Solaris 10 on
the
Acer Ferrari 4005
- Solaris
10 on the
Acer Ferrari 4005
- Introduction
- Environment used
- Software
- External devices
- Hardware
- BIOS
- Bluetooth
- DVD/CD
Recorder
- Firewire
- Keyboard
- Internal
Modem
- Infra
Red
- LAN
- Mousepad,
external
Mouse
- PCMCIA,
PC Card
- SD
Card reader
- Sound
- USB
- Video
- WLAN
- Software
- cdrecord/cdrecord-prodvd
- inetmenu
- qemu
- Xen
- Installation
- General
- Hints
- How
to boot into 32 Bit mode
- How to enable reboot
and shutdown in gdm/2
- How to enable
debugging for
the
cardbus
driver
- Coexistence with
other OSes
- Trouble
Shooting
- Known bugs in snv_30
- Error message:
Unexpected token on line 359 "00"
/etc/driver_aliases
- Known bugs in snv_41
- Samba does not start
- CDROM player does
not work
- Known bugs in snv_43
- Symbolic link for
libcrypto.so.0.9.7 missing
- Known bugs in snv_46
- Gnome Panel not
working
- The internal mousepad
does not work anymore
- Files
- Links
- Acer Ferrari
- Solaris General
- Driver & Tools
- Laptop related
- ACPI / BIOS
- Additional Software
- Linux on the Acer
Ferrari 4005
- Blogs
- Forums and Mailing
lists
- Credits
- History
Introduction
Now that I have my own
Acer
Ferrari
4005 for use with Solaris 10 x86 I started to search
infos about Solaris on the Ferrari all around the web. I found
at lot
of
infos; but no central website putting it all together. So I
started
this little website.
Due to the nature of this issue -Solaris support for x86 Laptops
is
just starting - this web site is far from being complete and
always
more or less work in progress. If you find a bug or know
information
not mentioned here please let me know - either via
email .
I'll continue to update this web site and record the changes in
the
history section below.
Frankfurt, 23.01.2006 Bernd Schemmer
Some notes about the notation
used on
this site
| Every
paragraph is
marked with a stamp like this: |
[19.01.06
snv_28] |
This means the information was
added on 19.01.2006 while I was using Solaris Nevada build 28.
| Every link is
marked
with a stamp like this: |
[19.01.06] |
The date is the last date that I checked the website referenced
by the
link.
| Infos from
Blogs or
Mailing lists are marked with a stamp like this: |
(Source: Casper
Dik, 14.01.06 [19.01.06]) |
This means the entry was made by Casper Dik on 14.01.2006 and
the last
time I checked this link was 19.01.2006.
Text that I borrowed from other sources is printed with grey
background
like this
This text was taken from
another
source
|
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Environment
used
Mqy environment is as follows:
Software
Operating
System
|
Date
|
Comment
|
| Solaris x86 Nevada snv_28 |
[19.01.06
snv_28] |
works
|
| Solaris x86 Nevada snv_30 |
[01.02.06
snv_30] |
works, but see also the known bugs
|
Solaris x86 Nevada snv_33
|
[21.02.06
snv_33]
|
works
|
Solaris x86 Nevada snv_37
|
[20.04.06
snv_37]
|
works
|
Solaris x86 Nevada snv_40
|
[01.06.06
snv_40]
|
works
|
Solaris x86 Nevada snv_41
|
[14.06.06
snv_41]
|
works, but see also the known bugs
|
Solaris x86 Nevada snv_43
|
[17.07.06
snv_43]
|
works, but see also the known
bugs |
Solaris x86 Nevada snv_46
|
[09.09.06
snv_46]
|
works, but see also the know bugs
|
Solaris x86 Nevada snv_49
|
[10.10.06
snv_49]
|
works
|
Solaris x86 build 66 with
Xen
Support
|
[19.07.07
snv_66_Xen]
|
testing
|
Software
|
Version
/ Date / Comment
|
Broadcom Ethernet driver
|
v8.1.3
|
[19.01.06 snv_28]
[01.02.06 snv_30]
[20.04.06 snv_37]
[14.06.06
snv_41]
|
works
perfect |
|
[17.07.06
snv_43] |
this Solaris
release
supports the Broadcom Ethernet Adapter out of
the box; the Broadcom
Ethernet driver from the Broadcom Website is not
necessary anymore
|
|
| Open Sound System driver
|
oss3993d-solaris-amd64-v10-pci.tar.Z
|
[24.01.06 snv_28]
|
works
|
| oss3994a-solaris-amd64-v10-pci.tar.Z
|
[21.02.06 snv_33]
|
testing
|
|
| Open Sound System driver
4.0
beta |
|
| Juergen Keils Sound
driver |
|
Solaris sound driver
|
audioixp
|
[26.04.06 snv_37]
|
works
|
audioixp
|
[14.06.06 snv_41] |
works
|
|
| Cardbus driver |
| v0.2 |
[19.01.06 snv_28]
|
tests
are
still pending |
v0.3
|
[25.04.06 snv_37]
|
works, but see
also below
|
|
[12.10.06 snv_49] |
The card bus
driver is
included in Solaris Nevada since snv_44 |
|
| PS/2 Wheelmouse driver
for
Solaris x86 |
|
SUNWiwi.pkg
|
|
Additional
Software
|
Version
/ Date / Comment
|
| cdrecord |
2.01
|
[19.01.06
snv_28]
[24.02.06
snv_33]
[25.04.06
snv_37]
|
works perfect
|
2.01.01a06
|
[19.07.06 snv_43]
|
cdrecord
v2.01.01a06
is now part of Solaris (Package: SUNWmkcd)
|
|
|
|
|
| cdrecord-prodvd |
| 2.01b35 |
[19.01.06
snv_28]
[24.02.06
snv_33]
[25.04.06
snv_37]
|
works perfect
|
2.01.01a06
|
[19.07.06 snv_43]
|
works
|
|
|
|
2.01.01.a10
|
[10.10.06 snv_49] |
cdrecord
v2.01.01a10
is now part of Solaris (Package:
SUNWmkcd); no license key
neccessary to burn DVDs anymore
|
|
| inetmenu |
| 1.9 |
[19.01.06
snv_28] |
not tested yet
|
1.9
|
[25.04.06 snv_37]
|
works
|
|
| qemu |
0.7.0
|
[24.01.06
snv_28]
[24.02.06 snv_33]
[21.04.06 snv_37]
|
works |
0.8.1
|
[09.05.06 snv_37]
|
works
|
0.8.2
|
[31.07.06 snv_43]
|
not tested yet
|
0.8.2
|
[09.09.06
snv_46] |
works
|
0.8.2 from the
OpenSolaris
Projekt page
|
[03.10.06 snv_46]
|
works
(incl. the
accelerator kqemu)
|
0.8.2
(SUNWqemu-0.8.2_REV_2006.10.18-sol10-i386-opt.pkg.bz2)
|
[12.10.06 snv_49]
|
works
|
|
External devices
Hardware
|
Date
/ Status
|
| USB (general) |
[25.01.06 snv_28]
[01.02.06 snv_30]
[21.02.06
snv_33] |
works; but
the driver loaded is USB 1.1; USB
2.0
only with a work around |
| [20.04.06
snv_37] |
works without
workaround
for USB 2.0 devices
|
[30.06.06 snv_41]
|
works
partially;
USB 2.0 USB sticks seems not to work
|
| [17.07.06
snv_43] |
works (including
USB 2.0
USB sticks)
|
|
| USB Mouse Typhoon Mini
Notebook Mouse |
[19.01.06 snv_28]
[01.02.06 snv_30]
[21.02.06 snv_33]
[20.04.06
snv_37]
[14.06.06
snv_41]
|
works |
| [30.06.06 snv_41] |
works
|
|
| External USB harddisk
(USB 2.0) |
[25.01.06 snv_28]
[01.02.06 snv_30]
|
works
|
| [21.02.06 snv_33] |
works,
but see below |
| [20.04.06 snv_37] |
works
|
[30.06.06 snv_41]
|
works
|
|
USB memory stick (USB
1.0)
|
[19.01.06 snv_28]
[21.02.06
snv_33] |
works |
|
|
|
