd gnome-hearts-03
./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static
gmake
gmake install
You should be able to see and play hearts in the games menu
Enjoy
Dave
Ps don't forget you need /usr/sfw/bin in your PATH