Monthly Archives: November 2006

sun ray 2 video specifications

another reminder for me and for all who want to know which video specs the “new” sun ray 2 virtual display clients support: sun ray 2: 1600×1200 max at 32bit sun ray 2fs: 1900×1200 max at 32bit, supports dual monitor setups (so each screen supports 1900×1200 pixels) and yes, you can still use your old vga monitors with [...]
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free solaris dvd for everyone!

sun gives away free dvds containing sun solaris 10 (6/06) and sun studio 11. it includes sparc and x86 versions. you better be quick as this is a time-limited offer. i like this because not all people have broadband to leech a full dvd image. decreasing the barriers for people to get in touch with [...]
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tuning sun ray startup procedures

craig bender blogs on reducing sun ray server load by setting some simple values in the sun ray config. this results in faster startup times. here’s a quick abstract on what the sun ray engineering guys did: Increase Authd worker threads from 8 to 32 Change utprodinfo to do an echo vs. a pkginfo Use non-invasive methods for [...]
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hs_err decyphered… the followup

[UPDATE] This information is related to developers only. If you have Java problems or want to know more about hs_err errror logs please refer to this more general post.[/UPDATE] i have to correct my statement of how to understand java’s hs_err error files: the tool posted on davids blog was not coded by him but was [...]
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microsoft cakes for everyone!

perhaps this should act as an update for my last post but i figured that this might be better placed in the fun-section. while one might think that microsoft is evil and blinkered, this photograph proves that there are sane people in redmond as well: the guys at mozilla got this one while shipping the final [...]
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