USB memory stick (USB
2.0)
|
|
USB-to-serial Adapter
Prolific Technology Inc. USB-Serial Controller |
[19.01.06 snv_28]
[09.02.06 snv_30]
[24.02.06 snv_33] |
works |
|
| SanDisk Cruzer (SD Card
reader
with USB) |
|
| Motorola V3 Mobile with
USB |
| [19.01.06 snv_28] |
is detected, but
looks
like a
driver is missing (see below) |
|
| PS/2 Keyboard (with
PS2-to-USB
Adapter) |
| [19.01.06 snv_28] |
not tested yet
|
| [20.03.06 snv_33] |
works
|
|
| PS/2 Mouse (with
PS2-to-USB
Adapter) |
| [19.01.06 snv_28] |
not tested yet |
| {28.04.06 snv_37] |
an IBM mouse
connected via
the adapter does not work
|
|
| Zaurus SL-C3100 as
USB
Storage client |
| [19.01.06 snv_28] |
works as Card
Reader,
USB LAN not tested |
|
| IBM PCMCIA Memory Card (2
MB
Flash, 1 MB SRAM) (very old card) |
| [19.01.06 snv_28] |
does not work
(see below)
|
|
Eicon DIVA ISDN Card
|
[28.04.06 snv_37]
|
not detected
|
|
Lasat Credit 288 FaxModem
|
| [28.04.06 snv_37] |
detected, but
does not work
|
|
IBM Turbo 16/4 TokenRing
PC Card
2
|
| [28.04.06 snv_37] |
not detected
|
|
| D-Link FAX/Data Modem
DM560 PC
Card |
| [19.01.06 snv_28] |
still in test
(see below) |
[25.04.06 snv_37]
|
is detected but
the
Ferrari is frozen after trying to use the card (see
below)
|
|
| 3COM Etherlink III LAN PC
Card |
| [19.01.06 snv_28] |
still in test
(see below) |
[25.04.06 snv_37]
|
works
|
|
| Adaptec SlimSCSI 1460B PC
Card |
| [19.01.06 snv_28] |
not tested yet |
[25.04.06 snv_37]
|
not detected by
Solaris
(see below)
|
|
Apollo 10/100 Ethernet
CompactFlash
with
CF-to-PCMCIA Adapter |
| [19.01.06 snv_28] |
seems not to work
(see below) |
| [25.04.06 snv_37] |
not detected by
Solaris
(see below) |
|
SanDisk Compact Flash
802.11b
Wireless LAN
CompactFlash Card with CF-to-PCMCIA Adapter |
| [19.01.06 snv_28] |
seems not to work
(see below) |
| [25.04.06 snv_37] |
not detected by
Solaris
(see below)
|
|
Storage CompactFlash
Card
(with CF
to
PCMCIA Adapter) |
| [19.01.06 snv_28] |
works |
| [25.04.06 snv_37] |
works
|
|
external Firewire
harddisk
(icybox 250UE)
|
| [09.08.06 snv_43 Xen_07_2006] |
does not work
reliable;
see here, but it seems
to be a Firmware Bug in
the Chipset - not a Solaris bug
|
|
|
|
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Hardware
BIOS
[19.01.06 snv_28]
You should always use the
latest
BIOS
for the Ferrari [19.01.06];
at time written
the current version is 3A23.
After installing the
ACPI
driver
and the powernow drivers
[19.01.06]; from Casper
Dik
pressing the Power Button will either Suspend Solaris
(not yet implemented ;-(() or shutdown Solaris (works
perfect)
The BIOS of the Acer Ferrari
4005 still has a bug that prevents to
read the Battery status
(source:
Casper
Dik,
11.01.06 [19.01.06])
The fan is very loud and running mostly all the time. Hopefully
(!)
there
will be an BIOS update that fixes this issue.
[23.01.06 snv_28]
I replaced one of the incorrect ACPI tables according to this
blog
entry:
Fixing
some
ACPI BIOS stuff on the Acer Ferrari 4005 [19.01.06]
Now the output of batstat looks better:
bash-3.00# batstat
System is currently on AC power
System temperature = 43.0C
Battery 0 status:
Percentage
remaining: 86.1%
Battery
is currently charging
Time
remaining to full charge 0:00
bash-3.00# batstat
You need the
iasl
(ACPI Compiler for Solaris) [23.01.06]
to recompile the ACPI tables.
[02.02.06 snv_28]
Notes: The BIOS Version 3A15 works best with graphics
Bluetooth
[19.01.06 snv_28]
Bluetooth is not supported by Solaris. Therefor the Bluetooth
mouse
included with the Ferrari also does not work.
DVD/CD
Recorder
[19.01.06 snv_28]
Works with cdrecord (CD-RWs, read/write/delete/rewrite)
and
dvdrecord (DVD-RWs, read/write/delete/rewrite) without
problems; CDR, DVD+R, DVD-RAM not tested yet.
cdrw not
tested yet
The DVD Drive is a slot-in drive - therefor 8-cm CDs/DVDs are
not
usable.
[06.03.06 snv_33]
I did some first tests of the DVD-RAM access: It works more or
less.
A DVD-RAM is automatically mounted read-only by vold - you
must
remount it
read-write before you can write to the DVD-RAM. But while
testing the
write-access to the DVD-RAM I got two system crashes: One while
writing
to the DVD-RAM and one while ejecting the medium after I wrote
to it.
The crash also occurs if vold is not running and you mount the
DVD-RAM
manually via mount -F udfs <device> <mountpoint>
before
writing a file to the DVD-RAM.
Looks like there are still some bugs in the DVD-RAM support
The
"Nautilus CD Burner" now
works
(tested with DVD-RW and DVD+RW only). There's an error message
after
burning or
erasing a DVD-RW but the result is okay in both cases (see
also this
thread [06.03.06]
)
You can write and overwrite the DVD+RW disks using the
"Nautilus CD
Burner" but I did not
find a solution to erase a DVD+RW without overwriting
it. Using
growisof it is possible to write additional files to a DVD+RW.
There's a package called SUNWdvdrw containing the following
files
bash-3.00# grep SUNWdvdrw /var/sadm/install/contents|
cut -f1 -d"
"
/usr
/usr/bin
/usr/bin/dvd+rw-booktype
/usr/bin/dvd+rw-format
/usr/bin/dvd+rw-mediainfo
/usr/bin/dvd-ram-control
/usr/bin/growisofs
bash-3.00#
But unfortunately there are no man pages for these tools
(except for
growisofs) included. The homepage of the DVD+RW Utils (DVD+RW/+R/-RW
Tools
included in Solaris
[27.02.06]) is not very helpfull at all.
[07.03.06 snv_33]
After reformating the DVD-RAM with udfs (mkfs -F udfs
/dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s2) I can write to the DVD-RAM without a
system crash
until now if I mount it manually.
[08.03.06 snv_33]
Again another crash while writing to the DVD-RAM . I stop the
tests of
the DVD-RAM support now.
[10.03.06 snv_33]
Looks like the bug is fixed in the newest source; see here
[10.03.06] . I'll
test again
with the next Nevada Release
[26.04.06 snv_37]
Did some other tests with DVD-RAMs: Writing to the test
DVD-RAM
formated under Solaris snv_33 crashes the machine again.
After formating the DVD-RAM with mkfs -F udfs I
could
write to the DVD-RAM without problems (find <dir> | cpio
-pdumv
<dvdram> in two sessions and in the third session
copying an ISO
image with about 3,8 GB - all parallel). Unmounting and
remounting of
the DVD-RAM also worked.
