[rescue] Solaris XFree86 Video Drivers and Porting Kit
Chase Rayfield
cusbrar2 at yahoo.com
Mon Sep 13 18:15:41 CDT 2021
Below is SUNWxf86u and SUNWxf86r which make up the binary version of the kit.
https://web.archive.org/web/20060707235937/https://tools.de/solaris/xf86/xf86
-4.4.0-video.pkg.bz2
I *think* this is the later version of the kit since I think the earlier one
was 4.2 based... but I'm not sure this is just what I found after looking for
a bit. Enjoy.
Chase
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2021 10:19:22 -0700
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Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2021 21:23:17 +0000 (UTC)
From: Mike Spooner <mikes at aalin.co.uk>
To: rescue at sunhelp.org
Subject: [rescue] Solaris XFree86 Video Drivers and Porting Kit
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Hello all,
I'm looking for a copy of the binary package of the "Solaris XFree86 Video
Drivers and Porting Kit", either the original one that Sun produced circa 2001
for Solaris 8, or Jurgen Keil's later package for Solaris 8 and 9.
All the original links etc have bitrotted a long time ago.
Any help would be much appreciated.
-- Mike
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 00:32:17 -0400
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com>
To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Subject: Re: [rescue] Anybody working with Solaris 11.4 VirtualBox VM?
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B Yes it's pretty amazing stuff.B And being built on Illumos, compiling
stuff isn't an uphill battle like it is under Solaris 10.B Not that I
had to compile much; nearly everything I needed is in the pkgsrc
repository.B Such a breath of fresh air!
B B B B B B B B -Dave
On 9/12/21 12:17 AM, John Hudak wrote:
> Hi Dave:
> Slightly OT, thanks for pointing out SmartOS.B I didn't know about it,
took
> a look and it seems *really* neat.B I like that containers are fully
> isolated.
> J
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 11, 2021 at 11:48 PM Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com>
wrote:
>
>> On September 11, 2021 9:30:34 PM Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Poking around, I came across this website:
>>>
>>> https://www.sysprobs.com/install-solaris-virtualbox
>>>
>>> It's nothing profound, but it details running the latest (11.4, is that
>>> latest?) Solaris as a VM on a win/Mac/linux PC - is anyone running such
>> an
>>> environment? I'm going to play around with it, anyone got any
>> advice/things
>> to
>>> look out for?
>>>
>>> I may decide to run an install on bare x86 hardware, anyone doing that?
>>>
>>> Finally, for giggles, I may drop it on a static IP address I have for
>> remote
>>> access, are these images reasonably up-to-date as far as patches/updates,
>> or
>>> should I not attempt it?
>>
>>B B This isn't an answer to your question, but I have to say that I am
100%
>> sold
>> on SmartOS now.B I moved to it about 1.5yrs ago, and though it's way of
>> doing
>> things took some getting used to, I find it to be just an incredible
>> platform
>> for VM hosting and getting real work done.B It is, IMO, as modern and
>> fantastic as Solaris gets.
>>
>>B B B B B B B B B B B -Dave
>>
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>> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
>> New Kensington, PA
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 10:38:12 -0400
From: Phil Stracchino <phils at caerllewys.net>
To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Subject: [rescue] Illumos distributions?
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So I have this X4540 Thor, running Solaris 11.3 that I can't upgrade
in-place to Thor because Oracle won't make the patches available without
an extortionately priced license.
Also, I have a T5220 that I rescued without a specific plan for what to
do with it.
It occurs to me that probably what I should be doing here is using the
T5220 as a test platform for an Illumos distribution.B I'm thinking that
*probably* I should be looking at either OpenIndiana or NexentaStor, but
I have no experience so far with either.B The eventual goal would be to
migrate the X4540 to that OS so that I can actually properly maintain
and update it.
Does anyone have any insights or opinions to share?
(Of course I have to figure out a way to get power to it.B My UPS and
PDU are both full.)
--
B Phil Stracchino
B Babylon Communications
B phils at caerllewys.net
B phil at co.ordinate.org
B Landline: +1.603.293.8485
B Mobile:B +1.603.998.6958
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 15:54:16 +0100
From: Jonathan Katz <jon at jonworld.com>
To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Subject: Re: [rescue] Illumos distributions?
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On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 3:38 PM Phil Stracchino <phils at caerllewys.net> wrote:
>
> So I have this X4540 Thor, running Solaris 11.3 that I can't upgrade
> in-place to Thor because Oracle won't make the patches available without
> an extortionately priced license.
I wonder if you can put SmartOS on it as an upgrade in-place? That may
be your best bet for the x64 HW.
> Also, I have a T5220 that I rescued without a specific plan for what to
> do with it.
Here you're stuck with Solaris, as OpenIndiana, OmniOS, NexentaStor,
and SmartOS are x64 only (IIRC, does anyone want to correct me?)
