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by **Drew Wre** » Fri, 05 Oct 2001 04:32:49

Attention Solaris developers who currently have applications
running on Solaris and want to test their applications on
Solaris 9.

The Solaris 9 Developer Early Access software is now
available for download. This Early Access (beta-quality)
release of the Solaris 9 Operating Environment is being made
available to those who accept the licensing terms to
download, install, and test. This program is available for
both the Intel and SPARC platforms.

PLEASE NOTE: This software is not suitable for deployment
on production systems.

To download the software, go to:

http://www.sun.com/reply/solaris9ea

Also, the press release is available at:

http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2001-10/sunflash.20011002.1.html

by **Aryo Ronggolaw** » Fri, 05 Oct 2001 06:16:58

> Attention Solaris developers who currently have applications running on
> Solaris and want to test their applications on Solaris 9.

Is GNOME Desktop included in this beta ?

by **Joerg Schilli** » Fri, 05 Oct 2001 06:45:56

>> Attention Solaris developers who currently have applications running on
>> Solaris and want to test their applications on Solaris 9.

>Is GNOME Desktop included in this beta ?

No, even worse: Openwindows is missing :-(

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by **Aryo Ronggolaw** » Fri, 05 Oct 2001 08:27:16

> No, even worse: Openwindows is missing :-(

Well, OpenWindows is no longer supported in future Solaris instead they
will moving to GNOME from CDE. That is why I want to know if this Sol9
beta include a beta version of GNOME.

by **Jeffery Sma** » Fri, 05 Oct 2001 08:50:00

>>Is GNOME Desktop included in this beta ?
>No, even worse: Openwindows is missing :-(

Will the owvwm continue to work, or have they eliminated all the required
shared libraries?

Is there any chance that Sun will release the source code so that support
can be continued by the open-source community?
--
Jeff

C. Jeffery Small CJSA LLC (206) 232-3338

by **Akop Pogosia** » Fri, 05 Oct 2001 09:02:31

>>>Is GNOME Desktop included in this beta ?
>>No, even worse: Openwindows is missing :-(
> Will the owvwm continue to work, or have they eliminated all the required
> shared libraries?
> Is there any chance that Sun will release the source code so that support
> can be continued by the open-source community?

Isn't there an open source version of olvwm floating around somewhere
on the net? Many Linux distirbutions used to ship it. In fact the free
olvwm version is much better than the openwindows bundled olwm because
it has virtual desktops (hence, 'v' in the name..)

-akop

by **Thomas Ins** » Fri, 05 Oct 2001 09:02:19

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't olvwm a non-Sun project
already? I know that only olwm is installed as part of
the OS.

Sun made the source to olwm and XView available long ago.
It's all somewhere on ftp.x.org, IIRC.

Tom

>>>Is GNOME Desktop included in this beta ?

>>No, even worse: Openwindows is missing :-(

>Will the owvwm continue to work, or have they eliminated all the required
>shared libraries?

>Is there any chance that Sun will release the source code so that support
>can be continued by the open-source community?
>--
>Jeff

>C. Jeffery Small CJSA LLC (206) 232-3338

by **Jorgen Moquis** » Fri, 05 Oct 2001 09:28:44

> >>>Is GNOME Desktop included in this beta ?

> >>No, even worse: Openwindows is missing :-(

> > Will the owvwm continue to work, or have they eliminated all the required
> > shared libraries?

> > Is there any chance that Sun will release the source code so that support
> > can be continued by the open-source community?

> Isn't there an open source version of olvwm floating around somewhere
> on the net? Many Linux distirbutions used to ship it. In fact the free
> olvwm version is much better than the openwindows bundled olwm because
> it has virtual desktops (hence, 'v' in the name..)

> -akop

olvwm is included/extra in solaris 8.
end of life ?

ldd /opt/sfw/bin/olvwm
libintl.so.1 => /usr/lib/libintl.so.1
libolgx.so.3 => /usr/openwin/lib/libolgx.so.3
libXext.so.0 => /usr/lib/libXext.so.0
libX11.so.4 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.4
libl.so.1 => /usr/lib/libl.so.1
libm.so.1 => /usr/lib/libm.so.1
libc.so.1 => /usr/lib/libc.so.1
libdga.so.1 => /usr/openwin/lib/libdga.so.1
libsocket.so.1 => /usr/lib/libsocket.so.1
libnsl.so.1 => /usr/lib/libnsl.so.1
libdl.so.1 => /usr/lib/libdl.so.1
libmp.so.2 => /usr/lib/libmp.so.2
/J?rgen

by **Alan Coopersmi** » Fri, 05 Oct 2001 10:13:55

|Is GNOME Desktop included in this beta ?

