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From karl.rossing at federated.ca Fri Jun 30 15:38:42 2000 From: karl.rossing at federated.ca (Karl Rossing) Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 15:38:42 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] XDMCP Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------22F3B3EA36F005AF036DE5C8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, We have an e450 running solaris 8. We would like to disable CDE for our programmers. We don't want 20 programmers chewing up resources with Exceed CDE logins from their pc. Instead we would like them to open up xterms using exceed. We would still like to have CDE running on the console. What is the best to accomplish this or can someone point me in the proper direction. Karl --------------22F3B3EA36F005AF036DE5C8 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="karl.rossing.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Karl Rossing Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="karl.rossing.vcf" begin:vcard n:Rossing;Karl tel;work:204-786-6431 Ext 358 x-mozilla-html:TRUE url:http://www.federated.ca org:Federated Insurance Companies of Canada;Technical Services adr:;;717 Portage Ave;Winnipeg;Mb;R3C 3C9;Canada version:2.1 email;internet:karl.rossing at federated.ca title:Support Specialist fn:Karl Rossing end:vcard --------------22F3B3EA36F005AF036DE5C8-- From adatey at yahoo.com Fri Jun 30 13:08:23 2000 From: adatey at yahoo.com (Ajit P. Datey) Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 11:08:23 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] PCI MSE-1 Modem + Serial Port Card for Solaris Systems. Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0069_01BFE283.81747770 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi! Does anybody have experience with the PCI MSE-1 Modem + Serial card. We have just put this on a E420R Solaris 2.6 Server. The Card is recognized and I am able to connect to the modem using tip. I am dialing out to a Mainframe and I have been able to log in once. Since then all I have got is junk characters. Never a login prompt. I have tried all possible speeds. The other problem I am facing is with cu. When I try to use cu with this modem I get the ERROR message Call Failed: CAN'T ACCESS DEVICE Connect failed: CAN'T ACCESS DEVICE Any suggestions as to what I am doing wrong. Thanks Regards Ajit Datey People.Com Consultants email : ajit_datey at yahoo.com adatey at yahoo.com Phone : 510-770-9164 (R) 510-798-3059 (C) ------=_NextPart_000_0069_01BFE283.81747770 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hi! = Does anybody=20 have experience with the PCI MSE-1 Modem + Serial card. We have just put = this on=20 a E420R Solaris 2.6 Server. The Card is recognized and I am able to = connect to=20 the modem using tip. I am dialing out to a Mainframe and I have been = able to log=20 in once. Since then all I have got is junk characters. Never a login = prompt. I=20 have tried all possible speeds.

The = other problem I=20 am facing is with cu. When I try to use cu with this modem I get the = ERROR=20 message

Call = Failed: CAN'T=20 ACCESS DEVICE

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Any = suggestions as=20 to what I am doing wrong.

Thanks

Regards

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------=_NextPart_000_0069_01BFE283.81747770-- __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com From adatey at yahoo.com Fri Jun 30 13:16:38 2000 From: adatey at yahoo.com (Ajit P. Datey) Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 11:16:38 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] Transfer of files using ZMODEM protocol on Solaris 2.6 Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_006D_01BFE284.A8CBC430 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi! This is what I am trying to do. I have a modem on a Solaris 2.6 E420R server. I want to dial out using this modem to a Mainframe. Once logged in I need to run a command on the Mainframe which prepares it for ZMODEM protocol file transfer. Then I need to transfer a file from the Solaris server to the Mainframe using ZMODEM. When transfer is done I need to wait till the send back a file using ZMODEM protocol. After this the mainframe sends a disconnect signal thus breaking the connection. I want to automate the above so that the transfer can take place without needing any manual intervention. I know that I can use csz and crz to upload/download using ZMODEM protocol but I don't know how to detect whether the connection has taken place correctly and the remote command has been executed so that csz can be executed on Solaris. Is there a way to automate all this. I heard about a software called Pro YAM for this. Any body know about this software? Any help will be appreciated. Thanks. Regards Ajit Datey People.Com Consultants email : ajit_datey at yahoo.com adatey at yahoo.com Phone : 510-770-9164 (R) 510-798-3059 (C) ------=_NextPart_000_006D_01BFE284.A8CBC430 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi! = This is what I=20 am trying to do.

I have = a modem on a=20 Solaris 2.6 E420R server. I want to dial out using this modem to a = Mainframe.=20 Once logged in I need to run a command on the Mainframe which prepares = it for=20 ZMODEM protocol file transfer. Then I need to transfer a file from the = Solaris=20 server to the Mainframe using ZMODEM. When transfer is done I need to = wait till=20 the send back a file using ZMODEM protocol. After this the mainframe = sends a=20 disconnect signal thus breaking the connection.

I want = to automate=20 the above so that the transfer can take place without needing any manual = intervention.

I know = that I can=20 use csz and crz to upload/download using ZMODEM protocol but I don't = know how to=20 detect whether the connection has taken place correctly and the remote = command=20 has been executed so that csz can be executed on = Solaris.

Is = there a way to=20 automate all this.

I = heard about a=20 software called Pro YAM for this. Any body know about this=20 software?

Any = help will be=20 appreciated.

Thanks.

Regards

Ajit=20 Datey

People.Com=20 Consultants

email : ajit_datey at yahoo.com

        &nbs= p;   =20 adatey at yahoo.com

Phone : = 510-770-9164=20 (R)

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------=_NextPart_000_006D_01BFE284.A8CBC430-- __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com From chuck at lvision.com Fri Jun 30 17:03:54 2000 From: chuck at lvision.com (Chuck Bernard) Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 15:03:54 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] net traffic Message-ID: Hello all! (My first posting) I'm not sure if I have enough experience to ask a specific enough question so I'll just try to keep it as brief as possible.... I've just installed a Sparc 20 on my network at home. I have a lan which is connected to my ISP via an ISDN router. I've got everything working fine. (i.e., I can telnet and ftp to my work from home and can surf the web and read my email from my ISP using Netscape.) My problem is that it seems like my Sparc 20 (running Solaris 2.7) seems to keep requesting something on the net which forces my ISDN router to maintain a connection to my ISP. @ $18 per day in ISDN charges it is just a waste of money :-( (My router opens a connection shortly after booting the workstation and if I manually force the router to disconnect it immediately connects again.) Is there something which I can turn off to avoid having it do this? Is there a way I should track down the offending service so I can shut it down if I don't need it? Thanks in advance, //Chuck From earl at baugh.org Fri Jun 30 21:46:41 2000 From: earl at baugh.org (Earl Baugh) Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 22:46:41 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Re: SunHELP digest, Vol 1 #455 - 14 msgs Message-ID: The trick isn't the 2.25 nor the 2.22, it's the ROSS Prom. I've actually seen SS10's full the the gills with 32meg SIMMs, but the tech's I was talking to said they've only made it work by using ROSS Prom's. That's the magic trick. Earl (I'll have to check but I made a post to the sunrescue list not too long ago with the revision of the ROSS prom....and sorry, I don't know where to get one from...I'd have gotten one myself if I did...) >From: Gregory Leblanc >To: "'sunhelp at sunhelp.org'" >Subject: RE: [Sunhelp] Sparcstation 10 and SM81 >Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 20:21:46 -0700 >charset="windows-1252" >Reply-To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: John F. Davis [mailto:davis at skink.net] >> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 7:10 PM >> To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org >> Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] Sparcstation 10 and SM81 >> >> > You can use 16MB or 64MB SIMMs from an SS20 or Ultra in the >> SS10. Sometimes >> > the SS10 may work with 32MB SIMMS, but I'd like to get a couple more >> > confirmations on that before I'm really confident in it. >> >> I've got two 32 Meg simms in a sparc 10. They show up as 16 >> meg simms. If >> you know of a way to have show up as 32meg, I would like to know. > >What Prom version are you using? Reportedly 2.25 will work, and it's >possible that 2.22 may also work. > Greg > From Rtjepps at aol.com Tue Jun 13 15:17:36 2000 From: Rtjepps at aol.com (Rtjepps at aol.com) Date: Tue Jun 13 15:17:36 2000 Subject: [Sunhelp] how to add a path in the UNIX PATH Message-ID: Souleymane, In order to run gcc and gzip you need to edit you .cshrc file and where it says "set path =" add in usr/local/bin, it should already have entries for /bin, /usr/bin and so on you can't miss it. If you're running a Korn shell you'll probably have to edit you .profile file. Or you can do neither and just give the full pathname everytime you want to use these programs. Ron From jbascue at teleport.com Tue Jun 13 16:35:22 2000 From: jbascue at teleport.com (Jeremiah Bascue) Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:35:22 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] prom name Message-ID: Hello All, Does anyone know what a prom name is? I've recently encountered an error on boot that uses this expression in regards to 'converting a mount point to a prom name'. What gives? Many thanks in advance, and perhaps some home-baked cookies in the mail if you can help me, jeremiah From Magnus.Abrante at nocke.Sweden.Sun.COM Wed Jun 14 01:47:06 2000 From: Magnus.Abrante at nocke.Sweden.Sun.COM (Magnus Abrante) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 08:47:06 +0200 (MEST) Subject: [Sunhelp] SyMON Message-ID: Humm, which version of SyMON is that? > I am trying to start up SyMON to monitor some of our servers. I installed > the agent, server, and console on one system which seems to work OK. I have > now installed the agent on another server and am trying to add the new > server to the SyMON domain. The "Create Topology Object" window just tells > me that it cannot communicate with the agent process. The server log files > give the following three messages: > > warning Jun 13 12:58:07 UDP Processor #2: bad error index in response > packet: 0 > warning Jun 13 12:58:07 UDP Processor #2: too many consecutive reports > warning Jun 13 12:58:07 UDP Processor #2: Sent to client: > com.sun.symon.base.server.common.ScResponseException: too many consecutive > reports (for snmp://inuxora01:161/sym/base/mibman/browserRoot#0) > > Any idea what is going on? > > TIA!! > > ----- > Mark Zander ===> Mark.Zander at mezzia.com > Unix System Admin > mezzia e-business > Indianapolis, IN USA > Third Stone From The Sun > http://www.mezzia.com > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > //Magnus Abrante - Sun Service /* This is not the opinion of my company, its just my own */ From howard.hurst at UnitedAdvertising.co.uk Wed Jun 14 05:30:51 2000 From: howard.hurst at UnitedAdvertising.co.uk (Howard Hurst) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 11:30:51 +0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] Admintool Message-ID: I'm trying to add a new printer on a Sparc Ultra 5. However, when I try to start admintool as root (after I've su'd to it from a normal user) I get an error: "Error: Can't open display:" I can display admintool as a normal user - but (as is the norm) don't have permissions to to anything. Any clues as to what's causing this? I'm guessing it's something to do with the display variable (for user root) but don't really know where to begin. I've tried searching the SunSolve website but haven't managed to come up with anything yet.... I'd appreciate some help! Howard. ______________ IMPORTANT. Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of United News & Media. The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, please do not read, copy, use or disclose this communication and notify the sender immediately. It should be noted that any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. From sae at news.dcn-asu.ru Wed Jun 14 05:40:15 2000 From: sae at news.dcn-asu.ru (Alex Shavkun) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 17:40:15 +0700 (BRND) Subject: [Sunhelp] Admintool Message-ID: > > I'm trying to add a new printer on a Sparc Ultra 5. > > However, when I try to start admintool as root (after I've su'd to it from a > normal user) I get an error: > > "Error: Can't open display:" > > Howard. As a normal user: $ xhost localhost And then as root: # admintool -display :0 Bye. Alex. ---------------------- Altai State University Internet Center e-mail: sae at asu.ru tel : +7 3852 220202 fax : +7 3852 367423 From solarboyz1 at hotmail.com Wed Jun 14 05:45:10 2000 From: solarboyz1 at hotmail.com (Jarrett Carver) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 03:45:10 PDT Subject: [Sunhelp] Admintool Message-ID: The quickest and simplest would be to: sh - # DISPLAY=:0.0; export DISPLAY csh - % setenv DISPLAY :0.0 Jarrett Carver http://www.geocities.com/solarboyz1 solarboyz1 at hotmail.com Unix/NT Systems Administrator ___________________________________________________________ "In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is. " - Jan L.A. van de Snepscheut ____________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com From wmcdonald at orctel.co.uk Wed Jun 14 05:57:54 2000 From: wmcdonald at orctel.co.uk (Will Mc Donald) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 11:57:54 +0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] Admintool Message-ID: Have you tried comparing the results of... echo $DISPLAY ... done as a normal user with the results of the same done as root? You might find that $DISPLAY is being set to something else in one of root's shell startup config files or something? Just a thought, I'm new to this game. Will Mc Donald. ----- Original Message ----- From: Howard Hurst To: Sunhelp Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 11:30 AM Subject: [Sunhelp] Admintool > I'm trying to add a new printer on a Sparc Ultra 5. > > However, when I try to start admintool as root (after I've su'd to it from a > normal user) I get an error: > > "Error: Can't open display:" > > I can display admintool as a normal user - but (as is the norm) don't have > permissions to to anything. > > Any clues as to what's causing this? I'm guessing it's something to do with > the display variable (for user root) but don't really know where to begin. > > I've tried searching the SunSolve website but haven't managed to come up > with anything yet.... > > I'd appreciate some help! > > Howard. > From Magnus.Abrante at nocke.Sweden.Sun.COM Wed Jun 14 06:18:25 2000 From: Magnus.Abrante at nocke.Sweden.Sun.COM (Magnus Abrante) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 13:18:25 +0200 (MEST) Subject: [Sunhelp] Admintool Message-ID: Would work, at least if you add a "xhost +" before :-) (or xhost +localhost).. (Only the user running the xserver are allowed to connect to it. You can change this with xhost). Actually, the *quickest* solution is to add yourself into group "14" and then run admintool as yourself instead of root. > The quickest and simplest would be to: > > sh - > # DISPLAY=:0.0; export DISPLAY > > csh - > % setenv DISPLAY :0.0 > > > > > Jarrett Carver http://www.geocities.com/solarboyz1 > solarboyz1 at hotmail.com Unix/NT Systems Administrator > ___________________________________________________________ > > "In theory, there is no difference between theory and > practice. But, in practice, there is. " > - Jan L.A. van de Snepscheut > ____________________________________________________________ > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > //Magnus Abrante /* This is not the opinion of my company, its just my own */ From Ali.Naser at irs.gov Wed Jun 14 07:46:54 2000 From: Ali.Naser at irs.gov (Naser Ali) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 08:46:54 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] OS I/O block size Message-ID: This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFD5FE.9F89B5B8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hello Everyone, How can I increase the I/O size to 32k in Solaris 2.6 or higher..? 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Hello Everyone,
How can I increase the I/O size to 32k in Solaris 2.6 or higher..?

Thanks in advance

------_=_NextPart_001_01BFD5FE.9F89B5B8-- From Eddie.Watkins at mail.moray.gov.uk Wed Jun 14 08:17:01 2000 From: Eddie.Watkins at mail.moray.gov.uk (Eddie Watkins) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 14:17:01 +0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] sparc 5 monitor on an ultra-10 Message-ID: Hi Is it possible to connect a monitor off of a sparc 5 to an ultra-10. The monitor has a different connect, so can I get an adapter to allow it to be connected to an ultra-10. Thanks Eddie Watkins From Magnus.Abrante at nocke.Sweden.Sun.COM Wed Jun 14 08:48:33 2000 From: Magnus.Abrante at nocke.Sweden.Sun.COM (Magnus Abrante) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 15:48:33 +0200 (MEST) Subject: [Sunhelp] sparc 5 monitor on an ultra-10 Message-ID: Grettings, Most Sun monitors will work on an Ultra 10, but you will need to get an adapter from Sun (Part# 530-2357) in order to connect it. > Hi > > Is it possible to connect a monitor off of a sparc 5 to an ultra-10. The > monitor has a different connect, so can I get an adapter to allow it to be > connected to an ultra-10. Regards, //Magnus Abrante - Sun Service /* This is not the opinion of my company, its just my own */ From lara at accesscomputing.co.uk Wed Jun 14 08:55:52 2000 From: lara at accesscomputing.co.uk (Lara Matthews) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 14:55:52 +0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] sparc 5 monitor on an ultra-10 Message-ID: Hi Eddie Watkins wrote: > > Hi > > Is it possible to connect a monitor off of a sparc 5 to an ultra-10. The > monitor has a different connect, so can I get an adapter to allow it to be > connected to an ultra-10. Yes - you will need a X471A, I think these are about 30/40 quid. The only problem you may have is that if it is an old monitor it might not sync properly. However we have had quite a lot of success and only the relay old monitors have failed to work so far. Regards Lara > From Mark.Zander at mezzia.com Wed Jun 14 09:01:56 2000 From: Mark.Zander at mezzia.com (Zander, Mark) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 09:01:56 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] SyMON Message-ID: Sorry. Version number is 2.0.1 ----- Mark Zander ===> Mark.Zander at mezzia.com Unix System Admin mezzia e-business Indianapolis, IN USA Third Stone From The Sun http://www.mezzia.com -----Original Message----- From: Magnus Abrante [mailto:Magnus.Abrante at nocke.Sweden.Sun.COM] Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 1:47 AM To: SunHELP Mailing List (E-mail) Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] SyMON Humm, which version of SyMON is that? > I am trying to start up SyMON to monitor some of our servers. I installed > the agent, server, and console on one system which seems to work OK. I have > now installed the agent on another server and am trying to add the new > server to the SyMON domain. The "Create Topology Object" window just tells > me that it cannot communicate with the agent process. The server log files > give the following three messages: > > warning Jun 13 12:58:07 UDP Processor #2: bad error index in response > packet: 0 > warning Jun 13 12:58:07 UDP Processor #2: too many consecutive reports > warning Jun 13 12:58:07 UDP Processor #2: Sent to client: > com.sun.symon.base.server.common.ScResponseException: too many consecutive > reports (for snmp://inuxora01:161/sym/base/mibman/browserRoot#0) > > Any idea what is going on? > > TIA!! > > ----- > Mark Zander ===> Mark.Zander at mezzia.com > Unix System Admin > mezzia e-business > Indianapolis, IN USA > Third Stone From The Sun > http://www.mezzia.com > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > //Magnus Abrante - Sun Service /* This is not the opinion of my company, its just my own */ _______________________________________________ SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From Magnus.Abrante at nocke.Sweden.Sun.COM Wed Jun 14 09:27:01 2000 From: Magnus.Abrante at nocke.Sweden.Sun.COM (Magnus Abrante) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 16:27:01 +0200 (MEST) Subject: [Sunhelp] SyMON Message-ID: Ok, i should try version 2.1.1 (downloadable from http://www.sun.com/software/sunmanagementcenter/download) //Magnus The classical disclaimer: /* This is not the opinion of my company, its just my own */ > Sorry. Version number is 2.0.1 > > Humm, which version of SyMON is that? > > > I am trying to start up SyMON to monitor some of our servers. I installed > > the agent, server, and console on one system which seems to work OK. I > have > > now installed the agent on another server and am trying to add the new > > server to the SyMON domain. The "Create Topology Object" window just > tells > > me that it cannot communicate with the agent process. The server log > files > > give the following three messages: > > > > warning Jun 13 12:58:07 UDP Processor #2: bad error index in response > > packet: 0 > > warning Jun 13 12:58:07 UDP Processor #2: too many consecutive reports > > warning Jun 13 12:58:07 UDP Processor #2: Sent to client: > > com.sun.symon.base.server.common.ScResponseException: too many consecutive > > reports (for snmp://inuxora01:161/sym/base/mibman/browserRoot#0) > > > > Any idea what is going on? > > > > TIA!! > > From jbascue at teleport.com Wed Jun 14 12:02:09 2000 From: jbascue at teleport.com (Jeremiah Bascue) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 10:02:09 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] prom name Message-ID: Thanks Magnus! I'm running a Sparc E250 with Solaris 2.6. The error message states: "pmconfig: /etc/power.conf line (30) failed to convert mount point /dev/md.dsk.d1 to prom name: Invalid argument" Line 30 of power.conf reads: "statefile /.CPR" What do I do? Jeremiah Magnus Abrante wrote: > > Basicly, the prom finds all devices when you reset/poweron a machine, then > it will translate those and send them to the OS, so that the OS will know > which devices that are attached to the machine. > > Which OS are we talking about and which hardware? > > > Does anyone know what a prom name is? I've recently encountered an error > > on boot that uses this expression in regards to 'converting a mount > > point to a prom name'. > > What gives? > > Many thanks in advance, and perhaps some home-baked cookies in the mail > > if you can help me, > > //Magnus Abrante > /* This is not the opinion of my company, its just my own */ From randall at csonline.net Wed Jun 14 12:53:14 2000 From: randall at csonline.net (Eric Randall) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 13:53:14 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] RT625 question Message-ID: Hi all, I've got a 690MP board in a 4/75GT case and Solaris 2.5.1. On power up it reports 4xRT625, 128MB ram, etc. psrinfo -v reports all processors runnning at 40Mhz. Can anyone tell me more about the RT625 or point me to where I might find out? Thanks. Eric From leed at chele.cais.net Wed Jun 14 12:55:31 2000 From: leed at chele.cais.net (L) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 13:55:31 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] OS I/O block size Message-ID: I don't think you can create a 32K I/O size on SOlaris. check "man newfs" and foloowing from ther: -b bsize The logical block size of the file sys- tem in bytes (either 4096 or 8192). The default is 8192. The sun4u architecture does not support the 4096 block size. On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Naser Ali wrote: > Hello Everyone, > How can I increase the I/O size to 32k in Solaris 2.6 or higher..? > > Thanks in advance > > > From beemern at telecom.ksu.edu Wed Jun 14 13:16:11 2000 From: beemern at telecom.ksu.edu (beemern at telecom.ksu.edu) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 13:16:11 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] confused Message-ID: i have been subscribed to sunhelp for several weeks now and have submitted as many emails, if not more. however, i've never gotten a response from anyone on any of my questions. is there some policy or etiquette guides that i'm not following? or, am i just asking the proverbial "dumb question(s)"? thanks for any help with this! From randall at csonline.net Wed Jun 14 13:25:25 2000 From: randall at csonline.net (Eric Randall) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 14:25:25 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] what happened to Sun QA-Pack? Message-ID: Does anyone know what happened to the Sun QA-Pack site? Eric From GLeblanc at cu-portland.edu Wed Jun 14 13:58:18 2000 From: GLeblanc at cu-portland.edu (Gregory Leblanc) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 11:58:18 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] RT625 question Message-ID: > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Randall [mailto:randall at csonline.net] > Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 10:53 AM > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > Subject: [Sunhelp] RT625 question > > Hi all, > > I've got a 690MP board in a 4/75GT case and Solaris 2.5.1. > On power up > it reports 4xRT625, 128MB ram, etc. > psrinfo -v reports all processors runnning at 40Mhz. Can > anyone tell me > more about the RT625 or point me to where I might > find out? Thanks. Not 100% sure, but my memory seems to tell me that those are ROSS CPUs. They're not HyperSPARC, but rather the old SLOOOOW modules that shipped for the 4/6x0. Each CPU is about as fast as the CPU in an SS2. Check out the SHR http://sun-ref.sunhelp.org. You could also look at the archives for the SunHelp and Sun Rescue Society lists, there have been quite a few posts about these over the years. Greg From GLeblanc at cu-portland.edu Wed Jun 14 14:22:28 2000 From: GLeblanc at cu-portland.edu (Gregory Leblanc) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 12:22:28 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] confused Message-ID: > -----Original Message----- > From: beemern at telecom.ksu.edu [mailto:beemern at telecom.ksu.edu] > Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 11:16 AM > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > Subject: [Sunhelp] confused > > i have been subscribed to sunhelp for several weeks now and have > submitted as many emails, if not more. > > however, i've never gotten a response from anyone on any of my > questions. > > is there some policy or etiquette guides that i'm not following? > or, am i just asking the proverbial "dumb question(s)"? > > thanks for any help with this! Maybe nobody knows the answers? From my archives, one of your questions did get answered. I don't know about others. Later, Greg From ward at zilla.nu Wed Jun 14 14:37:13 2000 From: ward at zilla.nu (Reagen Ward) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 14:37:13 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] confused Message-ID: On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 01:16:11PM -0500, beemern at telecom.ksu.edu wrote: > i have been subscribed to sunhelp for several weeks now and have > submitted as many emails, if not more. > > however, i've never gotten a response from anyone on any of my > questions. I've replied to at least one. I sent it directly to you, and it didn't bounce. > is there some policy or etiquette guides that i'm not following? > or, am i just asking the proverbial "dumb question(s)"? Never believed in dumb questions. Reagen From james at foonly.com Wed Jun 14 15:04:43 2000 From: james at foonly.com (James Lockwood) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 13:04:43 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] confused Message-ID: On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Reagen Ward wrote: > Never believed in dumb questions. "There are no dumb questions, only dumb answers." -James From grossia at asterisk.sproj.psi.net Wed Jun 14 15:17:05 2000 From: grossia at asterisk.sproj.psi.net (Anthony Grossi) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 16:17:05 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Windows Issue Message-ID: Hi Folks, I have been trying to get rid of a bug for a looong time now. I cannot seem to shake it. At arbitrary times, while using Openwindows, the entire Openwindows session will lock up. The mouse continues to function, but I can do nothing else. A "STOP-A" won't even respond. It has only happened while moving individual windows. The only fix is to log in and kill the process labelled Xsun. I have recently changed to FVWM as a window manager. The same problem occurs while running FVWM. At arbitrary times while moving a window the entire desktop will lock. I am running Solaris 2.6 on an Ultra V w/ a 333MHz processor and 256M of RAM. Regards, Anthony From beemern at telecom.ksu.edu Wed Jun 14 15:24:33 2000 From: beemern at telecom.ksu.edu (beemern at telecom.ksu.edu) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 15:24:33 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] confused Message-ID: > however, i've never gotten a response from anyone on any of my > questions. > i stand corrected on this. i appreciate the replys. i'll keep asking my questions (: thanks! Nathan From krankin at usit.net Wed Jun 14 16:37:03 2000 From: krankin at usit.net (Kent Rankin) Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 17:37:03 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] 2.25 PROM for SS10 needed Message-ID: Can someone recommend a location for me to purchase this PROM? I've got a SS10 with 2.14 and two SM51's that just won't work. I'd like to try upgrading the PROM as a possible fix. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks, Kent Rankin From dex at SUN.COM.PH Thu Jun 15 02:08:40 2000 From: dex at SUN.COM.PH (Dexter-Al Eugenio) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 15:08:40 +0800 (SGT) Subject: [Sunhelp] mail Message-ID: hello, is there a software or configuration on which i can edit a file which will send to all the users on the system. sort of an announcement. does POP or IMAP related software do the trick? or do i have to do something on the sendmail.cf file. thanks. dex From Magnus.Abrante at nocke.Sweden.Sun.COM Thu Jun 15 02:21:38 2000 From: Magnus.Abrante at nocke.Sweden.Sun.COM (Magnus Abrante) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 09:21:38 +0200 (MEST) Subject: [Sunhelp] prom name Message-ID: Hello Jermemiah, Ok, i knew i had seen that somewhere ;) The problem here is the powersave daemon, the "statefile" entry in power.conf tells powerd where to save the systemstate in case of a system suspend. What pmconfig tries to do is that it wants to convert the / device (mounted as /dev/md/dsk/d1) to the prom name, but the prom doesn't know anything about this device since its a metadevice, and the prom doesn't know anything about metadevices, only about real devices. I guess the reason to this is that when a system suspends it sets the boot-file and(or?) boot-device to the choosen file so the system will use it when it boots and restore itself to the state it had before the suspend. On the other hand i dont think that you really want to use powersave on a server... since it's most likely that you want a server to be up 24/7, so i would simply remove or move the S85power file from /etc/rc2.d to prevent it from starting at boottime. cheers, //Magnus Abrante - Sun Service /* This is not the opinion of my company, its just my own */ > Thanks Magnus! > I'm running a Sparc E250 with Solaris 2.6. > > The error message states: > "pmconfig: /etc/power.conf line (30) failed to convert mount point > /dev/md.dsk.d1 to prom name: Invalid argument" > > Line 30 of power.conf reads: > "statefile /.CPR" > > What do I do? > Jeremiah > > > Magnus Abrante wrote: > > > > Basicly, the prom finds all devices when you reset/poweron a machine, then > > it will translate those and send them to the OS, so that the OS will know > > which devices that are attached to the machine. > > > > Which OS are we talking about and which hardware? > > > > > Does anyone know what a prom name is? I've recently encountered an error > > > on boot that uses this expression in regards to 'converting a mount > > > point to a prom name'. > > > What gives? > > > Many thanks in advance, and perhaps some home-baked cookies in the mail > > > if you can help me, From wmcdonald at orctel.co.uk Fri Jun 16 02:57:51 2000 From: wmcdonald at orctel.co.uk (Will Mc Donald) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 08:57:51 +0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] mail Message-ID: I don't know if there's a preferred way of doing this but we use an alias to all users in /etc/aliases. Create a mailing group alias called 'all' and then add any group aliases already defined and any individuals that aren't already included in any groups. So you'd have something like... ################### # Mailing list aliases # ################### manag-group: managera at domain.blah, manager2 at domain.blah devel-group: developera at domain.blah, developer2 at domain.blah all: manag-group, devel-group, usera, userb Where usera and b haven't been included in any groups. Once you've added the appropriate entries run 'newaliases' and that should do it. Maybe someone else has a better suggestion though, if all you want to do is alert all usrs on a system you could use 'wall' or 'rwall' but I suspect you probably want to notify all mail users rather that all system users no? Will Mc Donald - newbie. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dexter-Al Eugenio To: SunHELP Mailing List (E-mail) Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 8:08 AM Subject: [Sunhelp] mail > hello, > > is there a software or configuration on which i can edit a file which > will send to all the users on the system. sort of an announcement. does > POP or IMAP related software do the trick? or do i have to do something on > the sendmail.cf file. > > thanks. > > > dex From dex at SUN.COM.PH Thu Jun 15 03:07:58 2000 From: dex at SUN.COM.PH (Dexter-Al Eugenio) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 16:07:58 +0800 (SGT) Subject: [Sunhelp] mail Message-ID: thanks, but i'm looking for another alternative besides aliasing. some say its configurable on the POP daemon or something, they call it bulletin, i'm searching for that stuff. besides its very tedious to input all the users for an alias. :) dex On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Will Mc Donald wrote: > I don't know if there's a preferred way of doing this but we use an alias to > all users in /etc/aliases. Create a mailing group alias called 'all' and > then add any group aliases already defined and any individuals that aren't > already included in any groups. > > So you'd have something like... > > ################### > # Mailing list aliases # > ################### > > manag-group: managera at domain.blah, manager2 at domain.blah > devel-group: developera at domain.blah, developer2 at domain.blah > > all: manag-group, devel-group, usera, userb > > Where usera and b haven't been included in any groups. Once you've added the > appropriate entries run 'newaliases' and that should do it. > > Maybe someone else has a better suggestion though, if all you want to do is > alert all usrs on a system you could use 'wall' or 'rwall' but I suspect you > probably want to notify all mail users rather that all system users no? > > Will Mc Donald - newbie. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dexter-Al Eugenio > To: SunHELP Mailing List (E-mail) > Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 8:08 AM > Subject: [Sunhelp] mail > > > > hello, > > > > is there a software or configuration on which i can edit a file which > > will send to all the users on the system. sort of an announcement. does > > POP or IMAP related software do the trick? or do i have to do something on > > the sendmail.cf file. > > > > thanks. > > > > > > dex > > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > From rene at iusti.univ-mrs.fr Thu Jun 15 03:27:25 2000 From: rene at iusti.univ-mrs.fr (Mr Rene Occelli) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:27:25 +0200 (MET DST) Subject: [Sunhelp] mail Message-ID: Hi, Creating aliases in /etc/aliases in a way but needs that the administrator maintains this file updated each time a user in added or removed. Otherwise you can make a script .... +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Rene OCCELLI + + I.U.S.T.I. C.N.R.S. U.M.R. 6595 + + Technopole de Chateau Gombert + + 5 Rue Enrico FERMI + + 13453 MARSEILLE Cedex 13 France + + Tel: (33)04 91 10 69 37 04 91 10 69 38 + + Fax: (33)04 91 10 69 69 + + Email: rene at iusti.univ-mrs.fr + +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ From wmcdonald at orctel.co.uk Fri Jun 16 03:34:10 2000 From: wmcdonald at orctel.co.uk (Will Mc Donald) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 09:34:10 +0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] mail Message-ID: I thought it might be more complicated, over to the people with a clue then... :) ----- Original Message ----- From: Dexter-Al Eugenio To: Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 9:07 AM Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] mail > thanks, but i'm looking for another alternative besides aliasing. some say > its configurable on the POP daemon or something, they call it bulletin, > i'm searching for that stuff. besides its very tedious to input all the > users for an alias. :) > > dex From s_parx at yahoo.co.uk Thu Jun 15 03:32:57 2000 From: s_parx at yahoo.co.uk (=?iso-8859-1?q?Steve=20Parker?=) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 09:32:57 +0100 (BST) Subject: [Sunhelp] dual boot on sparc Message-ID: I have a sparc 5 running Solaris 7. I want to look into upgrading to solaris 8, but I do not have any other kit available, so I want to be able to run/test solaris 8 out of hours & reboot to 7 for normal daily use. Is it possible to have install 8 on another partition(s) ( i have enough disk space to keep all file systems separate), if so how?? and how do I boot the different OS's. What successes/failures have other had. Any 'gotchas' or pitfalls I need to be aware of?? Thanks in advance ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie From james at foonly.com Thu Jun 15 03:51:59 2000 From: james at foonly.com (James Lockwood) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 01:51:59 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] dual boot on sparc Message-ID: On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, [iso-8859-1] Steve Parker wrote: > Is it possible to have install 8 on another > partition(s) ( i have enough disk space to keep all Yes. With Solaris 8 Live Update it's even possible to install it while you keep running 7. > file systems separate), if so how?? and how do I boot > the different OS's. Just specify the different partition to install to during the installation process. The installer will ask to change the PROM boot device, you can let it if you want the default OS to boot to be the new one. Once the install finishes, halt the system to the "ok" prompt. You can boot either OS by (assuming your OS is on the disk with the alias "disk"): boot disk:x boot disk:y where x or y are the root partitions for the different OS. Usually your current OS has the root partition on slice "a", so you would type "boot disk:a" (or simply "boot disk") to boot it. If you want to get fancy you can use the nvalias command to make aliases for the different boot slices so you can type "boot sol7" or "boot sol8". Consult the OpenBoot documentation (available on docs.sun.com) for the details. > What successes/failures have other had. Any 'gotchas' > or pitfalls I need to be aware of?? No real problems, this has always been easy in my experience. -James From robert.fuerst at sylvania.com Thu Jun 15 04:52:26 2000 From: robert.fuerst at sylvania.com (Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 05:52:26 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] OS I/O block size Message-ID: This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFD6AF.696DD610 Content-Type: text/plain I thought they meant port IO perhaps like the /etc/system stuff? * set hme0:tcp_xmit_hiwat=65535 * set hme0:tcp_recv_hiwat=65535 * set hme0:tcp_cwnd_hiwat=65534 * set hme0:nautopush=32 * set hme0:maxusers=40 * set hme0:max_nprocs=2048 * set hme0:maxuprc=100 * set hme0:ncsize=10240 * set hme0:ufs_inode=10240 > -----Original Message----- > From: L [SMTP:leed at chele.cais.net] > Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 1:56 PM > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] OS I/O block size > > I don't think you can create a 32K I/O size on SOlaris. check "man newfs" > and foloowing from ther: > > > -b bsize The logical block size of the file sys- > tem in bytes (either 4096 or 8192). The > default is 8192. The sun4u architecture > does not support the 4096 block size. > > > > > On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Naser Ali wrote: > > > Hello Everyone, > > How can I increase the I/O size to 32k in Solaris 2.6 or higher..? > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFD6AF.696DD610 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: [Sunhelp] OS I/O block size
I thought they meant = port IO perhaps like the /etc/system stuff?

*       set = hme0:tcp_xmit_hiwat=3D65535
*       set = hme0:tcp_recv_hiwat=3D65535
*       set = hme0:tcp_cwnd_hiwat=3D65534
*       set = hme0:nautopush=3D32
*       set = hme0:maxusers=3D40
*       set = hme0:max_nprocs=3D2048
*       set = hme0:maxuprc=3D100
*       set = hme0:ncsize=3D10240
*       set = hme0:ufs_inode=3D10240

-----Original Message-----
From:   L [SMTP:leed at chele.cais.net]
Sent:   Wednesday, June 14, 2000 1:56 PM
To:     sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Subject:       = Re: [Sunhelp] OS I/O block = size

I don't think you can create a 32K I/O = size on SOlaris. check "man newfs"
and foloowing from ther:

-b bsize The logical = block size of the file sys-
         &nb= sp;           &nb= sp;   tem in bytes (either 4096 or 8192). The
         &nb= sp;           &nb= sp;   default is 8192. The sun4u architecture
         &nb= sp;           &nb= sp;   does not support the 4096 block size.