Another crash occured while doing a mkfs -F udfs
for the
other side of the (double-sided) DVD-RAM. And another crash
occured
while doing a "rm -r" on the DVD-RAM written in my first test
.
Looks like the udfs support in Solaris Nevada is still buggy.
Note:
Bug ID: 6395818
Synopsis: Solaris crashes while writing to UDFS formatted
DVD-RAM media
http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6395818
Firewire
[19.01.06 snv_28]
Due to missing Firewire devices not tested yet
[09.08.06 snv_43 Xen_07_2006]
I tested a external Firewire harddisk device and it did not work
as
expected:
# connecting the harddisk via Firewire
#
Aug 8 18:57:19 unknown s1394: [ID 114370 kern.info] unit0 at
pci1025,7e0
Aug 8 18:57:19 unknown genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info]
scsa13940 is
/pci@0,0/pci1002,4371@14,4/pci1025,7e@9,2/unit@0050770e00001a03
Aug 8 18:57:19 unknown genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info]
/pci@0,0/pci1002,4371@14,4/pci1025,7e@9,2/unit@0050770e00001a03
(scsa13940)
online
Aug 8 18:57:19 unknown scsi: [ID 193665 kern.info] sd4 at
scsa13940:
target 0 lun 0
Aug 8 18:57:19 unknown genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] sd4 is
/pci@0,0/pci1002,4371@14,4/pci1025,7e@9,2/unit@0050770e00001a03/disk@0,0
Aug 8 18:57:20 unknown genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info]
/pci@0,0/pci1002,4371@14,4/pci1025,7e@9,2/unit@0050770e00001a03/disk@0,0
(sd4)
online
Aug 8 18:57:44 unknown scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING:
/pci@0,0/pci1002,4371@14,4/pci1025,7e@9,2/unit@0050770e00001a03/disk@0,0
(sd4):
Aug 8 18:57:44 unknown Error for Command: read Error Level:
Retryable
Aug 8 18:57:44 unknown scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Requested
Block: 0
Error Block: 0
Aug 8 18:57:44 unknown scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Vendor:
SAMSUNG
Serial Number: {5
Aug 8 18:57:44 unknown scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Sense
Key:
Media_Error
Aug 8 18:57:44 unknown scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] ASC: 0x11
(unrecovered read error), ASCQ: 0x0, FRU: 0x0
Aug 8 18:57:47 unknown scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING:
/pci@0,0/pci1002,4371@14,4/pci1025,7e@9,2/unit@0050770e00001a03/disk@0,0
(sd4):
Aug 8 18:57:47 unknown Error for Command: read Error Level:
Retryable
Aug 8 18:57:47 unknown scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Requested
Block: 0
Error Block: 0
Aug 8 18:57:47 unknown scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Vendor:
SAMSUNG
Serial Number: {5
Aug 8 18:57:47 unknown scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Sense
Key:
Media_Error
Aug 8 18:57:47 unknown scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] ASC: 0x11
(unrecovered read error), ASCQ: 0x0, FRU: 0x0
Aug 8 18:57:57 unknown scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING:
/pci@0,0/pci1002,4371@14,4/pci1025,7e@9,2/unit@0050770e00001a03/disk@0,0
(sd4):
Aug 8 18:57:57 unknown Error for Command: read Error Level:
Retryable
Aug 8 18:57:57 unknown scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Requested
Block: 0
Error Block: 0
Aug 8 18:57:57 unknown scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Vendor:
SAMSUNG
Serial Number: {5
Aug 8 18:57:57 unknown scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Sense
Key:
Media_Error
Aug 8 18:57:57 unknown scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] ASC: 0x11
(unrecovered read error), ASCQ: 0x0, FRU: 0x0
Aug 8 18:57:59 unknown scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING:
/pci@0,0/pci1002,4371@14,4/pci1025,7e@9,2/unit@0050770e00001a03/disk@0,0
(sd4):
Aug 8 18:57:59 unknown Error for Command: read Error Level:
Retryable
Aug 8 18:57:59 unknown scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Requested
Block: 0
Error Block: 0
Aug 8 18:57:59 unknown scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Vendor:
SAMSUNG
Serial Number: {5
Aug 8 18:57:59 unknown scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Sense
Key:
Media_Error
Aug 8 18:57:59 unknown scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] ASC: 0x11
(unrecovered read error), ASCQ: 0x0, FRU: 0x0
But it looks like this is a bug in the Firmware of the Firewire
Device - not a Solaris Bug. see
this
thread [09.08.06]
on
www.opensolaris.org.
The Box can also be connected via USB and in this configuration
it
works without problems.
The Box I tested is a icybox 250UE (see
http://www.icybox.de/de/pages/products/external_cases.php?we_objectID=3179#techdata
[09.08.06])
My Zaurus say the Chipset in the Firewire Device is a
Profilic ATAPI-6 Bridge Controller,
Class
Mass Storage, ID: 067b/3507.
Keyboard
[19.01.06 snv_28]
The internal keyboard (German layout) works
After installing the
Acer
Keyboard
patches from Casper Dik [20.01.06]
the special keys of the Ferrari keyboard
can also be used.
The keyboard layout is bad, especially if you're used to work
with
Thinkpads.
Some Fn-keys do not work; especially the Fn-keys to change the
volume
of the internal speaker.
I did not test an external keyboard yet.
[20.03.06 snv_33]
A PS/2 keyboard attached via PS/2-to-USB adapter works.
Internal
Modem
[19.01.06 snv_28]
not tested yet
Infra
Red
[20.04.06 snv_37]
not tested
yet
LAN
[19.01.06 snv_28]
You need to download the
driver
from
Broadcom [20.01.06]
to
use the internal LAN adapter of the Ferrari. With
this driver the LAN adapter works without problems.
[09.03.06 snv_33]
Instructions on how to install the driver if booted from
CDROM
are
here
[09.03.06].
[17.07.06 snv_43]
Solaris 11 snv_43 supports the Broadcom Ethernet Adapter out of
the
box. The driver from the Broadcom webpage is not necessary
anymore
Mousepad,
external
Mouse
[19.01.06 snv_28]
My external USB mouse works without problems.
Unfortunately
the mouse included with the Ferrari is a bluetooth-only mouse so
it
does not work with Solaris.
The internal mouse pad works more or less without problems with
Xorg
and XSun: You can use the touchpad to move the mouse and the
right and
left button but not the extra buttons in the middle
There is
thread
on
OpenSolaris [20.01.06]
about using the Synapsis driver for Xorg to get the extra
buttons
working. Looks like the driver maybe
included in a newer release of Xorg.
There is already a Synapsis touchpad driver for XSun, see
PS/2
Wheelmouse
driver
for Solaris x86 XSun [20.01.06]
. I did some minimal tests with this driver while runinng
XSun
but
did not get it to work yet.
See the
trouble shooting
section below
if the mousepad stops working
[19.07.06 snv_43]
Looks like there is hope that the Synapsis touchpad will be
usable in
Solaris soon (there's a thread about it in the
Laptop
Forum
on OpenSolaris [19.07.06]).
PCMCIA,
PC Card
[19.01.06 snv_28]
According to some entries on the Open Solaris Websites you
should use
the updated Cardbus driver from the
Open
Solaris
Webpage
[19.01.06].
I did not test if there are differences between
this driver and the driver included in Solaris - I just
installed it.
There seems to be a problem
with the
CardBus driver - more than one time while testing I had to
cold reboot
the Ferrari because the Laptop hangs after trying to use a PC
Card. I'm
using version 0.2 of the CardBus driver.
