Hello,A TapeStor Travan USB tape drive is reported to work on Solaris 10 x86as per HCL. But I don't have a clue how to make it work. The device is attached to mycomputer and shows up in a "cfgadm" command (USB0/2):# cfgadm -alAp_Id Type ReceptacleOccupantConditionusb0/1 ...

I have Solaris 10 6/06 installed on x4100 box with 2 node clustering using Sun Cluster 3.1 8/05. I just want to know is there any latest patches available for the OS to prevent cluster related bugs. what are they? My kernel patch is 118855-19.any inputs needed. let me know.

I have this issue with a sample program that I run on solaris 5.8 using vfork(). What I found is the memory of the main process is not shared with the vforked process. Any changes (stack/data) which is done in the child should get reflected in the parent. Using g++/gcc version 2.95.2Any help in ...

Could someone point out please how to install the HBA on Solaris 8 and 9 ? Thanks.

i am a beginner of sun solaris 8.0. But i use Linux frequently. now am trying to install solaris8.0 in my pc.( intel P-4 , 256MB ram, MSI main board ,40 GB HDD)My hard disk geometry is....No type system1. primary ( NTFS) winXP2. primary ( etx2) Linux3. primary ( NTFS) ( not in used, kept for ...

1.Is it possible to use dictionary files to validate passwords changes via Patch or manual configuration?can be done, if you upgrade to Solaris 10 and edit /etc/default/passwd (see man passwd) this is the asnwer I have got from this forum, I appreciate however i need a solution in solaris 9 ...

Does anyone know how to use the execlp function call to execute a process using the pfsh shell. I am working in Trusted Solaris 8 02/04.Basically I want to be able to use the execlp function to execute a command like this:/usr/bin/pfsh -c "<command> <arg 1> <arg 2> ... <arg ...

Normally if we send a signal to a process which has several threads, the main thread of this process will handle this signal. But I found in some cases an other thread (not main thread) handled signals even if main thread was alive(mostly main thread was being blocked by __pollsys()).I want to ...

Folks,This problem is weird.The metadevices and format output shows a device/slice as 4GB but df -k showing the slice as 2GB. Any suggestions... df -k |grep d10/dev/md/dsk/d102058319 408649 158792121%/ metastat d10d10: MirrorSubmirror 0: d12State: OkaySubmirror 1: d11State: OkayPass: 1Read ...

I posted a message because I did not reach to connect my Palm Tungsten to my SunBlade 1500. Finally, that works! How? I don't really know, but that works.I have another problem :-) :JPilot or pilot-link have a problem to see the right port (and so do I).My Palm is attach as /dev/usb/830.61/0 ...

In Solaris 9 Update 7 (2004/09) the multilayered flash archive installation feature is broken.I think that this is a known issue:4945516 Failure of multi-layered archive with Solaris 9 4/03 on Postdeployment processI manage to flash my archives by changing the following statement found at line ...

hi, I implemented a purely incremental backup system using dump, so I had to modify dump to take an arbitrary int as dump level. I've applied the change to linux and febsd dump, but I can't seem to find the solaris ufsdump source for use on our suns. any suggestions?-Matt

Hi,I am running Sol9 with the latest patches. The console gui freezes every time I try to admin NIS users in my NIS toolbox. It used to work but now it doesn't. I need to access this thing from a web browser if that's possible since there is no console that I can install on my windows laptop ...

hello,I'm trying to get an HP 20/40db scsi dat tape to show up on solaris 8 x86. All recent patches applied.Called HP support and they told me to set switches to all on except 6 and 7. Tape shows up on bios as SONY 20/40 DAT.However, nothing shows up when doing iostat -En.mt -f /dev/rmt/0 ...

i have two 3com pcmcia NIC, 3CCFE574BT and 3CCE589ET. The 589 only works with force-8bit configuration. Is it possible to configure just the 589 as force-8bit ? I need the 574 to run in 100BT mode.thanx...