On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Naser Ali = wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
> How can I increase the I/O size = to 32k in Solaris 2.6 or higher..?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
>

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------_=_NextPart_001_01BFD6AF.696DD610-- From robert.fuerst at sylvania.com Thu Jun 15 04:53:42 2000 From: robert.fuerst at sylvania.com (Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 05:53:42 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] confused Message-ID: This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFD6AF.96E31AB0 Content-Type: text/plain have not seen any.... > -----Original Message----- > From: beemern at telecom.ksu.edu [SMTP:beemern at telecom.ksu.edu] > Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 2:16 PM > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > Subject: [Sunhelp] confused > > i have been subscribed to sunhelp for several weeks now and have > submitted as many emails, if not more. > > however, i've never gotten a response from anyone on any of my > questions. > > is there some policy or etiquette guides that i'm not following? > or, am i just asking the proverbial "dumb question(s)"? > > thanks for any help with this! > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFD6AF.96E31AB0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: [Sunhelp] confused
have not seen = any....

-----Original Message-----
From:   beemern at telecom.ksu.edu = [SMTP:beemern at telecom.ksu.edu]
Sent:   Wednesday, June 14, 2000 2:16 PM
To:     sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Subject:       = [Sunhelp] confused

i have been subscribed to sunhelp for = several weeks now and have
submitted as many emails, if not = more.

however, i've never gotten a response = from anyone on any of my
questions.

is there some policy or etiquette = guides that i'm not following?
or, am i just asking the proverbial = "dumb question(s)"?

thanks for any help with this!
_______________________________________________
SunHELP maillist - = SunHELP at sunhelp.org
http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp

------_=_NextPart_001_01BFD6AF.96E31AB0-- From robert.fuerst at sylvania.com Thu Jun 15 05:06:28 2000 From: robert.fuerst at sylvania.com (Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 06:06:28 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Windows Issue Message-ID: This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFD6B1.5F26B170 Content-Type: text/plain Is there anything in the messages files? this one? fuerst 14493 340 1 08:28:28 ? 0:14 /usr/openwin/bin/Xsun :0 -nobanner -auth /var/dt/A:0-0GLf9T > -----Original Message----- > From: Anthony Grossi [SMTP:grossia at asterisk.sproj.psi.net] > Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 4:17 PM > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > Subject: [Sunhelp] Windows Issue > > Hi Folks, > > I have been trying to get rid of a bug for a looong time now. > I cannot seem to shake it. > > At arbitrary times, while using Openwindows, the entire Openwindows > session > will lock up. > The mouse continues to function, but I can do nothing else. A "STOP-A" > won't > even respond. > > It has only happened while moving individual windows. > > The only fix is to log in and kill the process labelled Xsun. > > I have recently changed to FVWM as a window manager. The same problem > occurs while running FVWM. At arbitrary times while moving a window > the entire desktop will lock. > > I am running Solaris 2.6 on an Ultra V w/ a 333MHz processor and 256M of > RAM. > > Regards, > > Anthony > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFD6B1.5F26B170 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: [Sunhelp] Windows Issue
Is there anything in = the messages files?
this one?
fuerst 14493   340 1 08:28:28 = ?        0:14 /usr/openwin/bin/Xsun = :0 -nobanner -auth /var/dt/A:0-0GLf9T

-----Original Message-----
From:   Anthony Grossi = [SMTP:grossia at asterisk.sproj.psi.net]
Sent:   Wednesday, June 14, 2000 4:17 PM
To:     sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Subject:       = [Sunhelp] Windows Issue

Hi Folks,

I have been trying to get rid of a bug = for a looong time now.
I cannot seem to shake it.

At arbitrary times, while using = Openwindows, the entire Openwindows session
will lock up.
The mouse continues to function, but = I can do nothing else. A "STOP-A" won't
even respond.

It has only happened while moving = individual windows.

The only fix is to log in and kill the = process labelled Xsun.

I have recently changed to FVWM as a = window manager. The same problem
occurs while running FVWM. At = arbitrary times while moving a window
the entire desktop will lock.

I am running Solaris 2.6 on an Ultra V = w/ a 333MHz processor and 256M of RAM.

Regards,

Anthony
_______________________________________________
SunHELP maillist - = SunHELP at sunhelp.org
http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp

------_=_NextPart_001_01BFD6B1.5F26B170-- From james at foonly.com Thu Jun 15 05:14:34 2000 From: james at foonly.com (James Lockwood) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 03:14:34 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] OS I/O block size Message-ID: On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris) wrote: > I thought they meant port IO perhaps like the /etc/system stuff? > > * set hme0:tcp_xmit_hiwat=65535 > * set hme0:tcp_recv_hiwat=65535 > * set hme0:tcp_cwnd_hiwat=65534 > * set hme0:nautopush=32 > * set hme0:maxusers=40 > * set hme0:max_nprocs=2048 > * set hme0:maxuprc=100 > * set hme0:ncsize=10240 > * set hme0:ufs_inode=10240 A small warning: several of these are nonsensical in recent versions of Solaris. -James From robert.fuerst at sylvania.com Thu Jun 15 06:15:40 2000 From: robert.fuerst at sylvania.com (Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 07:15:40 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] OS I/O block size Message-ID: This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFD6BB.0A0E9720 Content-Type: text/plain I have them commented out because I never knew what they do anyway. If anyone has good resources for these settings for 2.6,7 and 8 I'd appreciate it.... > -----Original Message----- > From: James Lockwood [SMTP:james at foonly.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 6:15 AM > To: 'sunhelp at sunhelp.org' > Subject: RE: [Sunhelp] OS I/O block size > > On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris) wrote: > > > I thought they meant port IO perhaps like the /etc/system stuff? > > > > * set hme0:tcp_xmit_hiwat=65535 > > * set hme0:tcp_recv_hiwat=65535 > > * set hme0:tcp_cwnd_hiwat=65534 > > * set hme0:nautopush=32 > > * set hme0:maxusers=40 > > * set hme0:max_nprocs=2048 > > * set hme0:maxuprc=100 > > * set hme0:ncsize=10240 > > * set hme0:ufs_inode=10240 > > A small warning: several of these are nonsensical in recent versions of > Solaris. > > -James > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFD6BB.0A0E9720 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: [Sunhelp] OS I/O block size
I have them = commented out because I never knew what they do anyway.
If anyone has good = resources for these settings for 2.6,7 and 8 I'd appreciate = it....

-----Original Message-----
From:   James Lockwood [SMTP:james at foonly.com]
Sent:   Thursday, June 15, 2000 6:15 AM
To:     'sunhelp at sunhelp.org'
Subject:       = RE: [Sunhelp] OS I/O block = size

On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Fuerst, Robert C. = (Chris) wrote:

> I thought they meant port IO = perhaps like the /etc/system stuff?
>
> = *       set = hme0:tcp_xmit_hiwat=3D65535
> = *       set = hme0:tcp_recv_hiwat=3D65535
> = *       set = hme0:tcp_cwnd_hiwat=3D65534
> = *       set hme0:nautopush=3D32
> = *       set hme0:maxusers=3D40
> = *       set hme0:max_nprocs=3D2048
> = *       set hme0:maxuprc=3D100
> = *       set hme0:ncsize=3D10240
> = *       set hme0:ufs_inode=3D10240

A small warning: several of these are = nonsensical in recent versions of
Solaris.