I have tested the following PCMCIA hardware
IBM PCMCIA Memory Card (2 MB
Flash, 1
MB SRAM) (very old card)
[19.01.06 snv_28]
The card is detected; there are new devices in /dev/dsk
and /dev/rdsk;
but I can't mount them. The messages
from /var/adm/messages are:
Jan 19 22:32:09 ferrari pcram: [ID 757218 kern.notice]
pcram:
WARNING - Found unsupported FLASH device at socket 0
Jan 19 22:32:09 ferrari genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] pcram0
is
/pci@0,0/pci1002,4371@14,4/pci1025,7e@9/memory@0/pcram@6,0
Jan 19 22:32:09 ferrari genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info]
/pci@0,0/pci1002,4371@14,4/pci1025,7e@9/memory@0/pcram@6,0
(pcram0)
online
Jan 19 22:32:09 ferrari pcmcia: [ID 580848 kern.info] pcmem0
at pcic@9
in socket 0
Jan 19 22:32:09 ferrari genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info]
/pci@0,0/pci1002,4371@14,4/pci1025,7e@9/memory@0 (pcmem0)
online
Jan 19 22:35:35 ferrari genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info]
/pci@0,0/pci1002,4371@14,4/pci1025,7e@9/memory@0/pcram@6,0
(pcram0)
offline
Jan 19 22:35:35 ferrari genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info]
/pci@0,0/pci1002,4371@14,4/pci1025,7e@9/memory@0 (pcmem0)
offline
The card also does not work in Windows XP because of missing
drivers.
D-Link FAX/Data Modem DM560
[19.01.06 snv_28]
The card is detected; but after accessing the modem via
tip the Ferrari is
dead and a cold reboot is necessarry
I'm not sure if this is a problem with the PC Card or with the
Cardbus
driver
The messages in /var/adm/messages are:
Jan 19 23:11:05 ferrari pcic: [ID 152030 kern.notice] dip
is:0xffffffff8038eb90
Jan 19 23:11:05 ferrari pcic: [ID 759616 kern.notice] parent
dip
is:0xffffffff80396010
Jan 19 23:11:05 ferrari pcic: [ID 152030 kern.notice] dip
is:0xffffffff8038eb90
Jan 19 23:11:05 ferrari pcic: [ID 759616 kern.notice] parent
dip
is:0xffffffff80396010
Jan 19 23:11:05 ferrari pcic: [ID 152030 kern.notice] dip
is:0xffffffff8038eb90
Jan 19 23:11:05 ferrari pcic: [ID 759616 kern.notice] parent
dip
is:0xffffffff80396010
Jan 19 23:11:05 ferrari pcic: [ID 152030 kern.notice] dip
is:0xffffffff8038eb90
Jan 19 23:11:05 ferrari pcic: [ID 759616 kern.notice] parent
dip
is:0xffffffff80396010
Jan 19 23:11:06 ferrari pcmcia: [ID 580848 kern.info] pcser0
at pcic@9
in socket 0
Jan 19 23:11:06 ferrari genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] pcser0
is
/pci@0,0/pci1002,4371@14,4/pci1025,7e@9/serial@0
Jan 19 23:11:06 ferrari genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info]
/pci@0,0/pci1002,4371@14,4/pci1025,7e@9/serial@0 (pcser0)
online
[25.04.06 snv_37]
Same behaviour like with snv_28 - the card is detected but
after
accessing it (tested with tip) the Ferrari is frozen and a cold
boot is
necessary.
3COM Etherlink III LAN PC Card
[19.01.06 snv_28]
This card seems to work. Seems, because after assigning an IP
address
to the card and using the IP address the Ferrari hangs and a
cold
reboot is necssary. The bevaviour is the same in 32
Bit
mode and in 64 Bit mode.
I'm not sure if this is a problem with the PC Card or with the
Cardbus
driver
The messages in /var/adm/messages are:
Jan 19 23:12:56 ferrari pcic: [ID 152030 kern.notice] dip
is:0xffffffff8038eb90
Jan 19 23:12:56 ferrari pcic: [ID 759616 kern.notice] parent
dip
is:0xffffffff80396010
Jan 19 23:12:57 ferrari genunix: [ID 678236 kern.info]
Ethernet address
= 0:a0:24:ac:a5:c5
Jan 19 23:12:57 ferrari pcelx: [ID 157528 kern.info] pcelx0
(@0x0):
3COM EtherLink 10/100 (PCMCIA): ether (10baseT)
0:a0:24:ac:a5:c5
Jan 19 23:12:57 ferrari pcmcia: [ID 580848 kern.info] pcelx0
at pcic@9
in socket 0
Jan 19 23:12:57 ferrari genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] pcelx0
is
/pci@0,0/pci1002,4371@14,4/pci1025,7e@9/network@0
Jan 19 23:12:57 ferrari genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info]
/pci@0,0/pci1002,4371@14,4/pci1025,7e@9/network@0 (pcelx0)
online
[25.04.06 snv_37]
The 3COM Etherlink III LAN PC Card works with this Solaris
Release.
Adaptec SlimSCSI 1460B PC Card
[19.01.06 snv_28]
not tested yet
[25.04.06 snv_37]
The card is not detected by Solaris.
I have tested the following Compact Flash hardware (used with a
CF-to-PCMCIA Adapter):
[19.01.06 snv_28]
CompactFlash Storage cards work.
[19.01.06 snv_28]
The
Apollo 10/100 MB Ethernet
LAN Card
does not work (there are no messages in /var/adm/messages).
Note: Windowx XP crashes if this card is inserted. But the
Apollo
card works fine in my Zaurus ...
[25.04.06 snv_37]
No change to snv_28 - the card is not detected by Solaris
[19.01.06 snv_28]
The
SanDisk Connect
CompactFlash
802.11b LAN Card also does not work (there are no
messages
in /var/adm/messages).
Not tested with Windows XP; the card works fine in my Zaurus.
[25.04.06 snv_37]
No change to snv_28 - the card is not detected by Solaris
[12.10.06 snv_46]
The
card bus driver available on the laptop download page is not
necessary
anymore - it's included in Solaris Nevada since snv_44 (see
here).
SD
Card reader
[19.01.06 snv_28]
I remember to read a posting that the card reader in the Ferrari
is not supported by Solaris right now but I can't remember where
I got
this info from.
In my tests the SD Card reader did not work (no messages in
/var/adm/messages after inserting a SD card)
Sound
[19.01.06 snv_28]
You need the driver from Open Systems to use the sound on the
Acer
Ferrari 4005. I downloaded the current version
oss3993d-solaris-amd64-v10-pci.tar.Z and installed it
according
to the installation instructions.
In general it works; but with a some issues:
First, the sound works only for Gnome Desktop events; I did not
get the
Gnome CD Player or xmcd to work until now. And second, you can
not load
the OSS driver at system startup. Doing this crashes the Ferrari
while
booting and corrupts the boot archive.
[23.01.06 snv_28]
cdda2wav dev=cdrom0 -e -t1 -d0 -N
does play the CD as expected with sound
[24.01.06 snv_28]
Got an answer from OSS Technical Support (10 minutes after
mailing the
question!):
Hi,
The problem with most laptops is that the CDROM isn't
connected to the
soundport via an analog cable. This means you will need
to play Audio
CDs digitally. XMMS has a mode called DAE (or digital
audio extraction)
which is basically how WIndows plays CDs. You need to
run XMMS,
configure the CDPlugin to use DAE mode and then open the
cd rom and
play CDs that way. You can also use Xine to play CDs
digitally.
If you have Windows, try this: Go to the Control
Panel->System->Device
Manager->CDROM->Properties and
"uncheck" the Enable Digital CD audio for this CD Device
option and now
you won't be able to hear CD audio even in Windows.
If you are using Solaris 10, I'd recommend that you run
OSS v4.0 beta
that can be downloaded at: http://www.4front-tech.com/test
|
That works!
Note that the beta driver mentioned in the mail does not work on
the
Acer Ferrari.
[01.02.06 snv_30]
The new OSS beta driver, oss-4.0-l36-i386.pkg.gz form
http://www.4front-tech.com/test
[01.02.06] works on the
Acer
Ferrari 4005.
