VirtualBox 2.0.4 is out !

Nothing really very interesting.. Still no USB host support for Solaris :(
When is this going to be fixed Sun ?

http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

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Brand new USB pen.

So while I was shopping for caffeine supplements in the *super* market I saw a 2GB USB pen for 5$AU. As it had "Linux support" on the front over I though I would buy it out of principle and the fact that I need some flash storage.

Here is what I did when I plugged it in:

Intel(r) Pentium(r) Dual CPU E2180 @ 2.00GHz
[edward@SXCE-Workstation]:/export/home/edward:~>/usr/bin/rmformat
Looking for devices...
1. Logical Node: /dev/rdsk/c0t1d0p0
Physical Node: /pci@0,0/pci-ide@1f,2/ide@0/sd@1,0
Connected Device: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-H62N CL00
Device Type: CD Reader
Bus: IDE
Size:
Label:
Access permissions:
2. Logical Node: /dev/rdsk/c2t0d0p0
Physical Node: /pci@0,0/pci1458,5006@1d,7/storage@6/disk@0,0
Connected Device: Verbatim Store'n'Go Mini 1.30
Device Type: Removable
Bus: USB
Size: 1.9 GB
Label:
Access permissions: Medium is not write protected.

[edward@SXCE-Workstation]:/export/home/edward:~>mount | tail -n 1
/media/STORE'N'GO on /dev/dsk/c2t0d0p0 read/write/nosetuid/nodevices/hidden/nofoldcase/clamptime/noatime/timezone=-36000/dev=6c0090 on Sun Oct 19 11:22:17 2008

[edward@SXCE-Workstation]:/export/home/edward:~>/usr/bin/pfexec umount /dev/dsk/c2t0d0p0

[edward@SXCE-Workstation]:/export/home/edward:~>pfexec zpool create MYDATA c2t0d0

[edward@SXCE-Workstation]:/export/home/edward:~>zpool status
pool: MYDATA
state: ONLINE
scrub: none requested
config:

NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
MYDATA ONLINE 0 0 0
c2t0d0 ONLINE 0 0 0

errors: No known data errors

pool: rpool
state: ONLINE
scrub: none requested
config:

NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
rpool ONLINE 0 0 0
c0d0s0 ONLINE 0 0 0

errors: No known data errors

[edward@SXCE-Workstation]:/export/home/edward:~>zfs list | grep -i MYDATA
MYDATA 69K 1.83G 18K /MYDATA

I can only conclude one thing from this.
Solaris needs to support auto mounting of usb pens that are formated with the ZFS FS.

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Scons for Solaris - lol, no really..

Due to popular demand, here is a spec file to build Scons for SXCE and Solaris 10.
OpenSolaris is useless for building anything past HTML thus I don't care if it does not work on OpenSolaris.

Thanks for everyones feedback on my last post.
The following can be build as follows; N.B. you will need CBE installed.

First save the below file in a file called EVOscons.spec
Then follows this;

Intel(r) Pentium(r) Dual CPU E2180 @ 2.00GHz
[edward@SXCE-Workstation]:/export/home/edward:~>/opt/dtbld/bin/env.sh
Desktop CBE version 1.7.0-rc1 built on 2008-10-07 by edward@SXCE-Workstation
Unsetting ORBIT_SOCKETDIR
Unsetting DTSOURCEPROFILE
Unsetting SDT_NO_TOOLTALK
Unsetting GTK_RC_FILES
Unsetting WINDOWID
Unsetting DTHELPSEARCHPATH
Unsetting USER
Unsetting DTDEVROOT
Unsetting OPENWINHOME
Unsetting DTXSERVERLOCATION
Unsetting XMBINDDIR
Unsetting GNOME_KEYRING_SOCKET
Unsetting SESSION_SVR
Unsetting HELPPATH
Unsetting START_SPECKEYSD
Unsetting LANG
Unsetting GNOME_KEYRING_PID
Unsetting DTAPPSEARCHPATH
Unsetting SDT_NO_DTDBCACHE
Unsetting XFILESEARCHPATH
Unsetting VTE_CJK_WIDTH
Unsetting SESSIONTYPE
Unsetting DTSCREENSAVERLIST
Unsetting GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID
Unsetting G_FILENAME_ENCODING
Unsetting AB_CARDCATALOG
Unsetting DTDATABASESEARCHPATH
Unsetting XMICONSEARCHPATH
Unsetting DTUSERSESSION
Unsetting XMICONBMSEARCHPATH
Unsetting G_BROKEN_FILENAMES
Unsetting dtstart_sessionlogfile
Unsetting COLORTERM
Using CC=/usr/bin/cc
Using CXX=/usr/bin/CC
Setting PATH=/opt/dtbld/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/gnu/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/sfw/bin
Setting CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash
Setting MAKESHELL=/bin/bash
Setting MAKE=/opt/dtbld/bin/make
Setting M4=/opt/dtbld/bin/m4
Starting subshell /bin/ksh93 -p
$pkgtool -v --pkgformat=ds build-only EVOscons.spec


------------------------ Start of EVOscons.spec --------------------------------
#
# spec file for package EVOscons.spec
#
# includes module(s): SCons
#
%include Solaris.inc

%define src_name scons
%define src_url http://waix.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge

Name: EVOCscons
Summary: Substitute for the classic Make utility.
Version: 1.0.1
Release: 1
Source: %{src_url}/%{src_name}/%{src_name}-%{version}.tar.gz
SUNW_BaseDir: %{_basedir}
Vendor: Refer URL
URL: http://ultravioletos.blogspot.com/
Packager: EdwardOCallaghan
BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
Requires: SUNWPython
BuildRequires: SUNWPython-devel

%include default-depend.inc

%prep
%ifarch sparc
echo "Sorry no sparc version yet! - Need testing.."
exit 1
%endif

%setup -q -n scons-%version

%build
# python bootstrap.py build/scons
python setup.py build --build-base=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}

%install
rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
python setup.py install --prefix=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}
mkdir $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}
mv $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/man $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}

%{?pkgbuild_postprocess: %pkgbuild_postprocess -v -c "%{version}:%{jds_version}:%{name}:$RPM_ARCH:%(date +%%Y-%%m-%%d):%{support_level}" $RPM_BUILD_ROOT}

%clean
rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT

%files
%defattr (-, root, bin)
%dir %attr (0755, root, bin) %{_bindir}
%{_bindir}/*
%dir %attr (0755, root, bin) %{_libdir}
%{_libdir}/scons-*
%dir %attr (0755, root, sys) %{_datadir}
%dir %attr(0755, root, bin) %{_mandir}
%dir %attr(0755, root, bin) %{_mandir}/man1
%{_mandir}/man*/*

%changelog
* Fri Sep 10 2008 - edwardoc _@_ blastwave.org
- Initial version

------------------------ End of EVOscons.spec --------------------------------

Thanks,
Edward.

How to *not* go mad.

echo 'set bell-style none' > ~/.inputrc
usermod myuser -s /bin/ksh93

[edward@SXCE-Workstation]:/export/home/edward:~>cat .kshrc
/usr/sbin/psrinfo -vp | sed 's/[^t]//' | tail -1
set -o ignoreeof
stty susp '^z'
export PS1=$'\E[0m['$'\E[1;32m'`logname`$'\E[0m'@$'\E[1;36m'`hostname`$'\E[0m]':$'\E[1;34m''$PWD'$'\E[0m:~>' #Custom prompt settings
export PATH=/usr/xpg6/bin:/usr/xpg4/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/opt/SUNWspro/bin:/usr/sfw/bin:/usr/gnu/bin:/opt/scons/bin/

# If there is no VISUAL or EDITOR to deduce the desired edit
# mode from, assume vi(C)-style command line editing.
if [ -z "$VISUAL" -a -z "$EDITOR" ]; then
set -o vi
fi

Broadcom NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet Support in snv_100 !

Broadcom NetLink BCM5906M Fast Ethernet Support in snv_100 !
http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6603710

Looks like snv_100 is going to be a massive release !

Panic on boot of install DVD (SXCE snv_99) - HP Pavilion 6129TX.

Workaround
  Disable the audiohd druver with kernel command line option

 -B disable-audiohd=true

HP Pavilion dv6129TX. Kernel panic from audiohd driver in snv_99 :[

Installing Scons-1.0.1 on Solaris (SXCE)

I starting porting Ardour Music workstation software to Solaris (built with SunStudio 12) today and they use a build chain called 'Scons', _more info here_ :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCons
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardour_(audio_processor)

As Scons was *so* so easy to install I thought I would share it here:

Installing Scons-1.0.1 on SXCE :
------------------------ start -------------------------------

/usr/bin/gunzip -cd scons-src-1.0.1.tar.gz | tar -xvf -
cd scons-src-1.0.1/
python bootstrap.py build/scons
pfexec python build/scons/setup.py install --prefix=/opt/scons
export PATH=$PATH:/opt/scons/bin

------------------------ end -------------------------------

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Thinking out loud.

I saw this NetBook today,
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/150183

So I thought to myself; Would it not be more:

* Cost effective.
* Environmentally friendly.
* Safer (data safety).
* Accessible.

To consolidate a students, business worker or home user for that matter compute needs onto a home server.

Your home server will consolidate all your data saftly on ZFS which is setup to snap shot your VM's at the end of each week (Friday evening say..) so that if your VM of XP gets a virus or whatever, your protected. If your laptop gets lost, stolen or the HDD fails or you need to upgrade it. There is no need to move your data around.

Also, you could be in a airport or internet cafe or even at a friends house and you need access to *your* computer, then its just a matter of calling up FireFox and logging into your home server.

A example config would be something like as follows;

* At least 3 SATA disks to keep your data safe in a zfs mirror with a hot spare.
* One of them nice new AMD quad cores that are so cheap these days.
* A low end Tyan MB with a few SATA ports and a nforce chipset such as a Tomcat n3400B (S2925-E).
* At least 4GB of Kingston value RAM, its dead cheap so why not !

You can grab most of the above hardware from ebuyer.co.uk and scan.co.uk or newegg.com in the US.

In regards to software configuration;

* Fresh install of Sun xVM server. - http://xvmserver.org
* A VM of Windows XP SP3 as you prob use that.
* A VM of SXCE setup with SSGD/VDI. - http://www.opensolaris.org

You can grab VDI from; http://www.sun.com/software/vdi/
SSGD from; http://www.sun.com/software/products/sgd

All of the above software is free.

I will follow this blog up with another that outlines the compleate setup of the above.

~
Edward.