-James

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------_=_NextPart_001_01BFD6BB.0A0E9720-- From polle at chello.se Thu Jun 15 09:41:09 2000 From: polle at chello.se (Patrick Tetzlaff) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 13:41:09 -0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] Keyboard Sound Message-ID: Hi! 1. Im wondering if it is possible to disable the annoying beeps coming out from the keyboard(Type 6)? (when using tab w/ bash etc..) Ive discovered some dip-switches on my keyboard but i dont dare to touch them :) 2. Is it possible to disable the built-in speaker? solaris "forgets" that ive disabled it with sdtaudiocontrol after reboot. TIA //Patrick From ggendel at sarnoff.com Thu Jun 15 07:49:44 2000 From: ggendel at sarnoff.com (Gary Gendel x3145) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 08:49:44 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Re: mail Message-ID: Indeed there is such a beast in some POP servers, but I only know of one for Qmail, not sendmail. In that client, you can send a broadcast message that gets sent to the mail user if they are logged on. If they aren't it sends the message at the time they log on. The nice thing about this is the broadcasts won't fill the disk replicating the message for all users. BTW, I'm using Qmail and it is easy to set up and maintain, plus it is faster and more secure than sendmail. In addition, it allows virtual users (ones that don't have a Unix login) when using the POP server. A few wrinkles: (1) To use advanced spam control features, you have to replace your smnpd daemon, but I had no problem setting that up as well. (2) To use Qmail compatible POP servers, you need to use the MailDir format, rather than the mbox format used by sendmail. Their format is more secure, but it will break programs that don't understand it. This isn't a problem if all your clients use POP. (3) Sendmail specific things like .forward and vacation won't work. Their is mechanisms for doing these things the Qmail way, plus there is a script to allow .forward files to work. sunhelp.org may use Qmail, since the mailing list manager seems to be ezmlm-idx, which only runs on Qmail. Check out http://www.qmail.org/ for more information, if you're interested. > > hello, > > > > is there a software or configuration on which i can edit a file which > > will send to all the users on the system. sort of an announcement. does > > POP or IMAP related software do the trick? or do i have to do something on > > the sendmail.cf file. > > > > thanks. > > > > > > dex From drouse at arlington.newsargus.com Thu Jun 15 08:31:30 2000 From: drouse at arlington.newsargus.com (David Rouse) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 09:31:30 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Slow writes compared to reads with DiskSuite Message-ID: We have a U250 providing file service for a bunch of Macintosh clients. The machine is running Solaris 2.6 and DiskSuite 4.2 and has two internal 4 GB drives (mirrored) for stuff like /, /var, etc. and four 9 GB drives for client files. The four 9GB drives are arranged in a RAID 5 through DiskSuite. I had noticed that it takes longer for our clients to write to the server than to read from it, something like twice as long. A third-party software vendor suggested running the following tests to check the speed of our disks: Write test - dd if=/dev/zero bs=1024k of=tstfile count=1024 Read test - dd if=tstfile bs=1024k of=/dev/null I used 'time' to time the test and recorded the 'real' time. I averaged three runs and ran the tests during a quite time. To provide myself with comparison data I also ran the test on a stock, older U5 running Solaris 7 and a U1 also running 2.6 and DiskSuite 4.2 with mirrored drives. U5 -- Write: 223s Read: 220s U250's RAID -- Write: 417s Read: 74s U250's mirror -- Write: 149s Read: 61s U1's mirror -- Write: 95s Read: 62s Assuming that this was a fair test, I guess then it is normal to have asymmetrical reads v writes with DiskSuite. I'll also buy the differences between the U1 and U250 mirrors because the U1 has a better setup (more SCSI controllers) I also knew that a software RAID wouldn't provide blazing performance. But should the RAID 5 writes be this bad? Worse than the U5! What would a hardware RAID 5 (like the A1000) give us? Has anyone heard when Sun's RAID card would be available for the internal disks of a U250? Thanks for any advice, etc. -- David Rouse Network Manager Goldsboro News-Argus From cradle at Glue.umd.edu Thu Jun 15 09:34:00 2000 From: cradle at Glue.umd.edu (David Eisner) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:34:00 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Keyboard Sound Message-ID: On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Patrick Tetzlaff wrote: > Hi! > 1. Im wondering if it is possible to disable the annoying beeps coming > out from the keyboard(Type 6)? (when using tab w/ bash etc..) That bugs me too. I put an 'xset b 0' in my X initialization to turn the beeping off. If you're not in X, you can configure readline to turn off audio beeping. Put 'set bell-style none' or 'set bell-style visible' in your .inputrc. This will at least fix the problem in bash. -David ----------------------------------------------------- David Eisner | E-mail: cradle at eng.umd.edu | CALCE EPSC | Phone: 301-405-5341 | University of Maryland | Fax: 301-314-9269 | ----------------------------------------------------- From daleg at elemental.org Thu Jun 15 09:34:24 2000 From: daleg at elemental.org (Dale Ghent) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:34:24 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Slow writes compared to reads with DiskSuite Message-ID: On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, David Rouse wrote: | Assuming that this was a fair test, I guess then it is normal to have | asymmetrical reads v writes with DiskSuite. I'll also buy the | differences between the U1 and U250 mirrors because the U1 has a better | setup (more SCSI controllers) I also knew that a software RAID wouldn't | provide blazing performance. But should the RAID 5 writes be this bad? | Worse than the U5! What would a hardware RAID 5 (like the A1000) give | us? Has anyone heard when Sun's RAID card would be available for the | internal disks of a U250? You are running into a natural thing when it comes to RAID 5, especially RAID 5 done in software. See, on a RAID 5 volume, the DiskSuite RAID5 driver has to calculate parity for every block written to the volume. This of course takes much more CPU time than normal, and the write write does not return (ie: is not fully commited) until the parity is calculated and the data written to disk. The speed with mirroring is faster because you're just writing data, and not having to calculate any parity at all. This is why if you have the disk space available, a RAID 0+1 solution is more preferential than a RAID5 one (of course, RAID5 is better for situation where you are warehousing alot of data and 95% of your time is spent reading from it than writing to it. You'll have more disk space this way.) This is where hardware-based RAID5 systems come into play. The typical RAID box has a cache of some sort (the A1000 you mentioned comes with 24MB from the factory) which sits between the server and the RAID controller in the RAID box. The server sends data over the SCSI (or FC-AL) bus to the RAID box, and into the cache. A processor on the other side of the cache takes data from the cache, calculates parity, and writes to the disk volume. The cache essentially acts as a buffer for writes and as a cache for reads, and the processor removes the overhead of parity calculation and volume management from the server. HTH /dale From Magnus.Abrante at nocke.Sweden.Sun.COM Thu Jun 15 10:06:28 2000 From: Magnus.Abrante at nocke.Sweden.Sun.COM (Magnus Abrante) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 17:06:28 +0200 (MEST) Subject: [Sunhelp] Slow writes compared to reads with DiskSuite Message-ID: In particular if one of the disks in a software RAID 5 breaks... then it will be very very slow since it has to perform even more calculations. If you really want SDS/RAID 5, dont forget to create a hotpol. If you want better performance you should use a RAID 0/striping, that would improve both read/write performance. Or a RAID 0+1 or 1+0 if you want some security as well. This of course depends on how much disk you have, and what kind of configuration you want, if you for example want to be able to grow a metadevice on the run you shouldn't use RAID 0/stripe. I dont think you'll be able to add the HW RAID controller for the internal disks, i can't really see how that would be possible anyway, since the RAID card wants full control over the disks which are under its control. At least not AFAIK. //Magnus /* This is not the opinion of my company, its just my own */ > | Assuming that this was a fair test, I guess then it is normal to have > | asymmetrical reads v writes with DiskSuite. I'll also buy the > | differences between the U1 and U250 mirrors because the U1 has a better > | setup (more SCSI controllers) I also knew that a software RAID wouldn't > | provide blazing performance. But should the RAID 5 writes be this bad? > | Worse than the U5! What would a hardware RAID 5 (like the A1000) give > | us? Has anyone heard when Sun's RAID card would be available for the > | internal disks of a U250? > > You are running into a natural thing when it comes to RAID 5, especially > RAID 5 done in software. > > See, on a RAID 5 volume, the DiskSuite RAID5 driver has to calculate > parity for every block written to the volume. This of course takes much > more CPU time than normal, and the write write does not return (ie: is not > fully commited) until the parity is calculated and the data written to > disk. > > The speed with mirroring is faster because you're just writing data, and > not having to calculate any parity at all. This is why if you have the > disk space available, a RAID 0+1 solution is more preferential than a > RAID5 one (of course, RAID5 is better for situation where you are > warehousing alot of data and 95% of your time is spent reading from it > than writing to it. You'll have more disk space this way.) > > This is where hardware-based RAID5 systems come into play. The typical > RAID box has a cache of some sort (the A1000 you mentioned comes with 24MB > from the factory) which sits between the server and the RAID controller in > the RAID box. The server sends data over the SCSI (or FC-AL) bus to the > RAID box, and into the cache. A processor on the other side of the cache > takes data from the cache, calculates parity, and writes to the disk > volume. The cache essentially acts as a buffer for writes and as a cache > for reads, and the processor removes the overhead of parity calculation > and volume management from the server. > > > HTH > /dale > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > //Magnus Abrante - Sun Service From daleg at elemental.org Thu Jun 15 10:49:03 2000 From: daleg at elemental.org (Dale Ghent) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 11:49:03 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Slow writes compared to reads with DiskSuite Message-ID: On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Dale Ghent wrote: | This is where hardware-based RAID5 systems come into play. The typical | RAID box has a cache of some sort (the A1000 you mentioned comes with 24MB | from the factory) which sits between the server and the RAID controller in | the RAID box. The server sends data over the SCSI (or FC-AL) bus to the | RAID box, and into the cache. A processor on the other side of the cache | takes data from the cache, calculates parity, and writes to the disk | volume. The cache essentially acts as a buffer for writes and as a cache | for reads, and the processor removes the overhead of parity calculation | and volume management from the server. Let me add to this and say that the reason writes are sped up some much with a hardware RAID cache is because the cache controller in the RAID array tells the OS that the write is done as soon as the write hits the cache. The aformentioned processor in the RAID box takes care of actually writing the data to the disks behind the scenes (this is why you so battery backups for RAID boxes with cache... if power were lost to the array, there could be uncommitted writes still in the cache. The battery keeps the data alive in the cache until power is restored and the data can be written to the disks. /dale From GLeblanc at cu-portland.edu Thu Jun 15 10:55:40 2000 From: GLeblanc at cu-portland.edu (Gregory Leblanc) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 08:55:40 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] Re: mail Message-ID: > -----Original Message----- > From: Gary Gendel x3145 [mailto:ggendel at sarnoff.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 5:50 AM > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > Subject: [Sunhelp] Re: mail > > sunhelp.org may use Qmail, since the mailing list manager seems to be > ezmlm-idx, which only runs on Qmail. Check out http://www.qmail.org/ for more information, if you're interested. Check out the message headers again. Bill's lists run on Mailman, sendmail 8.9 is the backend. www.list.org for mailman, very nice MLM. I haven't tried any of the replacements for sendmail, but I've heard good things about qmail and postfix? Greg From kante at globeaccess.net Thu Jun 15 10:24:36 2000 From: kante at globeaccess.net (Souleymane KANTE) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 16:24:36 +0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] Problem installing netscape navigator on solaris 2.6 Message-ID: Hi, I am installing Netscape navigator on solaris 2.6. after installation, I have got this error message when I tried to run netscape. #./netscape Xlib: Connection to ": 0.0" refused by srever Xlib: Client is not authorized to connectto server HELP Please, Souleymane From mbailey at journey.net Thu Jun 15 11:47:42 2000 From: mbailey at journey.net (mbailey) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 12:47:42 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Re: Problem installing netscape navigator on solaris 2.6 Message-ID: xhost + + will let it work.. check that localhost is in hosts.equiv as well. -- On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Souleymane KANTE wrote: > Hi, > I am installing Netscape navigator on solaris 2.6. after installation, I have > got this error message when I tried to run netscape. > #./netscape > Xlib: Connection to ": 0.0" refused by srever > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connectto server > HELP Please, > Souleymane > > - > Send 'unsubscribe' in the body to 'list-request at inet-access.net' to leave. > Eat sushi frequently. inet at inet-access.net is the human contact address. > From Raju.Gogula at aristagtc.stph.net Thu Jun 15 12:19:18 2000 From: Raju.Gogula at aristagtc.stph.net (Raju Gogula) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:19:18 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] Thin client for Solaris 7 Systems Message-ID: Hi all, We need to access solaris7 system remotely via 64k link. Is there any software which will work as a thin client and help us receive the CDE desktop? we should be able to run GUI apps with better bandwidth utilization from our local NT or Unix desktop. Thanks in advance Raju From daleg at elemental.org Thu Jun 15 12:57:19 2000 From: daleg at elemental.org (Dale Ghent) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 13:57:19 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Problem installing netscape navigator on solaris 2.6 Message-ID: On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Souleymane KANTE wrote: | Hi, | I am installing Netscape navigator on solaris 2.6. after installation, I have | got this error message when I tried to run netscape. | #./netscape | Xlib: Connection to ": 0.0" refused by srever | Xlib: Client is not authorized to connectto server Are you logged in as a user into Xwindows and trying to run netscape as a different user (root?) Make sure you run it as the user you logged into X as. /dale From ward at zilla.nu Thu Jun 15 13:28:30 2000 From: ward at zilla.nu (Reagen Ward) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 13:28:30 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Thin client for Solaris 7 Systems Message-ID: I use VNC a lot for such things, like a PC anywhere that has clients for everything, and servers for Mac, Win32, UNIX... I don't remember the URL, but you cand find it on freshmeat (www.freshmeat.net) if you hunt for VNC. Reagen On Thu, Jun 15, 2000 at 10:19:18AM -0700, Raju Gogula wrote: > Hi all, > > We need to access solaris7 system remotely via 64k link. Is there any > software which will work as a thin client and help us receive the CDE > desktop? we should be able to run GUI apps with better bandwidth utilization > from our local NT or Unix desktop. > > Thanks in advance > > Raju > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From drouse at arlington.newsargus.com Thu Jun 15 13:36:31 2000 From: drouse at arlington.newsargus.com (David Rouse) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 14:36:31 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Slow writes compared to reads with DiskSuite Message-ID: Thanks all for the RAID 5 comments, I guess I underestimated the performance hit of a software RAID. Grrrr. -- David Rouse Network Manager Goldsboro News-Argus From hmflynn at earthlink.net Thu Jun 15 12:30:33 2000 From: hmflynn at earthlink.net (Hal Flynn) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 13:30:33 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Thin client for Solaris 7 Systems Message-ID: Exceed or VNC. Raju Gogula wrote: > > Hi all, > > We need to access solaris7 system remotely via 64k link. Is there any > software which will work as a thin client and help us receive the CDE > desktop? we should be able to run GUI apps with better bandwidth utilization > from our local NT or Unix desktop. > > Thanks in advance > > Raju > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From john_kirsten at fwb.com Thu Jun 15 13:40:25 2000 From: john_kirsten at fwb.com (John Kirsten) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 11:40:25 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] PC Emulation on Solaris Message-ID: > THIS MESSAGE IS IN MIME FORMAT. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --MS_Mac_OE_3043914025_61584_MIME_Part Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit FWB Software, LLC (http://www.fwb.com) has just released "SoftWindows for Solaris", which enables the installation of Windows on the Solaris platform; included is a copy of Windows95. The user may also install their own copy of Windows98. Soon to follow will be "RealPC for Solaris" which is the same emulator, packaged with a copy of PCDOS. Windows may be installed on this as well. --MS_Mac_OE_3043914025_61584_MIME_Part Content-type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable PC Emulation on Solaris
FWB Software, LLC (http://www.fwb.com) has jus= t released "SoftWindows for Solaris", which enables the installati= on of Windows on the Solaris platform; included is a copy of Windows95. The = user may also install their own copy of Windows98. Soon to follow will be &q= uot;RealPC for Solaris" which is the same emulator, packaged with a cop= y of PCDOS. Windows may be installed on this as well. --MS_Mac_OE_3043914025_61584_MIME_Part-- From Mark.Zander at mezzia.com Thu Jun 15 13:33:44 2000 From: Mark.Zander at mezzia.com (Zander, Mark) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 13:33:44 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Timeouts Message-ID: Half of my systems (all Solaris 7) are timing sessions out (telnet, xterm, etc) after about 5 minutes of inactivity. How do I turn this off? TIA!! ----- Mark Zander ===> Mark.Zander at mezzia.com Unix System Admin mezzia e-business Indianapolis, IN USA Third Stone From The Sun http://www.mezzia.com From james at quickdog.com Thu Jun 15 14:08:59 2000 From: james at quickdog.com (James Lockwood) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 12:08:59 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] PC Emulation on Solaris Message-ID: On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, John Kirsten wrote: > FWB Software, LLC (http://www.fwb.com) has just released "SoftWindows for > Solaris", which enables the installation of Windows on the Solaris platform; > included is a copy of Windows95. The user may also install their own copy of > Windows98. Soon to follow will be "RealPC for Solaris" which is the same > emulator, packaged with a copy of PCDOS. Windows may be installed on this as > well. Terrific, many people have been in doubt about whether or not FWB would continue support. I can find no matches on the FWB website for the search term "Solaris", so I expect that a product page is still in progress. Have there been updates since the sale from Insignia? -James From james at quickdog.com Thu Jun 15 14:08:59 2000 From: james at quickdog.com (James Lockwood) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 12:08:59 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] PC Emulation on Solaris Message-ID: On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, John Kirsten wrote: > FWB Software, LLC (http://www.fwb.com) has just released "SoftWindows for > Solaris", which enables the installation of Windows on the Solaris platform; > included is a copy of Windows95. The user may also install their own copy of > Windows98. Soon to follow will be "RealPC for Solaris" which is the same > emulator, packaged with a copy of PCDOS. Windows may be installed on this as > well. Terrific, many people have been in doubt about whether or not FWB would continue support. I can find no matches on the FWB website for the search term "Solaris", so I expect that a product page is still in progress. Have there been updates since the sale from Insignia? -James From kevin_stevens at hotmail.com Thu Jun 15 14:17:27 2000 From: kevin_stevens at hotmail.com (Kevin Stevens) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 12:17:27 PDT Subject: [Sunhelp] Thin client for Solaris 7 Systems Message-ID: Uh, am I being dense, or doesn't he just need X-term servers for his remote machines? KeS >From: Reagen Ward >Reply-To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org >To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org >Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] Thin client for Solaris 7 Systems >Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 13:28:30 -0500 > >I use VNC a lot for such things, like a PC anywhere that has clients for >everything, and servers for Mac, Win32, UNIX... I don't remember the URL, >but >you cand find it on freshmeat (www.freshmeat.net) if you hunt for VNC. > >Reagen > >On Thu, Jun 15, 2000 at 10:19:18AM -0700, Raju Gogula wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > We need to access solaris7 system remotely via 64k link. Is there any > > software which will work as a thin client and help us receive the CDE > > desktop? we should be able to run GUI apps with better bandwidth >utilization > > from our local NT or Unix desktop. > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > Raju > > _______________________________________________ > > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp >_______________________________________________ >SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org >http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com From jeisch at boku.net Thu Jun 15 14:16:52 2000 From: jeisch at boku.net (Jonathan Eisch) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 14:16:52 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Thin client for Solaris 7 Systems Message-ID: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ VNC is cool. the viewer fit's on a floppy and is very portable. I've been using it for a long time. -Jonathan Reagen Ward wrote: > > I use VNC a lot for such things, like a PC anywhere that has clients for > everything, and servers for Mac, Win32, UNIX... I don't remember the URL, but > you cand find it on freshmeat (www.freshmeat.net) if you hunt for VNC. > > Reagen > > On Thu, Jun 15, 2000 at 10:19:18AM -0700, Raju Gogula wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > We need to access solaris7 system remotely via 64k link. Is there any > > software which will work as a thin client and help us receive the CDE > > desktop? we should be able to run GUI apps with better bandwidth utilization > > from our local NT or Unix desktop. > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > Raju > > _______________________________________________ > > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From ward at zilla.nu Thu Jun 15 14:38:47 2000 From: ward at zilla.nu (Reagen Ward) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 14:38:47 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] PC Emulation on Solaris Message-ID: Pending price and specs, I may be getting a cheap ultra desktop to replace my SS20. Since the pages aren't up, do you have any product literature or the like? I wonder what I can get a u10 or equivalent for these days... Reagen On Thu, Jun 15, 2000 at 12:08:59PM -0700, James Lockwood wrote: > On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, John Kirsten wrote: > > > FWB Software, LLC (http://www.fwb.com) has just released "SoftWindows for > > Solaris", which enables the installation of Windows on the Solaris platform; > > included is a copy of Windows95. The user may also install their own copy of > > Windows98. Soon to follow will be "RealPC for Solaris" which is the same > > emulator, packaged with a copy of PCDOS. Windows may be installed on this as > > well. > > Terrific, many people have been in doubt about whether or not FWB would > continue support. > > I can find no matches on the FWB website for the search term "Solaris", so > I expect that a product page is still in progress. Have there been > updates since the sale from Insignia? > > -James > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From ward at zilla.nu Thu Jun 15 15:53:23 2000 From: ward at zilla.nu (Reagen Ward) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 15:53:23 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Thin client for Solaris 7 Systems Message-ID: Yup, that would work fine, but most are expensive, and use more bandwidth than VNC. Reagen On Thu, Jun 15, 2000 at 12:17:27PM -0700, Kevin Stevens wrote: > Uh, am I being dense, or doesn't he just need X-term servers for his remote > machines? > > KeS > > >From: Reagen Ward > >Reply-To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > >To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > >Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] Thin client for Solaris 7 Systems > >Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 13:28:30 -0500 > > > >I use VNC a lot for such things, like a PC anywhere that has clients for > >everything, and servers for Mac, Win32, UNIX... I don't remember the URL, > >but > >you cand find it on freshmeat (www.freshmeat.net) if you hunt for VNC. > > > >Reagen > > > >On Thu, Jun 15, 2000 at 10:19:18AM -0700, Raju Gogula wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > We need to access solaris7 system remotely via 64k link. Is there any > > > software which will work as a thin client and help us receive the CDE > > > desktop? we should be able to run GUI apps with better bandwidth > >utilization > > > from our local NT or Unix desktop. > > > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > Raju > > > _______________________________________________ > > > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > > > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > >_______________________________________________ > >SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > >http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From jbascue at teleport.com Thu Jun 15 18:13:14 2000 From: jbascue at teleport.com (Jeremiah Bascue) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 16:13:14 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] Samba install guide Message-ID: Is there a good online resource for Samba installation? I need to have my hand held through the process apparently. I'm running a Sparc E250 server and have about 60 clients running NT. I have Samba running on the server, but that's as far as I have gotten. I don't know how to configure the NT clients to recognize the server. Any help? Anyone? -jeremiah From spribyl at enteract.com Thu Jun 15 18:44:13 2000 From: spribyl at enteract.com (Steve Pribyl) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 18:44:13 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Cable Modems Message-ID: One of my customers asked me if it was possbile to hang two cable modems off the same wire. I think you can do that but what about using them at the same time? Thanks Steve Pribyl spribyl at enteract.com http://www.enteract.com/~spribyl From sigf at crosswinds.net Thu Jun 15 05:44:22 2000 From: sigf at crosswinds.net (SoupIsGood Food) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 06:44:22 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Accidentally cleared out /var/sadm/patch on Solaris 2.7...now what? Message-ID: OK, I'm an idiot. I rm -r'ed where I shouldn't have rm -r'ed, and now I'm fsck'ed. I zapped everything in /var/sadm/patch on a 32bit 2.7 box, which is where the patches apparently live. I copied over everything from the /var/sadm/patch directory on an identical system and rebooted, but I get no love. patchadd -p says there are no patches installed...and I get a solid stream of error code 8's when I try to install the 7 reccomended patch cluster. More importantly, the patches needed to run our compiler don't wanna install, because it can't find any of the prereqs. HEEEELLLP! -SoupIsGood Food From james at foonly.com Thu Jun 15 19:18:11 2000 From: james at foonly.com (James Lockwood) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 17:18:11 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] PC Emulation on Solaris Message-ID: On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Reagen Ward wrote: > I wonder what I can get a u10 or equivalent for these days... I'd personally go for a SunPCi for a PCI Ultra. They're fairly cheap on the used market and _fast_. Got one in this AXi and it hauls (500MHz K6-2 upgrade helps). For sbus boxes SoftWindows can be quite effective. -James From james at foonly.com Thu Jun 15 19:19:42 2000 From: james at foonly.com (James Lockwood) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 17:19:42 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Thin client for Solaris 7 Systems Message-ID: On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Reagen Ward wrote: > Yup, that would work fine, but most are expensive, and use more bandwidth than > VNC. Depends on what you're doing. VNC with some of the tile encoders will use less bandwidth for bitblitting but more for text. VNC does have the advantage of introducing less latency into a user session, the two sides are not nearly as "chatty" as they are with X. -James From james at foonly.com Thu Jun 15 19:19:42 2000 From: james at foonly.com (James Lockwood) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 17:19:42 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Thin client for Solaris 7 Systems Message-ID: On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Reagen Ward wrote: > Yup, that would work fine, but most are expensive, and use more bandwidth than > VNC. Depends on what you're doing. VNC with some of the tile encoders will use less bandwidth for bitblitting but more for text. VNC does have the advantage of introducing less latency into a user session, the two sides are not nearly as "chatty" as they are with X. -James From mrbill at mrbill.net Thu Jun 15 19:53:58 2000 From: mrbill at mrbill.net (Bill Bradford) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 19:53:58 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] PC Emulation on Solaris Message-ID: On Thu, Jun 15, 2000 at 05:18:11PM -0700, James Lockwood wrote: > On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Reagen Ward wrote: > > I wonder what I can get a u10 or equivalent for these days... > I'd personally go for a SunPCi for a PCI Ultra. They're fairly cheap on > the used market and _fast_. Got one in this AXi and it hauls (500MHz > K6-2 upgrade helps). > For sbus boxes SoftWindows can be quite effective. > -James I'm heavily debating between building a cheap PC, or getting a SunPCi card; the only limiting factor is that I cant use a 3D accerated video card with the PC in order to play games... Bill -- +--------------------+-------------------+ | Bill Bradford | Austin, Texas | +--------------------+-------------------+ | mrbill at sunhelp.org | mrbill at mrbill.net | +--------------------+-------------------+ From mrbill at mrbill.net Thu Jun 15 19:55:00 2000 From: mrbill at mrbill.net (Bill Bradford) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 19:55:00 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] PC Emulation on Solaris Message-ID: On Thu, Jun 15, 2000 at 12:08:59PM -0700, James Lockwood wrote: > On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, John Kirsten wrote: > > FWB Software, LLC (http://www.fwb.com) has just released "SoftWindows for > > Solaris", which enables the installation of Windows on the Solaris platform; > > included is a copy of Windows95. The user may also install their own copy of > > Windows98. Soon to follow will be "RealPC for Solaris" which is the same > > emulator, packaged with a copy of PCDOS. Windows may be installed on this as > > well. > Terrific, many people have been in doubt about whether or not FWB would > continue support. I just wish they'd ask permission before sending ads to the list. 8-) I've emailed John and asked for a review copy of SoftWindows/Solaris that I can try out and post a review of on the web site. Any idea what the performance will be like on a U10/300/384mb? Bill -- +--------------------+-------------------+ | Bill Bradford | Austin, Texas | +--------------------+-------------------+ | mrbill at sunhelp.org | mrbill at mrbill.net | +--------------------+-------------------+ From ward at zilla.nu Fri Jun 16 00:40:01 2000 From: ward at zilla.nu (Reagen Ward) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 00:40:01 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Cable Modems Message-ID: Almost positive that the answer is no. However, you can have multiple machines share the modem. In fact, here in Houston RoadRunner runs a seperate line for the cable modem due to the effects it has on video quality. Reagen On Thu, Jun 15, 2000 at 06:44:13PM -0500, Steve Pribyl wrote: > One of my customers asked me if it was possbile to hang two cable modems > off the same wire. I think you can do that but what about using them at > the same time? > > Thanks > Steve Pribyl > spribyl at enteract.com > http://www.enteract.com/~spribyl > > > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From ward at zilla.nu Fri Jun 16 00:41:30 2000 From: ward at zilla.nu (Reagen Ward) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 00:41:30 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] PC Emulation on Solaris Message-ID: I wonder how SoftWindows / Solaris does 3d hardware support, if any? I know the mac version can use a 3dfx card if the mac has one. Reagen On Thu, Jun 15, 2000 at 05:18:11PM -0700, James Lockwood wrote: > On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Reagen Ward wrote: > > > I wonder what I can get a u10 or equivalent for these days... > > I'd personally go for a SunPCi for a PCI Ultra. They're fairly cheap on > the used market and _fast_. Got one in this AXi and it hauls (500MHz > K6-2 upgrade helps). > > For sbus boxes SoftWindows can be quite effective. > > -James > > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From rubin at ezy.net Fri Jun 16 01:06:10 2000 From: rubin at ezy.net (Alan Rubin) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 02:06:10 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] wu-ftpd and sunos 4.1.4 Message-ID: has anyone compiled 2.6 for a sunos system? i get errors when trying to upload files. it references cwdir problems. i found some information on the wu-ftpd archive, but it didn't work for me, so i am asking here as well. alan _________________ *Alan Rubin* Sun/Unix/Networking/ISP/Web Writing Email:rubin at ezy.net From dex at SUN.COM.PH Fri Jun 16 01:50:36 2000 From: dex at SUN.COM.PH (Dexter-Al Eugenio) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 14:50:36 +0800 (SGT) Subject: [Sunhelp] login logs Message-ID: hi there, is there a command to get the lists of users unsuccessful login or bad attempts. all i can see from /var/adm are successful attempts. is this possible? thanks.... dex From Magnus.Abrante at nocke.Sweden.Sun.COM Fri Jun 16 02:45:43 2000 From: Magnus.Abrante at nocke.Sweden.Sun.COM (Magnus Abrante) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 09:45:43 +0200 (MEST) Subject: [Sunhelp] login logs Message-ID: Perhaps the /var/adm/loginlog would help you? (man loginlog) > is there a command to get the lists of users unsuccessful login or bad > attempts. all i can see from /var/adm are successful attempts. is this > possible? Best regards, //Magnus Abrante /* This is not the opinion of my company, its just my own */ From Eddie.Watkins at mail.moray.gov.uk Fri Jun 16 03:46:39 2000 From: Eddie.Watkins at mail.moray.gov.uk (Eddie Watkins) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 09:46:39 +0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] ultra-10 monitor options Message-ID: Hi I asked about using sparc-5 monitors on an ultra-10 yesterday, which was answered - thanks to those people who gave me the answer. However, can anyone tell me if it possible to connect a dumb terminal, i.e. a vt220 terminal or even a PC monitor instead of a Sun monitor. Thanks Eddie Watkins From Robert.Cross at scottish-newcastle.co.uk Fri Jun 16 03:44:33 2000 From: Robert.Cross at scottish-newcastle.co.uk (Robert.Cross at scottish-newcastle.co.uk) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 09:44:33 +0100 (GDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Thin client for Solaris 7 Systems Message-ID: --Boundary_(ID_PyAsCoCNuYXPralc1TUqmA) Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT >We need to access solaris7 system remotely via 64k link. Is there any >software which will work as a thin client and help us receive the CDE >desktop? we should be able to run GUI apps with better bandwidth utilization >from our local NT or Unix desktop. Unix desktops aren't a problem since you can just use standard X. NT is more problematic, as I see it you've got three options, (other than zapping the NT and replacing it with something waayyy better - e.g. RedHat or Solaris! ;-) ) . . . . 1. Conventional (thick) X-client. As long as it supports Broadway (LBX) you should be okay. WRQ's ReflectionsX looks pretty good and fast. 2. Thin client. Various available, I've used GoGlobal from GraphOn and it was pretty neat - and VERY fast to start or to use for telnet sessions. Benchmark performance was a bit poor though. http://www.graphon.com/ 3. Low cost stuff. It's just gotta be VNC http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ although performance with this ain't good, but it's still mega clever. Best advice is download and install, then give it a spin - after all it's free. Or at a pinch you could try MiX which is a low cost (US$25 I believe per seat) 'proper' X-server which you can eval at http://www.microimages.com/mix/ (this *used* to be free - grr!) Opinions expressed herein are my own - please no flame wars! Bob Cross. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This message is confidential. It may also be privileged or protected by other legal rules. 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Bill -- +--------------------+-------------------+ | Bill Bradford | Austin, Texas | +--------------------+-------------------+ | mrbill at sunhelp.org | mrbill at mrbill.net | +--------------------+-------------------+ From bhinz at mdsun01.nsc.com Fri Jun 16 07:22:17 2000 From: bhinz at mdsun01.nsc.com (bhinz) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 08:22:17 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Samba install guide Message-ID: have you been to http://us2.samba.org/samba/docs/ntdom_faq/samba_ntdom_faq.html ? i found it very helpful in setting up some sun boxes as samba clients. i also downloaded small tcl/tk utility called xsmbrowser from http://www.public.iastate.edu/~chadspen/ -brian > Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 16:13:14 -0700 > From: Jeremiah Bascue > X-Accept-Language: en > MIME-Version: 1.0 > To: SunHelp > Subject: [Sunhelp] Samba install guide > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > X-BeenThere: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta1 > List-Id: General discussion / help / chat about Sun machines and software > > Is there a good online resource for Samba installation? I need to have > my hand held through the process apparently. > > I'm running a Sparc E250 server and have about 60 clients running NT. I > have Samba running on the server, but that's as far as I have gotten. I > don't know how to configure the NT clients to recognize the server. > > Any help? Anyone? > -jeremiah > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From ketchmarkkeith at uswest.net Fri Jun 16 07:36:14 2000 From: ketchmarkkeith at uswest.net (Keith Ketchmark) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 07:36:14 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Samba install guide Message-ID: All Check out. http://us1.samba.org/samba/oreilly/using_samba Thanks Keith Ketchmark Jeremiah Bascue wrote: > Is there a good online resource for Samba installation? I need to have > my hand held through the process apparently. > > I'm running a Sparc E250 server and have about 60 clients running NT. I > have Samba running on the server, but that's as far as I have gotten. I > don't know how to configure the NT clients to recognize the server. > > Any help? Anyone? > -jeremiah > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Keith Ketchmark Sr. Systems Analyst NCell Systems 715 Florida Ave S. Suite 207 Minneapolis MN 55426 Corp: (763) 546-8223 Direct: (651) 765-8007 Facsimile: (651) 765-8009 Email: ketchmarkkeith at uswest.net Web Page: http://www.ncell.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= From Raju.Gogula at aristagtc.stph.net Fri Jun 16 08:14:14 2000 From: Raju.Gogula at aristagtc.stph.net (Raju Gogula) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 06:14:14 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] Thin client for Solaris 7 Systems Message-ID: Hi Bob, Thank you very much for your inputs and all others who provided me relevant information. I have installed VNC. The advantage with this is I could access NT desktop from Solaris and Solaris xterm sessions from NT systems. But it is potentially slow. Citrix (www.citrix.com) seems to be offering thin client solution which offers a better latency and bandwidth utilization. Unfortunately there is no facility for a downloadable eval copy. And it is pretty expensive. I will be evaluating eXceed, ReflectionsX, GoGlobal and MiX before making an engineering compromisebetween price & performance. With best regards, Raju -----Original Message----- From: Robert.Cross at scottish-newcastle.co.uk [mailto:Robert.Cross at scottish-newcastle.co.uk] Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 2:15 PM To: Raju.Gogula at aristagtc.stph.net Cc: sunhelp at sunhelp.org Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] Thin client for Solaris 7 Systems >We need to access solaris7 system remotely via 64k link. Is there any >software which will work as a thin client and help us receive the CDE >desktop? we should be able to run GUI apps with better bandwidth utilization >from our local NT or Unix desktop. Unix desktops aren't a problem since you can just use standard X. NT is more problematic, as I see it you've got three options, (other than zapping the NT and replacing it with something waayyy better - e.g. RedHat or Solaris! ;-) ) . . . . 1. Conventional (thick) X-client. As long as it supports Broadway (LBX) you should be okay. WRQ's ReflectionsX looks pretty good and fast. 2. Thin client. Various available, I've used GoGlobal from GraphOn and it was pretty neat - and VERY fast to start or to use for telnet sessions. Benchmark performance was a bit poor though. http://www.graphon.com/ 3. Low cost stuff. It's just gotta be VNC http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ although performance with this ain't good, but it's still mega clever. Best advice is download and install, then give it a spin - after all it's free. Or at a pinch you could try MiX which is a low cost (US$25 I believe per seat) 'proper' X-server which you can eval at http://www.microimages.com/mix/ (this *used* to be free - grr!) Opinions expressed herein are my own - please no flame wars! Bob Cross. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This message is confidential. It may also be privileged or protected by other legal rules. It does not constitute an offer or acceptance of an offer, nor shall it form any part of a legally binding contract. If you have received this communication in error, please let us know by reply then destroy it. You should not use, print, copy the message or disclose its contents to anyone. E-mail is subject to possible data corruption, is not secure, and its content does not necessarily represent the opinion of this Company. No representation or warranty is made as to the accuracy or completeness of the information and no liability can be accepted for any loss arising from its use. This e-mail and any attachments are not guaranteed to be free from so-called computer viruses and it is recommended that you check for such viruses before down-loading it to your computer equipment. This Company has no control over other websites to which there may be hypertext links and no liability can be accepted in relation to those sites. Scottish & Newcastle plc Registered in Scotland, Registered Number 16288 Registered Office: 50 East Fettes Avenue, Edinburgh, EH4 1RR * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * From sclark at rochester.rr.com Fri Jun 16 08:55:37 2000 From: sclark at rochester.rr.com (Sean R. Clark) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 09:55:37 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Cable Modems Message-ID: there is no problem with doing that... however you can affect your bandwidth, since they will both be using the same downstream channel, and problably the same upstream as well -Sean -----Original Message----- From: sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org]On Behalf Of Steve Pribyl Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 7:44 PM To: SunHelp Subject: [Sunhelp] Cable Modems One of my customers asked me if it was possbile to hang two cable modems off the same wire. I think you can do that but what about using them at the same time? Thanks Steve Pribyl spribyl at enteract.com http://www.enteract.com/~spribyl _______________________________________________ SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From sdoherty at exclaim.net Fri Jun 16 09:46:22 2000 From: sdoherty at exclaim.net (Spencer Doherty) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 07:46:22 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris versions Message-ID: We just purchased some used machines and I was wondering if anyone knows of a quick and easy way to tell what version of Solaris the machines are running. Spencer Doherty From wmcdonald at orctel.co.uk Fri Jun 16 10:06:01 2000 From: wmcdonald at orctel.co.uk (Will Mc Donald) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 16:06:01 +0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris versions Message-ID: uname -a Possibly? ----- Original Message ----- From: Spencer Doherty To: Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 3:46 PM Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris versions > We just purchased some used machines and I was wondering if anyone knows of > a quick and easy way to tell what version of Solaris the machines are > running. > > Spencer Doherty From BrunnerW at DNB.com Fri Jun 16 10:11:43 2000 From: BrunnerW at DNB.com (Brunner, William Jr.) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 11:11:43 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris versions Message-ID: uname -a -----Original Message----- From: Spencer Doherty [mailto:sdoherty at exclaim.net] Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 10:46 AM To: 'sunhelp at sunhelp.org' Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris versions We just purchased some used machines and I was wondering if anyone knows of a quick and easy way to tell what version of Solaris the machines are running. Spencer Doherty _______________________________________________ SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From drouse at arlington.newsargus.com Fri Jun 16 10:16:37 2000 From: drouse at arlington.newsargus.com (David Rouse) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 11:16:37 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Cable Modems Message-ID: > there is no problem with doing that... however you can affect your > bandwidth, since they will > both be using the same downstream channel, and problably the same upstream > as well > > -Sean It would probably be better (cheaper) to set one computer with two ethernet connections, one to the cable 'modem' and another to an ethernet network. That computer could then provide internet to the rest of the network using something like the NAT option in ip_filters. Right now I'm doing that with a dial-up connection (just with a serial port instead of a second ethernet card) and it works pretty well. Of course some cable companies just don't get it and make home networks a violation of your service agreement. -- David Rouse Network Manager Goldsboro News-Argus From ketchmarkkeith at uswest.net Fri Jun 16 10:17:00 2000 From: ketchmarkkeith at uswest.net (Keith Ketchmark) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 10:17:00 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris versions Message-ID: uname -a Spencer Doherty wrote: > We just purchased some used machines and I was wondering if anyone knows of > a quick and easy way to tell what version of Solaris the machines are > running. > > Spencer Doherty > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Keith Ketchmark Sr. Systems Analyst NCell Systems 715 Florida Ave S. Suite 207 Minneapolis MN 55426 Corp: (763) 546-8223 Direct: (651) 765-8007 Facsimile: (651) 765-8009 Email: ketchmarkkeith at uswest.net Web Page: http://www.ncell.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= From karl.rossing at federated.ca Fri Jun 16 10:24:56 2000 From: karl.rossing at federated.ca (Karl Rossing) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 10:24:56 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris 8 and the location of Pine Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------C37CF34FD40269A61FA481EB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Is pine a package under solaris 8, or do i need to download, compile and install it from the pine web site. Karl Rossing --------------C37CF34FD40269A61FA481EB Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="karl.rossing.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Karl Rossing Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="karl.rossing.vcf" begin:vcard n:Rossing;Karl tel;work:204-786-6431 Ext 358 x-mozilla-html:TRUE url:http://www.federated.ca org:Federated Insurance Companies of Canada;Technical Services adr:;;717 Portage Ave;Winnipeg;Mb;R3C 3C9;Canada version:2.1 email;internet:karl.rossing at federated.ca title:Support Specialist fn:Karl Rossing end:vcard --------------C37CF34FD40269A61FA481EB-- From steffen at gfz-potsdam.de Fri Jun 16 10:24:40 2000 From: steffen at gfz-potsdam.de (Steffen Grunewald) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 17:24:40 +0200 Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris versions Message-ID: On Fri 2000-06-16 (07:46), Spencer Doherty wrote: > We just purchased some used machines and I was wondering if anyone knows of > a quick and easy way to tell what version of Solaris the machines are > running. How about uname -a ? -- Steffen Grunewald * GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) Potsdam * Projektbereich 2.2 Telegrafenberg E3 * D-14473 Potsdam * Germany / Duitsland / Allemagne steffen(at)gfz-potsdam.de, steffen.grunewald(at)gmx.de, 9311356(at)scall.de "Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth" - Pablo Picasso From sdoherty at exclaim.net Fri Jun 16 10:45:37 2000 From: sdoherty at exclaim.net (Spencer Doherty) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 08:45:37 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris versions Message-ID: I tried that, but the command doesn't exist. I may just have to start from scratch, since the more I dig into these machines the more I find missing or misconfigured. Spencer Doherty -----Original Message----- From: Will Mc Donald [mailto:wmcdonald at orctel.co.uk] Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 8:06 AM To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] Solaris versions uname -a Possibly? ----- Original Message ----- From: Spencer Doherty To: Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 3:46 PM Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris versions > We just purchased some used machines and I was wondering if anyone knows of > a quick and easy way to tell what version of Solaris the machines are > running. > > Spencer Doherty _______________________________________________ SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From Rtjepps at aol.com Fri Jun 16 11:45:46 2000 From: Rtjepps at aol.com (Rtjepps at aol.com) Date: Fri Jun 16 11:45:46 2000 Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris versions Message-ID: Try uname -a From daleg at elemental.org Fri Jun 16 11:02:09 2000 From: daleg at elemental.org (Dale Ghent) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 12:02:09 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris 8 and the location of Pine Message-ID: On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Karl Rossing wrote: | Is pine a package under solaris 8, or do i need to download, compile and | install it from the pine web site. The latter. ftp.cac.washington.edu /dale From sigf at crosswinds.net Thu Jun 15 22:01:32 2000 From: sigf at crosswinds.net (SoupIsGood Food) Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 23:01:32 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris versions Message-ID: on 6/16/00 10:46 AM, Spencer Doherty at sdoherty at exclaim.net wrote: > We just purchased some used machines and I was wondering if anyone knows of > a quick and easy way to tell what version of Solaris the machines are > running. # uname -a If the machine has Solaris 7 installed it will return a line like: SunOS hostname 5.7 ... If it's Solaris 2.6, it will return 5.6, etc, etc. -Soup From Magnus.Abrante at nocke.Sweden.Sun.COM Fri Jun 16 11:22:58 2000 From: Magnus.Abrante at nocke.Sweden.Sun.COM (Magnus Abrante) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 18:22:58 +0200 (MEST) Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris 8 and the location of Pine Message-ID: No, there are some GNU software shipped on the "Bonus CD". I think pine has a rather strange license, so its a bit difficult to do so. However you can download pine 4.10/solaris 8 in a package from http://www.sunfreeware.com > Is pine a package under solaris 8, or do i need to download, compile and > install it from the pine web site. > > Karl Rossing Best regards, //Magnus Abrante /* This is not the opinion of my company, its just my own */ From Magnus.Abrante at nocke.Sweden.Sun.COM Fri Jun 16 11:33:17 2000 From: Magnus.Abrante at nocke.Sweden.Sun.COM (Magnus Abrante) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 18:33:17 +0200 (MEST) Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris versions Message-ID: > We just purchased some used machines and I was wondering if anyone knows of > a quick and easy way to tell what version of Solaris the machines are > running. Othervise, if you cant run the (/bin/)uname command for some reason you should find it when it boots up (saying something like: SunOS Release X.X Version XXXXXXX), when you login, or normally in the /etc/motd and /etc/release files. Best regards, //Magnus Abrante /* This is not the opinion of my company, its just my own */ From wmcdonald at orctel.co.uk Fri Jun 16 11:44:15 2000 From: wmcdonald at orctel.co.uk (Will Mc Donald) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 17:44:15 +0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris versions Message-ID: Are you including the full path of the command, something like /usr/sbin/uname -a ? I think that's where it lives, not sure since I'm at home. -----Original Message----- From: Spencer Doherty To: 'sunhelp at sunhelp.org' Date: 16 June 2000 16:55 Subject: RE: [Sunhelp] Solaris versions >I tried that, but the command doesn't exist. I may just have to start from >scratch, since the more I dig into these machines the more I find missing or >misconfigured. > >Spencer Doherty > >-----Original Message----- >From: Will Mc Donald [mailto:wmcdonald at orctel.co.uk] >Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 8:06 AM >To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org >Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] Solaris versions > > >uname -a > >Possibly? > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Spencer Doherty >To: >Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 3:46 PM >Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris versions > > >> We just purchased some used machines and I was wondering if anyone knows >of >> a quick and easy way to tell what version of Solaris the machines are >> running. >> >> Spencer Doherty > >_______________________________________________ >SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org >http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp >_______________________________________________ >SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org >http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From kyle at rawah.co.larimer.co.us Fri Jun 16 11:51:44 2000 From: kyle at rawah.co.larimer.co.us (Kyle Freestone) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 10:51:44 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] CD burners Message-ID: We're looking to burn CD's of data files from our Sun boxes. Does anybody know of software that would allow us to burn a single CD that would be readable on UNIX, NT or W95?? i.e. one CD, one data set, readable by many platforms without worrying about 8.3 naming convensions I'm aware of Creative Digital's HyCD and Luminex's Fire Series software, are there any others? and what are the opinions concerning any and all options. TIA Kyle Freestone GIS Systems Specialist Larimer County IMS From james at foonly.com Fri Jun 16 12:24:17 2000 From: james at foonly.com (James Lockwood) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 10:24:17 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] CD burners Message-ID: On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Kyle Freestone wrote: > We're looking to burn CD's of data files from our Sun boxes. > > Does anybody know of software that would allow us to burn a > single CD that would be readable on UNIX, NT or W95?? > i.e. one CD, one data set, readable by many platforms > without worrying about 8.3 naming convensions > > I'm aware of Creative Digital's HyCD and Luminex's Fire Series software, > are there any others? and what are the opinions concerning any and all > options. cdrecord and mkisofs, part of the cdrtools package. ftp://ftp.fokus.gmd.de/pub/unix/cdrecord/ Hands down the most solid CD mastering software I've used. -James From ketchmarkkeith at uswest.net Fri Jun 16 12:31:59 2000 From: ketchmarkkeith at uswest.net (Keith Ketchmark) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 12:31:59 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] CD burners Message-ID: all Check this out: http://cdr1.com/ http://www.shimad.com/ one of thies shoud get ya some where. Kyle Freestone wrote: > We're looking to burn CD's of data files from our Sun boxes. > > Does anybody know of software that would allow us to burn a > single CD that would be readable on UNIX, NT or W95?? > i.e. one CD, one data set, readable by many platforms > without worrying about 8.3 naming convensions > > I'm aware of Creative Digital's HyCD and Luminex's Fire Series software, > are there any others? and what are the opinions concerning any and all > options. > > TIA > Kyle Freestone > GIS Systems Specialist > Larimer County IMS > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Keith Ketchmark Sr. Systems Analyst NCell Systems 715 Florida Ave S. Suite 207 Minneapolis MN 55426 Corp: (763) 546-8223 Direct: (651) 765-8007 Facsimile: (651) 765-8009 Email: ketchmarkkeith at uswest.net Web Page: http://www.ncell.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= From sdoherty at exclaim.net Fri Jun 16 12:52:43 2000 From: sdoherty at exclaim.net (Spencer Doherty) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 10:52:43 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris versions Message-ID: I've tried the full path and even tried a find for the executable and it just does not exist on the machine. Actually, when I look in /usr/bin there are a lot of standard commands missing. Even things like banner and hostname are completely gone. That's why I said I think I'll have to start from scratch. It looks like someone really messed these machines up. Thanks anyway for all the help everyone. Spencer Doherty -----Original Message----- From: Will Mc Donald [mailto:wmcdonald at orctel.co.uk] Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 9:44 AM To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] Solaris versions Are you including the full path of the command, something like /usr/sbin/uname -a ? I think that's where it lives, not sure since I'm at home. -----Original Message----- From: Spencer Doherty To: 'sunhelp at sunhelp.org' Date: 16 June 2000 16:55 Subject: RE: [Sunhelp] Solaris versions >I tried that, but the command doesn't exist. I may just have to start from >scratch, since the more I dig into these machines the more I find missing or >misconfigured. > >Spencer Doherty > >-----Original Message----- >From: Will Mc Donald [mailto:wmcdonald at orctel.co.uk] >Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 8:06 AM >To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org >Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] Solaris versions > > >uname -a > >Possibly? > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Spencer Doherty >To: >Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 3:46 PM >Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris versions > > >> We just purchased some used machines and I was wondering if anyone knows >of >> a quick and easy way to tell what version of Solaris the machines are >> running. >> >> Spencer Doherty > >_______________________________________________ >SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org >http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp >_______________________________________________ >SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org >http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp _______________________________________________ SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From spribyl at enteract.com Fri Jun 16 13:30:26 2000 From: spribyl at enteract.com (Steve Pribyl) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 13:30:26 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris versions Message-ID: You could do a what on the kernel. what /kernel/genunix (if this is really where the kernel lives) genunix: SunOS 5.6 Generic 105181-17 October 1999 Steve Pribyl spribyl at enteract.com http://www.enteract.com/~spribyl On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Spencer Doherty wrote: > I've tried the full path and even tried a find for the executable and it > just does not exist on the machine. Actually, when I look in /usr/bin there > are a lot of standard commands missing. Even things like banner and > hostname are completely gone. That's why I said I think I'll have to start > from scratch. It looks like someone really messed these machines up. > Thanks anyway for all the help everyone. > > Spencer Doherty > > -----Original Message----- > From: Will Mc Donald [mailto:wmcdonald at orctel.co.uk] > Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 9:44 AM > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] Solaris versions > > > Are you including the full path of the command, something like > > /usr/sbin/uname -a > > ? I think that's where it lives, not sure since I'm at home. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Spencer Doherty > To: 'sunhelp at sunhelp.org' > Date: 16 June 2000 16:55 > Subject: RE: [Sunhelp] Solaris versions > > > >I tried that, but the command doesn't exist. I may just have to start from > >scratch, since the more I dig into these machines the more I find missing > or > >misconfigured. > > > >Spencer Doherty > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Will Mc Donald [mailto:wmcdonald at orctel.co.uk] > >Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 8:06 AM > >To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > >Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] Solaris versions > > > > > >uname -a > > > >Possibly? > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Spencer Doherty > >To: > >Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 3:46 PM > >Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris versions > > > > > >> We just purchased some used machines and I was wondering if anyone knows > >of > >> a quick and easy way to tell what version of Solaris the machines are > >> running. > >> > >> Spencer Doherty > > > >_______________________________________________ > >SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > >http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > >_______________________________________________ > >SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > >http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > From chris at apk.net Fri Jun 16 14:56:59 2000 From: chris at apk.net (Christopher J Ceska) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 15:56:59 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] mail Message-ID: qpopper has this functionality built in. since it is the ONLY pop daemon that doesnt suck, I suggest reading about it. -chris On Thu, Jun 15, 2000 at 04:07:58PM +0800, Dexter-Al Eugenio wrote: > thanks, but i'm looking for another alternative besides aliasing. some say > its configurable on the POP daemon or something, they call it bulletin, > i'm searching for that stuff. besides its very tedious to input all the > users for an alias. :) > > dex > > On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Will Mc Donald wrote: > > > I don't know if there's a preferred way of doing this but we use an alias to > > all users in /etc/aliases. Create a mailing group alias called 'all' and > > then add any group aliases already defined and any individuals that aren't > > already included in any groups. > > > > So you'd have something like... > > > > ################### > > # Mailing list aliases # > > ################### > > > > manag-group: managera at domain.blah, manager2 at domain.blah > > devel-group: developera at domain.blah, developer2 at domain.blah > > > > all: manag-group, devel-group, usera, userb > > > > Where usera and b haven't been included in any groups. Once you've added the > > appropriate entries run 'newaliases' and that should do it. > > > > Maybe someone else has a better suggestion though, if all you want to do is > > alert all usrs on a system you could use 'wall' or 'rwall' but I suspect you > > probably want to notify all mail users rather that all system users no? > > > > Will Mc Donald - newbie. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Dexter-Al Eugenio > > To: SunHELP Mailing List (E-mail) > > Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 8:08 AM > > Subject: [Sunhelp] mail > > > > > > > hello, > > > > > > is there a software or configuration on which i can edit a file which > > > will send to all the users on the system. sort of an announcement. does > > > POP or IMAP related software do the trick? or do i have to do something on > > > the sendmail.cf file. > > > > > > thanks. > > > > > > > > > dex > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > > > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp -- Christopher J Ceska chris at apk.net Postmaster +1.216.241.7166 APK.net systems administration team From karl.rossing at federated.ca Fri Jun 16 15:03:49 2000 From: karl.rossing at federated.ca (Karl Rossing) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 15:03:49 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] where can i set the default route Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------CB45238AD5509D4A19824BD2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Under solaris 8, in what file do i need to specify the default route. Karl --------------CB45238AD5509D4A19824BD2 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="karl.rossing.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Karl Rossing Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="karl.rossing.vcf" begin:vcard n:Rossing;Karl tel;work:204-786-6431 Ext 358 x-mozilla-html:TRUE url:http://www.federated.ca org:Federated Insurance Companies of Canada;Technical Services adr:;;717 Portage Ave;Winnipeg;Mb;R3C 3C9;Canada version:2.1 email;internet:karl.rossing at federated.ca title:Support Specialist fn:Karl Rossing end:vcard --------------CB45238AD5509D4A19824BD2-- From Rtjepps at aol.com Fri Jun 16 15:17:14 2000 From: Rtjepps at aol.com (Rtjepps at aol.com) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 16:17:14 EDT Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris versions Message-ID: Did you check the path? you might have the command but your shell might not have the proper search path. Check .cshrc or .profile files. Should be in one of the /bin or sbin directories I'd think. From Richard.Lacroix at sisca.com Fri Jun 16 15:26:40 2000 From: Richard.Lacroix at sisca.com (Richard Lacroix) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 16:26:40 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] where can i set the default route Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------B02C51E5A9123AEAB75583A7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit /etc/defaultrouter Karl Rossing wrote: > Under solaris 8, in what file do i need to specify the default route. > > Karl --------------B02C51E5A9123AEAB75583A7 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="Richard.Lacroix.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Richard Lacroix Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Richard.Lacroix.vcf" begin:vcard n:Lacroix;Richard tel;fax:(819) 569-8597 tel;work:(819) 564-1199 ext. 2277 x-mozilla-html:TRUE url:www.sisca.com org:Sisca inc. version:2.1 email;internet:Richard.Lacroix at sisca.com title:Analyste senior en systeme adr;quoted-printable:;;2144 King Ouest=0D=0ABureau 240;Sherbrooke;Quebec;J1J 2E8;Canada x-mozilla-cpt:;-17568 fn:Richard Lacroix end:vcard --------------B02C51E5A9123AEAB75583A7-- From daleg at elemental.org Fri Jun 16 15:54:01 2000 From: daleg at elemental.org (Dale Ghent) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 16:54:01 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] where can i set the default route Message-ID: On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Karl Rossing wrote: | Under solaris 8, in what file do i need to specify the default route. man defaultrouter /dale From dougmc at frenzy.com Fri Jun 16 16:47:01 2000 From: dougmc at frenzy.com (Doug McLaren) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 16:47:01 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] CD burners Message-ID: On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 10:24:17AM -0700, James Lockwood wrote: | cdrecord and mkisofs, part of the cdrtools package. | | ftp://ftp.fokus.gmd.de/pub/unix/cdrecord/ | | Hands down the most solid CD mastering software I've used. Absolutely correct. (Of course, much of the credit probably goes to the fact that it's Unix and not Windows, but that's ok.) For mkisofs, you'll want to use the -J flag to enable Joliet (for Windows), and either -r or -R to enable the Rock Ridge extensions (for Unix.) If all you care about is filenames, -r is probably right. Read the man page. There is no problem with enabling Joliet AND Rock Ridge at the same time. There is also a package out there called mkhybrid that is basically just like mkisofs, but adds Macintosh support to the mix. I'm not sure, but it's functionality may have been incorporated into the latest mkisofs. -- Doug McLaren, dougmc at frenzy.com That which does not kill me can still really hurt. From cn1407 at coastalnet.com Fri Jun 16 20:13:23 2000 From: cn1407 at coastalnet.com (David Rouse) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 21:13:23 -0400 Subject: [sunhelp] failed to convert mount point? Message-ID: On 6/12/00 at 2:46 PM, jbascue at teleport.com (Jeremiah Bascue) wrote: >I'm running Solaris 2.6 on a Sun Sparc E250 and I'm getting an error on >boot >that I don't think is very critical, but something that I've been asked >to have fixed this afternoon. > >The error: > >/usr/sbin/pmconfig: /etc/power.conf line 30 failed to convert mount >point /dev/md/dsk/d1/ to prom name >invalid argument If I remember correctly, this message can be ignored -- assuming that the machine is a server and isn't going to use the 'suspend/shutdown if not active' feature of the power management system. Indeed, you can probably zap all of the power management packages. David Rouse From oeyvind at mac.com Fri Jun 16 23:51:17 2000 From: oeyvind at mac.com (Tim Chong) Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 12:51:17 +0800 Subject: [Sunhelp] Far East Input Method (or IME) in English Solaris? Message-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hi there, Anyone know if it's possible to install the far east input methods (Chinese, Japanese & Korean) from the localized Solaris 8 CDs on an US English Solaris 8? I would like my Solaris 8 load being US English (or ASCII) but still have the ability to input Chinese, Japanese and Korean, I can do this in MacOS 9 and on W2K... can someone tell me if this possible under Solaris 8? If this is not the correct method, pls. tell me what's, thanks for reading. Cheers, Tim - -- Tim Chong SPAM > /dev/null -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.2 iQCVAwUBOUsDvfgN3iKwxAQ1AQEfWAP/R15VYIHNUnc0dyupAyq31zugIYjCwQCy jgk1Ls7BaCVO+rwR2VJ81gzVbocxav7rQ53qXbGVjMNbJYV9aRKpchDXrVq+XdtX IXuW1vbb9DZ6i9Gd5dts3OLdVw4yva7gyu6zVG3ISA1S29xeaE+lSf/uEvbZCnyi HPCnSOUKYcE= =cqeD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From karl.rossing at federated.ca Sat Jun 17 15:06:42 2000 From: karl.rossing at federated.ca (Karl Rossing) Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 15:06:42 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris 8 LDAP Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------D93B8E0B24695CE7722A549D Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit We have 3 to 4 solaris servers. We would like the users to have the same userid/uid and password on those servers. Some users should only have access to one server. I'm told that LDAP will allow us to do this and that it is available with solaris 8. The documentation that i have found is rather slim. Does anyone know of any sites that will accomplish this? Karl --------------D93B8E0B24695CE7722A549D Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="karl.rossing.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Karl Rossing Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="karl.rossing.vcf" begin:vcard n:Rossing;Karl tel;work:204-786-6431 Ext 358 x-mozilla-html:TRUE url:http://www.federated.ca org:Federated Insurance Companies of Canada;Technical Services adr:;;717 Portage Ave;Winnipeg;Mb;R3C 3C9;Canada version:2.1 email;internet:karl.rossing at federated.ca title:Support Specialist fn:Karl Rossing end:vcard --------------D93B8E0B24695CE7722A549D-- From ward at zilla.nu Sat Jun 17 16:14:16 2000 From: ward at zilla.nu (Reagen Ward) Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 16:14:16 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris 8 LDAP Message-ID: Yes, Solaris8 does ship with an LDAP server and license, but NIS might be a better fit with less setup time for such a small network. Reagen On Sat, Jun 17, 2000 at 03:06:42PM -0500, Karl Rossing wrote: > We have 3 to 4 solaris servers. We would like the users to have the same > userid/uid and password on those servers. Some users should only have > access to one server. I'm told that LDAP will allow us to do this and > that it is available with solaris 8. > > The documentation that i have found is rather slim. Does anyone know of > any sites that will accomplish this? > > Karl Content-Description: Card for Karl Rossing From mrbill at mrbill.net Sat Jun 17 23:12:11 2000 From: mrbill at mrbill.net (Bill Bradford) Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 23:12:11 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Lots of stuff for sale Message-ID: I've got the following for sale. Make offers on any/all of it; I just need to sell it quickly to raise some cash. 501-1902 DIFFERENTIAL SCSI, RJ45 10MBIT ETHERNET (SBus) 501-1902 DIFFERENTIAL SCSI, RJ45 10MBIT ETHERNET (SBus) 501-1869 NARROW SCSI, ETHERNET (funky AUI-kinda port) (SBus) 501-2015 NARROW SCSI, RJ45 10MBIT ETHERNET (SBus) 501-1419 BW2 (?) SBUS FRAMEBUFFER (DB9 CONNECTOR) (SBus) 501-2352 SM51 SuperSPARC CPU, 50Mhz, 1mb CACHE 501-2352 SM51 SuperSPARC CPU, 50Mhz, 1mb CACHE 501-2352 SM51 SuperSPARC CPU, 50Mhz, 1mb CACHE 501-2352 SM51 SuperSPARC CPU, 50Mhz, 1mb CACHE Other stuff: 80 (320 megabytes worth) of 4mb 30pin parity SIMMs, some with Sun barcodes, some not. (memoryx has no-barcode 4mb 30pins for $7, I'll sell these for $4 each, $1/meg, $320 for all or best offer) Four SPARCserver 4/6x0MP system boards, complete with NVRAM/IDPROM/ boot PROMs. (make offer) Bill -- +-------------------\ /-----------------+ | Bill Bradford | www.sunhelp.org | | mrbill at mrbill.net | www.decvax.org | | Austin, Texas USA | www.pdp11.org | +-------------------/ \-----------------+ From mrbill at mrbill.net Sun Jun 18 00:20:47 2000 From: mrbill at mrbill.net (Bill Bradford) Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 00:20:47 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Lots of stuff for sale Message-ID: On Sat, Jun 17, 2000 at 11:12:11PM -0500, Bill Bradford wrote: > 501-1902 DIFFERENTIAL SCSI, RJ45 10MBIT ETHERNET (SBus) > 501-1902 DIFFERENTIAL SCSI, RJ45 10MBIT ETHERNET (SBus) > 501-1869 NARROW SCSI, ETHERNET (funky AUI-kinda port) (SBus) > 501-2015 NARROW SCSI, RJ45 10MBIT ETHERNET (SBus) > 501-1419 BW2 (?) SBUS FRAMEBUFFER (DB9 CONNECTOR) (SBus) > 501-2352 SM51 SuperSPARC CPU, 50Mhz, 1mb CACHE > 501-2352 SM51 SuperSPARC CPU, 50Mhz, 1mb CACHE > 501-2352 SM51 SuperSPARC CPU, 50Mhz, 1mb CACHE > 501-2352 SM51 SuperSPARC CPU, 50Mhz, 1mb CACHE > 80 (320 megabytes worth) of 4mb 30pin parity SIMMs, > Four SPARCserver 4/6x0MP system boards, complete with NVRAM/IDPROM/ > boot PROMs. BTW, if someone's game, I'll sell all of the above, as a bundle, for $550. Bill -- +-------------------\ /-----------------+ | Bill Bradford | www.sunhelp.org | | mrbill at mrbill.net | www.decvax.org | | Austin, Texas USA | www.pdp11.org | +-------------------/ \-----------------+ From pratty at mediaone.net Sun Jun 18 07:20:20 2000 From: pratty at mediaone.net (Paul E. Ratty) Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 08:20:20 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris versions Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BFD8FE.0ACA8300 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Try cat /etc/release, that will tell you the installed OS version. Good luck, Paul >I tried that, but the command doesn't exist. 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Do you have any more of those, or know where to get them? If so, will $60 get it for me? Regards, John Hession Data Instruments, Inc. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2000 10:00 AM Subject: SunHELP digest, Vol 1 #438 - 5 msgs > Send SunHELP mailing list submissions to > sunhelp at sunhelp.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > sunhelp-request at sunhelp.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of SunHELP digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Solaris 8 LDAP (Karl Rossing) > 2. Re: Solaris 8 LDAP (Reagen Ward) > 3. Lots of stuff for sale (Bill Bradford) > 4. Re: Lots of stuff for sale (Bill Bradford) > 5. RE: Solaris versions (Paul E. Ratty) > > --__--__-- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 15:06:42 -0500 > From: Karl Rossing > Organization: Federated Insurance Companies of Canada > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > boundary="------------D93B8E0B24695CE7722A549D" > Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris 8 LDAP > Reply-To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > --------------D93B8E0B24695CE7722A549D > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > We have 3 to 4 solaris servers. We would like the users to have the same > userid/uid and password on those servers. Some users should only have > access to one server. I'm told that LDAP will allow us to do this and > that it is available with solaris 8. > > The documentation that i have found is rather slim. Does anyone know of > any sites that will accomplish this? > > Karl > > --------------D93B8E0B24695CE7722A549D > Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; > name="karl.rossing.vcf" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Description: Card for Karl Rossing > Content-Disposition: attachment; > filename="karl.rossing.vcf" > > begin:vcard > n:Rossing;Karl > tel;work:204-786-6431 Ext 358 > x-mozilla-html:TRUE > url:http://www.federated.ca > org:Federated Insurance Companies of Canada;Technical Services > adr:;;717 Portage Ave;Winnipeg;Mb;R3C 3C9;Canada > version:2.1 > email;internet:karl.rossing at federated.ca > title:Support Specialist > fn:Karl Rossing > end:vcard > > --------------D93B8E0B24695CE7722A549D-- > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 16:14:16 -0500 > From: Reagen Ward > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] Solaris 8 LDAP > Reply-To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > > Yes, Solaris8 does ship with an LDAP server and license, but NIS might be a > better fit with less setup time for such a small network. > > Reagen > > On Sat, Jun 17, 2000 at 03:06:42PM -0500, Karl Rossing wrote: > > We have 3 to 4 solaris servers. We would like the users to have the same > > userid/uid and password on those servers. Some users should only have > > access to one server. I'm told that LDAP will allow us to do this and > > that it is available with solaris 8. > > > > The documentation that i have found is rather slim. Does anyone know of > > any sites that will accomplish this? > > > > Karl > > Content-Description: Card for Karl Rossing > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 23:12:11 -0500 > From: Bill Bradford > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org, packrats at sunhelp.org > Cc: rescue at sunhelp.org > Subject: [Sunhelp] Lots of stuff for sale > Reply-To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > > I've got the following for sale. Make offers on any/all of it; I just > need to sell it quickly to raise some cash. > > 501-1902 DIFFERENTIAL SCSI, RJ45 10MBIT ETHERNET (SBus) > 501-1902 DIFFERENTIAL SCSI, RJ45 10MBIT ETHERNET (SBus) > 501-1869 NARROW SCSI, ETHERNET (funky AUI-kinda port) (SBus) > 501-2015 NARROW SCSI, RJ45 10MBIT ETHERNET (SBus) > 501-1419 BW2 (?) SBUS FRAMEBUFFER (DB9 CONNECTOR) (SBus) > 501-2352 SM51 SuperSPARC CPU, 50Mhz, 1mb CACHE > 501-2352 SM51 SuperSPARC CPU, 50Mhz, 1mb CACHE > 501-2352 SM51 SuperSPARC CPU, 50Mhz, 1mb CACHE > 501-2352 SM51 SuperSPARC CPU, 50Mhz, 1mb CACHE > > Other stuff: > > 80 (320 megabytes worth) of 4mb 30pin parity SIMMs, some > with Sun barcodes, some not. (memoryx has no-barcode 4mb 30pins > for $7, I'll sell these for $4 each, $1/meg, $320 for all or > best offer) > > Four SPARCserver 4/6x0MP system boards, complete with NVRAM/IDPROM/ > boot PROMs. (make offer) > > Bill > > -- > +-------------------\ /-----------------+ > | Bill Bradford | www.sunhelp.org | > | mrbill at mrbill.net | www.decvax.org | > | Austin, Texas USA | www.pdp11.org | > +-------------------/ \-----------------+ > > --__--__-- > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 00:20:47 -0500 > From: Bill Bradford > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org, packrats at sunhelp.org > Cc: rescue at sunhelp.org > Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] Lots of stuff for sale > Reply-To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > > On Sat, Jun 17, 2000 at 11:12:11PM -0500, Bill Bradford wrote: > > 501-1902 DIFFERENTIAL SCSI, RJ45 10MBIT ETHERNET (SBus) > > 501-1902 DIFFERENTIAL SCSI, RJ45 10MBIT ETHERNET (SBus) > > 501-1869 NARROW SCSI, ETHERNET (funky AUI-kinda port) (SBus) > > 501-2015 NARROW SCSI, RJ45 10MBIT ETHERNET (SBus) > > 501-1419 BW2 (?) SBUS FRAMEBUFFER (DB9 CONNECTOR) (SBus) > > 501-2352 SM51 SuperSPARC CPU, 50Mhz, 1mb CACHE > > 501-2352 SM51 SuperSPARC CPU, 50Mhz, 1mb CACHE > > 501-2352 SM51 SuperSPARC CPU, 50Mhz, 1mb CACHE > > 501-2352 SM51 SuperSPARC CPU, 50Mhz, 1mb CACHE > > 80 (320 megabytes worth) of 4mb 30pin parity SIMMs, > > Four SPARCserver 4/6x0MP system boards, complete with NVRAM/IDPROM/ > > boot PROMs. > > BTW, if someone's game, I'll sell all of the above, as a bundle, for > $550. > > Bill > > -- > +-------------------\ /-----------------+ > | Bill Bradford | www.sunhelp.org | > | mrbill at mrbill.net | www.decvax.org | > | Austin, Texas USA | www.pdp11.org | > +-------------------/ \-----------------+ > > --__--__-- > > Message: 5 > From: "Paul E. Ratty" > To: > Subject: RE: [Sunhelp] Solaris versions > Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 08:20:20 -0400 > boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0004_01BFD8FE.0ACA8300" > Reply-To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BFD8FE.0ACA8300 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Try cat /etc/release, that will tell you the installed OS version. > > Good luck, > > Paul > > >I tried that, but the command doesn't exist. I may just have to start from > >scratch, since the more I dig into these machines the more I find missing > or > >misconfigured. > > > >Spencer Doherty > > > Paul > > > ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BFD8FE.0ACA8300 > Content-Type: application/ms-tnef; > name="winmail.dat" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 > Content-Disposition: attachment; > filename="winmail.dat" > > eJ8+IhQMAQaQCAAEAAAAAAABAAEAAQeQBgAIAAAA5AQAAAAAAADoAAEIgAcAGAAAAElQTS5NaWNy > b3NvZnQgTWFpbC5Ob3RlADEIAQ2ABAACAAAAAgACAAEGgAMADgAAANAHBgASAAgAFAAAAAAACwEB > A5AGAAgGAAAnAAAACwACAAEAAAALACMAAAAAAAMAJgAAAAAACwApAAAAAAADADYAAAAAAB4AcAAB > AAAAHwAAAFJFOiBbU3VuaGVscF0gU29sYXJpcyB2ZXJzaW9ucwAAAgFxAAEAAAAWAAAAAb/ZH5Ff > qwm+AkTsEdSV8QBgCKjjeQAAAgEdDAEAAAAZAAAAU01UUDpQUkFUVFlATUVESUFPTkUuTkVUAAAA > AAsAAQ4AAAAAQAAGDgBYs4Uf2b8BAgEKDgEAAAAYAAAAAAAAAKvYP8VkYr4Rn8Fy6vNtpgzCgAAA > CwAfDgEAAAADAAYQeOP1EQMABxDbAAAAHgAIEAEAAABlAAAAVFJZQ0FUL0VUQy9SRUxFQVNFLFRI > QVRXSUxMVEVMTFlPVVRIRUlOU1RBTExFRE9TVkVSU0lPTkdPT0RMVUNLLFBBVUxJVFJJRURUSEFU > LEJVVFRIRUNPTU1BTkRET0VTTlRFWAAAAAACAQkQAQAAAJ0BAACZAQAAPgIAAExaRnXo+TFJAwAK > AHJjcGcxMjUWMgD4C2BuDhAwMzNPAfcCpARkAgBjaArAc/BldDAgCFUHsgKDAFBvA9QQ2QcTAoB9 > CoAIyCBaOwlvMAKACoF2CJB30msLgGQ0DGBjAFALAwELtSBUcnkgY2ElBUAvEUBjLxUgbGXiYREw > LCB0EQAFQAPw2mwDIHQZEAMgeQhgGYF0ZSALgHMBkBoACYAguk8F8HYEkACQAiAuCqJTCoQKgEdv > BHAgCkBjxGssHFpQYXUJUBxpfD5JGYAIgRuAGZIZcGJudQVAGsIFoG0DgRuAZJJvB5BuJwVAZXgE > AHB0LiAgH4AAwBhQajp1GyAgEQAb0BmAbyD7GyEAICADUh8VBPEYgBDw8xlwAJBuYyNBGtEEYBUg > 8SJRZGlnGvEjYRrBETDfInEQ8AuAB5ElmWYW0SJw+wQBC4BnHFQFsB8VKMEFoLpuKHBnCHAJgBxF > Ph8VnFNwCfAlYAXARG8a0H0AIHkcWBeRF0Mclgr0Y/UAQCAec2wncS52AUAcYwUUIQAw0AAAAAMA > EBAAAAAAAwAREAAAAAALAACACCAGAAAAAADAAAAAAAAARgAAAAADhQAAAAAAAAMAAoAIIAYAAAAA > AMAAAAAAAABGAAAAABCFAAAAAAAAAwAFgAggBgAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAEYAAAAAUoUAAH4eAAAeACWA > CCAGAAAAAADAAAAAAAAARgAAAABUhQAAAQAAAAQAAAA4LjUAAwAmgAggBgAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAEYA > AAAAAYUAAAAAAAALAC+ACCAGAAAAAADAAAAAAAAARgAAAAAOhQAAAAAAAAMAMIAIIAYAAAAAAMAA > AAAAAABGAAAAABGFAAAAAAAAAwAygAggBgAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAEYAAAAAGIUAAAAAAAAeAEGACCAG > AAAAAADAAAAAAAAARgAAAAA2hQAAAQAAAAEAAAAAAAAAHgBCgAggBgAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAEYAAAAA > N4UAAAEAAAABAAAAAAAAAB4AQ4AIIAYAAAAAAMAAAAAAAABGAAAAADiFAAABAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAL > AMaACyAGAAAAAADAAAAAAAAARgAAAAAAiAAAAAAAAAsAyIALIAYAAAAAAMAAAAAAAABGAAAAAAWI > AAAAAAAACwDVgAggBgAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAEYAAAAABoUAAAAAAAALANmACCAGAAAAAADAAAAAAAAA > RgAAAACChQAAAQAAAAIB+A8BAAAAEAAAAKvYP8VkYr4Rn8Fy6vNtpgwCAfoPAQAAABAAAACr2D/F > ZGK+EZ/BcurzbaYMAgH7DwEAAABOAAAAAAAAADihuxAF5RAaobsIACsqVsIAAFBTVFBSWC5ETEwA > AAAAAAAAAE5JVEH5v7gBAKoAN9luAAAARTpcV0lOOThcb3V0bG9vay5wc3QAAAADAP4PBQAAAAMA > DTT9NwAAAgF/AAEAAAAxAAAAMDAwMDAwMDBBQkQ4M0ZDNTY0NjJCRTExOUZDMTcyRUFGMzZEQTYw > QzY0QTMyQjAwAAAAAFgs > > ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BFD8FE.0ACA8300-- > > > > --__--__-- > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > > > End of SunHELP Digest_______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > From david at cantrell.org.uk Sun Jun 18 14:35:13 2000 From: david at cantrell.org.uk (David Cantrell) Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 20:35:13 +0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] Disks for Sparcstation 2 Message-ID: Can anyone tell me what are the restrictions on what disks I can attach externally to my SS2? -- David Cantrell | david at cantrell.org.uk | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david From daleg at elemental.org Sun Jun 18 15:44:25 2000 From: daleg at elemental.org (Dale Ghent) Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 16:44:25 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Disks for Sparcstation 2 Message-ID: On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, David Cantrell wrote: | Can anyone tell me what are the restrictions on what disks I can attach | externally to my SS2? Any SCSI disk would do. Keep in mind that the SS2 supports only Fast SCSI-2 (10MB/s) SCSI. /dale From robert.fuerst at sylvania.com Mon Jun 19 07:36:26 2000 From: robert.fuerst at sylvania.com (Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)) Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 08:36:26 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] FW: off the beaten track - RFID Message-ID: This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFD9EA.FBFDEB80 Content-Type: text/plain This is not Solaris related. > If you are one of those "I have too many e-mails to read" please delete. > > I hope I won't get flamed too bad but I was wondering if anyone > had good leads on companies that manufacture those RF (radio frequency) > ID tags that come inside packages. They look like printed circuit cards. > I am looking for read/write tags, not the big bulky INK antitheft tags, > that can be used as employee ID badges to check out > parts, tools, open doors, etc. automatically. > If it could work with SAP it would be a plus. > > Please do not respond to the list. respond to robert.fuerst at sylvania.com > > Thanks, > 1st > ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFD9EA.FBFDEB80 Content-Type: text/html FW: off the beaten track - RFID