[10.02.06 snv_30]
Still trying to configure sound for ogle (DVD player) with the
OSS
driver - until now I did not get it work. The sound works
with
mplayer( another DVD player) but I would like to get ogle
working.
Updated to the new beta version oss-4.0.150-i386.pkg.gz.
[15.02.06 snv_33]
It looks like the Beta sound drivers corrupts memory of other
driver & processes - add. checks are necessary.
[21.02.06 snv_33]
The beta driver oss-4.0.150-i386.pkg.gz from
http://www.4front-tech.com/test
[21.02.06] crashes
Solaris
randomly; it looks like the driver corrupts the memory of other
drivers. I lost a complete slice with data because of this. I'll
test
the official release now again.
The sound with ogle works with the OSS driver
oss3994a-solaris-amd64-v10-pci.tar.Z in snv_33.
[02.03.06 snv_33]
There is a new beta driver of the OSS 4.0 driver on the website
of
4front-tech:
oss-v4.0-152-i386.pkg.gz
[02.03.06]. This driver
version should fix the crash on the Acer Ferrari 4005. I
will test it in the next days.
[06.03.06 snv_33]
The new beta of the OSS 4.0 driver
oss-v4.0-152-i386.pkg.gz
[02.03.06] works
better:
Sound
in xmms and ogle is okay and no more crashes anymore until now
[20.04.06 snv_37]
The installation of the OSS sound driver fails on this release
of
Solaris (tested with the version 152 and 155 of the beta
version).
The postinstall script of the driver fails with the following
error
message:
## Executing postinstall script.
Starting Open Sound System....please wait
add_drv -m '* 0666 root sys' osscore
add_drv -m '* 0666 root sys' -i '"pci1002,4370"' atiaudio
("pci1002,4370") already in use as a driver or alias.
add_drv -m '* 0666 root sys' -i '"pci1002,4370"' atiaudio
Installing OSS (atiaudio) failed
Looks like there are new driver in this release of Solaris for
the
sound hardware. But unfortunately they did not work on the
Ferrari (at
least I did not get them to work yet)
I therefor installed the version 1.9beta of the
Sound
driver
from Juergen Keil [20.04.06]
instead
and these drivers worked without problems.
[21.04.06 snv_37]
OSS sound driver installation works after doing a
rem_drv audioixp
and a reboot.
According to Capser Dik the sound driver in snv_37 should work
out of
the box on an Acer Ferrari 4005 - but it doesn't on my Ferrari.
(see
here
[21.04.06] and
here
[21.04.06])
[22.04.06 snv_37]
OSS 4.0 driver
oss-v4.0-152-i386.pkg.gz
[21.04.06]
crashes the
Ferrari randomly; now testing OSS 4.0 driver
oss-v4.0-156-i386.pkg.gz
[22.04.06]
[26.04.06 snv_37]
I did a fresh reinstall of Solaris snv_37 on the Ferrari
and now
sound works out of the box ( I don't know why it did not work
the first
time)
USB
[19.01.06 snv_28]
USB Devices that work:
- USB Memory Stick
- USB 2.0
Harddisks
- USB Mouse
- USB SD Card Reader
- Sharp Zaurus S-CL3100 as Card reader
- USB-to-serial Adapter (
Prolific Technology Inc. USB-Serial Controller)
Devices that did not work
Motorola V3 Mobile
[19.01.06 snv_28]
I also tested my Motorola V3 Mobile (with USB); the modem is
detected
but there seems to be a driver missing:
Jan 19 21:48:00 ferrari usba: [ID 723738 kern.info]
/pci@0,0/pci1025,7e@13,1 (ohci1): setting address failed
(cr=<Data
size exceeded> cb_flags=<callback processed> rval=-1)
Jan 19 21:48:00 ferrari usba: [ID 723738 kern.info]
/pci@0,0/pci1025,7e@13,1 (ohci1): device on port 4 enumerated
after 1
retry
Jan 19 21:48:00 ferrari usba: [ID 912658 kern.info] USB 1.10
device
(usb22b8,4902) operating at full speed (USB 1.x) on USB 1.10
root hub:
communications@4, usb_mid0 at bus address 4
Jan 19 21:48:00 ferrari usba: [ID 349649
kern.info] Motorola Inc. Phone (V3)
Jan 19 21:48:00 ferrari genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info]
usb_mid0 is
/pci@0,0/pci1025,7e@13,1/communications@4
Jan 19 21:48:00 ferrari genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info]
/pci@0,0/pci1025,7e@13,1/communications@4 (usb_mid0) online
Jan 19 21:48:00 ferrari usba: [ID 723738 kern.info]
/pci@0,0/pci1025,7e@13,1/communications@4 (usb_mid0): no
driver found
for interface 0 (nodename: 'modem') of Motorola Inc. Phone
(V3)
Jan 19 21:48:00 ferrari usba: [ID 723738 kern.info]
/pci@0,0/pci1025,7e@13,1/communications@4 (usb_mid0): no
driver found
for interface 1 (nodename: 'data') of Motorola Inc. Phone (V3)
Jan 19 21:49:50 ferrari genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info]
/pci@0,0/pci1025,7e@13,1/communications@4 (usb_mid0) offline
If I understand the
USB FAQ
from
Sun [20.01.06]
correct,
this is okay because there is no USB Modem support in
Solaris.
[25.01.06 snv_28]
It looks like only the USB 1.1 driver are used.
This is a bug of the Ferrari see
Bug
ID
6353371 [25.01.06] :
On the Ferrari 4000, adding the following to /etc/system changes the load order to
one more acceptable to the Ferrari's hardware:
forceload: drv/ohci
This, of course, is not a solution we can codify because this load order
is apparently in contradiction with the SPECs.
DOWNSIDE: USB devices attached at boot do not initialize properly
|
(Source:
Bug
ID
6353371 [25.01.06])
Thanks
to Casper Dik and Juergen Keil for this information.
[09.02.06 snv_30]
USB Devices that work:
- USB Memory Stick
- USB 2.0
Harddisk
- USB Mouse
- USB-to-serial Adapter (
Prolific Technology Inc. USB-Serial Controller)
Not tested yet with snv_30:
- USB SD Card Reader
- Sharp Zaurus S-CL3100 as Card reader
[27.02.06 snv_33]
According to USB 2.0 support should now work on the Acer Ferrari
4005:
Compatibility
with the USB controller on the Sony Z1WA, Sony Vaio
PCG-V505DX and Acer
Ferrari 4005 laptops (and probably on others) was
improved-- in
particular USB 2.0 ports should now work at full speed,
rather than a
USB 1.x speed.
|
(Source:
Weblog
of
Dan Price 17.02.06
[27.02.06])
but my Ferrari still connects a USB 2.0 Harddisk with USB 1.1:
Feb 27 18:56:14 ferrari usba: [ID
912658
kern.info] USB 2.0 device (usb5e3,702) operating at full speed
(USB
1.x) on USB 1.10 root hub: storage@1, scsa2usb0 at bus address
3
Feb 27 18:56:14 ferrari usba: [ID 349649
kern.info] USB TO IDE
Feb 27 18:56:14 ferrari genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info]
scsa2usb0 is
/pci@0,0/pci1025,7e@13,1/storage@1
Feb 27 18:56:14 ferrari genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info]
/pci@0,0/pci1025,7e@13,1/storage@1 (scsa2usb0) online
Feb 27 18:56:14 ferrari scsi: [ID 193665 kern.info] sd1 at
scsa2usb0:
target 0 lun 0
Feb 27 18:56:14 ferrari genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] sd1 is
/pci@0,0/pci1025,7e@13,1/storage@1/disk@0,0
Feb 27 18:56:14 ferrari genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info]
/pci@0,0/pci1025,7e@13,1/storage@1/disk@0,0 (sd1) online
Feb 27 18:56:14 ferrari genunix: [ID 314293 kern.info] device
pciclass,030000@0(display#0) keeps up device sd@0,0(disk#1),
but the
latter is not power managed
Feb 27 18:56:20 ferrari sloggi: [ID 668208 kern.notice]
uname() syscall.
