Everyone using unix in their job will once in a while have to run a long running process. Usually right before leaving the office to go to dinner. If you have to check on it later to make sure it finished right then you are stuck with redirecting the output to a file and look there later. Much better solution: Use screen! It can do lots of things, but the main one in this context is allowing you to “detach” [...]
I have been wanting to write this post for a long time. But could not find much time for the same. Anyways Once you install Ubuntu and OpenSolaris together (on the metal installation i.e., dual boot) you will face some grub issues. There are two ways in which you can install the two operating systems: 1. Install Ubuntu first and then install OpenSolaris 2. Install OpenSolairs first and then install Ubuntu I have divided this tutuoral into two parts – [...]
Overview Sun just launched the OpenSolaris Apps of Steel Challenge. This is a great opportunity to learn about developing and porting packages. Then use your talents and participate for a chance to win a Toshiba OpenSolaris laptop! The winning packages will also be showcased at the OpenSolaris Install Lounge at CommunityOne West, in San Francisco on June 1-3rd, 2009. Apart from the prizes and recognition, contributing OpenSolaris packages benefits the entire OpenSolaris community by building out the package eco-system. [...]
Adobe has just released Reader for Solaris x86 (it has been available for Sparc for some time). How to install it: 1. Download the installer from http://get.adobe.com/reader/. 2. Open a terminal and make the installer executable: chmod +x Desktop/AdbeRdr9.1.0-1_i486solaris_enu.bin 3. Start the installer: avinash@avinashj:~$ pfexec ./Desktop/AdbeRdr9.1.0-1_i486solaris_enu.bin Extracting files, please wait. (This may take a while depending on the configuration of your machine) This installation requires 171 MB of free disk space. Enter installation directory for Adobe Reader 9.1.0 [/opt] /opt [...]
The OpenSolaris DTrace Chime Project delivers a GUI for DTrace aggregations giving you the ability to visually display system data over time including moving averages. The GUI provides wizards for easily adding custom data displays, without re-compiling. » The most recent installable Chime package was released on October 21, 2008. The DTrace Chime project is endorsed by the OpenSolaris DTrace Group and uses some of the most popular one-liners from the DTraceToolkit, a collection of useful documented scripts developed by the [...]
The OpenSolaris Web Stack Project is a part of the SFW Consolidation that is focused on web tier technologies.Easily install the amp-dev package with the pfexec pkg install amp-dev command or by using the Package Manager GUI. For documentation, refer to the Web Stack Getting Started Guide and How To Set Up Your OpenSolaris AMP Environment. Start using the OpenSolaris Web Stack tools for developing and deploying web applications today!
It is pretty easy to configure the modem on OpenSolaris. I am using bulild 89, and the usbsacm driver is there in it , if you are using some lower build, you can get the package from http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/wwan/ and install it. Plug the usb modem and you will find the device detected in /dev/usb/ and an entry in /dev/term/. All these steps are well described on the above mentioned project page. But in my case usbsacm was not being used [...]
The first update to the 0.7 release is now available. This update brings in the latest development OpenSolaris build 93 and updates to KDE 3.5.9 among other changes, bugfixes. Since this release also includes the latest Caiman installer, upgrades from this release will become possible going forward. A complete list of changes is below: Based on ON Build 93 that has new drivers (like ATIgfx) among other stuff. Included the rum driver. Nvidia driver updated to 173.14.05. OSS updated to [...]