This is not Solaris related.
If you are one of those "I have too many e-mails to read" please delete.

I hope I won't get flamed too bad but I was wondering if anyone
had good leads on companies that manufacture those RF (radio frequency)
ID tags that come inside packages. They look like printed circuit cards.
I am looking for read/write tags, not the big bulky INK antitheft tags,
that can be used as employee ID badges to check out
parts, tools, open doors, etc. automatically.
If it could work with SAP it would be a plus.

Please do not respond to the list. respond to robert.fuerst at sylvania.com

Thanks,
1st

------_=_NextPart_001_01BFD9EA.FBFDEB80-- From grossia at asterisk.sproj.psi.net Mon Jun 19 09:59:33 2000 From: grossia at asterisk.sproj.psi.net (Anthony Grossi) Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 10:59:33 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Classless Routing Message-ID: Hi, I need to implement classless routing on a SPARC Solaris 2.51 host. I need to add the following 2 routes to the routing table: Destination Mask Next Hop Cost default 192.200.200.1 1 10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0 10.59.25.1 1 However... the 10 is a class A and the route goes in as 10.0.0.0 10.59.25.1 1 I edited the /etc/netmasks file to specify the network 10.10.10.0 as having a class C mask, but the routing does not work properly. The SPARC sends traffic for all 10.0.0.0/8 to 10.59.25.1. Is there a way to avoid this? Regards, Anthony From howard.hurst at UnitedAdvertising.co.uk Mon Jun 19 10:08:48 2000 From: howard.hurst at UnitedAdvertising.co.uk (Howard Hurst) Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 16:08:48 +0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] Delaying CDE Login Message-ID: Hi, We've got an E450 box running Solaris 2.6 - when it boots up it starts loads of (Sybase) database services. It appears that the CDE login comes up before the messages about the database services finish. Is there a way to delay the start of the CDE login window so we can see that the database services startup ok? It's not really a big deal as I know we could check log files, etc after we log in..but we're lazy here and don't want to login unless we have to! Howard. ______________ IMPORTANT. Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of United News & Media. The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, please do not read, copy, use or disclose this communication and notify the sender immediately. It should be noted that any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. From jkennedy at orent.com Mon Jun 19 11:19:59 2000 From: jkennedy at orent.com (John Kennedy) Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 16:19:59 GMT Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris 8 and Veritas FS/VM Message-ID: Has anyone had experience running Veritas FS and/or VM on Solaris 8? Are there any stability issues? Thanks in advance, John From wolfgang at hanazono.med.cornell.edu Mon Jun 19 10:31:05 2000 From: wolfgang at hanazono.med.cornell.edu (Wolfgang Engelien) Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 11:31:05 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Classless Routing Message-ID: Just a quick guess: Look at /etc/networks (If you don't run NIS or NIS+ or you didn't include it in NIS or NIS+; /etc/nsswitch.conf entry set to files). Hope that helps, Wolfgang >Hi, > >I need to implement classless routing on a SPARC Solaris 2.51 host. > >I need to add the following 2 routes to the routing table: > > >Destination Mask Next Hop Cost >default 192.200.200.1 1 >10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0 10.59.25.1 1 > >However... the 10 is a class A and the route goes in as > >10.0.0.0 10.59.25.1 1 > >I edited the /etc/netmasks file to specify the network 10.10.10.0 >as having a class C mask, but the routing does not work properly. >The SPARC sends traffic for all 10.0.0.0/8 to 10.59.25.1. Is there >a way to avoid this? > > >Regards, > >Anthony >_______________________________________________ >SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org >http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > From daleg at elemental.org Mon Jun 19 10:50:57 2000 From: daleg at elemental.org (Dale Ghent) Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 11:50:57 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris 8 and Veritas FS/VM Message-ID: On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, John Kennedy wrote: | Has anyone had experience running Veritas FS and/or VM on Solaris 8? | Are there any stability issues? I'm running VxVM 3.03 on sol8 on busy boxes without any issues. /dale From trettel at dt.fee.unicamp.br Mon Jun 19 10:48:49 2000 From: trettel at dt.fee.unicamp.br (Eduardo Trettel) Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 12:48:49 -0300 (EST) Subject: [Sunhelp] Delaying CDE Login Message-ID: On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, Howard Hurst wrote: > Hi, > > We've got an E450 box running Solaris 2.6 - when it boots up it starts loads > of (Sybase) database services. It appears that the CDE login comes up before > the messages about the database services finish. Is there a way to delay the > start of the CDE login window so we can see that the database services > startup ok? > > It's not really a big deal as I know we could check log files, etc after we > log in..but we're lazy here and don't want to login unless we have to! > > Howard. Howard: You have two choices here: a) completely disable CDE login by removing /etc/rc2.d/S99dtlogin (not the best solution, anyway, but aceptable, let's say, for a server where you don't actively use the console) b) insert a delay in the same /etc/rc2.d/S99dtlogin by placing something like 'sleep 300' in the beginning of the 'start' section of the script. Regards Trettel ============================================================================ E. Trettel Network Manager Depto. de Telematica - FEEC - UNICAMP Bloco B - LB 16 Fone: (019) 788-3849 Campinas - SP - Brasil ============================================================================ From karl.rossing at federated.ca Mon Jun 19 12:11:03 2000 From: karl.rossing at federated.ca (Karl Rossing) Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 12:11:03 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] tty snooping program Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------DAA95929416D82B7B7A83518 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit We need to be able to monitor users tty sessions. Is there any software that comes with Solaris 8 that will accomplish this? 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Thanks in advance. -- Rui Monteiro WhatEverNet Computing, SA rmonteiro at whatevernet.pt Praca de Alvalade, 6 - Piso 6 Phone: +351 21 7994200 1700 036 Lisboa - Portugal Fax: +351 21 7994242 http://www.whatevernet.pt --------------5F0D14AD0D00EFFE96726BE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Hello,

anyone knows a software capable of doing remote monitoring of X sessions ?

Thanks in advance.

-- Rui Monteiro                WhatEverNet Computing, SA rmonteiro at whatevernet.pt    Praca de Alvalade, 6 - Piso 6 Phone: +351 21 7994200      1700 036 Lisboa - Portugal Fax: +351 21 7994242        http://www.whatevernet.pt
--------------5F0D14AD0D00EFFE96726BE0-- From wolfgang at hanazono.med.cornell.edu Mon Jun 19 14:19:51 2000 From: wolfgang at hanazono.med.cornell.edu (Wolfgang Engelien) Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 15:19:51 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Numerous free SunRay1 Message-ID: Free SunRay1: For customers at educational institutions Sun offers numerous free SunRay1s with any purchase of new servers. Offer ends June 30th. Just got 30 of them with an UE420R and probably could have gotten more. Wolfgang From mrbill at mrbill.net Mon Jun 19 15:04:34 2000 From: mrbill at mrbill.net (Bill Bradford) Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 15:04:34 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Numerous free SunRay1 Message-ID: On Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 03:19:51PM -0400, Wolfgang Engelien wrote: > Free SunRay1: > For customers at educational institutions Sun offers > numerous free SunRay1s with any purchase of new servers. > Offer ends June 30th. Just got 30 of them with an UE420R > and probably could have gotten more. > Wolfgang Man, and I cant even get them to send me one for review... 8-) Bill -- +-------------------\ /-----------------+ | Bill Bradford | www.sunhelp.org | | mrbill at mrbill.net | www.decvax.org | | Austin, Texas USA | www.pdp11.org | +-------------------/ \-----------------+ From dllund at hermes.nextel.com Mon Jun 19 15:19:02 2000 From: dllund at hermes.nextel.com (Dennis L. Lund) Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 16:19:02 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] DHCP Sonfig Message-ID: Hi all, I am setting up a sparc5 (Solaris 8), at home, to be a DHCP client. I have not been able to find very much on this subject. What I have found suggests all I have to do is create /etc/dhcp. with nothing in it. Then reboot and it will create the DHCP direcory and files on reboot. How do i configure the /etc/asppp.cf file to bring up the interface with DHCP when I initial a dialup to my workplace. I am thinking something like this: ifconfig ipdptp0 plumb aoto-dhcp 1.1.1.1 2.2.2.2 up Do I need to have any entries in /etc/hosts? What other files will in need to edit and with what? Thanks in advance Dennis L. Lund (678)291-3519 i(678)300-6071 p(888)640-8265 e-mail: dllund at hermes.nextel.com From wolfgang at hanazono.med.cornell.edu Mon Jun 19 15:47:25 2000 From: wolfgang at hanazono.med.cornell.edu (Wolfgang Engelien) Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 16:47:25 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Numerous free SunRay1 Message-ID: For review? No problem, you get the first one arriving. Wolfgang >On Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 03:19:51PM -0400, Wolfgang Engelien wrote: >> Free SunRay1: >> For customers at educational institutions Sun offers >> numerous free SunRay1s with any purchase of new servers. >> Offer ends June 30th. Just got 30 of them with an UE420R >> and probably could have gotten more. >> Wolfgang > >Man, and I cant even get them to send me one for review... 8-) > >Bill > >-- >+-------------------\ /-----------------+ >| Bill Bradford | www.sunhelp.org | >| mrbill at mrbill.net | www.decvax.org | >| Austin, Texas USA | www.pdp11.org | >+-------------------/ \-----------------+ >_______________________________________________ >SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org >http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > From mark at bitshift.org Mon Jun 19 16:11:17 2000 From: mark at bitshift.org (Mark C. Langston) Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 14:11:17 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] Numerous free SunRay1 Message-ID: On Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 04:47:25PM -0400, Wolfgang Engelien wrote: > For review? No problem, you get the first one arriving. > > Wolfgang > > >On Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 03:19:51PM -0400, Wolfgang Engelien wrote: > >> Free SunRay1: > >> For customers at educational institutions Sun offers > >> numerous free SunRay1s with any purchase of new servers. > >> Offer ends June 30th. Just got 30 of them with an UE420R > >> and probably could have gotten more. > >> Wolfgang > > > >Man, and I cant even get them to send me one for review... 8-) Are they the old or new variety? If the old, they've got some issues. -- Mark C. Langston mark at bitshift.org Systems & Network Admin San Jose, CA From beemern at telecom.ksu.edu Mon Jun 19 16:52:21 2000 From: beemern at telecom.ksu.edu (beemern at telecom.ksu.edu) Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 16:52:21 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Numerous free SunRay1 Message-ID: Wolfgang Engelien wrote: > > Free SunRay1: > > For customers at educational institutions Sun offers > numerous free SunRay1s with any purchase of new servers. > Offer ends June 30th. Just got 30 of them with an UE420R > and probably could have gotten more. > > Wolfgang So are you offering anything here? or just a 'heads-up' on the promotion from Sun?? Nathan From wolfgang at hanazono.med.cornell.edu Mon Jun 19 17:00:54 2000 From: wolfgang at hanazono.med.cornell.edu (Wolfgang Engelien) Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 18:00:54 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Numerous free SunRay1 Message-ID: At 02:11 PM 6/19/00 -0700, you wrote: >On Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 04:47:25PM -0400, Wolfgang Engelien wrote: >> For review? No problem, you get the first one arriving. >> >> Wolfgang >> >> >On Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 03:19:51PM -0400, Wolfgang Engelien wrote: >> >> Free SunRay1: >> >> For customers at educational institutions Sun offers >> >> numerous free SunRay1s with any purchase of new servers. >> >> Offer ends June 30th. Just got 30 of them with an UE420R >> >> and probably could have gotten more. >> >> Wolfgang >> > >> >Man, and I cant even get them to send me one for review... 8-) > > >Are they the old or new variety? If the old, they've got some issues. > >-- >Mark C. Langston Reilly? What kind of issues? What do I have to look out for to get the latest? Do you have some SunRays yourself or is it a rumor? Thanks, Wolfgang ##### # Wolfgang Engelien # Tel.: +1 (212) 746 3724 # Fax.: +1 (212) 746 5818 # email: wolfgang at hanazono.med.cornell.edu ##### From mark at bitshift.org Mon Jun 19 17:26:16 2000 From: mark at bitshift.org (Mark C. Langston) Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 15:26:16 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] Numerous free SunRay1 Message-ID: On Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 06:00:54PM -0400, Wolfgang Engelien wrote: > Reilly? What kind of issues? What do I have to look out for to get the > latest? Do you have some SunRays yourself or is it a rumor? The new ones are here: http://www.sun.com/products/sunray1/ The old ones had some problems with the way they "fake" 8-bit Pseudocolor mode. The last site I was responsible for bought some on my recommendation for use with some scientific waveform analysis tools which require the display to run in 8-bit pseudocolor. The Sun Ray software implements it in a back-assward manner, and you end up with problems like not being able to handle buffered animation in the pseudocolor mode, which impacted us because we couldn't change the intesity of spectrograms in real time. There were also a few problems (bugs) with the dtlogin and dtsession stuff as implemented in the 1.0 software (with a patch to address some if not all the issues). If the tokens for the smart cards or for the sunray get out of synch with the server for whatever reason, cleaning up the resultant mess can be a bit of a chore, since they spread the config info out over about 8 different files in addition to the normal cleanup you have to do behind the dtsession manager and X server when you run into disconnects. The video in still isn't supported, either. On the bright side, the "you must use on a dual-interface system, with the sunrays on a private net" bit is just optimal config info rather than a requirement. :) -- Mark C. Langston mark at bitshift.org Systems & Network Admin San Jose, CA From wolfgang at hanazono.med.cornell.edu Mon Jun 19 17:26:08 2000 From: wolfgang at hanazono.med.cornell.edu (Wolfgang Engelien) Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 18:26:08 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Numerous free SunRay1 Message-ID: At 04:52 PM 6/19/00 -0500, you wrote: >Wolfgang Engelien wrote: >> >> Free SunRay1: >> >> For customers at educational institutions Sun offers >> numerous free SunRay1s with any purchase of new servers. >> Offer ends June 30th. Just got 30 of them with an UE420R >> and probably could have gotten more. >> >> Wolfgang > >So are you offering anything here? or just a 'heads-up' on the promotion >from Sun?? > >Nathan It's just a 'heads-up'. The story behind it: I did not know about this promo and had a quote about the UE420R without the SunRays. Then I thought of getting two of the SunRays, just to try them out. The total price on the new quote didn't change! - Asking the Rep surfaced that I could have even more for free. So I asked shyly for five and as he was not reluctant finally for 30. I didn't go for more, because of the storage space limitations I as well as everybody else have/has in Manhattan. Wolfgang From wolfgang at hanazono.med.cornell.edu Mon Jun 19 21:12:23 2000 From: wolfgang at hanazono.med.cornell.edu (Wolfgang Engelien) Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 22:12:23 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Numerous free SunRay1 Message-ID: At 02:11 PM 6/19/00 -0700, you wrote: >On Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 04:47:25PM -0400, Wolfgang Engelien wrote: >> For review? No problem, you get the first one arriving. >> >> Wolfgang >> >> >On Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 03:19:51PM -0400, Wolfgang Engelien wrote: >> >> Free SunRay1: >> >> For customers at educational institutions Sun offers >> >> numerous free SunRay1s with any purchase of new servers. >> >> Offer ends June 30th. Just got 30 of them with an UE420R >> >> and probably could have gotten more. >> >> Wolfgang >> > >> >Man, and I cant even get them to send me one for review... 8-) > > >Are they the old or new variety? If the old, they've got some issues. > Since these are "headless", I would guess they are the old ones. From ihblists at nerdherd.net Tue Jun 20 02:05:39 2000 From: ihblists at nerdherd.net (Ian Hall-Beyer) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 01:05:39 -0600 Subject: [Sunhelp] Numerous free SunRay1 Message-ID: On Mon, 19 Jun 2000 14:11:17 -0700, Mark C. Langston wrote: >Are they the old or new variety? If the old, they've got some issues. "Old" variety? The thing has only been out since last october! From ihblists at nerdherd.net Tue Jun 20 02:11:20 2000 From: ihblists at nerdherd.net (Ian Hall-Beyer) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 01:11:20 -0600 Subject: [Sunhelp] Numerous free SunRay1 Message-ID: On Mon, 19 Jun 2000 15:26:16 -0700, Mark C. Langston wrote: >There were also a few problems (bugs) with the dtlogin and dtsession >stuff as implemented in the 1.0 software (with a patch to address some >if not all the issues). >The video in still isn't supported, either. 1.1 is running rather nicely on 2000 or so deployed sunrays here, clustered across 15 E4500's. 1.1 ostensibly adds device support for the USB, video, and audio input devices on the actual terminals, but I haven't seen any details on how this is done yet. >On the bright side, the "you must use on a dual-interface system, with the >sunrays on a private net" bit is just optimal config info rather than >a requirement. :) Well, using them on a private network is a must. As for dual interface, you'll have to clarify. A sunray server needs to have one interface to the LAN, and one to the SunRay network. Is that what you meant? Even if it were technically possible to share with a regular network segment, I sure as hell wouldn't want to. They specify switched 100Mbit for a reason on those things, they're severely bandwidth intensive. -Ian From rmonteiro at whatevernet.pt Tue Jun 20 08:23:28 2000 From: rmonteiro at whatevernet.pt (Rui Monteiro) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 14:23:28 +0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] Monitoring X sessions - part 2 Message-ID: --------------668FF7761CE1703A04C54212 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thanks for your help, but i think vnc doesn't solve my problem: imagine you have 3 UNIX workstations, A, B and C, running XWindows. Workstation A has its display exported to workstation B. What i want is to see on workstation C the display that is being exported from workstation A to B ? The basic ideia is to monitor from workstation C the X applications running on workstation A whose display is exported to workstation B. if vnc capable of doing this ? Thanks. Animesh Paul wrote: > U can find remote desktop server > > http://www.hubbe.net/~hubbe/x2vnc.html > > --------------------------------------------- > Get your free email for life at > www.mantramail.com -- Rui Monteiro WhatEverNet Computing, SA rmonteiro at whatevernet.pt Praca de Alvalade, 6 - Piso 6 Phone: +351 21 7994200 1700 036 Lisboa - Portugal Fax: +351 21 7994242 http://www.whatevernet.pt --------------668FF7761CE1703A04C54212 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thanks for your help, but i think vnc doesn't solve my problem:
imagine you have 3 UNIX workstations, A, B and C, running XWindows.
Workstation A has its display exported to workstation B.
What i want is to see on workstation C the display that is being exported from workstation A to B ?
The basic ideia is to monitor from workstation C the X applications running on workstation A whose display is exported to workstation B.
if vnc capable of doing this ?
Thanks.
Animesh Paul wrote:
U can find remote desktop server
http://www.hubbe.net/~hubbe/x2vnc.html
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-- Rui Monteiro                WhatEverNet Computing, SA rmonteiro at whatevernet.pt    Praca de Alvalade, 6 - Piso 6 Phone: +351 21 7994200      1700 036 Lisboa - Portugal Fax: +351 21 7994242        http://www.whatevernet.pt
--------------668FF7761CE1703A04C54212-- From rmonteiro at whatevernet.pt Tue Jun 20 09:08:14 2000 From: rmonteiro at whatevernet.pt (Rui Monteiro) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 15:08:14 +0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] Re: Monitoring X sessions - part 2 Message-ID: --------------5E16743BBA9811F3F8CC4A63 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi jithendra , we want to monitor UNIX (Solaris) and Windows systems. Is there any SMS like software for UNIX ? Thanks. pydimarri jithendra babu wrote: > hi > > > > the thing u wanted is something like proxy. u want > > to watch the sessions running between two > > machines. please tell me if all ur systems are > > unix based. if not (if windows) u can install SMS > > which is very useful. U can see the desktops of > > all the systems/clients on the NT system where SMS > > is loaded > > > > > > jithendra > > > --------------------------------------------- > Get your free email for life at > www.mantramail.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Monitoring X sessions - part 2 > Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 14:23:28 +0100 > From: Rui Monteiro > To: Animesh Paul , sunhelp at sunhelp.org > References: <961504488.961504488 at mantramail.com> > > Thanks for your help, but i think vnc doesn't solve my problem: > > imagine you have 3 UNIX workstations, A, B and C, running XWindows. > > Workstation A has its display exported to workstation B. > What i want is to see on workstation C the display that is being > exported from workstation A to B ? > > The basic ideia is to monitor from workstation C the X applications > running on workstation A whose display is exported to workstation B. > > if vnc capable of doing this ? > > Thanks. > > Animesh Paul wrote: > >> U can find remote desktop server >> >> http://www.hubbe.net/~hubbe/x2vnc.html >> >> --------------------------------------------- >> Get your free email for life at >> www.mantramail.com > > -- > Rui Monteiro WhatEverNet Computing, SA > rmonteiro at whatevernet.pt Praca de Alvalade, 6 - Piso 6 > Phone: +351 21 7994200 1700 036 Lisboa - Portugal > Fax: +351 21 7994242 http://www.whatevernet.pt > > -- Rui Monteiro WhatEverNet Computing, SA rmonteiro at whatevernet.pt Praca de Alvalade, 6 - Piso 6 Phone: +351 21 7994200 1700 036 Lisboa - Portugal Fax: +351 21 7994242 http://www.whatevernet.pt --------------5E16743BBA9811F3F8CC4A63 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi jithendra ,
we want to monitor UNIX (Solaris) and Windows systems. Is there any SMS like software for UNIX ?
Thanks.

pydimarri jithendra babu wrote:

hi the thing u wanted is something like proxy. u want to watch the sessions running between two machines. please tell me if all ur systems are unix based. if not (if windows) u can install SMS which is very useful. U can see the desktops of all the systems/clients on the NT system where SMS is loaded jithendra --------------------------------------------- Get your free email for life at www.mantramail.com

Subject: Monitoring X sessions - part 2
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 14:23:28 +0100
From: Rui Monteiro <rmonteiro at whatevernet.pt>
To: Animesh Paul <jithendra at mantramail.com>, sunhelp at sunhelp.org
References: <961504488.961504488 at mantramail.com>
Thanks for your help, but i think vnc doesn't solve my problem:
imagine you have 3 UNIX workstations, A, B and C, running XWindows.
Workstation A has its display exported to workstation B.
What i want is to see on workstation C the display that is being exported from workstation A to B ?
The basic ideia is to monitor from workstation C the X applications running on workstation A whose display is exported to workstation B.
if vnc capable of doing this ?
Thanks.
Animesh Paul wrote:
U can find remote desktop server
http://www.hubbe.net/~hubbe/x2vnc.html
---------------------------------------------
Get your free email for life at
www.mantramail.com

-- Rui Monteiro                WhatEverNet Computing, SA rmonteiro at whatevernet.pt    Praca de Alvalade, 6 - Piso 6 Phone: +351 21 7994200      1700 036 Lisboa - Portugal Fax: +351 21 7994242        http://www.whatevernet.pt

-- Rui Monteiro                WhatEverNet Computing, SA rmonteiro at whatevernet.pt    Praca de Alvalade, 6 - Piso 6 Phone: +351 21 7994200      1700 036 Lisboa - Portugal Fax: +351 21 7994242        http://www.whatevernet.pt
--------------5E16743BBA9811F3F8CC4A63-- From robert.fuerst at sylvania.com Tue Jun 20 09:09:11 2000 From: robert.fuerst at sylvania.com (Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 10:09:11 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Monitoring X sessions - part 2 Message-ID: This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFDAC1.1B6C2A00 Content-Type: text/plain are they physically far apart? Must just use a video splitter box > -----Original Message----- > From: Rui Monteiro [SMTP:rmonteiro at whatevernet.pt] > Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 9:23 AM > To: Animesh Paul; sunhelp at sunhelp.org > Subject: [Sunhelp] Monitoring X sessions - part 2 > > Thanks for your help, but i think vnc doesn't solve my problem: > > imagine you have 3 UNIX workstations, A, B and C, running XWindows. > > Workstation A has its display exported to workstation B. > What i want is to see on workstation C the display that is being exported > from workstation A to B ? > > The basic ideia is to monitor from workstation C the X applications > running on workstation A whose display is exported to workstation B. > > if vnc capable of doing this ? > > Thanks. > > Animesh Paul wrote: > > U can find remote desktop server > > > > --------------------------------------------- > Get your free email for life at > www.mantramail.com > > -- > Rui Monteiro WhatEverNet Computing, SA > rmonteiro at whatevernet.pt Praca de Alvalade, 6 - Piso 6 > Phone: +351 21 7994200 1700 036 Lisboa - Portugal > Fax: +351 21 7994242 > ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFDAC1.1B6C2A00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: [Sunhelp] Monitoring X sessions - part 2
are they physically = far apart? Must just use a video splitter box

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From:   Rui Monteiro = [SMTP:rmonteiro at whatevernet.pt]
Sent:   Tuesday, June 20, 2000 9:23 AM
To:     Animesh Paul; sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Subject:       = [Sunhelp] Monitoring X sessions - = part 2

Thanks for your help, but i think vnc doesn't = solve my problem:

imagine you have 3 UNIX=A0workstations, A, B = and C, running XWindows.

Workstation A=A0has its display exported to = workstation B.
What i want is to see on workstation C the display that is being = exported from workstation A to B ?