There are other distributions of OpenSolaris for Sparc out there, but
some haven't been touched since 2014 (OpenSXCE.) I played with
Tribblix and it's extremely rudimentary. Only one I haven't played
with is DiiOS.
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 10:59:45 -0400
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com>
To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Subject: Re: [rescue] Illumos distributions?
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On 9/13/21 10:54 AM, Jonathan Katz wrote:
>> So I have this X4540 Thor, running Solaris 11.3 that I can't upgrade
>> in-place to Thor because Oracle won't make the patches available without
>> an extortionately priced license.
>
> I wonder if you can put SmartOS on it as an upgrade in-place? That may
> be your best bet for the x64 HW.
B I don't see that working out at all.B SmartOS works very differently
from any other Solaris implementation. (and every other OS, for that matter)
B It boots typically from a thumb drive and runs entirely from a RAM
disk, statelessly.B At boot time, it looks for a ZFS pool called "zones"
that contains containers, imports it, and runs them.
> There are other distributions of OpenSolaris for Sparc out there, but
> some haven't been touched since 2014 (OpenSXCE.) I played with
> Tribblix and it's extremely rudimentary. Only one I haven't played
> with is DiiOS.
B About Tribblix, Peter Tribble does quite a bit of work on the SmartOS
project.
B B B B B B -Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 11:34:30 -0400
From: Phil Stracchino <phils at caerllewys.net>
To: rescue at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [rescue] Illumos distributions?
Message-ID: <a5fa3749-42a8-68f4-cc6c-e6b3b0115f33 at caerllewys.net>
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On 9/13/21 10:54 AM, Jonathan Katz wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 3:38 PM Phil Stracchino <phils at caerllewys.net>
wrote:
>> Also, I have a T5220 that I rescued without a specific plan for what to
>> do with it.
>
> Here you're stuck with Solaris, as OpenIndiana, OmniOS, NexentaStor,
> and SmartOS are x64 only (IIRC, does anyone want to correct me?)
Ah.B Well that is definitely an obstacle to the test-platform idea.
--
B Phil Stracchino
B Babylon Communications
B phils at caerllewys.net
B phil at co.ordinate.org
B Landline: +1.603.293.8485
B Mobile:B +1.603.998.6958
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 11:39:38 -0400
From: Phil Stracchino <phils at caerllewys.net>
To: rescue at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [rescue] Illumos distributions?
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On 9/13/21 10:59 AM, Dave McGuire wrote:
> On 9/13/21 10:54 AM, Jonathan Katz wrote:
>>> So I have this X4540 Thor, running Solaris 11.3 that I can't upgrade
>>> in-place to Thor because Oracle won't make the patches available without
>>> an extortionately priced license.
>>
>> I wonder if you can put SmartOS on it as an upgrade in-place? That may
>> be your best bet for the x64 HW.
>
>B B I don't see that working out at all.B SmartOS works very differently
> from any other Solaris implementation. (and every other OS, for that
matter)
Yeah, I've looked at SmartOS and I'm pretty sure it's not what I'm
looking for at all.B It almost seems SmartOS is sorta VMware built on
OpenSolaris.
Since the X4540 fundamentally has two jobs b NAS and Bacula storage
daemon host b I'm thinking I should probably be looking at NexentaStor.
But I kind of want to have a test platform to learn how to install it
first.
I do have an X2200M2, and for that matter a DL360G9.B (Or maybe G8.B I
don't remember for certain.B Former Employer never asked for it back.)
But both of them shriek like banshees, which discourages me from using them.
--
B Phil Stracchino
B Babylon Communications
B phils at caerllewys.net
B phil at co.ordinate.org
B Landline: +1.603.293.8485
B Mobile:B +1.603.998.6958
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 11:41:47 -0400
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com>
To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Subject: Re: [rescue] Illumos distributions?
Message-ID: <cecc29e3-dde5-0727-d0b1-f5e4cbb48b79 at neurotica.com>
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On 9/13/21 11:39 AM, Phil Stracchino wrote:
>>>> So I have this X4540 Thor, running Solaris 11.3 that I can't upgrade
>>>> in-place to Thor because Oracle won't make the patches available without
>>>> an extortionately priced license.
>>>
>>> I wonder if you can put SmartOS on it as an upgrade in-place? That may
>>> be your best bet for the x64 HW.
>>
>>B B I don't see that working out at all.B SmartOS works very differently
>> from any other Solaris implementation. (and every other OS, for that
matter)
>
> Yeah, I've looked at SmartOS and I'm pretty sure it's not what I'm
> looking for at all.B It almost seems SmartOS is sorta VMware built on
> OpenSolaris.
B That's the basic feel of it, yes, but about a hundred times better
for a hundred different reasons. :-)B I am trying hard to migrate away
from my VMware ESXi hosts.
B B B B B B B -Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
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