Casper Dik's answer:
(Source:
Casper Dik
27.02.06
[27.02.06])
[20.03.06 snv_33]
"eject rmdisk" does not work correct for harddisks: After
executing
"eject rmdisk" the harddisk is umounted for about 1 or 2 seconds
then
vold remounts the harddisk again. To avoid this either stop
vold;
unplug the cable; and restart vold again or do a "umount
/rmdisk/label"
instead of the eject.
[24.03.06 snv_33]
The USB 2.0 support should work in snv_35 but I did not test it
yet
[20.04.07 snv_37]
The work around for the USB 2.0 devices is not necessary any
more with
this Solaris Release
[28.04.06 snv_37]
An (old) IBM PS/2 mouse connected via an PS/2-USB-adapter
does
not work
[30.06.06 snv_41]
My USB 2.0 USB Stick does not work anymore; the messages in
/var/adm/messages after inserting the USB stick are:
Jun 30 18:11:35 ferrari usba: [ID 912658 kern.info] USB
2.0
device
(usb930,6529) operating at hi speed (USB 2.x) on USB 2.0 root
hub: storage@8, scsa2usb1 at bus address 2
Jun 30 18:11:35 ferrari usba: [ID 349649 kern.info] TOSHIBA
ransMemory
09B1DB5113605893
Jun 30 18:11:35 ferrari genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info]
scsa2usb1 is
/pci@0,0/pci1025,7e@13,2/storage@8
Jun 30 18:11:35 ferrari genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info]
/pci@0,0/pci1025,7e@13,2/storage@8 (scsa2usb1) online
Jun 30 18:11:36 ferrari scsi: [ID 193665 kern.info] sd2 at
scsa2usb1:
target 0 lun 0
Jun 30 18:11:36 ferrari genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] sd2 is
/pci@0,0/pci1025,7e@13,2/storage@8/disk@0,0
Jun 30 18:11:36 ferrari genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info]
/pci@0,0/pci1025,7e@13,2/storage@8/disk@0,0 (sd2) online
Jun 30 18:11:36 ferrari genunix: [ID 314293 kern.info] device
pciclass,030000@0(display#0) keeps up device sd@0,0(disk#2),
but the
latter is not power managed
Jun 30 18:11:36 ferrari scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Device
is gone
Jun 30 18:11:36 ferrari last message repeated 1 time
Jun 30 18:11:36 ferrari usba: [ID 691482 kern.warning]
WARNING:
/pci@0,0/pci1025,7e@13,2/storage@8 (scsa2usb1): Disconnected
device was
busy, please reconnect.
Jun 30 18:11:39 ferrari scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Device
is gone
Jun 30 18:11:41 ferrari genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info]
/pci@0,0/pci1025,7e@13,2/storage@8/disk@0,0 (sd2) offline
Jun 30 18:11:41 ferrari last message repeated 1 time
Jun 30 18:11:41 ferrari genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info]
/pci@0,0/pci1025,7e@13,2/storage@8 (scsa2usb1) offline
The other USB devices that I tested until now with snv_41, an
USB 1.0
mouse and a USB 2.0 harddisk, work without problem.
Look's like a known "regression":
I believe this is a known regression in b41 and possibly b42; all seems to
be well again in b43 (compile a recent scsa2usb.
Casper
|
(Source:
Casper Dik
30.06.06
[30.06.06])
[17.07.06 snv_43]
The USB 2.0 Memory stick works again with this release
Video
[19.01.06 snv_28]
The graphics adapter in the Acer Ferrari 4005 is supported by
the xservers XSun and Xorg. As far as I know XSun does not
support the
display resolution of the Acer Ferrari (1600x1050) but Xorg
does. XSun
always uses 1024x768 on my Ferrari Display.
Therefor you should use Xorg on the Acer Ferrari.
Please note that Xorg only supports the display resolution with
a
manually corrected xorg.conf. You can use the
xorg.conf
from
Capser Dik [19.01.06] without changes.
I did not test an external display adapter until now.
[19.01.06 snv_28]
> On reboot, all I had
was a
black screen; I think the OS was up (occasional disk
> activity and such), but I couldn't see what I was
doing, so it
didn't help much.
If this is once the X server starts, you should be able
to kill it with
Ctrl-Alt-Backspace (assuming you chose Xorg). Do that 5
times or so and
dtlogin should finally give up on starting it and return
you to console.
To make Xorg actually display on the laptop screen,
you'll need to tell
it to use the builtin screen - for some reason it's
probe sees the VGA
& DVI ports, but not the builtin screen. You can fix
this in your
xorg.conf with
Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS,CRT"
in the Device section. (See the xorg.conf sample Casper
posted a
couple weeks ago at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisx86/message/29174
)
|
(Source:
Alan
Coopersmith, 29.09.2005
[19.01.06])
[21.02.06 snv_33]
Note: You should copy the
xorg.conf
from
Capser Dik [19.01.06] to
/etc/X11
before the first
reboot after the installation .
[24.03.06 snv_33]
There's a bug in X.org from snv_35:
A
warning from our internal Ferrari user group to anyone
else
running Solaris Express/Nevada builds on Acer Ferrari
4000
laptops:
If you're using Nevada build 35 or later, rename
/usr/X11/lib/modules/libvbe.so so the Xorg server
doesn't find
it. If it's there, the new monitor probing changes
introduced in
build 35 by Sun bug 6385111 (aka Xorg bug 5892) cause
the Ferrari
4000 to attempt to use VESA BIOS Extensions (VBE) to get
the monitor
settings after the normal methods failed. Unfortunately,
while this
works the first time you do it, if you do it a second
time without
rebooting in between, it seems to cause the Ferrari 4000
BIOS to hang
the entire machine, requiring you to manually power it
down to recover.
Since this is an optional module, if Xorg can't load it,
it just skips
it.
This failure is being tracked in Sun's bug database as
6402721 and
is being worked on now by the engineer who introduced
the fallback
to VBE into our Xorg. So far it's only been reported on
the Ferrari
4000
laptops, but could potentially be seen on other machines
with similar
BIOS'es.
[I also posted this message with a bunch of links to
more information
at http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/alanc?entry=xorg_bug_on_ferrari_4000
]
--
-Alan
Coopersmith-
alan.coopersmith@sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X
Window System
Engineering |
(Source:
Alan
Coopersmith, 29.09.2005
[24.03.06])
[20.04.06 snv_37]
The bug with libvbe.so module still exists in this Solaris
Release
[01.06.06 snv_40]
The bug should be fixed in this release; not tested yet.
WLAN
[19.01.06 snv_28]
There are no driver for the BroadCom WLAN adapter used in the
Acer
Ferrari.
You can install the new released NDIS Wrapper kit to use the
Windows
driver for the WLAN adapter - but:
The 64 Bit Windows
drivers for
the Broadcom Wireless Card can not be
used with the NDIS Wrapper kit and you can't use the 32
Bit drivers if
booted in 64 Bit mode:
[...]
Unfortunately, the 64-bit drivers available from
broadcom use SSE
instructions which makes it impossible to use them in
the kernel. But
the 32 bit driver works fine (but in the end I puntedand
replaced it
with an Atheros for EUR35. |
(Source:
Casper
Dik, 14.01.06,
[19.01.06])
Therefor to use the internal WLAN with the Windows drivers and
the NDIS
wrapper
you must
boot the Ferrari into 32 Bit
mode [19.01.06]
As an alterntive you can replace the internal WLAN card of the
Ferrari
(see
here
[19.01.06])
[20.01.06 snv_28]
A mail to the German Acer support requesting a Solaris 10 x86
driver
for the Broadcom WLAN adapter was sent yesterday. An answer is
still
pending.