The basic ideia is to monitor from workstation = C=A0the X=A0applications running on workstation A=A0whose display is = exported to workstation B.

if vnc capable of doing this ?

Thanks.

Animesh Paul wrote:

U can find remote desktop server

<http://www.hubbe.net/~hubbe/x2vnc.html><= /U>

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------_=_NextPart_001_01BFDAC1.1B6C2A00-- From magnus.abrante at nocke.Sweden.Sun.COM Tue Jun 20 09:21:45 2000 From: magnus.abrante at nocke.Sweden.Sun.COM (Magnus Abrante) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:21:45 +0200 Subject: [Sunhelp] Monitoring X sessions - part 2 Message-ID: There is an old application called xtv that can do that if i remember correctly. The source can be found in for example ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/frozen/main/source/x11 > imagine you have 3 UNIX workstations, A, B and C, running XWindows. > > Workstation A has its display exported to workstation B. > What i want is to see on workstation C the display that is being > exported from workstation A to B ? > > The basic ideia is to monitor from workstation C the X applications > running on workstation A whose display is exported to workstation B. > > if vnc capable of doing this ? > > Thanks. > > Animesh Paul wrote: > > > U can find remote desktop server > > > > http://www.hubbe.net/~hubbe/x2vnc.html > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > Get your free email for life at > > www.mantramail.com > > -- > Rui Monteiro WhatEverNet Computing, SA > rmonteiro at whatevernet.pt Praca de Alvalade, 6 - Piso 6 > Phone: +351 21 7994200 1700 036 Lisboa - Portugal > Fax: +351 21 7994242 http://www.whatevernet.pt > > From wsng at puma.mt.att.com Tue Jun 20 09:28:23 2000 From: wsng at puma.mt.att.com (William. Ng) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 10:28:23 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] crash dump Message-ID: All Does anyone know what the "pc: 100104f4 sp: 1040b781" means? I got it from crash dump. Any help I will apreciate. dumpfile = /var/crash/sat/vmcore.1, namelist = /var/crash/sat/unix.1, outfile = stdout > status system name: SunOS release: 5.7 node name: sat version: Generic_106541-08 machine name: sun4u time of crash: Fri Jun 16 18:35:34 2000 age of system: 18 hr., 49 min. panicstr: zero panic registers: pc: 100104f4 sp: 1040b781 -- Thanks William Ng 732-420-1221 wsng at puma.mt.att.com From mrbill at mrbill.net Tue Jun 20 09:34:35 2000 From: mrbill at mrbill.net (Bill Bradford) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 09:34:35 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Re: [SPARCbook] FYI: Star Office 5.2 is out, downloading as we speak... Message-ID: On Tue, Jun 20, 2000 at 08:30:00AM -0400, Ken Hansen wrote: > Here is the link: > http://www.sun.com/products/staroffice/5.2 > Unable to report success/failures so far, since it is still downloading > (102 Meg for SPARC/SOlaris English version)... > I am posting this now so that folks can start their downloads up early, > before everyone else wakes up this morning (it has already been > posted on slashdot.org, but right now the west coast is still sleeping). > Enjoy, > Ken > n2vip at bellatlantic.net I've been running the beta on my linux box at work (dont ask), and its very nice with the improved .doc import/export. Bill -- +-------------------\ /-----------------+ | Bill Bradford | www.sunhelp.org | | mrbill at mrbill.net | www.decvax.org | | Austin, Texas USA | www.pdp11.org | +-------------------/ \-----------------+ From daleg at elemental.org Tue Jun 20 10:07:18 2000 From: daleg at elemental.org (Dale Ghent) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 11:07:18 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] crash dump Message-ID: On Tue, 20 Jun 2000, William. Ng wrote: | All | Does anyone know what the "pc: 100104f4 sp: 1040b781" means? I got | it from crash dump. | Any help I will apreciate. I recommend getting the book "Panic! Unix System Crash Dump Analysis" . That book will explain how to use a debugger on that core file and help you figure out what went wrong in the kernel and where. /dale From mark at bitshift.org Tue Jun 20 10:09:24 2000 From: mark at bitshift.org (Mark C. Langston) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 08:09:24 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] Numerous free SunRay1 Message-ID: On Tue, Jun 20, 2000 at 01:11:20AM -0600, Ian Hall-Beyer wrote: > On Mon, 19 Jun 2000 15:26:16 -0700, Mark C. Langston wrote: > > >On the bright side, the "you must use on a dual-interface system, with the > >sunrays on a private net" bit is just optimal config info rather than > >a requirement. :) > > Well, using them on a private network is a must. As for dual interface, > you'll have to clarify. A sunray server needs to have one interface to > the LAN, and one to the SunRay network. Is that what you meant? Even if > it were technically possible to share with a regular network segment, I > sure as hell wouldn't want to. They specify switched 100Mbit for a > reason on those things, they're severely bandwidth intensive. That is what I meant, and it is technically possible to share with a regular network segment. However, I wouldn't dare try to run 2,000 of them that way. We were only running a handful across a switched 100mbit net, using an existing machine for the server. In these instances, the cost is reasonable as long as you don't have to buy a new dual-interface machine and/or install a new switch just to use a few sunrays (Not everyone has a switch capable of VLANs, nor do they necessarily have administrative control over the contents of the network closets. Either of these situations can mean 'buy new switch' to a small environment). It becomes unreasonable quickly when you factor in the cost of either or both of those. Yes, the sunrays suck bandwidth. But in an environment where the average utilization of the network is less than 10%, and where there's no intention to expand beyond several sunrays, there's no reason not to share the segment, unless you've got another DHCP server on the same segment. They are bandwidth intensive, but they're not THAT bad. We had two running some fairly graphics-intensive X apps in a network where there were multiple NFS crossmounts among all of the machines, and those mounts were shuttling around 100GB/day on average. Of the problems I experienced with the sunrays in that scenario, bandwidth issues weren't among them. We could have comfortably scaled up to 5 or 10 without problems, and without needing to migrate them to a private net. Again, I wouldn't begin to think I could get away with 2,000. But 10? Certainly. -- Mark C. Langston mark at bitshift.org Systems & Network Admin San Jose, CA From Magnus.Abrante at nocke.Sweden.Sun.COM Tue Jun 20 10:19:03 2000 From: Magnus.Abrante at nocke.Sweden.Sun.COM (Magnus Abrante) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 17:19:03 +0200 (MEST) Subject: [Sunhelp] crash dump Message-ID: pc is the address of the instruction that casued the panic.. (should be 0x100104f4). Right now i can't remember what the sp is, i'ld guess on a pointer to a register.. > Does anyone know what the "pc: 100104f4 sp: 1040b781" means? I got > it from crash dump. > Any help I will apreciate. > > > dumpfile = /var/crash/sat/vmcore.1, namelist = /var/crash/sat/unix.1, > outfile = > stdout > > > status > system name: SunOS > release: 5.7 > node name: sat > version: Generic_106541-08 > machine name: sun4u > time of crash: Fri Jun 16 18:35:34 2000 > age of system: 18 hr., 49 min. > panicstr: zero > panic registers: > pc: 100104f4 sp: 1040b781 > //Magnus Abrante /* This is not the opinion of my company, its just my own */ From Magnus.Abrante at nocke.Sweden.Sun.COM Tue Jun 20 10:31:09 2000 From: Magnus.Abrante at nocke.Sweden.Sun.COM (Magnus Abrante) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 17:31:09 +0200 (MEST) Subject: [Sunhelp] crash dump Message-ID: Oops, sp is the stack pointer... pc = program counter > All > Does anyone know what the "pc: 100104f4 sp: 1040b781" means? I got > it from crash dump. > Any help I will apreciate. > > > dumpfile = /var/crash/sat/vmcore.1, namelist = /var/crash/sat/unix.1, > outfile = > stdout > > > status > system name: SunOS > release: 5.7 > node name: sat > version: Generic_106541-08 > machine name: sun4u > time of crash: Fri Jun 16 18:35:34 2000 > age of system: 18 hr., 49 min. > panicstr: zero > panic registers: > pc: 100104f4 sp: 1040b781 > //Magnus Abrante /* This is not the opinion of my company, its just my own */ From Evan at dbt.net Tue Jun 20 15:16:38 2000 From: Evan at dbt.net (Evan Grattan) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:16:38 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] e4500s missing CD-ROM Message-ID: I've got an e4500 running Solaris 2.6. A couple of days ago, we added some new tape libraries and disk arrays requiring a reconfiguration reboot. Before we did this, we edited our sd.conf file for the new disk arrays and cleaned up some "extra" entries in the sd.conf file. Apparently one of the "extra" entries we removed was for the CD-ROM drive, and the reconfig reboot removed the CD-ROM from the system. And of course, we did not make a backup of the sd.conf before we so liberally performed surgery on it. (Bonehead mistake) Does anyone know which entries should be in the sd.conf file to make the system re-learn the location of the CD-ROM? Many Thanx, -Evan Grattan From daleg at elemental.org Tue Jun 20 16:01:30 2000 From: daleg at elemental.org (Dale Ghent) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 17:01:30 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] e4500s missing CD-ROM Message-ID: This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. Send mail to mime at docserver.cac.washington.edu for more info. ---559023410-758783491-961534890=:28239 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Tue, 20 Jun 2000, Evan Grattan wrote: | I've got an e4500 running Solaris 2.6. A couple of days ago, we added some | new tape libraries and disk arrays requiring a reconfiguration reboot. | Before we did this, we edited our sd.conf file for the new disk arrays and | cleaned up some "extra" entries in the sd.conf file. Apparently one of the | "extra" entries we removed was for the CD-ROM drive, and the reconfig reboot | removed the CD-ROM from the system. And of course, we did not make a backup | of the sd.conf before we so liberally performed surgery on it. (Bonehead | mistake) Does anyone know which entries should be in the sd.conf file to | make the system re-learn the location of the CD-ROM? 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Message-ID: Is it possible to add an alias IP to the loopback interface? I know it is under some other *IX systems. Why do I want to, you ask? Well, for a meshed environment, what I want to do is run dual NICs, each one with a private network address. Then I want to alias the internet-routable address to the loopback, and have each server announce that it has the route to that Internet IP. This will allow the servers to route around a failed switch, for example (each NIC being connected to a different switch). but Solaris (at least, 2.8/x86) it doesn't seem to be working... Thanks! Steve From dhansen at zebra.net Tue Jun 20 18:58:26 2000 From: dhansen at zebra.net (dhansen at zebra.net) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:58:26 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] Alias on the loopback interface... Message-ID: You can configure logical interfaces to the loopback under Solaris just as you do any other device. ifconfig lo0:1 aaa.aaa.aaa.aaa bbb.bbb.bbb.bbb up ifconfig lo0:1 cluster_address 127.0.0.1 up or whatever suits your purposes. If you state what you have tried then you can eliminate people re-telling you advice that you have already tried and you risk having a more clear answer that also explains what you may have done wrong in your earlier attempts. -david --- Original Message --- "Steven Levin" Wrote on Tue, 20 Jun 2000 14:30:16 -0700 ------------------ Is it possible to add an alias IP to the loopback interface? I know it is under some other *IX systems. Why do I want to, you ask? Well, for a meshed environment, what I want to do is run dual NICs, each one with a private network address. Then I want to alias the internet-routable address to the loopback, and have each server announce that it has the route to that Internet IP. This will allow the servers to route around a failed switch, for example (each NIC being connected to a different switch). but Solaris (at least, 2.8/x86) it doesn't seem to be working... Thanks! Steve _______________________________________________ SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp ----- Sent using MailStart.com ( http://MailStart.Com/welcome.html ) The FREE way to access your mailbox via any web browser, anywhere! From skh at nortelnetworks.com Tue Jun 20 20:16:31 2000 From: skh at nortelnetworks.com (Sean Hinchey) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 21:16:31 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] E420r Reboot/Shutdown Problems Message-ID: This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFDB1E.54DFA32C Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" My E420Rs sometime hang on a reboot. 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------_=_NextPart_001_01BFDB1E.54DFA32C-- From krankin at usit.net Tue Jun 20 22:34:42 2000 From: krankin at usit.net (Kent Rankin) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 23:34:42 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] MBUS module speed determination Message-ID: How can I tell the speed of an MBUS module from OpenBoot? I used to know a method of this, but don't recall it any longer. *doh* Thanks, Kent Rankin From krankin at usit.net Tue Jun 20 22:56:54 2000 From: krankin at usit.net (Kent Rankin) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 23:56:54 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] MBUS module speed determination Message-ID: > How can I tell the speed of an MBUS module from OpenBoot? I > used to know a method of this, but don't recall it any longer. *doh* module-info. *duh* sorry for wasting everyone's time. *grin* thanks, kent rankin From mrbill at mrbill.net Tue Jun 20 23:11:24 2000 From: mrbill at mrbill.net (Bill Bradford) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 23:11:24 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] MBUS module speed determination Message-ID: On Tue, Jun 20, 2000 at 11:34:42PM -0400, Kent Rankin wrote: > How can I tell the speed of an MBUS module from OpenBoot? I > used to know a method of this, but don't recall it any longer. *doh* > Thanks, > Kent Rankin Isnt it show-module / show-modules or something like that? Bill -- +-------------------\ /-----------------+ | Bill Bradford | www.sunhelp.org | | mrbill at mrbill.net | www.decvax.org | | Austin, Texas USA | www.pdp11.org | +-------------------/ \-----------------+ From GLeblanc at cu-portland.edu Tue Jun 20 23:51:44 2000 From: GLeblanc at cu-portland.edu (Gregory Leblanc) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 21:51:44 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] MBUS module speed determination Message-ID: > -----Original Message----- > From: Kent Rankin [mailto:krankin at usit.net] > Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 8:35 PM > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > Subject: [Sunhelp] MBUS module speed determination > > How can I tell the speed of an MBUS module from OpenBoot? I > used to know a method of this, but don't recall it any longer. *doh* module-info should do the trick. I've got my SS20 unplugged so I can't check... Greg From mrbill at mrbill.net Wed Jun 21 02:41:12 2000 From: mrbill at mrbill.net (Bill Bradford) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 02:41:12 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Problem with E220 "redundant" power supplies Message-ID: For those of you who dont know, E220Rs have two power cords each, for redundancy - they can run fine w/one. Anyway, here's a description of my strange problem. We have two UPS units in our datacenter right now, call them "A" and "B". Systems are plugged into both units right now, but tonight, we had to move everything to "A" because "B" is being shut down (to add more batteries) this coming Friday. "no problem" I thought, "since all the 220s have dual power cords, we wont even have to shut them down - just do the shell game with the power cords until everything is plugged into UPS-A". It didnt quite work this way. Here's what happened. Say each 220 has a power cord #1 and #2. 1. All machines have power cords plugged into "first available outlet". 2. I plug power-strip-1 into a UPS-A outlet. One by one, I unplug Power Cord #1 from each 220 into power-strip-1. 3. I unplug each 200s Power Cord #2 and let them sit for a minute while I untangle everything. All machines are still up at this point, running off the power strip plugged into UPS-A. 6. I take all the 220s Power Cord #2s, and plug them into power-strip-2. 7. I unplug power-strip-2 from UPS-B. All the E220s die, even tho they had been (and still should have been) getting power from power-strip-1, which was already plugged into UPS-A. 8. I plug power-strip-2 into UPS-A. All machines fire back up, and appear to come up normally. (whew) Therefore, it seems that the machines didnt failover between redundant power supplies/cords properly; if power-strip-1 was bad, they should have all died when I unplugged the power cord #2s - but they didnt. They died after I had all the power cord #1s going to UPS-A, all power cord #2s going to UPS-B, and unplugged power-strip-2 to move it to UPS-A. Thoughts? Suggestions? Anybody else seen this problem? I cant take the boxes back down to "try it again", but I'm getting another E220 in a couple of days that I'm gonna try this with and see if it does the same thing. Bill -- +-------------------\ /-----------------+ | Bill Bradford | www.sunhelp.org | | mrbill at mrbill.net | www.decvax.org | | Austin, Texas USA | www.pdp11.org | +-------------------/ \-----------------+ From robert.fuerst at sylvania.com Wed Jun 21 04:32:18 2000 From: robert.fuerst at sylvania.com (Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 05:32:18 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] sun test drive Message-ID: ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFDB63.97C0BF60 Content-Type: text/plain Which of these would you pick for the sun test drive? We currently use Ultra 170's and Ultra 2's - 200's A: Ultra 10 with the following configuration: 440 MHz processor CD-ROM drive Elite3DM3 5010 SCSI Adapter 512 MB or 1 GB RAM 21" Monitor 9 GB Hard Drive B: <<...OLE_Obj...>> Ultra 60 with the following configuration: 450 MHz processor CD-ROM drive Elite3DM3 5010 SCSI Adapter 512 MB or 1 GB RAM 21" Monitor 9 GB Hard Drive Thanks, 1st ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFDB63.97C0BF60 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable sun test drive
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------_=_NextPart_001_01BFDB63.97C0BF60-- From james at quickdog.com Wed Jun 21 05:14:20 2000 From: james at quickdog.com (James Lockwood) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 03:14:20 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] sun test drive Message-ID: On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris) wrote: > Which of these would you pick for the sun test drive? We currently > use Ultra 170's and Ultra 2's - 200's > A: Ultra 10 with the following configuration: > 440 MHz processor CD-ROM drive Elite3DM3 5010 SCSI Adapter 512 MB or > 1 GB RAM 21" Monitor 9 GB Hard Drive > B: <<...OLE_Obj...>> Ultra 60 with the following configuration: > 450 MHz processor CD-ROM drive Elite3DM3 5010 SCSI Adapter 512 MB or > 1 GB RAM 21" Monitor 9 GB Hard Drive Ultra 60 all the way. Much nicer quality of construction and onboard SCSI are big plusses. The Ultra 10 is manufactured to a much lower standard of quality. The U60 (and the sister U220R) make terrific U2 replacements. -James From james at quickdog.com Wed Jun 21 05:14:20 2000 From: james at quickdog.com (James Lockwood) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 03:14:20 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] sun test drive Message-ID: On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris) wrote: > Which of these would you pick for the sun test drive? We currently > use Ultra 170's and Ultra 2's - 200's > A: Ultra 10 with the following configuration: > 440 MHz processor CD-ROM drive Elite3DM3 5010 SCSI Adapter 512 MB or > 1 GB RAM 21" Monitor 9 GB Hard Drive > B: <<...OLE_Obj...>> Ultra 60 with the following configuration: > 450 MHz processor CD-ROM drive Elite3DM3 5010 SCSI Adapter 512 MB or > 1 GB RAM 21" Monitor 9 GB Hard Drive Ultra 60 all the way. Much nicer quality of construction and onboard SCSI are big plusses. The Ultra 10 is manufactured to a much lower standard of quality. The U60 (and the sister U220R) make terrific U2 replacements. -James From jbaker at stscomputer.com Wed Jun 21 07:27:01 2000 From: jbaker at stscomputer.com (Baker, Jamie) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 08:27:01 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Anon = 0 (UNIX command) Message-ID: Could someone please help me out, I was told that the UNIX command Anon = 0 is a commonly used command. Is this true? And if so, when would you use it and what does it mean? Thanks for any help, Jamie From magnus.abrante at nocke.Sweden.Sun.COM Wed Jun 21 07:53:03 2000 From: magnus.abrante at nocke.Sweden.Sun.COM (Magnus Abrante) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 14:53:03 +0200 Subject: [Sunhelp] Anon = 0 (UNIX command) Message-ID: Errmmm... humm The only use of "anon=0" i know about is that you can specify a share with the option "anon=0", for example: share -F nfs -o ro,anon=0 /export/something anon=0 means that unknown userids will be mapped to the user "0".. Most commonly used when exporting Jumpstart directories etc. I dont know about any command that would have that name.. //Magnus Abrante /* This is not the opinion of my company, its just my own */ > Could someone please help me out, I was told that the UNIX command Anon > = 0 is a commonly used command. Is this true? And if so, when would > you use it and what does it mean? > > Thanks for any help, Jamie > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From ward at zilla.nu Wed Jun 21 12:10:16 2000 From: ward at zilla.nu (Reagen Ward) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 12:10:16 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Anon = 0 (UNIX command) Message-ID: On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 08:27:01AM -0400, Baker, Jamie wrote: > Could someone please help me out, I was told that the UNIX command Anon > = 0 is a commonly used command. Is this true? And if so, when would > you use it and what does it mean? Can you get some context as to when/where it is used? I know it as a very dangerous way of exporting NFS shares. Generally only done when political powers force admins to do stupid things, like let the whole world have root access to all NFS shares. I'm not aware of it being a SYSV or BSD command, but it might be an intrinsic shell command in a shell I don't use. Must not be that commonly used. Reagen From jbascue at teleport.com Wed Jun 21 12:28:12 2000 From: jbascue at teleport.com (Jeremiah Bascue) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 10:28:12 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] Samba--so close! Message-ID: Goodmorning all, I've got Samba installed and configured on my Sun E250. I can see the Samba server in network neighborhood from all the NT machines, but when trying to access it, I get the following error: "\\server is not accessible. The network path is not found" I think this is an easy fix. Any suggestions? -jeremiah From jrichey at highmark.com Wed Jun 21 12:29:27 2000 From: jrichey at highmark.com (Jim Richey) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 13:29:27 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] UE3500 Reboot Problem Message-ID: We have 4 UE3500 systems each with two CPU's, 2GB memory, four 9GB FC-AL internal drives, Graphics IO board with UPA board, running Solaris 2.6. Two of the systems reboot fine, the other two after a couple of reboots will panic upon boot, then try to reboot. When it tries to reboot it gets the error "Can't open boot device". We upgraded to the latest firmware with patch 103346-26 and now get several errors of "loop 0 is offline" before we get the "Can't open boot device" error. This problem appears to be related to later versions of patch 105375. We have this problem with 105375-19 or later. However, if we back out to 105375-07 the problem goes away. The two other system that work are fine with 105375-19. The Readme for 105375-22 mentions upgrading the firmware on the Interface Board. However, it only mentions the Interface boards for external drive. Does the internal Interface Board on a UE3500 have it's own firmware and if so how do you update it? Does anyone know how to fix this problem? -- Jim Richey jrichey at highmark.com Highmark, Inc. http://www.highmark.com From steven.levin at ipix.com Wed Jun 21 12:39:29 2000 From: steven.levin at ipix.com (Steven Levin) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 10:39:29 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] Alias on the loopback interface... Message-ID: The trouble is (sorry I wasn't more clear before) is that: # ifconfig lo0:1 127.0.0.2 255.0.0.0 up ifconfig: SIOCGLIFNETMASK: lo0:1: no such interface But the answer was to: # ifconfig lo0:1 plumb 127.0.0.2 up At least on 2.8/x86, with the hardware we have, I just realized that it's very unhappy with adding aliases to ANY interface without the 'plumb' command. Thanks! Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org]On > Behalf Of dhansen at zebra.net > Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 4:58 PM > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > Subject: RE: [Sunhelp] Alias on the loopback interface... > > > > > > You can configure logical interfaces to the loopback under > Solaris just as you do any other device. > ifconfig lo0:1 aaa.aaa.aaa.aaa bbb.bbb.bbb.bbb up > ifconfig lo0:1 cluster_address 127.0.0.1 up > or whatever suits your purposes. > > If you state what you have tried then you can eliminate > people re-telling you advice that you have already tried and > you risk having a more clear answer that also explains what > you may have done wrong in your earlier attempts. > > -david > > --- Original Message --- > "Steven Levin" Wrote on > Tue, 20 Jun 2000 14:30:16 -0700 > ------------------ > Is it possible to add an alias IP to the loopback interface? > I know it is > under some other *IX systems. > > Why do I want to, you ask? > > Well, for a meshed environment, what I want to do is run dual > NICs, each one > with a private network address. Then I want to alias the > internet-routable > address to the loopback, and have each server announce that it > has the route > to that Internet IP. This will allow the servers to route around > a failed > switch, for example (each NIC being connected to a different > switch). > > but Solaris (at least, 2.8/x86) it doesn't seem to be working... > > Thanks! > > Steve > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > > > ----- > Sent using MailStart.com ( http://MailStart.Com/welcome.html ) > The FREE way to access your mailbox via any web browser, anywhere! > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From ward at zilla.nu Wed Jun 21 13:43:11 2000 From: ward at zilla.nu (Reagen Ward) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 13:43:11 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Alias on the loopback interface... Message-ID: That's the case with all network interphases. You have to plumb them first; the startup scripts plumb them when there's a hostname.interface file. Reagen On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 10:39:29AM -0700, Steven Levin wrote: > The trouble is (sorry I wasn't more clear before) is that: > > # ifconfig lo0:1 127.0.0.2 255.0.0.0 up > ifconfig: SIOCGLIFNETMASK: lo0:1: no such interface > > But the answer was to: > > # ifconfig lo0:1 plumb 127.0.0.2 up > > At least on 2.8/x86, with the hardware we have, I just realized that it's > very unhappy with adding aliases to ANY interface without the 'plumb' > command. > > Thanks! > > Steve > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org]On > > Behalf Of dhansen at zebra.net > > Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 4:58 PM > > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > > Subject: RE: [Sunhelp] Alias on the loopback interface... > > > > > > > > > > > > You can configure logical interfaces to the loopback under > > Solaris just as you do any other device. > > ifconfig lo0:1 aaa.aaa.aaa.aaa bbb.bbb.bbb.bbb up > > ifconfig lo0:1 cluster_address 127.0.0.1 up > > or whatever suits your purposes. > > > > If you state what you have tried then you can eliminate > > people re-telling you advice that you have already tried and > > you risk having a more clear answer that also explains what > > you may have done wrong in your earlier attempts. > > > > -david > > > > --- Original Message --- > > "Steven Levin" Wrote on > > Tue, 20 Jun 2000 14:30:16 -0700 > > ------------------ > > Is it possible to add an alias IP to the loopback interface? > > I know it is > > under some other *IX systems. > > > > Why do I want to, you ask? > > > > Well, for a meshed environment, what I want to do is run dual > > NICs, each one > > with a private network address. Then I want to alias the > > internet-routable > > address to the loopback, and have each server announce that it > > has the route > > to that Internet IP. This will allow the servers to route around > > a failed > > switch, for example (each NIC being connected to a different > > switch). > > > > but Solaris (at least, 2.8/x86) it doesn't seem to be working... > > > > Thanks! > > > > Steve > > > > _______________________________________________ > > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > > > > > > ----- > > Sent using MailStart.com ( http://MailStart.Com/welcome.html ) > > The FREE way to access your mailbox via any web browser, anywhere! > > > > _______________________________________________ > > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From faisal_gillani at flashmail.com Thu Jun 22 19:54:07 2000 From: faisal_gillani at flashmail.com (faisal) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 17:54:07 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] x windows Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01BFDC72.DC9CA8A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I want to install Xfree86 on my solaris 7 & replace open win on that = xfree86 i want to install kde how can this be done ????? ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01BFDC72.DC9CA8A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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------=_NextPart_000_0005_01BFDC72.DC9CA8A0-- From talberti at mediaone.net Wed Jun 21 20:57:45 2000 From: talberti at mediaone.net (Tony Alberti) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 20:57:45 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Problem with E220 "redundant" power supplies Message-ID: How many disks were in the 220? I have had a similar situation on an E250. I asked one of the Sun FE's here in Chicago to explain this. I was told that the dual power supplies in a 250 aren't truely redundant when the machine is loaded. If you have two power supplies and only 1 internal disk, there is enough power in one power supply to handle the load, so the redundancy works. However when you have all 6 HDs in a 250, that second power supply uses about 75% of its output to drive the disk backplane. It is no longer redundant. If the machine had truely redundant power supplies, one could handle the load of the system AND all 6 disks, so all you would need for operation was 1, and the second for redundancy. Try to order an E250 from Sun configured for 6 internal disks and 1 powersupply. They will NOT sell you that configuration. If you want 2 internal disks and 1 power supply, they will sell that to you (assuming the mainboard had the same loaded config of 2 400mHz CPUS and 2 gig memory in both configurations). I suspect something similar probably occured in your 220. Although there are less internal disks in a 220, perhaps the power supplies are less as well. Tony ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Bradford" To: Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 2:41 AM Subject: [Sunhelp] Problem with E220 "redundant" power supplies > For those of you who dont know, E220Rs have two power cords each, for > redundancy - they can run fine w/one. Anyway, here's a description of > my strange problem. > > We have two UPS units in our datacenter right now, call them "A" and "B". > Systems are plugged into both units right now, but tonight, we had to > move everything to "A" because "B" is being shut down (to add more batteries) > this coming Friday. > > "no problem" I thought, "since all the 220s have dual power cords, we wont > even have to shut them down - just do the shell game with the power cords > until everything is plugged into UPS-A". > > It didnt quite work this way. > > Here's what happened. Say each 220 has a power cord #1 and #2. > > 1. All machines have power cords plugged into "first available outlet". > > 2. I plug power-strip-1 into a UPS-A outlet. One by one, I unplug > Power Cord #1 from each 220 into power-strip-1. > > 3. I unplug each 200s Power Cord #2 and let them sit for a minute while > I untangle everything. All machines are still up at this > point, running off the power strip plugged into UPS-A. > > 6. I take all the 220s Power Cord #2s, and plug them into > power-strip-2. > > 7. I unplug power-strip-2 from UPS-B. All the E220s die, even tho > they had been (and still should have been) getting power > from power-strip-1, which was already plugged into UPS-A. > > 8. I plug power-strip-2 into UPS-A. All machines fire back up, > and appear to come up normally. (whew) > > Therefore, it seems that the machines didnt failover between redundant > power supplies/cords properly; if power-strip-1 was bad, they should > have all died when I unplugged the power cord #2s - but they didnt. > They died after I had all the power cord #1s going to UPS-A, all > power cord #2s going to UPS-B, and unplugged power-strip-2 to move > it to UPS-A. > > Thoughts? Suggestions? Anybody else seen this problem? I cant > take the boxes back down to "try it again", but I'm getting another > E220 in a couple of days that I'm gonna try this with and see if it > does the same thing. > > Bill > > -- > +-------------------\ /-----------------+ > | Bill Bradford | www.sunhelp.org | > | mrbill at mrbill.net | www.decvax.org | > | Austin, Texas USA | www.pdp11.org | > +-------------------/ \-----------------+ > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From talberti at mediaone.net Wed Jun 21 21:47:17 2000 From: talberti at mediaone.net (Tony Alberti) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 21:47:17 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Hard Disks Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01BFDBCA.44AC6A10 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Anyone know if you can plug an Ultra 2 LVD hard drive into an Ultra Wide Single Ended controller or will this destroy stuff because the the disk is LVD and the controller isn't? 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------=_NextPart_000_000E_01BFDBCA.44AC6A10-- From kris at hiwaay.net Wed Jun 21 22:33:12 2000 From: kris at hiwaay.net (Kris Kirby) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 22:33:12 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Hard Disks Message-ID: > Anyone know if you can plug an Ultra 2 LVD hard drive > into an Ultra Wide Single Ended controller or will this destroy stuff > because the the disk is LVD and the controller isn't? The drives and controllers will not run LVD unless *all* of the devices on the chain are LVD. Most LVD drives have jumpers to lock them in SE mode. IBM's DNES do. ----- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR | TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said. | ------------------------------------------------------- "Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony." From ward at zilla.nu Wed Jun 21 22:40:05 2000 From: ward at zilla.nu (Reagen Ward) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 22:40:05 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Hard Disks Message-ID: On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 09:47:17PM -0500, Tony Alberti wrote: > Anyone know if you can plug an Ultra 2 LVD hard drive > into an Ultra Wide Single Ended controller or will this destroy stuff > because the the disk is LVD and the controller isn't? You can do it, but watch the termination. I converted my LVD SCA disks to standard UW LVD, and they ran happily on a SunSwift card for some time. Reagen From GLeblanc at cu-portland.edu Wed Jun 21 22:39:55 2000 From: GLeblanc at cu-portland.edu (Gregory Leblanc) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 20:39:55 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] Hard Disks Message-ID: > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Alberti [mailto:talberti at mediaone.net] > Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 7:47 PM > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > Subject: [Sunhelp] Hard Disks > > > Anyone know if you can plug an Ultra 2 LVD hard drive > into an Ultra Wide Single Ended controller or will this destroy stuff > because the the disk is LVD and the controller isn't? > > Apparantly you CAN do this with Adaptec cards and I was > wondering if the same held true for Sun's SCSI adapters. > > Here's adaptec's answer: > http://ask.adaptec.com/cgi-bin/tic/solution?11=990427-0088&130 =925239119&14=&2715=&15=&2716=&57=search&58=console&25=6&3=Ultra%202%20+%202 940 I didn't read that, but most current LVD drives have a jumper to put them in SE mode, so you should be able to hook them to a SE controller. All the ones that I've worked with have had such a jumper, YMMV. Greg From joedumb at hotmail.com Wed Jun 21 22:41:17 2000 From: joedumb at hotmail.com (Andrew Liu) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 22:41:17 CDT Subject: [Sunhelp] x config files Message-ID: Greetings. I'm kinda new to this X windows stuff, especially on solaris. I'm confused as to where X/CDE/OpenWin stores its configuration files. For example, if I wanted to change window managers, which file would I have to edit? Another question: how do i do the "virtual desktops" like in cde in openwin?> Thanks for the help! Andrew ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com From mrbill at mrbill.net Wed Jun 21 23:02:21 2000 From: mrbill at mrbill.net (Bill Bradford) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 23:02:21 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Problem with E220 "redundant" power supplies Message-ID: On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 08:57:45PM -0500, Tony Alberti wrote: > How many disks were in the 220? Two, the maximum. 18gig drives. > I have had a similar situation on an E250. > I asked one of the Sun FE's here in Chicago > to explain this. I was told that the dual power > supplies in a 250 aren't truely redundant when > the machine is loaded. If you have two power > supplies and only 1 internal disk, there is enough > power in one power supply to handle the load, > so the redundancy works. However when you > have all 6 HDs in a 250, that second power supply > uses about 75% of its output to drive the disk > backplane. It is no longer redundant. > If the machine had truely redundant power > supplies, one could handle the load of the > system AND all 6 disks, so all you would > need for operation was 1, and the second > for redundancy. Try to order an E250 > from Sun configured for 6 internal disks > and 1 powersupply. They will NOT > sell you that configuration. If you > want 2 internal disks and 1 power supply, > they will sell that to you (assuming the mainboard > had the same loaded config of 2 400mHz CPUS and > 2 gig memory in both configurations). > I suspect something similar probably occured in your 220. > Although there are less internal disks in a 220, perhaps the > power supplies are less as well. > Tony Thanks for the note, helps explain that I'm *not* going crazy. Bill -- +-------------------\ /-----------------+ | Bill Bradford | www.sunhelp.org | | mrbill at mrbill.net | www.decvax.org | | Austin, Texas USA | www.pdp11.org | +-------------------/ \-----------------+ From james at foonly.com Thu Jun 22 00:43:16 2000 From: james at foonly.com (James Lockwood) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 22:43:16 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Problem with E220 "redundant" power supplies Message-ID: On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Tony Alberti wrote: > I have had a similar situation on an E250. > I asked one of the Sun FE's here in Chicago > to explain this. I was told that the dual power > supplies in a 250 aren't truely redundant when > the machine is loaded. If you have two power This is wrong. Dual powersupplies in a 450 are not redundant in a maximal configuration, but they are sufficient for a 250. > supplies and only 1 internal disk, there is enough > power in one power supply to handle the load, > so the redundancy works. However when you > have all 6 HDs in a 250, that second power supply > uses about 75% of its output to drive the disk > backplane. It is no longer redundant. > If the machine had truely redundant power > supplies, one could handle the load of the > system AND all 6 disks, so all you would > need for operation was 1, and the second > for redundancy. Try to order an E250 > from Sun configured for 6 internal disks > and 1 powersupply. They will NOT > sell you that configuration. If you This is incorrect. I have 4 E250's with 6x18GB, 1GB RAM and dual 400MHz CPU's. All were ordered in this configuration and came from Sun with one powersupply, with which they work fine. The E250 is fully redundant with two powersupplies in all configurations. Consult the h/w answerbook for power capacity planning information. koffing:/usr/platform/sun4u/sbin% ./prtdiag -v System Configuration: Sun Microsystems sun4u Sun (TM) Enterprise 250 (2 X UltraSPARC-II 400MHz) System clock frequency: 100 MHz Memory size: 1024 Megabytes ========================= CPUs ========================= Run Ecache CPU CPU Brd CPU Module MHz MB Impl. Mask --- --- ------- ----- ------ ------ ---- SYS 0 0 400 2.0 US-II 10.0 SYS 1 1 400 2.0 US-II 10.0 ... Disk LED Status: OK = GREEN ERROR = YELLOW DISK 5: [OK] DISK 3: [OK] DISK 1: [OK] DISK 4: [OK] DISK 2: [OK] DISK 0: [OK] ... Power Supplies: --------------- Supply Status ------ ------ 0 OK > want 2 internal disks and 1 power supply, > they will sell that to you (assuming the mainboard > had the same loaded config of 2 400mHz CPUS and > 2 gig memory in both configurations). > I suspect something similar probably occured in your 220. > Although there are less internal disks in a 220, perhaps the > power supplies are less as well. The 220 routes power from the sockets on the back differently. Check the E220 h/w answerbooks for details. -James From benjamind at miles33.co.uk Thu Jun 22 04:37:07 2000 From: benjamind at miles33.co.uk (Ben Dougherty) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 09:37:07 +0000 Subject: [Sunhelp] csh scripting problem Message-ID: Hi all, I'm having problems trying to write a small script which will recursively step through a directory structure writing a file within each directory. I started with the following: --------------- # script name = "mpu_gen" #!/bin/csh echo start mpu_gen var_path = $cwd foreach file (*) if ( -d $file ) then cd $file /usr/local/scripts/mpu_gen endif end --------------- Now this works most of the time but when I get directories with spaces in the name, it throws a wobbley (-d $file doesn't work). I tried to get around this with the following command: --------------- set name = `echo $subdir | nawk '{gsub(" ","\\ ", $0); print $0}'` --------------- which places a "\ " for every " " in the filename, which worked but for some reason that didn't work with (-d $name). Can anyone help me with this problem cus I don't want to have to write it in 'c'. Thanks for any help Ben. From steffen at gfz-potsdam.de Thu Jun 22 04:42:17 2000 From: steffen at gfz-potsdam.de (Steffen Grunewald) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 11:42:17 +0200 Subject: [Sunhelp] Re: csh scripting problem Message-ID: On Thu 2000-06-22 (09:37), Ben Dougherty wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm having problems trying to write a small script > which will recursively step through a directory > structure writing a file within each directory. > I started with the following: > > --------------- > > # script name = "mpu_gen" > #!/bin/csh > > echo start mpu_gen var_path = $cwd > > foreach file (*) > > if ( -d $file ) then > cd $file > /usr/local/scripts/mpu_gen > endif > end > > --------------- > > Now this works most of the time but when I get > directories with spaces in the name, it throws > a wobbley (-d $file doesn't work). Did you try to replace all occurrences of $file by "$file" ? BTW, the #! line has to be the first one in the script... -- Steffen Grunewald * GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) Potsdam * Projektbereich 2.2 Telegrafenberg E3 * D-14473 Potsdam * Germany / Duitsland / Allemagne steffen(at)gfz-potsdam.de, steffen.grunewald(at)gmx.de, 9311356(at)scall.de "Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth" - Pablo Picasso From benjamind at miles33.co.uk Thu Jun 22 06:19:27 2000 From: benjamind at miles33.co.uk (Ben Dougherty) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 11:19:27 +0000 Subject: [Sunhelp] Re: csh scripting problem Message-ID: Steffen Grunewald wrote: > > Did you try to replace all occurrences of $file by "$file" ? argh - that was an easy fix, cheers. > > BTW, the #! line has to be the first one in the script... Sorry I only put that in the email. > > -- thanks again Ben From Ali.Naser at irs.gov Thu Jun 22 06:44:19 2000 From: Ali.Naser at irs.gov (Naser Ali) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 07:44:19 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Lock session Message-ID: This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFDC3F.4483D8C8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" When I run some command in solaris 2.6, I get the following message: There is no access to the session lock file Does anybody know what this is? ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFDC3F.4483D8C8 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Lock session
When I run some command in solaris 2.6, I get the following message:

        There is no access to the session lock file

Does anybody know what this is?