I have installed a solaris 8 on my pc. Everthing seems ok but system configure assistant. Everytime the system starts up, it always runs system configure assistant automatically to make me check the devices it find and select boot device. What should I do? Thanks a lot!

I have downloaded Solaris 9 12/02 OE for x86 for $20 and created 3 CD disks from the ISO files. Browsing this and other forums I see that I am not alone in having trouble during the installation process. My problem is that one of the very first things that happens when the computer boots from ...

I am planning to have solaris on my P4 based PC. Can anybody advise me Plus and Minus of having this software. If we are in a networked environment, Can we use Solaris X86 as host to connect to other Solaris based servers.. if then what is the relevence of products like Humming bird's EXCEED ...

when I install gcc2.95.3,I see SFWgcmn.what is it?Do I need to install it ?How to install?

I am migrating from Windows 2000 OS, and I have already installed the SUNOS 5.8 for x86 (04/01). The only problem I have is how to get my existing card which is a CNET PRO200WL (which uses a DAVICOM dm9102A chipset) to work with the new OS. The card comes with a LINUX and SCO UNIX drivers, but, ...

Hi there,I have a question on using /tmp Vs. Shared memory to get the best performance of my application.My application is a performance intensive one and needs to store various data into a file as fast as possible.So, I would like to get a performance comparison between the below mentioned two ...

To find any info about the interpretation (!) of the kstat dataseems to be hopeless:* man kstat describes the API and no more* header documentation like in sysinfo.h is coarse* example source code can hardly be found - the SymbEL package does all relevant computation internally, and even in the ...

i crashed my kstat on solaris 7. From where do u get kstat to intall again

I'm not sure if this is the proper forum for this...After tzset() has set up the timezone and altzone variables, a call to mktime() may mess the values of both time and altzones, depending on the input to mktime().The enclosed C program illustrates it.We have seen this problem if the input to ...

Hi,I am writing a program in client/server mode. Client and server communicate through shared memory and semaphore. I use Posix 4 semaphore (sem_open ...) library. For an unknown reason, I have no permission to generate the semaphore using a specific path name. I can delete system V semaphore ...

I am trying to use the kernal statistics interfacekstat for a mini-performance montoring suite.Can anyone direct me to some more detailed informationand, if possible some worked examples ?#I have seen the example code on the Solaris 2 Competitive ...

We are running WLS 7.0.1.0 on JDK1.3.1_03 on SunOS 5.8 Generic_108528-15 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-60. The JVM keeps crashing very often with the following message -An unexpected exception has been detected in native code outside the VM.Unexpected Signal : 11 occurred at ...

As part of the J2EE recommended cluster, I attempted installing patch 108528-26 to my Solaris 8 box (all of which was downloaded from sun.com):SunOS boedev 5.8 Generic_108528-14 sun4u sparc SUNW,UltraAX-MPIt failed and rolled back as part of the cluster with the following error log:Package not ...

I got a "supposely" NEW server with an Open Prom password assigned.There is anyone knowing if the Sun Servers came with a DEFAULT Open Prom password for booting ? And which this password is ?By the way I'm trying to install Solaris using a text based terminal with the serial interface, maybe ...

Hi,I just want to know what is the contents of the Sun EIS CD. Is it the same as the latest cluster patch under sunsolve?Thanks and appreciate any response.

Hi,Firstly I'll apologise as this isn't really a Solaris problem.If anyone can point me to the correct Linux forum I'll take my query there.But for the moment I hope someone here can help...Does anyone out there know how to create a bootable Linux CD for Sun SPARC hardware.Most of the ...

Can any one tell detailed installation and configuration of apache tomcat on solaris9advance thanks,susesun

Hello All, I have 2 questions on device management:while the system is up and running, how can I verify that whether I have the internal disk connected ? whether I have the tape drive connected ? ThanksDenny

Hi, I am having trouble installing gcc on sparc solaris 5.8. At this stage , I am basically trying to locate the precompiled packages with which i can install gcc. At the beginning, I downloaded gcc 3.3.2 from www.sunfreeware.com when i ran ./configure, I got the following error message""" ...