[21.02.06 snv_33]
There's an opensource driver for the WLAN adapter of the Ferrari
at
http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/
that
is known to work in Linux.
Due to licence problems this driver can not be included in Open
Solaris; see
here
[21.02.06].
[27.06.06 snv_41]
I replaced the preinstalled Broadcom Wireless adapter with an
Intel Pro
Wireless 2200BG and installed the SUNWiwi.pkg (iwi 0.4).
Works perfect (
but
the
WIFI button in front of the Ferrari seems not to
work anymore)
[28.06.06 snv_41]
The WIFI button in front of the Ferrari still works: It turns
WIFI on
and off (but the light doesn't work anymore)
[09.09.06 snv_46]
Note: Solaris Nevada snv_44 and newer need the iwi version 0.5
or newer.
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Software
cdrecord/cdrecord-prodvd
[19.01.06 snv_28]
Works without problems with the internal DVD burner.
[19.07.06 snv_43]
cdrecord v2.01.01a06 is now part of Solaris
(Package:
SUNWmkcd).
This cdrecord DOES not support DVDs!
[10.10.06 snv_49]
cdrecord v2.01.01.a10 is now part of the Solaris package
SUNWmkcd; this
version does burn DVDs without a license key
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inetmenu
[19.01.06 snv_28]
From the
inetmenu
homage page:
| Inetmenu tool provides a
graphical interface that enables laptop
users to easily manage their wired, wireless, and dial
up network
configurations.
When invoked without arguments, inetmenu scans the
available
network
interfaces and presents them to the user. Users can
also invoke
inetmenu with arguments to specify an intderface,
profile, or, for a
wireless connection, the ESSID.
|
(Source:
inet
menu
homepage, 19.01.06
[19.01.06])
[20.01.06 snv_28]
Note that deinstalling inetmenu leaves a now not usable service
entry
(tested with inetmenu 1.9). Either disable or remove it
manually.
Usage not tested yet
[25.04.06 snv_37]
Installed & configured it today - works. Configuring is a
little
trial and error but fortunately its' "only" a script ;-)
I've only changed the code to check for /etc/hostname.* files so
that
it ignores the files for the virtual network adapter
(/etc/hostname.vni*)
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qemu
[19.01.06 snv_28]
qemu
[19.01.06] is an
Open Source Virtual PC (like Virtual PC or VM Ware). I've
successfully
tested the current Solaris Version 0.7.0 on Solaris 10
running on my IBM Thinkpad T30 and on the Ferrari. The
performance is
not as good as in the commercial products but for my purpose it
sufficient.
I've tested Schillix, Benelix, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Knoppix
and
DSL.
You can download the binary package for Solaris from
blastwave
[19.01.06].
[24.01.06 snv_28]
The windows version of qemu 0.8.0 runs in wine on Solaris .
[09.05.06 snv_37]
The version 0.8.1 can be compiled without problems under Solaris
10
x86 (see also
this
forum
entry [09.05.06]).
First
tests of this version look pretty good.
[14.06.06 snv_41]
A precompiled version of Qemu 0.8.1 can be downloaded
here
[31.07.06 snv_43]
QEMU v0.8.2 is out. Not tested yet under Solaris
[09.09.06 snv_46]
QEMU v0.8.2 compiles and runs without problems under Solaris
[21.09.06 snv_46]
There's now a
project for
qemu on
Solaris at OpenSolaris.org [21.09.06].
On this page you download the source code and binaries for qemu
on
Solaris. A binary of qemu accelerator for Solaris is also there!
[25.09.06 snv_46]
The qemu binary and the kqemu accelerator for qemu from the
OpenSolaris
project works very well. The performance increases significant
using
the accelerator. There's only one minor issue with the qemu
binary: the
info command without parameter core dumps qemu.
[03.10.06 snv_46]
There's now a new version of the accelerator and the binary on
the Open
Solaris projekt page. This version supports more than one
instance
using the kqemu accelerator. The bug in the info command (info
without
parameter core dumps) is still there.
[19.10.06 snv_49]
The "new" qemu binaries from the OpenSolaris qemu project
page,
SUNWqemu-0.8.2_REV_2006.10.18-sol10-i386-opt.pkg.bz2
[19.10.06]), work also
in
snv_49. The bug in the info command (info without
parameter core dumps) is still there.
There's a message from Martin Bochnig to use the "old" binaries,
qemu-osol-0.8.2-bin-x86.tar.gz
[19.10.06],instead of the "new" one because of problems with the
kqemu
and the "new" binaries. Unfortunately the "old" binaries do not
work
reliable on snv_49.
(Source:
forum
Message
from Martin Bochnig, 19.10.06
[19.10.06])
If you want to use the accelerator kqemu be aware of this
restriction:
The accelerator requires qemu on 32-bit kernels and qemu-system-x86_64 on 64-bit kernels. Fabrice has mentioned he may lift this
restriction in the future by adding some extensions to kqemu, in which case we'll need to extend the wrapper.
|
(Source:
OpenSolaris QEMU
Sketchpad,
[19.01.06])
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Xen
The information about
Xen and
Solaris is now on a
separate
Webpage
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Installation
General
[19.01.06 snv_28]
In general the installation of Solaris 10 on the Acer
Ferrari 4005
works smoothly. The only issue I had was the missing Xorg
configuration after the installation.
[09.03.06 snv_33]
Instructions on how to do a flash install are
here
[09.03.06].
Hints
This section contains some hints for using Solaris. The hints
are not
necessary Acer Ferrari related.
How
to boot into 32 Bit mode
[19.01.06 snv_28]
Edit /boot/grub/menu.lst
and add
"kernel/unix" as first argument on
the multiboot line.
(You can also clone the default entry and mkae a
"Solaris Nevada
(32-bit)" entry instead)
#---------- ADDED BY BOOTADM - DO NOT EDIT
----------
title Solaris Nevada snv_31 X86
kernel /platform/i86pc/multiboot
module /platform/i86pc/boot_archive
#---------------------END BOOTADM--------------------
#
# Clone of the above w/ kernel/unix added for 32 bit
booting
#
title Solaris Nevada (32bit)
kernel /platform/i86pc/multiboot kernel/unix
module /platform/i86pc/boot_archive
#---------- ADDED BY BOOTADM - DO NOT EDIT ----------
title Solaris failsafe
kernel /boot/multiboot kernel/unix -s
module /boot/x86.miniroot-safe
#---------------------END BOOTADM--------------------
|
(Source:
Casper
Dik, 14.01.06
[19.01.06])
How to enable
reboot
and shutdown in gdm/2
Edit the file /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf first, and uncomment the
following
lines:
RebootCommand=/sbin/init 6
HaltCommand=/sbin/init 5
How to enable debugging for the
cardbus
driver
[19.01.06 snv_28]
Enable the debuging
messages by
adding two lines in /etc/system :
set pcic:pcic_debug=1
set cardbus:cardbus_debug=1
|
(Source:
vincent,
Rui
Wang, 24.10.05
[19.01.06])
Coexistence
with
other OSes
[19.01.06 snv_28]
Solaris coexists perfect with other Operating systems on
the Ferrari - but I must admit I only tested with the
preinstalled Windows XP ;-).
If you install Solaris after you installed Windows XP the
installation
program automatically adds entries for Windows XP and the hidden
Diagnose Partition of the Ferrari to the GRUB boot menu.
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Trouble
Shooting
Known bugs in snv_30
Error message:
Unexpected token on line 359 "00" /etc/driver_aliases
That's a known bug (Source:
Casper
Dik, 31.01.06
[02.02.06]);
just
edit the /etc/driver_aliases manually.