------_=_NextPart_001_01BFDC3F.4483D8C8-- From bhinz at mdsun01.nsc.com Thu Jun 22 07:12:28 2000 From: bhinz at mdsun01.nsc.com (bhinz) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 08:12:28 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] x windows Message-ID: > From: "faisal" > To: > Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 17:54:07 -0700 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > X-Priority: 3 > X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 > Subject: [Sunhelp] x windows > X-BeenThere: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta1 > List-Id: General discussion / help / chat about Sun machines and software > > I want to install Xfree86 on my solaris 7 & replace open win on that xfree86 i > want to install kde how can this be done ????? KDE can be installed quite easily with packages available from www.freeware4sun.com/software/7/index.html. make sure get all of the necessary libraries installed before KDE. -brian From talberti at mediaone.net Thu Jun 22 07:41:00 2000 From: talberti at mediaone.net (Tony Alberti) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 07:41:00 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Problem with E220 "redundant" power supplies Message-ID: I have forwarded this email over to John Donnat at Sun (the FE who explained the power supplies to me). I'm waiting for his reply. Your prtdiag negates what I was told, now I would like to hear the truth. Sorry for any misinformation. I will pass along Sun's reply as soon as I get it. Confused, Tony ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Lockwood" To: Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 12:43 AM Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] Problem with E220 "redundant" power supplies > On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Tony Alberti wrote: > > > I have had a similar situation on an E250. > > I asked one of the Sun FE's here in Chicago > > to explain this. I was told that the dual power > > supplies in a 250 aren't truely redundant when > > the machine is loaded. If you have two power > > This is wrong. Dual powersupplies in a 450 are not redundant in a maximal > configuration, but they are sufficient for a 250. > > > supplies and only 1 internal disk, there is enough > > power in one power supply to handle the load, > > so the redundancy works. However when you > > have all 6 HDs in a 250, that second power supply > > uses about 75% of its output to drive the disk > > backplane. It is no longer redundant. > > If the machine had truely redundant power > > supplies, one could handle the load of the > > system AND all 6 disks, so all you would > > need for operation was 1, and the second > > for redundancy. Try to order an E250 > > from Sun configured for 6 internal disks > > and 1 powersupply. They will NOT > > sell you that configuration. If you > > This is incorrect. I have 4 E250's with 6x18GB, 1GB RAM and dual 400MHz > CPU's. All were ordered in this configuration and came from Sun with one > powersupply, with which they work fine. The E250 is fully redundant with > two powersupplies in all configurations. Consult the h/w answerbook for > power capacity planning information. > > koffing:/usr/platform/sun4u/sbin% ./prtdiag -v > System Configuration: Sun Microsystems sun4u Sun (TM) Enterprise 250 (2 > X UltraSPARC-II 400MHz) > System clock frequency: 100 MHz > Memory size: 1024 Megabytes > > ========================= CPUs ========================= > > Run Ecache CPU CPU > Brd CPU Module MHz MB Impl. Mask > --- --- ------- ----- ------ ------ ---- > SYS 0 0 400 2.0 US-II 10.0 > SYS 1 1 400 2.0 US-II 10.0 > > ... > > Disk LED Status: OK = GREEN ERROR = YELLOW > DISK 5: [OK] DISK 3: [OK] DISK 1: > [OK] > DISK 4: [OK] DISK 2: [OK] DISK 0: > [OK] > > ... > > Power Supplies: > --------------- > > Supply Status > ------ ------ > 0 OK > > > want 2 internal disks and 1 power supply, > > they will sell that to you (assuming the mainboard > > had the same loaded config of 2 400mHz CPUS and > > 2 gig memory in both configurations). > > I suspect something similar probably occured in your 220. > > Although there are less internal disks in a 220, perhaps the > > power supplies are less as well. > > The 220 routes power from the sockets on the back differently. Check the > E220 h/w answerbooks for details. > > -James > > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From hmflynn at earthlink.net Thu Jun 22 12:07:53 2000 From: hmflynn at earthlink.net (Hal Flynn) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 10:07:53 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] Problem with E220 "redundant" power supplies Message-ID: The thing that makes me curious is if the E420R's are the same way. I just recently turned up a cluster of 10 of them at a site. Nice boxes. Basically a E450 without the storage bay. Ran them to MTI arrays via fiber channel. Very, very nice. Tony Alberti wrote: > I have forwarded this email over to John Donnat at Sun (the FE who > explained the power supplies to me). I'm waiting for his reply. > Your prtdiag negates what I was told, now I would like to hear the > truth. Sorry for any misinformation. I will pass along Sun's reply > as soon as I get it. > > Confused, > Tony > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Lockwood" > To: > Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 12:43 AM > Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] Problem with E220 "redundant" power supplies > > > On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Tony Alberti wrote: > > > > > I have had a similar situation on an E250. > > > I asked one of the Sun FE's here in Chicago > > > to explain this. I was told that the dual power > > > supplies in a 250 aren't truely redundant when > > > the machine is loaded. If you have two power > > > > This is wrong. Dual powersupplies in a 450 are not redundant in a maximal > > configuration, but they are sufficient for a 250. > > > > > supplies and only 1 internal disk, there is enough > > > power in one power supply to handle the load, > > > so the redundancy works. However when you > > > have all 6 HDs in a 250, that second power supply > > > uses about 75% of its output to drive the disk > > > backplane. It is no longer redundant. > > > If the machine had truely redundant power > > > supplies, one could handle the load of the > > > system AND all 6 disks, so all you would > > > need for operation was 1, and the second > > > for redundancy. Try to order an E250 > > > from Sun configured for 6 internal disks > > > and 1 powersupply. They will NOT > > > sell you that configuration. If you > > > > This is incorrect. I have 4 E250's with 6x18GB, 1GB RAM and dual 400MHz > > CPU's. All were ordered in this configuration and came from Sun with one > > powersupply, with which they work fine. The E250 is fully redundant with > > two powersupplies in all configurations. Consult the h/w answerbook for > > power capacity planning information. > > > > koffing:/usr/platform/sun4u/sbin% ./prtdiag -v > > System Configuration: Sun Microsystems sun4u Sun (TM) Enterprise 250 (2 > > X UltraSPARC-II 400MHz) > > System clock frequency: 100 MHz > > Memory size: 1024 Megabytes > > > > ========================= CPUs ========================= > > > > Run Ecache CPU CPU > > Brd CPU Module MHz MB Impl. Mask > > --- --- ------- ----- ------ ------ ---- > > SYS 0 0 400 2.0 US-II 10.0 > > SYS 1 1 400 2.0 US-II 10.0 > > > > ... > > > > Disk LED Status: OK = GREEN ERROR = YELLOW > > DISK 5: [OK] DISK 3: [OK] DISK 1: > > [OK] > > DISK 4: [OK] DISK 2: [OK] DISK 0: > > [OK] > > > > ... > > > > Power Supplies: > > --------------- > > > > Supply Status > > ------ ------ > > 0 OK > > > > > want 2 internal disks and 1 power supply, > > > they will sell that to you (assuming the mainboard > > > had the same loaded config of 2 400mHz CPUS and > > > 2 gig memory in both configurations). > > > I suspect something similar probably occured in your 220. > > > Although there are less internal disks in a 220, perhaps the > > > power supplies are less as well. > > > > The 220 routes power from the sockets on the back differently. Check the > > E220 h/w answerbooks for details. > > > > -James > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From martin.gray at orchard-systems.co.uk Thu Jun 22 08:29:25 2000 From: martin.gray at orchard-systems.co.uk (Martin Gray) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 14:29:25 +0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] Samba--so close! Message-ID: What is the security set at? Please post the smb.conf settings and we may be able to help. -----Original Message----- From: Jeremiah Bascue [mailto:jbascue at teleport.com] Sent: 21 June 2000 18:28 To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org Subject: [Sunhelp] Samba--so close! Goodmorning all, I've got Samba installed and configured on my Sun E250. I can see the Samba server in network neighborhood from all the NT machines, but when trying to access it, I get the following error: "\\server is not accessible. The network path is not found" I think this is an easy fix. Any suggestions? -jeremiah _______________________________________________ SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From mrbill at mrbill.net Thu Jun 22 09:51:45 2000 From: mrbill at mrbill.net (Bill Bradford) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 09:51:45 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Problem with E220 "redundant" power supplies Message-ID: On Thu, Jun 22, 2000 at 10:07:53AM -0700, Hal Flynn wrote: > The thing that makes me curious is if the E420R's are the same way. I just > recently turned up a cluster of 10 of them at a site. Nice boxes. Basically a > E450 without the storage bay. Ran them to MTI arrays via fiber channel. Very, > very nice. >From the E220 docs, it looks like the 2nd power outlet only matters if you've got the 2nd PS installed as well... Bill -- +-------------------\ /-----------------+ | Bill Bradford | www.sunhelp.org | | mrbill at mrbill.net | www.decvax.org | | Austin, Texas USA | www.pdp11.org | +-------------------/ \-----------------+ From robert.fuerst at sylvania.com Thu Jun 22 11:31:44 2000 From: robert.fuerst at sylvania.com (Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 12:31:44 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Ultra disk drives Message-ID: This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFDC67.5A8F5BB0 Content-Type: text/plain Does anyone have part #5402782-01 they'd like to donate? They are the WC drive carriers for the Ultra II's. If not does anyone have a good place do buy some of know the price? Thanks, 1st ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFDC67.5A8F5BB0 Content-Type: text/html Ultra disk drives

Does anyone have part #5402782-01 they'd like to donate?
They are the WC drive carriers for the Ultra II's.
If not does anyone have a good place do buy some of know the price?

Thanks,
1st

------_=_NextPart_001_01BFDC67.5A8F5BB0-- From jbascue at teleport.com Thu Jun 22 11:51:33 2000 From: jbascue at teleport.com (Jeremiah Bascue) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 09:51:33 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] Samba--so close! Message-ID: On our LAN, we don't use workgroups. I substituted the workgroup name with our domain name (PORTLAND). I think this is the hold up. Am I right? Here's my very simple smb.conf settings. I made them to be as simple as possible just to get it going. # Global parameters [global] workgroup = PORTLAND netbios name = COBALT server string = Communi(k) Samba Server version 2.0.7 encrypt passwords = Yes public = yes [test] path = /export/samba/test guest account = writeable = Yes guest ok = Yes The permissions are: [ /export ] How can I help you? -->dir total 10 drwxrwxr-x 4 root sys 512 Jun 19 12:32 . drwxr-xr-x 33 root root 1536 Jun 20 15:41 .. drwxr-xr-x 16 anne staff 512 Jun 6 14:18 home drwxrwxrwx 3 root other 512 Jun 19 12:33 samba Martin Gray wrote: > > What is the security set at? > Please post the smb.conf settings and we may be able to help. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeremiah Bascue [mailto:jbascue at teleport.com] > Sent: 21 June 2000 18:28 > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > Subject: [Sunhelp] Samba--so close! > > Goodmorning all, > I've got Samba installed and configured on my Sun E250. I can see the > Samba server in network neighborhood from all the NT machines, but when > trying to access it, I get the following error: > > "\\server is not accessible. The network path is not found" > > I think this is an easy fix. > Any suggestions? > > -jeremiah > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From robert.fuerst at sylvania.com Thu Jun 22 12:32:04 2000 From: robert.fuerst at sylvania.com (Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 13:32:04 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Ultra disk drives Message-ID: This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFDC6F.C8016B40 Content-Type: text/plain Just called sun - I guess you need to buy a whole drive to get the carrier? We bought Ultra 1 170's and Ultra 2 200's and now screwed unless we buy a sun drive? > -----Original Message----- > From: Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris) [SMTP:robert.fuerst at sylvania.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 12:32 PM > To: 'sunhelp at sunhelp.org' > Subject: [Sunhelp] Ultra disk drives > > > Does anyone have part #5402782-01 they'd like to donate? > They are the WC drive carriers for the Ultra II's. > If not does anyone have a good place do buy some of know the price? > > Thanks, > 1st > ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFDC6F.C8016B40 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: [Sunhelp] Ultra disk drives
Just called sun - I = guess you need to buy a whole drive to get the carrier?
We bought Ultra 1 170's and Ultra 2 200's and now screwed unless we buy = a sun drive?

-----Original Message-----
From:   Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris) = [SMTP:robert.fuerst at sylvania.com]
Sent:   Thursday, June 22, 2000 12:32 PM
To:     'sunhelp at sunhelp.org'
Subject:       = [Sunhelp] Ultra disk drives

        Does anyone have part = #5402782-01 they'd like to donate?
They are the WC drive carriers for the Ultra = II's.
If = not does anyone have a good place do buy some of know the = price?

        Thanks,
1st

------_=_NextPart_001_01BFDC6F.C8016B40-- From GLeblanc at cu-portland.edu Thu Jun 22 12:39:53 2000 From: GLeblanc at cu-portland.edu (Gregory Leblanc) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 10:39:53 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] Samba--so close! Message-ID: > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeremiah Bascue [mailto:jbascue at teleport.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 9:52 AM > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] Samba--so close! > > On our LAN, we don't use workgroups. I substituted the workgroup name > with our domain name (PORTLAND). I think this is the hold up. Am I > right? Heh, somebody else in town! :-) No, I don't think that the problem is because you're using workgroup. Samba doesn't quite work perfectly with domains just yet. (Well, it can't be a domain controller). Since you have a domain, have you added the samba server to the domain? You'll need to create an account in your domain for the server, and then add it using the smbpasswd command. Check the man page, but I think it's -j DOMAIN, or something like that. > Here's my very simple smb.conf settings. I made them to be as > simple as > possible just to get it going. > > > # Global parameters > [global] > workgroup = PORTLAND > netbios name = COBALT > server string = Communi(k) Samba Server version 2.0.7 > encrypt passwords = Yes > public = yes I think that the "public = yes" parameter is only relevant for shares, not for the global section. Not that this it should break anything... > [test] > path = /export/samba/test > guest account = Don't leave this blank! I think this is probably some part your problem. The guest account parameter specifies the user that someone connecting to a "public" or "guest ok" share gets mapped to. I haven't run Samba on Solaris recently, but try ftp or nobody as the user here, and see if that fixes anything. > write able = Yes > guest ok = Yes > > The permissions are: > [ /export ] How can I help you? -->dir > total 10 > drwxrwxr-x 4 root sys 512 Jun 19 > 12:32 > . > drwxr-xr-x 33 root root 1536 Jun 20 > 15:41 > .. > drwxr-xr-x 16 anne staff 512 Jun 6 > 14:18 > home > drwxrwxrwx 3 root other 512 Jun 19 > 12:33 > samba [snip] From daleg at elemental.org Thu Jun 22 13:09:25 2000 From: daleg at elemental.org (Dale Ghent) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 14:09:25 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Ultra disk drives Message-ID: On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris) wrote: | Just called sun - I guess you need to buy a whole drive to get the carrier? | We bought Ultra 1 170's and Ultra 2 200's and now screwed unless we buy a | sun drive? memoryx.com sells (non-Sun) SPUD brackets. /dale From jbascue at teleport.com Thu Jun 22 18:50:56 2000 From: jbascue at teleport.com (Jeremiah Bascue) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 16:50:56 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] Samba--so close! Message-ID: Success! Many thanks to Greg, Martin, Paul, Travis, Doug, Brian and Kieth for taking the time to help me out. Jeremiah From oeyvind at mac.com Thu Jun 22 19:08:36 2000 From: oeyvind at mac.com (Tim Chong) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 08:08:36 +0800 Subject: [Sunhelp] SunPC SBUS & Solaris 8? Message-ID: Can anyone tell me if the SunPC SBUS x86 card is still supported under Solaris 8? Thanks, Tim -- Tim Chong SPAM > /dev/null From daleg at elemental.org Thu Jun 22 21:17:07 2000 From: daleg at elemental.org (Dale Ghent) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 22:17:07 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris 8 MU1 Message-ID: Although not listed on the usual pages, it looks like it's now available: http://access1.sun.com/Products/solaris/mu/data/S8_MU1/ /dale From alana at gaia.es Fri Jun 23 04:29:19 2000 From: alana at gaia.es (Fernando Alana) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 11:29:19 +0200 Subject: [Sunhelp] Re: Storage (about SparcStorage array 100) Message-ID: Hi, After 1 month, I've fixed the array, what was the problem?, the fibre optic cable was dirty that was I couldn't see fibre channel link icons in the little array screen. Well now if you have the same problem, first of all keep clean the fibre optic cable. gook look! Fernando From pkhoury3 at loop.com Fri Jun 23 04:50:45 2000 From: pkhoury3 at loop.com (Paul Khoury) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 02:50:45 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] Disabling passwd aging Message-ID: How would I disable passwd aging, or basically allow a user to use whatever they want for a passwd so long as it's 5+ chars? I looked at man pages for pmconv, passwd, etc, but didn't find what I was looking for. Also, please reply to me, pkhoury3 at loop.com - I'm not subscribed on this address (subscribed under pkhoury3 at earthlink.net). Thanks, Paul From robert.fuerst at sylvania.com Fri Jun 23 06:07:39 2000 From: robert.fuerst at sylvania.com (Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 07:07:39 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Ultra memory Message-ID: This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFDD03.3EE30910 Content-Type: text/plain Any ideas on what good pricing is for Ultra 1 memory kits? I was looking for (2) 64 meg kits (128 total) - Quantity of 5 or 6 kits. Thanks, 1st ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFDD03.3EE30910 Content-Type: text/html RE: [Sunhelp] Ultra memory

Any ideas on what good pricing is for Ultra 1 memory kits?
I was looking for (2) 64 meg kits (128 total) - Quantity of 5 or 6 kits.

Thanks,
1st
------_=_NextPart_001_01BFDD03.3EE30910-- From alana at gaia.es Fri Jun 23 06:14:06 2000 From: alana at gaia.es (Fernando Alana) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 13:14:06 +0200 Subject: [Sunhelp] Doubt about NETSTAT instruction? Message-ID: Hi, When I write: NETSTAT -NR, I've the next: Destination Gateway Flags Ref Use Interface 195.45.164.6 192.168.1.1 UGH 0 9 192.168.1.2 192.168.1.0 U 3 20 le0 195.45.164.0 195.45.164.1 U 2 45 qe0 195.45.164.64 195.45.164.65 U 2 22 qe2 195.45.164.128 195.45.164.129 U 2 90 qe3 195.45.164.192 195.45.164.193 U 2 150 qe4 If for example, There 's a blackout, or I reset the machine I've all routes less the first (195.45.164.6): Destination Gateway Flags Ref Use Interface 192.168.1.2 192.168.1.0 U 3 20 le0 195.45.164.0 195.45.164.1 U 2 45 qe0 195.45.164.64 195.45.164.65 U 2 22 qe2 195.45.164.128 195.45.164.129 U 2 90 qe3 195.45.164.192 195.45.164.193 U 2 150 qe4 and I have to route 195.45.164.6 again. Anybody know why do I lose the first route?? How can I keep all routes after a reset or blackout? Thank's in advance Fernando (alana at gaia.es) From robert.fuerst at sylvania.com Fri Jun 23 07:10:59 2000 From: robert.fuerst at sylvania.com (Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 08:10:59 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Doubt about NETSTAT instruction? Message-ID: This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFDD0C.179F11B0 Content-Type: text/plain I append /etc/init.d/lp file: exit fi [ -f /usr/lib/lpsched ] && /usr/lib/lpsched ;; 'stop') [ -f /usr/lib/lpshut ] && /usr/lib/lpshut ;; esac route add net 128.129.xxx.xxx 128.129.xxx.xxx 0 route add net 128.129.xxx.xxx 128.129.xxx.xxx 0 route add default 128.129.xxx.xxx 1 caddy% > -----Original Message----- > From: Fernando Alana [SMTP:alana at gaia.es] > Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 7:14 AM > To: SunHelp > Subject: [Sunhelp] Doubt about NETSTAT instruction? > > Hi, > > When I write: NETSTAT -NR, I've the next: > > Destination Gateway Flags Ref Use > Interface > 195.45.164.6 192.168.1.1 UGH 0 9 > 192.168.1.2 192.168.1.0 U 3 > 20 le0 > 195.45.164.0 195.45.164.1 U 2 > 45 qe0 > 195.45.164.64 195.45.164.65 U 2 > 22 qe2 > 195.45.164.128 195.45.164.129 U 2 90 > qe3 > 195.45.164.192 195.45.164.193 U 2 150 > qe4 > > If for example, There 's a blackout, or I reset the machine I've all > routes less the first (195.45.164.6): > > Destination Gateway Flags Ref Use > Interface > 192.168.1.2 192.168.1.0 U 3 > 20 le0 > 195.45.164.0 195.45.164.1 U 2 > 45 qe0 > 195.45.164.64 195.45.164.65 U 2 > 22 qe2 > 195.45.164.128 195.45.164.129 U 2 90 > qe3 > 195.45.164.192 195.45.164.193 U 2 150 > qe4 > > and I have to route 195.45.164.6 again. > Anybody know why do I lose the first route?? How can I keep all > routes after a reset or blackout? > > Thank's in advance > Fernando (alana at gaia.es) > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFDD0C.179F11B0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: [Sunhelp] Doubt about NETSTAT instruction?

I append = /etc/init.d/lp file:

         &nb= sp;      exit
        fi
        [ -f = /usr/lib/lpsched ] && /usr/lib/lpsched
        ;;
'stop')
        [ -f = /usr/lib/lpshut ] && /usr/lib/lpshut
        ;;
esac
route add net = 128.129.xxx.xxx 128.129.xxx.xxx 0
route add net = 128.129.xxx.xxx 128.129.xxx.xxx 0
route add default = 128.129.xxx.xxx 1
caddy%

-----Original Message-----
From:   Fernando Alana [SMTP:alana at gaia.es]
Sent:   Friday, June 23, 2000 7:14 AM
To:     SunHelp
Subject:       = [Sunhelp] Doubt about NETSTAT = instruction?

Hi,

    When I write: = NETSTAT -NR, I've the next:

    = Destination        = Gateway           = ; Flags    Ref    Use
Interface
    = 195.45.164.6        = 192.168.1.1        = UGH        = 0        9
    = 192.168.1.2          = 192.168.1.0        = U            = ; 3
20         &= nbsp; le0
    = 195.45.164.0        = 195.45.164.1      = U            = ; 2
45         &= nbsp; qe0
    = 195.45.164.64      = 195.45.164.65    = U            = ; 2
22         &= nbsp; qe2
    = 195.45.164.128    195.45.164.129 = U            = ; 2       90
qe3
    = 195.45.164.192    195.45.164.193 = U            = ; 2      150
qe4

    If for example, = There 's a blackout, or I reset the machine I've all
routes less the first = (195.45.164.6):

    = Destination        = Gateway           = ; Flags    Ref    Use
Interface
    = 192.168.1.2          = 192.168.1.0        = U            = ; 3
20         &= nbsp; le0
    = 195.45.164.0        = 195.45.164.1      = U            = ; 2
45         &= nbsp; qe0
    = 195.45.164.64      = 195.45.164.65    = U            = ; 2
22         &= nbsp; qe2
    = 195.45.164.128    195.45.164.129 = U            = ; 2       90
qe3
    = 195.45.164.192    195.45.164.193 = U            = ; 2      150
qe4

    and I have to route = 195.45.164.6 again.
    Anybody know why = do I lose the first route?? How can I keep all
routes after a reset or = blackout?

    Thank's in = advance
    Fernando = (alana at gaia.es)

_______________________________________________
SunHELP maillist - = SunHELP at sunhelp.org
http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp

------_=_NextPart_001_01BFDD0C.179F11B0-- From wsng at puma.mt.att.com Fri Jun 23 08:44:00 2000 From: wsng at puma.mt.att.com (William. Ng) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 09:44:00 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] boot issue Message-ID: Does anyone have idea how I can boot it up since I got following error messages from ok prompt: ok boot Fast Data Access MMU Miss ok reset-all Resetting ... Data Access Error ok .registers Normal Alternate MMU Vector 0: 0 0 0 0 1: 0 fffda6c0 d 7ed 2: f0000000 f0000000 800001fe0181008e f0000000 3: fffe0000 0 fff72000 fbffeaebfdae3e7e 4: 8 0 fff72000 4000 5: f006be28 c fffda000 dfe7b95b74cff3c7 6: fffefd38 5 800000001fee20b6 e 7: fffeef70 32 2 f005d4a8 %PC f00090a4 %nPC eff84fd8 %TBA f0000000 %CCR 44 XCC:nZvc ICC:nZvc -- Thanks William Ng 732-420-1221 wsng at puma.mt.att.com From daleg at elemental.org Fri Jun 23 09:44:02 2000 From: daleg at elemental.org (Dale Ghent) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 10:44:02 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Doubt about NETSTAT instruction? Message-ID: On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Fernando Alana wrote: | and I have to route 195.45.164.6 again. | Anybody know why do I lose the first route?? How can I keep all | routes after a reset or blackout? It seems that you are losing your default route. To preserve your default route, see the defaultrouter man page. /dale From kyle at rawah.co.larimer.co.us Fri Jun 23 09:49:09 2000 From: kyle at rawah.co.larimer.co.us (Kyle Freestone) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 08:49:09 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Disabling passwd aging Message-ID: Paul, I don't know how many people you're trying to do this for, but admintool allows you to set password aging to 'none' - very easily. I'm sure there's more complicated ways to do this, but for individual users 'admintool' is pretty straight forward, quick and easy. good luck! Kyle > From: "Paul Khoury" > To: "rescue at sunhelp.org" , "sunhelp at sunhelp.org" > Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 02:50:45 -0700 > > How would I disable passwd aging, or basically allow > a user to use whatever they want for a passwd so long > as it's 5+ chars? I looked at man pages for pmconv, passwd, etc, > but didn't find what I was looking for. > > Also, please reply to me, pkhoury3 at loop.com - I'm not subscribed > on this address (subscribed under pkhoury3 at earthlink.net). > > Thanks, > > Paul > > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From yavuz.sert at turkport.com Fri Jun 23 10:09:53 2000 From: yavuz.sert at turkport.com (Yavuz Sert) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 18:09:53 +0300 Subject: [Sunhelp] (no subject) Message-ID: hi where can i find the config file of the in.ftp? Yavuz Sert Turkport A.S. From gwyn.price at solect.com Fri Jun 23 10:21:33 2000 From: gwyn.price at solect.com (Gwyn Price) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 11:21:33 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Disabling passwd aging Message-ID: see /etc/default/passwd and man passwd sorry its been ages since I did this so I cant remember the exact syntax there are min and max seetings in the default file that affect the aging Gwyn >-----Original Message----- >From: Kyle Freestone [mailto:kyle at rawah.co.larimer.co.us] >Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 10:49 AM >To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org >Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] Disabling passwd aging > > >Paul, >I don't know how many people you're trying to do this for, but >admintool allows you to set password aging to 'none' - very easily. >I'm sure there's more complicated ways to do this, but for individual >users 'admintool' is pretty straight forward, quick and easy. >good luck! >Kyle > >> From: "Paul Khoury" >> To: "rescue at sunhelp.org" , "sunhelp at sunhelp.org" > >> Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 02:50:45 -0700 >> >> How would I disable passwd aging, or basically allow >> a user to use whatever they want for a passwd so long >> as it's 5+ chars? I looked at man pages for pmconv, passwd, etc, >> but didn't find what I was looking for. >> >> Also, please reply to me, pkhoury3 at loop.com - I'm not subscribed >> on this address (subscribed under pkhoury3 at earthlink.net). >> >> Thanks, >> >> Paul >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org >> http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > >_______________________________________________ >SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org >http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > From daleg at elemental.org Fri Jun 23 10:50:14 2000 From: daleg at elemental.org (Dale Ghent) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 11:50:14 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] isp scsi interface question. Message-ID: If anyone on this list (from Sun or not) is familiar with the internals of the isp SCSI driver, I have a question. What is ISP_MBOX_CMD_GET_PULL_UPS (0x25)? What does this SCSI command mean, exactly? I'm seeing "Informational" errors from the driver in messages regarding 0x25. Thanks /dale From Mark.Zander at mezzia.com Fri Jun 23 11:06:47 2000 From: Mark.Zander at mezzia.com (Zander, Mark) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 11:06:47 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Network problems - Critical Message-ID: I'm pretty new to administering Unix boxes, so please bear with me. We are seeing some strange network related things and I'm not sure how to track down the problem. We use Veritas Backup Exec running on an NT box to do our backups. Backup Exec has a Unix agent which we have running on all of our Solaris systems (currently 5 systems). One Solaris box occasionally causes an error message which says that the Solaris system is either denying the connection from Backup Exec or the system is out of ports. When I look through all the logs I find nothing. When I look at the ports with netstat I see the same configuration I see on all of the other Solaris boxes. This is a problem, but not yet critical. Last night we had a Critical problem. On the same Solaris system we have WebLogic Server running. WLS keeps 5 connections open to our Oracle system (also Solaris) to handle initial logins, etc. In our development environment, this has been up for months without any problem. We just brought it up in the production environment last night (the Solaris system in question) and sometime during the night, the connections broke. The message in the WLS log was that there was a broken pipe. Please let me know where to look at what to look at to track this problem down. Thanks!! ----- Mark Zander ===> Mark.Zander at mezzia.com Unix System Admin mezzia e-business Indianapolis, IN USA Third Stone From The Sun http://www.mezzia.com From saul at syncline.com Fri Jun 23 11:42:28 2000 From: saul at syncline.com (saul at syncline.com) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 12:42:28 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] New Sun Servers Message-ID: Hello Experts, I have been a personal sun user for a year...and am pretty familiar with how to use a sun box as a home computer (I am a software developer). In this last year, sunhelp has been INVALUABLE to me as a resource, and I thank you all very much. Now, however, I am working for an internet startup (bet you've heard this line before) and we're getting into the market for a couple of sun servers to run our application and database services. We were thinking in the range of some of the high-end workgroup servers that sun makes. Maybe the 450 or the 420R. Our thought was to get two 420R's for production machines, and one 220R for an in-house testing machine. Is there any real difference between the 450 and the 420R, other than the rack-mountableness? Is the 420R scaled down at all? Is there any reason not to get the rack-mountable version? Also, as you all know, oracle is (and many other pieces of software are) licensed per processor. Is there any way (on a multi-processor sun-box) to restrain a process to just one or two cpus? that way, if we have 4 cpu's in the box, we can pay for a 2-cpu oracle license, and a 2-cpu weblogic license, and not have to pay for two 4-processor licenses...one for oracle, one for WL. Any chance of saving some money there? Also, is there any good reason to step up to an enterprise server, rather than the 420R? The low-end enterprise servers hold only 4 processors...do they have better internal harware? Thanks again for any comments or suggestions! Saul Farber Syncline.com 617-661-7134 x207 From GLeblanc at cu-portland.edu Fri Jun 23 12:04:19 2000 From: GLeblanc at cu-portland.edu (Gregory Leblanc) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 10:04:19 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] isp scsi interface question. Message-ID: > -----Original Message----- > From: Dale Ghent [mailto:daleg at elemental.org] > Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 8:50 AM > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > Subject: [Sunhelp] isp scsi interface question. > > If anyone on this list (from Sun or not) is familiar with the > internals > of the isp SCSI driver, I have a question. > > What is ISP_MBOX_CMD_GET_PULL_UPS (0x25)? What does this SCSI command > mean, exactly? > > I'm seeing "Informational" errors from the driver in messages > regarding > 0x25. Not that I know anything about it, but what OS are you looking at? Solaris? Greg From kmaguire at eso.org Fri Jun 23 12:26:53 2000 From: kmaguire at eso.org (Kevin Maguire) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 19:26:53 +0200 (MET DST) Subject: [Sunhelp] SUMMARY: solaris and routing, cant ping on local subnet ? Message-ID: Hi I posted the query twice, once to sun-managers and once to sunhelp. So both get cc'd the summary. Thanks to all the respondrs: Patrick L. Nolan Mike Mehran Salehi Roger Leonard Aaron Krongard Tom Crummey Mike DeMarco Andrew Sit Bruce Wilkins Danny Johnson Chad Price Kevin Colagio Matthew Stier Thomas Carter Michael Stapleton Adrian Saidac Danny Johnson Most people suggested netmask problems, on both source and destination. Thsi was set correctly. Some suggested a complete reconfig on the networking configuration. Others said it was a network problem, not software. This turned out to be the case, though it took about a month to convince the network team this was so. Tracing with truss we found that when machine X tried to ping machine Y, first it sends out an arp broadcast asking for the MAC address of machine Y. Machine Y responds. Machine X never sees this response. However if machine Y tries to ping machine X it also sends out an ARP broadcast. This machine X sees, and replies to. However the ping that follows still fails. Thus directed traffic from Machine Y --> Machine X is failing, broadcast traffic was seen. When the network team disabled port security on machine X's port the problem went away! Somewhere in one of the switches there must have been an out-of-date cache entry or something similar, as machine X had been physically moved to a new location shortly before the problem surfaced. So there you go .... Kev My original post follows: || I have a curious problem, which has defeated me. Here goes ... || || machine X is on one of our subnets, and has IP address: || || AAA.BBB.CC.26 || || There are about 50 machines (or so) on this subnet. Of these machine || X can ping about half of them, with no obvious pattern to those he can || ping and those he cannot. || || He can also ping the router, which is on || AAA.BBB.CC.199 || || Those he cannot ping, cannot ping him either. So machine Y, which || cant be reached from Machine X, can't ping Machine X. || || Machine Z, which can't be ping-ed or ping machine X, can ping and be || ping-ed from by Machine Y. So it does seem the problem is just with || Machine X. || || The network guys say everything on the port looks good. We tried || re-configuring a laptop with the same IP address as Machine X, and it || works perfectly. It can ping and be pinged from everything on the || subnet. || || Machine X can ping everything outside its own subnet. || || All the configurations on this machine look OK, the routing table is || as follows: || || % netstat -rn || || Routing Table: || Destination Gateway Flags Ref Use Interface || -------------------- -------------------- ----- ----- ------ --------- || AAA.BBB.CC.0 AAA.BBB.CC.26 U 3 711 le0 || 224.0.0.0 AAA.BBB.CC.26 U 3 0 le0 || default AAA.BBB.CC.199 UG 0 6355 || 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 0 103429 lo0 || || This is an Ultra 1, and is running Solaris 2.6. || || Suggestions. Any diagnostics I should run? || || TIA, From james at foonly.com Fri Jun 23 13:52:04 2000 From: james at foonly.com (James Lockwood) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 11:52:04 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] New Sun Servers Message-ID: On Fri, 23 Jun 2000 saul at syncline.com wrote: > Now, however, I am working for an internet startup (bet you've heard this > line before) and we're getting into the market for a couple of sun servers > to run our application and database services. If at all possible, try to qualify for the Sun Startup Essentials program. Many startups do, you basically can get certain machines at cost for a year and discounts on many others. > We were thinking in the range of some of the high-end workgroup servers > that sun makes. Maybe the 450 or the 420R. Our thought was to get two > 420R's for production machines, and one 220R for an in-house testing > machine. Is there any real difference between the 450 and the 420R, other > than the rack-mountableness? Is the 420R scaled down at all? Is there > any reason not to get the rack-mountable version? The two machines share many characteristics, but they're based on quite different boards. The 450 is one of the earliest PCI UltraSparcs, while the 420R is a U80 in a rackmount case. The 450 has many more PCI slots, room for 20 disks and horizontal UPA64S slots. The 420R can only mount 2 internal disks, has fewer PCI slots, has faster processors available (450MHz vs 400MHz) and uses vertical UPA64S slots. If you don't plan to use many PCI cards or disks then the 420R is a good machine. I still favor the 450 when space is available but that's not always possible. > Also, as you all know, oracle is (and many other pieces of software > are) licensed per processor. Is there any way (on a multi-processor > sun-box) to restrain a process to just one or two cpus? that way, if we > have 4 cpu's in the box, we can pay for a 2-cpu oracle license, and a > 2-cpu weblogic license, and not have to pay for two 4-processor > licenses...one for oracle, one for WL. Any chance of saving some money > there? Yes, you can restrain process to only run on certain processor groups. Check psrset and pbind for details. Warning: some companies will consider this a breach of license if you are running the software on machines with more CPU's than you are licensed for, even if the software is limited to a subset of the CPU's. Weblogic is a good example. I don't particularly agree with this, but IANAL. > Also, is there any good reason to step up to an enterprise server, rather > than the 420R? The low-end enterprise servers hold only 4 processors...do > they have better internal harware? The lowest end "enterprise" server at this point is the E3500, which tops out at 8 CPU's. The E450 is merely a marketing designation for the 450. -James From pterzull at MITRE.org Fri Jun 23 16:49:55 2000 From: pterzull at MITRE.org (Paul L. Terzulli) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 17:49:55 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Cable Modems Message-ID: This is a cryptographically signed message in MIME format. --------------ms480B882F24DF3F70AD375A6D Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------7F6A0E7FD2B64667899D7AE3" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------7F6A0E7FD2B64667899D7AE3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Speaking of cable modems, does anyone have any ideas how to get a Solaris box working with Comcast @Home??? Thanks. Paul Terzulli Reagen Ward wrote: > Almost positive that the answer is no. However, you can have multiple machines > share the modem. > > In fact, here in Houston RoadRunner runs a seperate line for the cable modem due > to the effects it has on video quality. > > Reagen > > On Thu, Jun 15, 2000 at 06:44:13PM -0500, Steve Pribyl wrote: > > One of my customers asked me if it was possbile to hang two cable modems > > off the same wire. I think you can do that but what about using them at > > the same time? > > > > Thanks > > Steve Pribyl > > spribyl at enteract.com > > http://www.enteract.com/~spribyl > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp -- Paul Terzulli Networking Systems & Distributed Systems Engineer In Support of PM DMS Army "Global Messaging for the Warfighter" http://dmsweb.monmouth.army.mil The MITRE Corporation Commercial: 732.544.6402 --------------7F6A0E7FD2B64667899D7AE3 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="pterzull.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Paul L. 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Terzulli wrote: | Speaking of cable modems, does anyone have any ideas how to get a Solaris box | working with Comcast @Home??? the ifconfig man page has all the info you'll need on how to configure your ethernet interface for DHCP. /dale From daleg at elemental.org Fri Jun 23 17:33:09 2000 From: daleg at elemental.org (Dale Ghent) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 18:33:09 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] isp scsi interface question. Message-ID: On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Gregory Leblanc wrote: | Not that I know anything about it, but what OS are you looking at? Solaris? Of course it's Solaris. I wouldnt be posting here if it werent :) isp (no, not Internet Service Provider) is the SCSI driver for the SWIS/DWIS/UDWIS/PCI SunSwift cards from Sun. It stands for "Intelligent SCSI Processor". /dale From pterzull at MITRE.org Fri Jun 23 17:42:49 2000 From: pterzull at MITRE.org (Paul L. Terzulli) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 18:42:49 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Cable Modems Message-ID: This is a cryptographically signed message in MIME format. --------------ms091AE39F4DFFED27844922FD Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------DB6E31F4EB010FAB9833A4AA" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------DB6E31F4EB010FAB9833A4AA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Is that all there is to it? I had gotten the impression I had to have some way of assigning a NetBIOS name to the system, as well as a workgroup. That is part of the Win9x/NT instructions anyway........ Dale Ghent wrote: > On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Paul L. Terzulli wrote: > > | Speaking of cable modems, does anyone have any ideas how to get a Solaris box > | working with Comcast @Home??? > > the ifconfig man page has all the info you'll need on how to configure > your ethernet interface for DHCP. > > /dale > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp -- Paul Terzulli Networking Systems & Distributed Systems Engineer In Support of PM DMS Army "Global Messaging for the Warfighter" http://dmsweb.monmouth.army.mil The MITRE Corporation Commercial: 732.544.6402 --------------DB6E31F4EB010FAB9833A4AA Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="pterzull.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Paul L. 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The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. Send mail to mime at docserver.cac.washington.edu for more info. --------------DB6E31F4EB010FAB9833A4AA Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-ID: On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Paul L. Terzulli wrote: > Is that all there is to it? I had gotten the impression I had to have some way of > assigning a NetBIOS name to the system, as well as a workgroup. That is part of > the Win9x/NT instructions anyway........ AHHHHHHH!!!! not NetBOIS!! win9x! Ahhh.... *ker-splat* ok ok. I guess the fear that I have a strong fear for those words and happen to be standing near a large window shouldn't concern you. Anyway, no. You only need to worry about DHCP. I use a DSL service at my home and it works with DHCP only. No problem. if you service does provide shomething useful with windows-style file sharing, you could use Samba and Sharity. -Jonathan > > > > Dale Ghent wrote: > > > On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Paul L. Terzulli wrote: > > > > | Speaking of cable modems, does anyone have any ideas how to get a Solaris box > > | working with Comcast @Home??? > > > > the ifconfig man page has all the info you'll need on how to configure > > your ethernet interface for DHCP. > > > > /dale > > > > _______________________________________________ > > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > > -- > Paul Terzulli > Networking Systems & > Distributed Systems Engineer > In Support of PM DMS Army > "Global Messaging for the Warfighter" > http://dmsweb.monmouth.army.mil > The MITRE Corporation > Commercial: 732.544.6402 > > --------------DB6E31F4EB010FAB9833A4AA Content-Type: TEXT/X-VCARD; CHARSET=us-ascii; NAME="pterzull.vcf" Content-ID: Content-Description: Card for Paul L. Terzulli Content-Disposition: ATTACHMENT; FILENAME="pterzull.vcf" begin:vcard n:Terzulli;Paul tel;pager:800.680.8065 tel;fax:732.544.1856 tel;work:732.544.1414 x-mozilla-html:TRUE url:http://www.mitre.org/pubs/showcase/tf21/taskforce21.html org:The MITRE Corporation adr:;;12 Christopher Way;Eatontown ;New Jersey;07724-3326;United States version:2.1 email;internet:pterzull at MITRE.org title:Networking Systems & Distributed Systems Engineer fn:Paul L. Terzulli end:vcard --------------DB6E31F4EB010FAB9833A4AA-- From daleg at elemental.org Fri Jun 23 19:02:15 2000 From: daleg at elemental.org (Dale Ghent) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 20:02:15 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Cable Modems Message-ID: On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Paul L. Terzulli wrote: | Is that all there is to it? I had gotten the impression I had to have some way of | assigning a NetBIOS name to the system, as well as a workgroup. That is part of | the Win9x/NT instructions anyway........ No, none of that kruft is required. DHCP all the way. /dale From rubin at ezy.net Fri Jun 23 21:33:46 2000 From: rubin at ezy.net (Alan Rubin) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 22:33:46 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Disabling passwd aging Message-ID: doesn't the /etc/default/passwd file contain aging settings as well as minimum characters for passwords? alan On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Kyle Freestone wrote: > Paul, > I don't know how many people you're trying to do this for, but > admintool allows you to set password aging to 'none' - very easily. > I'm sure there's more complicated ways to do this, but for individual > users 'admintool' is pretty straight forward, quick and easy. > good luck! > Kyle > > > From: "Paul Khoury" > > To: "rescue at sunhelp.org" , "sunhelp at sunhelp.org" > > > Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 02:50:45 -0700 > > > > How would I disable passwd aging, or basically allow > > a user to use whatever they want for a passwd so long > > as it's 5+ chars? I looked at man pages for pmconv, passwd, etc, > > but didn't find what I was looking for. > > > > Also, please reply to me, pkhoury3 at loop.com - I'm not subscribed > > on this address (subscribed under pkhoury3 at earthlink.net). > > > > Thanks, > > > > Paul > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > > _________________ *Alan Rubin* Sun/Unix/Networking/ISP/Web Writing Email:rubin at ezy.net From robert.fuerst at sylvania.com Sat Jun 24 06:44:26 2000 From: robert.fuerst at sylvania.com (Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)) Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 07:44:26 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Ultra disk drives Message-ID: This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFDDD1.8C5FB890 Content-Type: text/plain Who is a good contact for these brackets - Or do you always pay list price as posted on their web? Thanks, 1st > -----Original Message----- > From: Dale Ghent [SMTP:daleg at elemental.org] > Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 2:09 PM > To: 'sunhelp at sunhelp.org' > Subject: RE: [Sunhelp] Ultra disk drives > > On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris) wrote: > > | Just called sun - I guess you need to buy a whole drive to get the > carrier? > | We bought Ultra 1 170's and Ultra 2 200's and now screwed unless we buy > a > | sun drive? > > memoryx.com sells (non-Sun) SPUD brackets. > > /dale > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFDDD1.8C5FB890 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: [Sunhelp] Ultra disk drives
        Who is a good contact for these brackets - Or = do you always pay list price as posted on their web?