Hello,I am extremely new to the Sun Sparc statioin since most of the time, I am an PC and Macintosh admin.But I am trying to teach myself about the Sun Sparc station, such as installing new SunOS (Solaris) and upgrade and so on.So I have a Sparc station in my lab and it already has a Solaris OS ...

Hello!The Software Companion CD which comes with the Solaris 9 (4/03) release contains KDE 3.0 along with other applications. It gets installed through WebStart Installation method, but we cannot use it, nor any shortcut appears for it. Also no options appears on the Login screen. NOW HOW TO ...

Hi,We have Enterprise 4000 with Solaris 2.6 installed on it. We also have Array storage. A Storage Tek Library is attached to server on /dev/rmt/1cbn and /dev/rmt/0cbn with following entries in /dev/rmt0cbn -> ../../devices/sbus@2,0/SUNW,fas@1,8800000/st@0,0:cbn1cbn -> ...

Colleagues,I inherited an Ultra5 with Solaris 2.7 running fine. When S9 became available for download, I cut the CD's and attempted to boot the U5 with S9. No go. I typed "boot cdrom" at the "go" prompt and the following message was returned:Boot device: /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/cdrom@2,0:fFile ...

Hi all:Due to a system crash I have ran fsck to recover the file systems. Then, when rebooting the system, I have found that a Veritas service, called qlogck, claims that its configuration file (/etc/qlogck.conf) is locked. So I must type ctrl-d to continue the boot process. How could I unlock ...

Is there a mib file or files that will allow me to monitor disk space on Solaris servers using a third-party SNMP monitoring package? If there is, where can I get it/them?TIA,Mike

Hi I'm new to Solaris, please be patient. I got a ultra 1 machine and tried to upgrade the hard drive. I installed an IBM 4.55 GB sca drive. When I boot this message comes up.Boot device /sbus/espdma/csp/sd@0,0:a File and args: -F cprbooter cprbootBad magic number in disk labelCan't open disk ...

I want to re-install my Solaris 8.0 without losing data ( such as my documents , programs ,....) i.e. i want to re-install these files which was installed at the first installation because i made some errors for them.thankx,

HiWhen i start to install sun solaris it detects my hardware correctly,But afterwards when the option to select a language comes it just cant detect any keys from KeyboardPlease tell me whats wrong with the Install

I've been given the job of finding out what software packages are installed on various Sun systems. I have no idea of how to do this, other than searching for executable files. I suspect that this is a difficult job, so amy assistance would be appreciated.Thanks ...Richard Prosser ...

Hi,My DSL provider provides me with static ip, gateway address, and domain address.Now, I would like to setup my Sun Ultra 5/solaris 7 to be connected to internet using DSL.When I run netscape, it says it cannot find the website - some problem with the name server.i would appreciate if someone ...

Hi What is the difference between Solaris 7's desk top version and server version?We just brought a few Ultra 10s and will be configured as servers. We also brought the desk top version of Solaris 7. Is there a way (download or else) to patch it so it will work as server version.ThanksFrancis ...

I've installed Solaris 2.4 on a Sun Ultra. I'm required to re-set this up, but I am trying to avoide full installation from scratch. Is it possible to re-set up the parameters that was entered when I first installed it?I need to actually change the Server Name and IP address of the machine, ...

I have to control alarm panel with two signals. I've chosen serial port to do it.I'd like to setting pins DTR and RTS, but I haven't got idea how. I've tried this codeint fd, status;fd = open( "/dev/ttyb", O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY | O_NDELAY );ioctl( fd, TIOCMGET, &status );status &= ...

HII want to use the apache server on my solaris 9How do I start it?(/etc/init.d/apache start does not work)Where do I need to put my html archives?thanks

How do you list out all the Kernel ParametersThanks