No - GNOME is on a seperate schedule/test program at the moment. You
can download the GNOME 1.4 Preview from www.sun.com if you want a very
early version of what is intended for future Solaris releases.

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by **Alan Coopersmi** » Fri, 05 Oct 2001 10:28:41

|Will the owvwm continue to work, or have they eliminated all the required
|shared libraries?

The OpenLook & Xview libraries are still there so as not to break binary
compatibility (as well as all the bits previously called "OpenWindows"
that really came from the X11 distribution). The applications/window
manager & development tools/headers are all gone.

|Is there any chance that Sun will release the source code so that support
|can be continued by the open-source community?

I believe the library sources were released many years ago via the old
MIT X Consortium.

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Working for, but definitely not speaking for, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

by **Lars Balker Rasmusse** » Fri, 05 Oct 2001 16:49:25

> The OpenLook & Xview libraries are still there so as not to break binary
> compatibility (as well as all the bits previously called "OpenWindows"
> that really came from the X11 distribution). The applications/window
> manager & development tools/headers are all gone.

xterm is gone? I may have to get * then. dtterm is a very poor
substitute for xterm.

(Sorry, haven't had time to download and check myself).
--
Lars Balker Rasmussen "Woo hoo!?"

by **Casper H.S. Dik - Network Security Engine** » Fri, 05 Oct 2001 16:48:09

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>Will the owvwm continue to work, or have they eliminated all the required
>shared libraries?

Libraries are present but the binaries are gone.

Casper
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to opinions held by my employer, Sun Microsystems.
Statements on Sun products included here are not gospel and may
be fiction rather than truth.

by **Casper H.S. Dik - Network Security Engine** » Fri, 05 Oct 2001 17:03:39

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>> The OpenLook & Xview libraries are still there so as not to break binary
>> compatibility (as well as all the bits previously called "OpenWindows"
>> that really came from the X11 distribution). The applications/window
>> manager & development tools/headers are all gone.
>xterm is gone? I may have to get * then. dtterm is a very poor
>substitute for xterm.

We're talking about openwindows, not everything in /usr/openwin/bin;
the core MIT stuff is present and I don't see that changing.

The clients removed are programs like mailtool, olwm, /usr/openwin/bin/*tool
etc.

Casper
--
Expressed in this posting are my opinions. They are in no way related
to opinions held by my employer, Sun Microsystems.
Statements on Sun products included here are not gospel and may
be fiction rather than truth.

by **Jan Olof Flin** » Fri, 05 Oct 2001 17:22:52

>> The OpenLook & Xview libraries are still there so as not to break binary
>> compatibility (as well as all the bits previously called "OpenWindows"
>> that really came from the X11 distribution). The applications/window
>> manager & development tools/headers are all gone.
> xterm is gone? I may have to get * then. dtterm is a very poor
> substitute for xterm.

I have to agree, the only use for dtterm so far has been to get a shell
from where to start a few 'xterm -bg black -fg green -fn fixed &'.
If xterm is missing in sol9-ea they'll better put it in again before
releasing it Or I'll be * to... (And I got a _HUGE_ LART)

Regards

/Jan-Olof

by **Peter Bunclar** » Fri, 05 Oct 2001 19:03:08

> Attention Solaris developers who currently have applications
> running on Solaris and want to test their applications on
> Solaris 9.

> The Solaris 9 Developer Early Access software is now
> available for download. This Early Access (beta-quality)
> release of the Solaris 9 Operating Environment is being made
> available to those who accept the licensing terms to
> download, install, and test. This program is available for
> both the Intel and SPARC platforms.

> PLEASE NOTE: This software is not suitable for deployment
> on production systems.

> To download the software, go to:

> http://www.sun.com/reply/solaris9ea

> Also, the press release is available at:

> http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2001-10/sunflash.20011002.1.html

OK, I'm into my first install; but where is the Solaris 9 Early Access
on-line
documentation that the download instructions promise? docs.sun.com
don't
let you into Sol 9 Beta without some other password to the one that lets
you download the software...

Pete.

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