Thanks,
1st

-----Original Message-----
From:   Dale Ghent [SMTP:daleg at elemental.org]
Sent:   Thursday, June 22, 2000 2:09 PM
To:     'sunhelp at sunhelp.org'
Subject:       = RE: [Sunhelp] Ultra disk = drives

On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Fuerst, Robert C. = (Chris) wrote:

| Just called sun - I guess you need = to buy a whole drive to get the carrier?
| We bought Ultra 1 170's and Ultra 2 = 200's and now screwed unless we buy a
| sun drive?

memoryx.com sells (non-Sun) SPUD = brackets.

/dale

_______________________________________________
SunHELP maillist - = SunHELP at sunhelp.org
http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp

------_=_NextPart_001_01BFDDD1.8C5FB890-- From robert.fuerst at sylvania.com Sat Jun 24 06:45:53 2000 From: robert.fuerst at sylvania.com (Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)) Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 07:45:53 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] memconf Message-ID: This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFDDD1.C06CEA90 Content-Type: text/plain Where can I get a copy of memconf that works for 2.6 and 2.7? I have a copy but can't seem to find the proper pckgadd command to get it to install. Thanks, 1st ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFDDD1.C06CEA90 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable memconf
        Where can I get a copy of memconf that works = for 2.6 and 2.7?
I have a copy but can't seem to find the proper pckgadd command to get = it to install.

Thanks,
1st

------_=_NextPart_001_01BFDDD1.C06CEA90-- From magnus.abrante at nocke.Sweden.Sun.COM Sat Jun 24 09:40:15 2000 From: magnus.abrante at nocke.Sweden.Sun.COM (Magnus Abrante) Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 16:40:15 +0200 Subject: [Sunhelp] memconf Message-ID: You mean the perl script? It can be found at: http://netnow.micron.net/~tschmidt/unix.html //Magnus Abrante /* This is not the opinion of my company, its just my own */ > Where can I get a copy of memconf that works for 2.6 and 2.7? > I have a copy but can't seem to find the proper pckgadd command to get it to > install. > > Thanks, > 1st > > From magnus.abrante at nocke.Sweden.Sun.COM Sat Jun 24 10:01:18 2000 From: magnus.abrante at nocke.Sweden.Sun.COM (Magnus Abrante) Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 17:01:18 +0200 Subject: [Sunhelp] Disabling passwd aging Message-ID: It does, another way to set the password aging for users is to edit the /etc/shadow file if you want to set it for *many* users at the same time.. However i dont think the "PASSLENGHT" field in /etc/default/passwd can be set to something less than 6, or more like; you can set it to something less than 6, but i dont think it will have much effect. I'm not 100% sure of this, but as far as i remember. Depending on if you are running NIS+/NIS/kerberos or local passwords this might differ, for example i dont know how much NIS+ cares about what kind of password you choose. >From the manpage: o Each password must contain at least two alphabetic characters and at least one numeric or special charac- ter. In this case, "alphabetic" refers to all upper or lower case letters. o Each password must differ from the user's login name and any reverse or circular shift of that login name. For comparison purposes, an upper case letter and its corresponding lower case letter are equivalent. o New passwords must differ from the old by at least three characters. For comparison purposes, an upper case letter and its corresponding lower case letter are equivalent. These parameters are specified in PAM, so if you want to change them im afraid that you have to write your own PAM module I *think* this is for some security standard issue.. However i'm not to sure about that. Btw, i think that root can set any password for any user.. > doesn't the /etc/default/passwd file contain aging settings as well as > minimum characters for passwords? > > alan > > On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Kyle Freestone wrote: > > > Paul, > > I don't know how many people you're trying to do this for, but > > admintool allows you to set password aging to 'none' - very easily. > > I'm sure there's more complicated ways to do this, but for individual > > users 'admintool' is pretty straight forward, quick and easy. > > good luck! > > Kyle > > > > > From: "Paul Khoury" > > > To: "rescue at sunhelp.org" , "sunhelp at sunhelp.org" > > > > > Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 02:50:45 -0700 > > > > > > How would I disable passwd aging, or basically allow > > > a user to use whatever they want for a passwd so long > > > as it's 5+ chars? I looked at man pages for pmconv, passwd, etc, > > > but didn't find what I was looking for. > > > > > > Also, please reply to me, pkhoury3 at loop.com - I'm not subscribed > > > on this address (subscribed under pkhoury3 at earthlink.net). > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > _________________ > *Alan Rubin* > Sun/Unix/Networking/ISP/Web Writing > Email:rubin at ezy.net //Magnus Abrante /* This is not the opinion of my company, its just my own */ From ihblists at nerdherd.net Sat Jun 24 14:27:18 2000 From: ihblists at nerdherd.net (Ian Hall-Beyer) Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 13:27:18 -0600 Subject: [Sunhelp] Cable Modems Message-ID: On Fri, 23 Jun 2000 18:28:02 -0500 (CDT), Jonathan Eisch wrote: >On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Paul L. Terzulli wrote: > >> Is that all there is to it? I had gotten the impression I had to have some way of >> assigning a NetBIOS name to the system, as well as a workgroup. That is part of >> the Win9x/NT instructions anyway........ > >AHHHHHHH!!!! not NetBOIS!! win9x! Ahhh.... *ker-splat* Good god, the cable companies are saying you need to set up NetBIOS??????? jesus. That's scary. From polle at chello.se Sat Jun 24 19:37:53 2000 From: polle at chello.se (Patrick Tetzlaff) Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 23:37:53 -0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] Powersupply cables Message-ID: Can someone explain what the connector (looks like a half AT-connector) from the powersupply actually does? I just noticed this when digging in my u10. TIA Patrick From mrbill at mrbill.net Sat Jun 24 22:48:59 2000 From: mrbill at mrbill.net (Bill Bradford) Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 22:48:59 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Powersupply cables Message-ID: On Sat, Jun 24, 2000 at 11:37:53PM -0100, Patrick Tetzlaff wrote: > Can someone explain what the connector (looks like a half AT-connector) > from the powersupply actually does? I just noticed this when digging in > my u10. I'm guessing it provides power to the motherboard? 8-) (not gonna pop open my U10 right now to see exactly what you're talking about...) Bill -- +-------------------\ /-----------------+ | Bill Bradford | www.sunhelp.org | | mrbill at mrbill.net | www.decvax.org | | Austin, Texas USA | www.pdp11.org | +-------------------/ \-----------------+ From daleg at elemental.org Sat Jun 24 23:38:43 2000 From: daleg at elemental.org (Dale Ghent) Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 00:38:43 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Powersupply cables Message-ID: On Sat, 24 Jun 2000, Bill Bradford wrote: | I'm guessing it provides power to the motherboard? 8-) | | (not gonna pop open my U10 right now to see exactly what you're talking | about...) It might also be the power sense wiring. /dale From polle at chello.se Sun Jun 25 07:46:55 2000 From: polle at chello.se (Patrick Tetzlaff) Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 11:46:55 -0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] Powersupply cables Message-ID: AFAIK the u10 is using ATX-standard, therefore i got a little bit surprised to find the 1/2 AT-connector inside :) //Patrick Bill Bradford wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 24, 2000 at 11:37:53PM -0100, Patrick Tetzlaff wrote: > > Can someone explain what the connector (looks like a half AT-connector) > > from the powersupply actually does? 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Ng" wrote: > Does anyone have idea how I can boot it up since I got following error > messages from ok prompt: > > ok boot > Fast Data Access MMU Miss > ok reset-all > Resetting ... > > Data Access Error > ok .registers > Normal Alternate MMU Vector > 0: 0 0 0 0 > 1: 0 fffda6c0 d 7ed > 2: f0000000 f0000000 800001fe0181008e f0000000 > 3: fffe0000 0 fff72000 fbffeaebfdae3e7e > 4: 8 0 fff72000 4000 > 5: f006be28 c fffda000 dfe7b95b74cff3c7 > 6: fffefd38 5 800000001fee20b6 e > 7: fffeef70 32 2 f005d4a8 > %PC f00090a4 %nPC eff84fd8 > %TBA f0000000 %CCR 44 XCC:nZvc ICC:nZvc > > -- > Thanks > William Ng > 732-420-1221 > wsng at puma.mt.att.com > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp --------------D238E0525A8371E0FD5A7E1D Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="lkhuong.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Lee Khuong Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="lkhuong.vcf" begin:vcard n:Khuong;Lee tel;pager:1800-759-8888 Pin 1068809 tel;fax:(703) 648-9110 tel;work:(703) 648-9020 x 413 x-mozilla-html:FALSE org:SNS;Engineering adr:;;1890 Preston White Drive;Reston;VA;20191;USA version:2.1 email;internet:lkhuong at TheAlliedGroup.com title:Systems Engineer x-mozilla-cpt:;0 fn:Lee Khuong end:vcard --------------D238E0525A8371E0FD5A7E1D-- From perrancan at yahoo.com Sun Jun 25 16:44:21 2000 From: perrancan at yahoo.com (Daniel F. Dickinson) Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 17:44:21 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] SCSI UDC/DMA errors on a Sun3/50 Message-ID: I had some funky stuff happening to a compile and after submitting a bug report and getting the suggestion to test my hardware I discovered my SCSI hardware fails the UDC/DMA tests on F=55 E=1000. Is there anyuthing to be done about such, or do I now have a monitor to give away? -- Perran aka Dox aka |All opinions are mine and mine only..| /---\ Daniel F. Dickinson |unless you agree with me. || o o | perran at geocities.com |http://www.amazon.com : bookstore || ? | http://www.geocities.com/~perran : My homepage || \-/ | http://earth.ics.uci.edu:8080 for talk.origins archives | \---/ From perrancan at yahoo.com Sun Jun 25 19:41:52 2000 From: perrancan at yahoo.com (Daniel Dickinson) Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2000 17:41:52 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Correction: SCSI errors on a Sun 3/50 Message-ID: Apologies for my last post: I was so surprised by the hardware errors that I posted in excessive haste. I've been playing around with NetBSD on my Sun 3/50 for a while now, but recently I've had compile errors. When I tracked down the source of the errors there were a couple of makefiles that are generated based on config files so I thought there was a bug in the config files. The kernel people suggested checking for hardware problems, which I hadn't thought of, and lo and behold it turns out my SCSI controller has errors. When I test the SCSI FIFO/UDC DMA I get errors for F = 55 E = 1000 In addition I get errors with the external loopback test. My first question is whether this could be caused by problems with hd that's attached (which I'll check when I get home tonight). If it's the hd I'll probably toss it (it's only 300 MB anyway), and go diskless. Actually either way I'll probably try out the Xkernel from the NetBSD arch/sun3 directory (for a diskless X workstation). If that works I'll have to decide how useful a diskless workstation is to me. If I decide it's not the Sun Rescue list will be the first to know. In the meantime I'm wondering if anyway know what the error messages above mean, and if/how they can be fixed. Daniel Dickinson __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ From robert.fuerst at sylvania.com Mon Jun 26 04:49:05 2000 From: robert.fuerst at sylvania.com (Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)) Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 05:49:05 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] memconf Message-ID: This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFDF53.C3E5CC40 Content-Type: text/plain Yes I guess. It is not a plain executable then? I'm sorry but I know nothing about Perl scripts. I "installed" Perl with the pkgadd utility. I still get a permission denied on memconf -d or ./memconf -d as root. Thanks, 1st > -----Original Message----- > From: Magnus Abrante [SMTP:magnus.abrante at nocke.Sweden.Sun.COM] > Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2000 10:40 AM > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] memconf > > > You mean the perl script? It can be found at: > http://netnow.micron.net/~tschmidt/unix.html > > //Magnus Abrante > /* This is not the opinion of my company, its just my own */ > > > > > Where can I get a copy of memconf that works for 2.6 and 2.7? > > I have a copy but can't seem to find the proper pckgadd command to get > it to > > install. > > > > Thanks, > > 1st > > > > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFDF53.C3E5CC40 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: [Sunhelp] memconf
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You mean the perl script? It can be = found at:
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>       = Where can I get a copy of memconf that works for 2.6 and 2.7?
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------_=_NextPart_001_01BFDF53.C3E5CC40-- From SeymoPau at exchange.uk.ml.com Mon Jun 26 05:41:11 2000 From: SeymoPau at exchange.uk.ml.com (Seymour, Paul (London)) Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 11:41:11 +0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] h2n Message-ID: Hello, Does anyone use h2n to create DNS records ? We seem to be having a problem at the moment, we have a large domain h2n seems to break with anything over 250 different networks. Is this really a h2n problem ? If so anyone know of a alternative, or of a fix ? Many thanks, Paul Seymour ETS-Distributed Services Core Phone: +(44) 0207 867 2564 Mobile: 07768 558501 E-Mail: gooner at ml.com SMS: seymopau2 at sms.genie.co.uk From magnus.abrante at nocke.Sweden.Sun.COM Mon Jun 26 05:46:30 2000 From: magnus.abrante at nocke.Sweden.Sun.COM (Magnus Abrante) Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 12:46:30 +0200 Subject: [Sunhelp] memconf Message-ID: Make sure that you have the correct path to perl on the first line of memconf, and that "memconf" is executable. (chmod +x memconf). //Magnus Abrante /* Yet another porly written disclaimer: This is not the opinion of my company, its just my own */ > Yes I guess. It is not a plain executable then? > I'm sorry but I know nothing about Perl scripts. > I "installed" Perl with the pkgadd utility. > I still get a permission denied on memconf -d or ./memconf -d as root. > > Thanks, > 1st > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Magnus Abrante [SMTP:magnus.abrante at nocke.Sweden.Sun.COM] > > Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2000 10:40 AM > > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > > Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] memconf > > > > > > You mean the perl script? It can be found at: > > http://netnow.micron.net/~tschmidt/unix.html > > > > > > > > > > > Where can I get a copy of memconf that works for 2.6 and 2.7? > > > I have a copy but can't seem to find the proper pckgadd command to get > > it to > > > install. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > 1st > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From gen28t at happypuppy.com Mon Jun 26 06:38:33 2000 From: gen28t at happypuppy.com (Ryan kline) Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 06:38:33 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] You Really Should... #5476 Message-ID: WE MAKE IT EASY & AFFORDABLE TO ACCEPT CREDIT CARDS FOR YOUR BUSINESS ! INTERNET (Auction Vendors & Online Mall Stores Too!) STOREFRONT OR MAIL ORDER MERCHANTS WE SPECIALIZE IN APPROVING YOU! APPLY TODAY AND START FOR JUST $9.95! FREE APPLICATION!! FREE PROGRAMMING!! DON'T LOSE ANOTHER SALE! APPLY TO ACCEPT CREDIT CARDS AND CALL (888) 264-9272 DON'T FORGET TO ASK ABOUT OUR WEB DESIGN AND HOSTING PACKAGE !!! ************************************************************ If you receive this message and have never joined one of our email lists you can be removed by replying to: mailto:gen28t at uymail.com?subject=remove ************************************************************ From emr at chg.mc.duke.edu Mon Jun 26 07:59:43 2000 From: emr at chg.mc.duke.edu (Beth Rusnak) Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 08:59:43 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Autoloader L280 tape drive Message-ID: I have an autoloader L280 tape drive connected to an Ultra 60 running Solaris 7. It has 8 tape slots. Problem is, I don't know how to access it. Bootup tells me it is at rst14 but I can't talk to it. Any help??? Thanks! Beth From marc at have-it.net Mon Jun 26 08:11:24 2000 From: marc at have-it.net (Marc Sebastian Pelzer) Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 15:11:24 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Sunhelp] Autoloader L280 tape drive Message-ID: On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Beth Rusnak wrote: > I have an autoloader L280 tape drive connected to an Ultra 60 > running Solaris 7. It has 8 tape slots. Problem is, I don't > know how to access it. Bootup tells me it is at rst14 but I > can't talk to it. Any help??? Beth, how about /dev/rmt/0* ? Try 'mt -f /dev/rmt/0 status' while you have a tape in the streamer. To load the next tape in the autolader try 'mt -f /dev/rmt/0 offline' and it should switch automaticliy to the next tape in drive. Regards, Marc. From MSN/trevorc1653 at email.msn.com Mon Jun 26 08:42:06 2000 From: MSN/trevorc1653 at email.msn.com (Trevor Chandler) Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 08:42:06 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Logical vs. Physical Block Size Message-ID: Hello all, I have some questions regarding block size concepts. When I execute the command 'df -g', I see the block size info for each of the file systems on the hard drive. Using one of the file systems that displays a block size of 8192 as an example, I have the following questions: 1. Is the value 8192 the logical block size or the physical block size? 2. For this same file system, when I create a file, the minimum amount of space allocated for a file is 2 blocks -- which for this same file system is equivalent to 1024 bytes. Why is this different from the 8192 value shown by the 'df -g' command? 3. In the event that the 8192 value displayed by the 'df -g' command is the physical block size info, is there a command that displays the logical block size info for a file system? I appreciate the time and effort given by everyone who takes the time to read and respond to my question. Please respond to the address below. Trevor C. trevorc at netzero.net From jkennedy at orent.com Mon Jun 26 15:06:03 2000 From: jkennedy at orent.com (John Kennedy) Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 20:06:03 GMT Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris 8 and LDAP Message-ID: Has anyone configured Solaris to use LDAP logins. We have a machine that we are building that we want to authenticate through our LDAP server. I know this is theoretically possible in Solaris 8 but can't find any documentation that explains how to do it. Thanks, John From bneelaka at telogyinc.com Mon Jun 26 14:18:49 2000 From: bneelaka at telogyinc.com (balakrishnan neelakandan) Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 14:18:49 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Re:connecting second console to the server Message-ID: Hi, We r planning to connect second console in ultra server.already in port A one console is connected.and we r planning to connect second console in port B.and in /etc/default/login file we uncommented the line '#CONSOLE=/dev/console' .so for root can login in console only.so if we connected second console,what will happened for root users.and can we have to change any settings in boot PROM. pls clarify these doubts,it is very critical.. thanks, bala. From mrbill at mrbill.net Mon Jun 26 16:50:57 2000 From: mrbill at mrbill.net (Bill Bradford) Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 16:50:57 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] cheap diff. scsi pci cards Message-ID: ANybody have the URL that james lockwood posted a week or two ago of the place that had cheap PCI sparc/solaris compatible diff. scsi controllers for sale? I know the name of the place, I just cant REMEMBER it. Bill -- +-------------------\ /-----------------+ | Bill Bradford | www.sunhelp.org | | mrbill at mrbill.net | www.decvax.org | | Austin, Texas USA | www.pdp11.org | +-------------------/ \-----------------+ From rmonteiro at whatevernet.pt Mon Jun 26 17:22:16 2000 From: rmonteiro at whatevernet.pt (Rui Monteiro) Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 23:22:16 +0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris 8 and LDAP Message-ID: --------------A25EFBDDC71EB67D2DC95F89 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Welcome the the wonderful world of Solaris 8 !!!! I'm having exactly the same problem and don't know where else i can look for this documentation. I even sent an email to Sun asking them for this info and until know nothing. It seems Solaris 8 and LDAP is a thing from other planet !!! John Kennedy wrote: > Has anyone configured Solaris to use LDAP logins. We have a machine that > we are building that we want to authenticate through our LDAP server. I > know this is theoretically possible in Solaris 8 but can't find any > documentation that explains how to do it. > Thanks, > John > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp -- Rui Monteiro WhatEverNet Computing, SA rmonteiro at whatevernet.pt Praca de Alvalade, 6 - Piso 6 Phone: +351 21 7994200 1700 036 Lisboa - Portugal Fax: +351 21 7994242 http://www.whatevernet.pt --------------A25EFBDDC71EB67D2DC95F89 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Welcome the the wonderful world of Solaris 8 !!!!
I'm having exactly the same problem and don't know where else i can look for this documentation.
I even sent an email to Sun asking them for this info and until know nothing.
It seems Solaris 8 and LDAP is a thing from other planet !!!
John Kennedy wrote:
Has anyone configured Solaris to use LDAP logins. We have a machine that
we are building that we want to authenticate through our LDAP server. I
know this is theoretically possible in Solaris 8 but can't find any
documentation that explains how to do it.
Thanks,
John
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-- Rui Monteiro                WhatEverNet Computing, SA rmonteiro at whatevernet.pt    Praca de Alvalade, 6 - Piso 6 Phone: +351 21 7994200      1700 036 Lisboa - Portugal Fax: +351 21 7994242        http://www.whatevernet.pt
--------------A25EFBDDC71EB67D2DC95F89-- From ramon at etown.com Mon Jun 26 18:44:44 2000 From: ramon at etown.com (ramon via lepton) Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 16:44:44 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Ultra Drive Capacities Message-ID: Hello, I have an UltraSparc 5 and I have run out of space. Does anyone know what the largest capacity drive the Ultra's will support? I am looking at getting a secondary 45GB HD. Are these standard IDE drives or proprietary sun IDE drives? Thanks, ramon From jbascue at teleport.com Mon Jun 26 19:08:07 2000 From: jbascue at teleport.com (Jeremiah Bascue) Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 17:08:07 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] free newsgroup server software? Message-ID: Hi Everyone Anyone care to share any preferences on newsgroup server software of the free variety? I'm running a Sparc E250 with Solaris 2.6, if it matters. Any help would be appreciated. -jeremiah From daleg at elemental.org Mon Jun 26 19:32:09 2000 From: daleg at elemental.org (Dale Ghent) Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 20:32:09 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Ultra Drive Capacities Message-ID: On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, ramon via lepton wrote: | | Hello, | | I have an UltraSparc 5 and I have run out of space. Does anyone know what | the largest capacity drive the Ultra's will support? As many as you can put in the case or on the IDE chain. | I am looking at getting a secondary 45GB HD. | | Are these standard IDE drives or proprietary sun IDE drives? Standard IDE. /dale From karl.rossing at federated.ca Mon Jun 26 19:35:38 2000 From: karl.rossing at federated.ca (Karl Rossing) Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 19:35:38 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris 8 and LDAP Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------E585554966195ED333AF33DE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Apparently there is a process for this on docs.sun.com... I couldn't find it there... But that where my sun contact said it was there. For the time being the instructions are a bit convoluted. There should be an update soon and posted on docs.sun.com What you do is install i-Planet Directory server on a sun machine... Configure the directory server, add the accounts and then configure solaris 8 to authenticate via LDAP. I have not yet done it, but it we hope to get it installed and tested by Sept. 2000. Apparently the licensing is free as long as your under 250 000 users... Karl Rui Monteiro wrote: > Welcome the the wonderful world of Solaris 8 !!!! > > I'm having exactly the same problem and don't know where else i can > look for this documentation. > > I even sent an email to Sun asking them for this info and until know > nothing. > > It seems Solaris 8 and LDAP is a thing from other planet !!! > > John Kennedy wrote: > >> Has anyone configured Solaris to use LDAP logins. We have a machine >> that >> we are building that we want to authenticate through our LDAP >> server. I >> know this is theoretically possible in Solaris 8 but can't find any >> documentation that explains how to do it. >> Thanks, >> John >> _______________________________________________ >> SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org >> http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > > -- > Rui Monteiro WhatEverNet Computing, SA > rmonteiro at whatevernet.pt Praca de Alvalade, 6 - Piso 6 > Phone: +351 21 7994200 1700 036 Lisboa - Portugal > Fax: +351 21 7994242 http://www.whatevernet.pt > > --------------E585554966195ED333AF33DE Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="karl.rossing.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Karl Rossing Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="karl.rossing.vcf" begin:vcard n:Rossing;Karl tel;work:204-786-6431 Ext 358 x-mozilla-html:TRUE url:http://www.federated.ca org:Federated Insurance Companies of Canada;Technical Services adr:;;717 Portage Ave;Winnipeg;Mb;R3C 3C9;Canada version:2.1 email;internet:karl.rossing at federated.ca title:Support Specialist fn:Karl Rossing end:vcard --------------E585554966195ED333AF33DE-- From doehrm at aubi.de Mon Jun 26 19:55:34 2000 From: doehrm at aubi.de (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Markus_D=F6hr?=) Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 02:55:34 +0200 Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris 8 and LDAP Message-ID: This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFDFD2.6686CDE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable What about =20 http://docs.sun.com/ab2/coll.47.11/NETNAME/@Ab2PageView/idmatch (AF7GLOB-35990)#AF7GLOB-35990?Ab2Lang=3DC&Ab2Enc=3Diso-8859-1 =20 -- Markus Doehr Tel: +49 6503 917 152 IT Admin Fax: +49 6503 917 190 SAP R/3 Basis e-Mail: doehrm at aubi.de AUBI Baubeschl=E4ge GmbH http://www.aubi.de =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFDFD2.6686CDE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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------_=_NextPart_001_01BFDFD2.6686CDE0-- From daleg at elemental.org Mon Jun 26 19:58:17 2000 From: daleg at elemental.org (Dale Ghent) Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 20:58:17 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] free newsgroup server software? Message-ID: On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Jeremiah Bascue wrote: | Hi Everyone | Anyone care to share any preferences on newsgroup server software of the | free variety? | I'm running a Sparc E250 with Solaris 2.6, if it matters. | Any help would be appreciated. Well, according to what kind of server you're going to run, there's some choices. If you're going to run a full-fledged site, taking in feeds and feeding peers, then I recommend looking at: Diablo - http://www.openusenet.org/diablo/ INN - http:///www.isc.org I'd try Diablo first before INN. For small sites, there's LeafNode. You can find this by searching for it on Freshmeat. If you're wanting to be a big site... lots of users with long-time article retention, I recommend the bCandid Typhoon server (commercial). /dale From wmcdonald at orctel.co.uk Tue Jun 27 02:41:43 2000 From: wmcdonald at orctel.co.uk (Will Mc Donald) Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 08:41:43 +0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] cheap diff. scsi pci cards Message-ID: Y'mean this one? From: James Lockwood > On Mon, 5 Jun 2000, Tony Alberti wrote: > > > We got an Adaptec 2940U2W to work in an Ultra10 at work. > > MUCH cheaper than Sun's SCSI cards and the U2W supports > > that 80 meg / sec Ultra 2 SCSI standard. > > Adaptec produced drivers for Solaris, they are not included in the OS. > The Adaptec drivers only function with the /OF series of cards (expensive). > The Adaptec drivers only function when the kernel is booted in 32-bit mode. > The Adaptec drivers are now "dead" and no future development is intended. > Adaptec will not release programming information on their cards to Sun. > > Sun's single UW SCSI card (the X5010A) is $199. This isn't great but > isn't terrible and Adaptec is up in that price range as well. Other > 8751SP cards are available for around half that price, I bought a pile of > them from Centrix for $65/ea not long ago (but that was an exceptional > deal). Support is guaranteed for a long time as this is the exact card > that Sun is shipping and uses the same chipset as the Ultra 450 and > friends. > > -James > ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Bradford > ANybody have the URL that james lockwood posted a week or two ago > of the place that had cheap PCI sparc/solaris compatible diff. scsi > controllers for sale? > > I know the name of the place, I just cant REMEMBER it. > > Bill > > -- From Michael.Neef at neuroinformatik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de Tue Jun 27 04:09:11 2000 From: Michael.Neef at neuroinformatik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (Michael Neef) Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 11:09:11 +0200 Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris 8 and LDAP Message-ID: There are some hints in Sun's BluePrint "NIS to LDAP Transition: Exploring": http://www.sun.com/software/solutions/blueprints/0200/ldap.pdf --- Michael Neef, System-/Netzwerk-Administrator Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Institut fuer Neuroinformatik D-44780 Bochum, Germany EMail: Michael.Neef at neuroinformatik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de From ward at zilla.nu Tue Jun 27 10:02:37 2000 From: ward at zilla.nu (Reagen Ward) Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 10:02:37 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] SPARC4 CDROM cable Message-ID: A coworker bought a SPARC4 from workstation.net on my suggestion, since we had lots of RAM and a spare CDROM for him. I wasn't aware that it needed a strange SCSI cable; it seems that the mboard has a narrow (physically) 50pin SCSI weird connector. I need one; anyone got a spare? My coworker is willing to pay a fair price, but has been unable to find one. Thanks! Reagen From mrbill at mrbill.net Tue Jun 27 11:27:31 2000 From: mrbill at mrbill.net (Bill Bradford) Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 11:27:31 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris 8 and LDAP Message-ID: On Mon, Jun 26, 2000 at 07:35:38PM -0500, Karl Rossing wrote: > Apparently there is a process for this on docs.sun.com... > I couldn't find it there... But that where my sun contact said it was > there. For the time being the instructions are a bit convoluted. There > should be an update soon and posted on docs.sun.com > What you do is install i-Planet Directory server on a sun machine... > Configure the directory server, add the accounts and then configure > solaris 8 to authenticate via LDAP. > I have not yet done it, but it we hope to get it installed and tested by > Sept. 2000. > Apparently the licensing is free as long as your under 250 000 users... > Karl Anbody know of a NIS-to-LDAP gateway product other than ypldapd from www.padl.com? Bill -- +-------------------\ /-----------------+ | Bill Bradford | www.sunhelp.org | | mrbill at mrbill.net | www.decvax.org | | Austin, Texas USA | www.pdp11.org | +-------------------/ \-----------------+ From solarboyz1 at hotmail.com Tue Jun 27 12:31:08 2000 From: solarboyz1 at hotmail.com (Jarrett Carver) Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 10:31:08 PDT Subject: [Sunhelp] change nsswitch.conf and resolv.conf online Message-ID: Here is the situation. We have recently jumpstarted our systems to Solaris 7. After they are jumpstarted we rdist a new nsswitch.conf and resolv.conf. The problem is that normal services (ping, telnet, etc..) don't pick up the change to the nsswitch.conf, and don't resolve the hostname via DNS. I am able to do a manual nslookup of hostnames and it works. I usually end up rebooting and hostnames resolve fine when the system comes back up. However, I would like to avoid rebooting, does anyone know what process need to be HUP or stopped and started to re-read the nsswitch.conf. Any clues are appreciated. Thanks. Jarrett Carver http://www.geocities.com/solarboyz1 solarboyz1 at hotmail.com Unix/NT Systems Administrator ___________________________________________________________ "In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is. " - Jan L.A. van de Snepscheut ____________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com From wolfgang at hanazono.med.cornell.edu Tue Jun 27 12:31:21 2000 From: wolfgang at hanazono.med.cornell.edu (Wolfgang Engelien) Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 13:31:21 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Memory for E450 and E420R compatible? Message-ID: Hi, Can somebody with a recent FEH or solid understanding please confirm that the memory modules of the E450 and E420R are interchangeble? I am just getting a E420R with 4GB ram and wonder, if I can take 1GB out and put it into my older E450. Is it also possible to put the same memory into a U2? Thanks, Wolfgang ##### # Wolfgang Engelien # Tel.: +1 (212) 746 3724 # Fax.: +1 (212) 746 5818 # email: wolfgang at hanazono.med.cornell.edu ##### From daleg at elemental.org Tue Jun 27 13:26:27 2000 From: daleg at elemental.org (Dale Ghent) Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 14:26:27 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] change nsswitch.conf and resolv.conf online Message-ID: On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Jarrett Carver wrote: | Here is the situation. We have recently jumpstarted our systems to Solaris | 7. After they are jumpstarted we rdist a new nsswitch.conf and resolv.conf. | The problem is that normal services (ping, telnet, etc..) don't pick up the | change to the nsswitch.conf, and don't resolve the hostname via DNS. I am | able to do a manual nslookup of hostnames and it works. I usually end up | rebooting and hostnames resolve fine when the system comes back up. | However, I would like to avoid rebooting, does anyone know what process need | to be HUP or stopped and started to re-read the nsswitch.conf. /etc/init.d/nscd stop ; /etc/init.d/nscd start /dale From ward at zilla.nu Tue Jun 27 13:39:03 2000 From: ward at zilla.nu (Reagen Ward) Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 13:39:03 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris 8 and LDAP Message-ID: On Tue, Jun 27, 2000 at 11:27:31AM -0500, Bill Bradford wrote: > Anbody know of a NIS-to-LDAP gateway product other than > ypldapd from www.padl.com? I just got assigned to write a NIS front-end to an LDAP database. Not very exciting, until you are told that it must speak differently to Suns, HPs, and IBMs so that the password aging, history, etc, are all in the correct format for the requesting client. That makes it a LOT more fun. I've never done any NIS programming, so I don't even know if it's possible without storing a hash of what machine is what type. Reagen From james at foonly.com Tue Jun 27 13:33:50 2000 From: james at foonly.com (James Lockwood) Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 11:33:50 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Memory for E450 and E420R compatible? Message-ID: On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Wolfgang Engelien wrote: > Can somebody with a recent FEH or solid understanding > please confirm that the memory modules of the E450 and > E420R are interchangeble? The E420R is based off of the U80, which uses the same memory modules as the 450. Maximum density per module is 256MB for a total of 4GB. > I am just getting a E420R with 4GB ram and wonder, if I > can take 1GB out and put it into my older E450. Yes, as you'll be pulling 4 256MB DIMMs. Keep in mind that you'll go from 4-way memory interleaving to 1-way on the 420, which may hurt performance with multiple CPU's. Better to pull 2 banks if possible, this will give you 2-way interleave on both systems. > Is it also possible to put the same memory into a U2? The same type of memory, yes, but the highest density the U2 can take is 128MB per DIMM. -James From tg at cityscape.net Tue Jun 27 18:45:48 2000 From: tg at cityscape.net (Tim Grossner) Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 18:45:48 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] SunGX video cards Message-ID: This may be stupid, but can the SunGX frame buffer cards display in more than 256 color mode? 16Bit color mode would be prefferable. Tim Grossner tg at cityscape.net From rubin at ezy.net Tue Jun 27 19:28:13 2000 From: rubin at ezy.net (Alan Rubin) Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 20:28:13 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] tuning Message-ID: I have an Ultra 10 that is primarily a pop server and backup server (using legato) that usually has a load avg at .10 or less at any given time, and yet the I/O on this server is very slow to respond to keyboard or mouse activity (if at the console) or remote data from telnet connections. What can I look for to determine the cause of this and fix it? alan _________________ *Alan Rubin* Sun/Unix/Networking/ISP/Web Writing Email:rubin at ezy.net From rubin at ezy.net Tue Jun 27 19:28:33 2000 From: rubin at ezy.net (Alan Rubin) Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 20:28:33 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] tuning Message-ID: i should have noted that the ultra 10 is running 2.6. alan _________________ *Alan Rubin* Sun/Unix/Networking/ISP/Web Writing Email:rubin at ezy.net From daleg at elemental.org Tue Jun 27 19:50:11 2000 From: daleg at elemental.org (Dale Ghent) Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 20:50:11 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] SunGX video cards Message-ID: On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Tim Grossner wrote: | This may be stupid, but can the SunGX frame buffer cards display in more No, the GX cards (aka cgsix or GX, GX+, TGX, TGX+) are 8bit only. /dale From oem at marathon-int.com Tue Jun 27 22:06:31 2000 From: oem at marathon-int.com (James Hall) Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 20:06:31 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] Re:Network Interfaces Message-ID: "Hey All, Quick question I hope. I have an Ultra 10 with 4 Quad ethernet cards for a total of 13 Ethernet ports(1 on board). Is there a place that tells you how many interface all different Sun Boxes support. for example can the Sun E450 support 32 interfaces because of all the PCI Slots available? 8 x 4 Quad Ethernet PCI Cards. or is there a set limit for all Sun boxes perhaps because Solaris can't support it. Your answers are always appreciated, jim From daleg at elemental.org Tue Jun 27 22:41:04 2000 From: daleg at elemental.org (Dale Ghent) Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 23:41:04 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Re:Network Interfaces Message-ID: On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, James Hall wrote: | I have an Ultra 10 with 4 Quad ethernet cards for a total of 13 Ethernet | ports(1 on board). Is there a place that tells you how many interface all | different Sun Boxes support. | | for example can the Sun E450 support 32 interfaces because of all the PCI Slots | available? 8 x 4 Quad Ethernet PCI Cards. | | is there a set limit for all Sun boxes perhaps because Solaris can't support | it. The FE handbook isnt too clear on this, but it does say the following: 5.One CPU per port is recommended for maximum throughput. 6.Two CPUs per QFE/P are recommended for >=200MHz systems. I have seen limits imposed on other cards, though (both PCI and Sbus). For example, I've seen Sun docs state that you can put only 3 dual channel SCSI cards in certain systems (I think I'm thinking of the netra 1405.) /dale From adavid at deetya.gov.au Wed Jun 28 01:46:07 2000 From: adavid at deetya.gov.au (Anthony David) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 16:46:07 +1000 (EST) Subject: [Sunhelp] Re: change nsswitch.conf and resolv.conf online Message-ID: "Jarrett Carver" writes: > Here is the situation. We have recently jumpstarted our systems to Solaris > 7. After they are jumpstarted we rdist a new nsswitch.conf and resolv.conf. > The problem is that normal services (ping, telnet, etc..) don't pick up the > change to the nsswitch.conf, and don't resolve the hostname via DNS. I am > able to do a manual nslookup of hostnames and it works. I usually end up > rebooting and hostnames resolve fine when the system comes back up. > However, I would like to avoid rebooting, does anyone know what process need > to be HUP or stopped and started to re-read the nsswitch.conf. > > Any clues are appreciated. Thanks. > Wierd. is there something in the /etc/nscd.conf (Name Server Cache Daemon?) Most apps show when you truss them, that they read the nsswitch and resolv conf files when required and don't cache them. Regards -- ========================================================= Gambling: A discretionary tax on | Anthony David those who were asleep during high | Systems Administrator school mathematics classes | From fred at workstation.net Wed Jun 28 08:20:57 2000 From: fred at workstation.net (Fred Dikeman) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:20:57 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] SPARC4 CDROM cable Message-ID: The cable is a 50 pin high density female (connecting to the motherboard) going to a 50 pin female Berg connector (on the cdrom). Reagen Ward wrote: > A coworker bought a SPARC4 from workstation.net on my suggestion, since we had > lots of RAM and a spare CDROM for him. I wasn't aware that it needed a strange > SCSI cable; it seems that the mboard has a narrow (physically) 50pin SCSI weird > connector. > > I need one; anyone got a spare? My coworker is willing to pay a fair price, but > has been unable to find one. > > Thanks! > > Reagen > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From moshel at odigo.com Wed Jun 28 12:56:26 2000 From: moshel at odigo.com (Moshe Levy) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 19:56:26 +0200 Subject: [Sunhelp] combine several text log Message-ID: Hi, I have several big log files (something like 20M each) that i want to combine together in some way (i want to sort it by time and date first) and display on the screen as if they ware one file, and have the abillity to go over them like im using 'less'. (do a search or go up and down the log) any idea how can i do it ? I dont want to combine all the logs to a singel file (too much space). Thanks. From moshel at odigo.com Wed Jun 28 13:00:21 2000 From: moshel at odigo.com (Moshe Levy) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 20:00:21 +0200 Subject: [Sunhelp] combine several text files Message-ID: Hi, I have several big log files (something like 20M each) that i want to combine together in some way (i want to sort it by time and date first) and display on the screen as if they ware one file, and have the abillity to go over them like im using 'less'. (do a search or go up and down the log) any idea how can i do it ? I dont want to combine all the logs to a singel file (too much space). Thanks. From moshel at odigo.com Wed Jun 28 13:16:11 2000 From: moshel at odigo.com (Moshe Levy) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 20:16:11 +0200 Subject: [Sunhelp] memory monitor Message-ID: Hi, Is there any good program for displaying the correct cpu and memory usage under solaris 2.6 ? `top` doesnt seems to all of the usage. i mean, if i combine all the memory each proccess it shows is taking the sum is not as or even close to the amount of total memory in use (as it shows by top) Thanks. Moshe. From robert.fuerst at sylvania.com Wed Jun 28 12:58:17 2000 From: robert.fuerst at sylvania.com (Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 13:58:17 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] memory monitor Message-ID: This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFE12A.70348770 Content-Type: text/plain How about proctool? > -----Original Message----- > From: Moshe Levy [SMTP:moshel at odigo.com] > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 2:16 PM > To: sunhelp > Subject: [Sunhelp] memory monitor > > Hi, > Is there any good program for displaying the correct cpu and memory > usage under solaris 2.6 ? > > `top` doesnt seems to all of the usage. i mean, if i combine all the > memory each proccess it shows is taking the sum is not as or even close > to the amount of total memory in use (as it shows by top) > > Thanks. > Moshe. > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFE12A.70348770 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: [Sunhelp] memory monitor
        How about proctool?