The last two lines in the file should look like:
ses
"scsiclass,0d"
ses "scsiclass,00.vSUN.pUniversal_Xport"
[21.02.06 snv_33]
This bug is fixed in snv_33
Known bugs in snv_41
Samba does not
start
[14.06.06 snv_41]
Samba does not start due to a missing library; the bug report
for this
bug is
6435463
Work around:
Work around (for now), sym link libgnutls.so.12.. to libgnutls.so.6
# cd /usr/lib
# ln -s libgnutls.so.12.3.7 libgnutls.so.6
|
(Source:
Bug report
14.06.06
[14.06.06])
CDROM player does not
work
The default CDROM player in snv_41; sound juicer, does not work
due to
missing HAL (what ever that is); see bug report
6423748
Workaround:
use xmms to play CDs; replace /usr/bin/gnome-cd with a link to a
script
that starts "xmms -p"
A working xmms configuration is:
Select the "Solaris audio plugin " and configure the output to
"Line
Out"
Known bugs in
snv_43
Symbolic link
for
libcrypto.so.0.9.7 missing
[17.07.06 snv_43]
The symbolic link /usr/sfw/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.7 is missing; to
recreate this link issue:
cd /usr/sfw/lib/
ln -s ./libcrypto.so ./libcrypto.so.0.9.7
Recreate the link before installing any package that uses the
library
(because otherwise the postinstall script of these packages may
fail).
Known bugs in snv_46
Gnome Panel
not
working
[12.09.06 snv_46]
You can't use the Gnome Panel if you're using GDM ; see
this
bug
Workaround:
Use dtlogin instead of GDM.
The internal
mousepad
does not work anymore
[20.01.06 snv_28]
Shutdown the Ferrari; turn it off, remove the battery; wait up
to 5 minutes; insert the battery again and turn on the ferrari.
The mousepad should now work again.
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Files
This is a list of files and scripts I put on my website that
maybe
useful
| xorg.conf for the
Acer Ferrari
4005 |
Note: This is the
xorg.conf from
Casper Dik |
[19.01.06
snv_28]
|
| switch_xserver.sh
|
Script to change the X
Server
from XSun to Xorg or vice versa
Note: Execute only if the XServer is not running
Use
svcprop -p "options/server"
"svc:/application/x11/x11-server"
to get the current xserver
Source: Richard
L.
Hamilton, 14.06.05 [19.01.06]
|
[19.01.06
snv_28]
|
switch_login.sh
|
Script to change the
login
program from dtlogin to gdm2 or vice versa
Note: Execute only if the XServer is not running
Source: me
|
[19.01.06
snv_28]
|
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Links
Acer Ferrari
Acer
Ferrari
4005 homepage (German) [19.01.06]
Acer
Ferrari
4005 technical specification [20.01.06]
Acer
ferrari
driver download page (ftp; mostly windows driver) [19.01.06]
Acer
ferrari
driver download page (http; mostly windows drivers) [19.01.06]
Ferrari
4000
Service Guide (system specs, disassembly, jumpers, internal
configuration, troubleshooting, etc.) [20.01.06]
Ferrari
4000
User's Guide (very basic usage) [20.01.06]
Solaris
General
Notable
New
Features in Solaris "Nevada", Build 27 (12/2005) [19.01.06]
Notable
New
Features in Solaris "Nevada", Build 31 (2/2006) [27.02.06]
Notable
New
Features in Solaris "Nevada", Build 36 (472006) [08.05.06]
What's
new
in Solaris Express (list) [08.05.06]
Change
log
for snv_41 [17.07.06]
Change
log
for snv_42 [17.07.06]
Change
log
for snv_43 [17.07.06]
Change
log
for snv_44 [18.07.06]
Change
log
for snv_45 [12.09.06]
Change
log
for snv_46 [12.09.06]
Change
log
for snv_49 [19.10.06]
Change
log
for snv_50 [19.10.06]
Note: The general format of the
webpage with the release notes for a nevada release looks like:
http://dlc.sun.com/osol/on/downloads/b##/on-changelog-b##.html
where ## is the release number (e.g. 43)
Open
Solaris
Homepage [19.01.06]
Open
Solaris:
Laptop [19.01.06]
Open
Solaris:
Device drivers [19.01.06]
Solaris
Express [19.01.06]
Solaris
Express Community Build Download [23.01.06]
Open
Solaris
Companion downloads [19.07.06]
Sun
Bug Database
[19.01.06]
Sun
Bug
Database Search [25.01.06]
Sunsolve [19.01.06]
Sun online
documentation
[19.01.06]
BigAdmin
Solaris
x86 Collection [19.01.06]
A
GRUB Configuration for Multiple Solaris Instances [25.01.06]
Driver &
Tools
Open
Solaris
laptop Community Downloads [19.01.06]
frkit
-
download and install acerkb, acpi, gnome-battery and powernow
[19.01.06]
PS/2
Wheelmouse
driver
for Solaris x86 (XSun) [20.01.06]
cardbus
driver
home page [19.01.06]
cardbus
v0.2
driver download [19.01.06]
Wireless
networking
for Open Solaris [19.01.06]
wificonfig
man
page [19.01.06]
ndis
wrapper
tool [19.01.06]
inetmenu
[19.01.06]
Broadcom
Ethernet
Driver Download page [19.01.06]
Free
NIC Driver for Solaris [02.02.06]
How
to
install the Broadcom Ethernet driver if booted from CDROM
[09.03.06]
DVD+RW/+R/-RW
Tools
included in Solaris
[27.02.06]
USB FAQ
from
Sun [20.01.06]
List
of supported
USB devices [20.01.06]
USB
Security
Script [20.01.06]
Open
Sound
System for
Solaris [19.01.06]
Open
Sound
System Beta driver for Solaris [22.04.06]
Install
instructions
for OSS [19.01.06]
Juergen
Keils
Sound driver [20.04.06]
xorg.conf
file
collection
[19.01.06]
xorg.conf
from
Casper Dik for the Acer Ferrari 4005 [19.01.06]
Sun
HCL
Entry for the Acer Ferrari 4000 [20.01.06]
Laptop related
Solaris
Laptop
list (x86) [19.01.06]
Solaris
for
x86 Laptops [19.01.06]
Solaris
with mobile Computers [07.03.06]
ACPI / BIOS
ACPI
DSDT Download
page [20.01.06]
ACPI
DSDT
for the Acer Ferrari 4005 (I don't know if that is usable
in
Solaris)
[20.01.06]
iasl
(ACPI Compiler
for Solaris) [23.01.06]
Fixing
some
ACPI BIOS stuff on the Acer Ferrari 4005 [19.01.06]
Additional
Software
www.blastwave.org
[20.01.06]
www.sunfreeware.com
[20.01.06]
qemu
Homepage [31.07.06]
64
Bit
Packages for Solaris X86 [27.02.06]
qemu
project on OpenSolaris [21.09.06]
OpenSolaris
QEMU
Sketchpad (Current issues with QEMU)
[19.10.06]
Linux on the
Acer
Ferrari 4005
Linux
on
the Acer
Ferrari 4005 [20.01.06]
Gentoo
on
the Acer Ferrari 4005 [20.01.06]
Gentoo
on
the Acer Ferrari 4005WLMi Manual [20.01.06]
Ubuntu
on
the Acer Ferrari 4005 [20.01.06]
Blogs
Alan
Coopersmith [19.06.06]
Bruno Delbono
[26.01.06]
Casper
Dik
[19.01.06]
Andrei
Dorofeev [19.01.06]
Dan
Price
(What's new in Solaris?)
[27.02.07]
Richard
Friedmann
[09.02.06]
Mike Ramchands, inetmenu:
here
and
here
[25.04.06]
Forums and
Mailing
lists
Open
Solaris
Laptops discussion [19.01.06]
Open
Solaris
qemu discussion [03.10.06]
Sun
Support
Forum: Solaris on x86 [20.01.06]
solarisx86
on yahoo
[19.01.06]
qemu
forum [19.01.06]
4Front
Technologie
(OSS) User Forum [10.02.06]
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Credits
Everyone mentioned above, of course.
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History
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