-----Original Message-----
From:   Moshe Levy [SMTP:moshel at odigo.com]
Sent:   Wednesday, June 28, 2000 2:16 PM
To:     sunhelp
Subject:       = [Sunhelp] memory monitor

Hi,
Is there any good program for = displaying the correct cpu and memory
usage under solaris 2.6 = ?

`top` doesnt seems to all of the = usage. i mean, if i combine all the
memory each proccess it shows is = taking the sum is not as or even close
to the amount of total memory in use = (as it shows by top)

Thanks.
Moshe.

_______________________________________________
SunHELP maillist - = SunHELP at sunhelp.org
http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp

------_=_NextPart_001_01BFE12A.70348770-- From ward at zilla.nu Wed Jun 28 13:03:13 2000 From: ward at zilla.nu (Reagen Ward) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 13:03:13 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] memory monitor Message-ID: I like sar, Patrol, and Glance/Measureware. On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 08:16:11PM +0200, Moshe Levy wrote: > Hi, > Is there any good program for displaying the correct cpu and memory > usage under solaris 2.6 ? > > `top` doesnt seems to all of the usage. i mean, if i combine all the > memory each proccess it shows is taking the sum is not as or even close > to the amount of total memory in use (as it shows by top) > > Thanks. > Moshe. > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From Rtjepps at aol.com Wed Jun 28 14:29:22 2000 From: Rtjepps at aol.com (Rtjepps at aol.com) Date: Wed Jun 28 14:29:22 2000 Subject: [Sunhelp] memory monitor Message-ID: Try Proctool. The binary is available on sunfreeware.com. From tg at cityscape.net Wed Jun 28 13:38:14 2000 From: tg at cityscape.net (Tim Grossner) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 13:38:14 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] memory monitor Message-ID: Is there a website out there with such tools available for download? I have worked with Patrol under (gulp) NT and it stunk, badly. I dont know how it would be under Solaris, or any other *NIX. Tim Grossner ----- Original Message ----- From: Reagen Ward To: Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 1:03 PM Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] memory monitor > I like sar, Patrol, and Glance/Measureware. > > On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 08:16:11PM +0200, Moshe Levy wrote: > > Hi, > > Is there any good program for displaying the correct cpu and memory > > usage under solaris 2.6 ? > > > > `top` doesnt seems to all of the usage. i mean, if i combine all the > > memory each proccess it shows is taking the sum is not as or even close > > to the amount of total memory in use (as it shows by top) > > > > Thanks. > > Moshe. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > > From ward at zilla.nu Wed Jun 28 14:50:35 2000 From: ward at zilla.nu (Reagen Ward) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 14:50:35 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] memory monitor Message-ID: On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 01:38:14PM -0500, Tim Grossner wrote: > Is there a website out there with such tools available for download? > > I have worked with Patrol under (gulp) NT and it stunk, badly. I dont know > how it would be under Solaris, or any other *NIX. I disliked it for NT, but I worked with earlier versions than today's stuff. The Solaris and HP-UX stuff was very good, and the Oracle KM was excellent. However, I feel obligated to state that I currently work for BMC Software, just not as a developer. I used the products while with EDS some years back. Reagen > > Tim Grossner > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Reagen Ward > To: > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 1:03 PM > Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] memory monitor > > > > I like sar, Patrol, and Glance/Measureware. > > > > On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 08:16:11PM +0200, Moshe Levy wrote: > > > Hi, > > > Is there any good program for displaying the correct cpu and memory > > > usage under solaris 2.6 ? > > > > > > `top` doesnt seems to all of the usage. i mean, if i combine all the > > > memory each proccess it shows is taking the sum is not as or even close > > > to the amount of total memory in use (as it shows by top) > > > > > > Thanks. > > > Moshe. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > > > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > > _______________________________________________ > > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From Rtjepps at aol.com Wed Jun 28 16:13:08 2000 From: Rtjepps at aol.com (Rtjepps at aol.com) Date: Wed Jun 28 16:13:08 2000 Subject: [Sunhelp] memory monitor Message-ID: The proctool that everyone has mentioned has both binary and source code for several different versions of Solaris.I run it on 2.6 and 7 boxes and it works very nicely. The binaries install into /usr/local/bin. check out www.sunfreeware.com. They have some cool tools there. From olyar at yahoo.com Wed Jun 28 15:51:02 2000 From: olyar at yahoo.com (Chris Slater) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 13:51:02 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Re: combine several text log Message-ID: You might try this: cat file1.log file2.log | sort -u | less Not sure if there is a limit on what size of file cat can handle... You also might want to add a -r flag to the cat so that it skips multiple blank lines. You also might want to play around with some sort options so that it sorts based on the field that you are interested in (not sure if the time/date is the first field, what format it's in etc). I would guess you'd want something like: sort -k 2.1 (to sort based on the first character of the 2nd field). Hope this helps, Chris --- Moshe Levy wrote: > Hi, > > I have several big log files (something like 20M each) that i want to > combine together in some way (i want to sort it by time and date > first) > and display on the screen as if they ware one file, and have the > abillity to go over them like im using 'less'. (do a search or go up > and > down the log) > any idea how can i do it ? > I dont want to combine all the logs to a singel file (too much > space). > > Thanks. > > > -====---====---====---====---====---====---====---====---====---====---====- > to unsubscribe email "unsubscribe linux-admin" to > majordomo at vger.rutgers.edu > See the linux-admin FAQ: http://www.kalug.lug.net/linux-admin-FAQ/ > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ From Eddie.Watkins at mail.moray.gov.uk Wed Jun 28 16:35:52 2000 From: Eddie.Watkins at mail.moray.gov.uk (Eddie Watkins) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 22:35:52 +0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] raid array problem Message-ID: Hi We have an external array on a Sparcserver 1000E that was powered down. When we restarted it nothing happens. The A/C power light at the back is on, but the D/C light is dead. Is there a way to reset this or does it require a new power supply. This is not a production server and does not have a maintenance contract. Thanks Eddie Watkins From daleg at elemental.org Wed Jun 28 17:10:33 2000 From: daleg at elemental.org (Dale Ghent) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 18:10:33 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] raid array problem Message-ID: On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Eddie Watkins wrote: | Hi | | We have an external array on a Sparcserver 1000E that was powered down. | When we restarted it nothing happens. The A/C power light at the back is | on, but the D/C light is dead. Is there a way to reset this or does it | require a new power supply. This is not a production server and does not | have a maintenance contract. To be more helpful, you could include what kind of RAID array you're referring to. /dale From earl at baugh.org Wed Jun 28 22:42:44 2000 From: earl at baugh.org (Earl Baugh) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 23:42:44 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Sparcstation 10 and SM81 Message-ID: Does anybody have a Sparcstation 10 with an SM81 module in it? I've got a new SM81 module and am having a bear of a time getting it to work...I'm trying to determine whether the module is bad or whether I've got something else wrong. I'm especially wondering if RAM speed is an issue with these modules. I've got a 2.25 PROM so I don't think that's an issue. I've tried the boot -r, and even tried to re-load the OS (Solaris 7) but still get panic's... Earl (p.s. I'm not currently subscribed to this list, so if you've got any info, please include earl at baugh.org in your reply) From nitin.gizare at wipro.com Wed Jun 28 23:18:49 2000 From: nitin.gizare at wipro.com (Nitin R Gizare) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 09:48:49 +0530 Subject: [Sunhelp] Help on the lynx Message-ID: Hi I want lynx which supports https for solaris 2.6 . Pls help in download the binari. Thanks Nitin From james at foonly.com Thu Jun 29 00:51:34 2000 From: james at foonly.com (James Lockwood) Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 22:51:34 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Sparcstation 10 and SM81 Message-ID: On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Earl Baugh wrote: > Does anybody have a Sparcstation 10 with an SM81 module in it? > I've got a new SM81 module and am having a bear of a time getting it to > work...I'm trying to determine whether the module is bad or whether > I've got something else wrong. I'm especially wondering if RAM > speed is an issue with these modules. I've got a 2.25 PROM so I don't > think that's an issue. I've tried the boot -r, and even tried to > re-load the > OS (Solaris 7) but still get panic's... 2.22 or higher is needed, which you've got. I've used SM81's in SS20's before and as they're just a faster version of the SM71, they should work in SS10's as well. I'd suspect a dud module. A full printout of the POST messages (from serial port A) in diag mode might confirm this. > (p.s. I'm not currently subscribed to this list, so if you've got any > info, please include earl at baugh.org in your reply) Done, though consider joining. -James From xavier at euro.net Thu Jun 29 02:13:41 2000 From: xavier at euro.net (Xavier Mertens) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 09:13:41 +0200 (MET DST) Subject: [Sunhelp] U1 + UDWIS/S + Multipack Message-ID: Hi *, I've a problem with a UDWIS/S. I just installed the controller in a U1 (running Solaris 2.6) After checking the SUNsolve archive, I've found some interesting links: http://sunsolve.Sun.COM/private-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=bug%2Fkernel%2Fdriver%2F4086631&zone_32=UDWIS http://sunsolve.Sun.COM/private-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fpatches%2F105181&zone_32=UDWIS http://sunsolve.Sun.COM/private-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fpatches%2F105600&zone_32=UDWIS I installed the patches 105181-21 and 105600-19. The system boots with the UDWIS. If I connected a multipack to the controller, the system hangs at boot! Any idea???? X -- Xavier Mertens, . . EuroNet Internet "Contrary to popular belief, NOC Manager . * a subsidiary of Unix is userfriendly. It XM3-RIPE XM1-6BONE . France Telecom just happens to be selective about who it makes friends with." From Eddie.Watkins at mail.moray.gov.uk Thu Jun 29 02:55:07 2000 From: Eddie.Watkins at mail.moray.gov.uk (Eddie Watkins) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 08:55:07 +0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] raid array problem Message-ID: > | > | We have an external array on a Sparcserver 1000E that was > powered down. > | When we restarted it nothing happens. The A/C power light > at the back is > | on, but the D/C light is dead. Is there a way to reset > this or does it > | require a new power supply. This is not a production > server and does not > | have a maintenance contract. > > To be more helpful, you could include what kind of RAID array you're > referring to. > Sorry, didn't mean to miss that out. It is a Sparcstorage array 1010. Eddie Watkins From Eddie.Watkins at mail.moray.gov.uk Thu Jun 29 03:19:00 2000 From: Eddie.Watkins at mail.moray.gov.uk (Eddie Watkins) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 09:19:00 +0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] DLT4000 problem Message-ID: Hi Is there any way to manually eject a tape from a DLT4000. We have a tape stuck and the 'operate handle' light is flashing, when I try the handle the 'Tape in use' light starts to flash and it will not unload the tape. I have tried doing 'mt -f /dev/rmt/1 rewind' etc but they all say that no tape is loaded or the unit is off-line. Thanks Eddie Watkins From robert.fuerst at sylvania.com Thu Jun 29 05:07:50 2000 From: robert.fuerst at sylvania.com (Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 06:07:50 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Sparcstation 10 and SM81 Message-ID: This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFE1B1.E1BEC4A0 Content-Type: text/plain Bill - I personally do not like the fact that people can post to the list and not be subscribed. Thanks, 1st > -----Original Message----- > From: Earl Baugh [SMTP:earl at baugh.org] > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 11:43 PM > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > Subject: [Sunhelp] Sparcstation 10 and SM81 > > Does anybody have a Sparcstation 10 with an SM81 module in it? > I've got a new SM81 module and am having a bear of a time getting it to > work...I'm trying to determine whether the module is bad or whether > I've got something else wrong. I'm especially wondering if RAM > speed is an issue with these modules. I've got a 2.25 PROM so I don't > think that's an issue. I've tried the boot -r, and even tried to > re-load the > OS (Solaris 7) but still get panic's... > > Earl > (p.s. I'm not currently subscribed to this list, so if you've got any > info, please include earl at baugh.org in your reply) > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFE1B1.E1BEC4A0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: [Sunhelp] Sparcstation 10 and SM81
Bill - I personally = do not like the fact that people can post to the list and not be = subscribed.

Thanks,
1st

-----Original Message-----
From:   Earl Baugh [SMTP:earl at baugh.org]
Sent:   Wednesday, June 28, 2000 11:43 PM
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Subject:       = [Sunhelp] Sparcstation 10 and = SM81

Does anybody have a Sparcstation 10 = with an SM81 module in it?
I've got a new SM81 module and am = having a bear of a time getting it to
work...I'm trying to determine = whether the module is bad or whether
I've got something else wrong. = I'm especially wondering if RAM
speed is an issue with these = modules. I've got a 2.25 PROM so I don't
think that's an issue.   = I've tried the boot -r, and even tried to
re-load the
OS (Solaris 7) but still get = panic's...

Earl
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------_=_NextPart_001_01BFE1B1.E1BEC4A0-- From mrbill at mrbill.net Thu Jun 29 05:20:12 2000 From: mrbill at mrbill.net (Bill Bradford) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 05:20:12 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] DLT4000 problem Message-ID: On Thu, Jun 29, 2000 at 09:19:00AM +0100, Eddie Watkins wrote: > Hi > Is there any way to manually eject a tape from a DLT4000. We have a tape > stuck and the 'operate handle' light is flashing, when I try the handle the > 'Tape in use' light starts to flash and it will not unload the tape. I have > tried doing 'mt -f /dev/rmt/1 rewind' etc but they all say that no tape is > loaded or the unit is off-line. > Thanks > Eddie Watkins You're going to have to dissasemble the drive - sounds like you've got an loose tape header inside the drive, broken tape, etc. If you call Quantum tech support, they can FAX you a sheet on how to properly dissasemble the drive, get teh tape out, and unspool any broken tape from the internal spool. (been there, done that.. a lot...) Bill -- +-------------------\ /-----------------+ | Bill Bradford | www.sunhelp.org | | mrbill at mrbill.net | www.decvax.org | | Austin, Texas USA | www.pdp11.org | +-------------------/ \-----------------+ From mrbill at mrbill.net Thu Jun 29 05:24:17 2000 From: mrbill at mrbill.net (Bill Bradford) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 05:24:17 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Sparcstation 10 and SM81 Message-ID: On Thu, Jun 29, 2000 at 06:07:50AM -0400, Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris) wrote: > Bill - I personally do not like the fact that people can post to the list > and not be subscribed. > Thanks, > 1st Lets please not get into this discussion right now; I've got specific reasons for having it set up this way right now, and I keep an eye on the list to keep people from spamming, etc. Thanks. Bill -- +-------------------\ /-----------------+ | Bill Bradford | www.sunhelp.org | | mrbill at mrbill.net | www.decvax.org | | Austin, Texas USA | www.pdp11.org | +-------------------/ \-----------------+ From robert.fuerst at sylvania.com Thu Jun 29 05:57:41 2000 From: robert.fuerst at sylvania.com (Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 06:57:41 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Sparcstation 10 and SM81 Message-ID: This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFE1B8.D8BE5E90 Content-Type: text/plain OK - Your the owner. > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Bradford [SMTP:mrbill at mrbill.net] > Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 6:24 AM > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] Sparcstation 10 and SM81 > > On Thu, Jun 29, 2000 at 06:07:50AM -0400, Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris) wrote: > > Bill - I personally do not like the fact that people can post to the > list > > and not be subscribed. > > Thanks, > > 1st > > Lets please not get into this discussion right now; I've got specific > reasons > for having it set up this way right now, and I keep an eye on the list to > keep people from spamming, etc. > > Thanks. > > Bill > > -- > +-------------------\ /-----------------+ > | Bill Bradford | www.sunhelp.org | > | mrbill at mrbill.net | www.decvax.org | > | Austin, Texas USA | www.pdp11.org | > +-------------------/ \-----------------+ > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFE1B8.D8BE5E90 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: [Sunhelp] Sparcstation 10 and SM81
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------_=_NextPart_001_01BFE1B8.D8BE5E90-- From tjones at statesman.com Thu Jun 29 08:23:00 2000 From: tjones at statesman.com (Tom Jones) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 08:23:00 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] U1 + UDWIS/S + Multipack Message-ID: Maybe I'm missing something here (it's early in the morning) but UDWIS is Ultra Differential but Multipacks are single ended devices and can't be connected to a differential controller. Tom Jones ----- Original Message ----- From: Xavier Mertens To: Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 2:13 AM Subject: [Sunhelp] U1 + UDWIS/S + Multipack > Hi *, > > I've a problem with a UDWIS/S. I just installed the controller in a U1 > (running Solaris 2.6) > > After checking the SUNsolve archive, I've found some interesting links: > > http://sunsolve.Sun.COM/private-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=bug%2Fkernel%2Fdriver%2F4086631&zone_32=UDWIS > > http://sunsolve.Sun.COM/private-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fpatches%2F105181&zone_32=UDWIS > > http://sunsolve.Sun.COM/private-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fpatches%2F105600&zone_32=UDWIS > > I installed the patches 105181-21 and 105600-19. > > The system boots with the UDWIS. If I connected a multipack to the controller, > the system hangs at boot! Any idea???? > > X > > -- > Xavier Mertens, . . EuroNet Internet "Contrary to popular belief, > NOC Manager . * a subsidiary of Unix is userfriendly. It > XM3-RIPE XM1-6BONE . France Telecom just happens to be selective > about who it makes friends > with." > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > From wschmied at CellNet.com Thu Jun 29 09:38:01 2000 From: wschmied at CellNet.com (Wayn Schmieder) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 07:38:01 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] DLT4000 problem Message-ID: Have you tried 'mt -f /dev/rmt/1 rewoffl? ----- Original Message ----From: "Eddie Watkins" To: Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 1:19 AM Subject: [Sunhelp] DLT4000 problem > Hi > > Is there any way to manually eject a tape from a DLT4000. We have a tape > stuck and the 'operate handle' light is flashing, when I try the handle the > 'Tape in use' light starts to flash and it will not unload the tape. I have > tried doing 'mt -f /dev/rmt/1 rewind' etc but they all say that no tape is > loaded or the unit is off-line. > > Thanks > > Eddie Watkins > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > From GLeblanc at cu-portland.edu Thu Jun 29 10:15:47 2000 From: GLeblanc at cu-portland.edu (Gregory Leblanc) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 08:15:47 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] DLT4000 problem Message-ID: > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Bradford [mailto:mrbill at mrbill.net] > Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 3:20 AM > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] DLT4000 problem > > On Thu, Jun 29, 2000 at 09:19:00AM +0100, Eddie Watkins wrote: > > Hi > > Is there any way to manually eject a tape from a DLT4000. > We have a tape > > stuck and the 'operate handle' light is flashing, when I > try the handle the > > 'Tape in use' light starts to flash and it will not unload > the tape. I have > > tried doing 'mt -f /dev/rmt/1 rewind' etc but they all say > that no tape is > > loaded or the unit is off-line. > > Thanks > > Eddie Watkins > > You're going to have to dissasemble the drive - sounds like > you've got an > loose tape header inside the drive, broken tape, etc. > > If you call Quantum tech support, they can FAX you a sheet on how to > properly dissasemble the drive, get teh tape out, and unspool > any broken > tape from the internal spool. > > (been there, done that.. a lot...) How many drives do you work with? I've got 3 DLT drives that do nightly backups, one of them has been doing that since 1992, another since 1998, and one since December, and we've only had 2 drive hardware errors, both times it was the leader tape sliding off. Grego From mbarnes at salsgiver.com Thu Jun 29 10:28:53 2000 From: mbarnes at salsgiver.com (Michael Barnes) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 11:28:53 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] chmod Message-ID: OK, I give...I am on a 2.5.1 box and when trying to issue (ro instance) chmod 755 /usr I get back chmod: WARNING: can;t change /usr I am root, I can;t see anything having a lock on this...anyone seen this before? Mike From hmflynn at earthlink.net Thu Jun 29 10:36:25 2000 From: hmflynn at earthlink.net (Hal Flynn) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 11:36:25 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] chmod Message-ID: Michael Barnes wrote: > OK, I give...I am on a 2.5.1 box and when trying to issue (ro instance) > chmod 755 /usr > I get back > chmod: WARNING: can;t change /usr > I am root, I can;t see anything having a lock on this...anyone seen this > before? > > Mike > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp is it possible that this partition is mounted readonly? From mrbill at mrbill.net Thu Jun 29 11:05:35 2000 From: mrbill at mrbill.net (Bill Bradford) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 11:05:35 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] DLT4000 problem Message-ID: On Thu, Jun 29, 2000 at 08:15:47AM -0700, Gregory Leblanc wrote: > How many drives do you work with? I've got 3 DLT drives that do nightly > backups, one of them has been doing that since 1992, another since 1998, and > one since December, and we've only had 2 drive hardware errors, both times > it was the leader tape sliding off. > Grego I've worked with DLT 4000s, 2000s, a 4700 library, etc. I've only had the leader tape slide off a couple of times; once it broke, and then I had one drive that liked to eat tapes at OnRamp... Unspooling 3/4ths of a DLT from the inner spool of a drive is fun. I wrapped the end of the tape around a power drill and pulled the trigger. 8-) Bill -- +-------------------\ /-----------------+ | Bill Bradford | www.sunhelp.org | | mrbill at mrbill.net | www.decvax.org | | Austin, Texas USA | www.pdp11.org | +-------------------/ \-----------------+ From Paul.Nutton at awe.co.uk Thu Jun 29 09:21:40 2000 From: Paul.Nutton at awe.co.uk (P Nutton) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 15:21:40 +0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] raid array problem Message-ID: Hi, If you are running the array from a power sequencer (base unit) check the double pole switches have not flipped to off. -- Paul Nutton, Sysadmin, AWE plc > -----Original Message----- > From: sunhelp-request at sunhelp.org [SMTP:sunhelp-request at sunhelp.org] > Sent: 29 June 2000 11:55 > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > Subject: SunHELP digest, Vol 1 #453 - 21 msgs > > From: Eddie Watkins > To: "'sunhelp at sunhelp.org' (E-mail)" > Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 22:35:52 +0100 > charset="iso-8859-1" > Subject: [Sunhelp] raid array problem > Reply-To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > > Hi > > We have an external array on a Sparcserver 1000E that was powered down. > When we restarted it nothing happens. The A/C power light at the back is > on, but the D/C light is dead. Is there a way to reset this or does it > require a new power supply. This is not a production server and does not > have a maintenance contract. > > Thanks > > Eddie Watkins > -- _______________________________________________________________________________ The information in this email and in any attachment(s) is commercial in confidence. If you are not the named addressee(s) or if you receive this email in error then any distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited. Please notify us immediately by email at intadmin at awe.co.uk, and then delete this message from your computer. While attachments are virus checked, AWE plc does not accept any liability in respect of any virus which is not detected. From mbarnes at salsgiver.com Thu Jun 29 11:46:35 2000 From: mbarnes at salsgiver.com (Michael Barnes) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 12:46:35 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] chmod Message-ID: BINGO! Thanks, I would have looked down that obvious abyss for hours.. MB -----Original Message----- From: sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org]On Behalf Of Hal Flynn Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 11:36 AM To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] chmod Michael Barnes wrote: > OK, I give...I am on a 2.5.1 box and when trying to issue (ro instance) > chmod 755 /usr > I get back > chmod: WARNING: can;t change /usr > I am root, I can;t see anything having a lock on this...anyone seen this > before? > > Mike > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp is it possible that this partition is mounted readonly? _______________________________________________ SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From wolfgang at hanazono.med.cornell.edu Thu Jun 29 11:29:03 2000 From: wolfgang at hanazono.med.cornell.edu (Wolfgang Engelien) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 12:29:03 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] determination of # of memory pcs Message-ID: Hi, is there a way to determine how many memory pieces are installed WITHOUT opening the box? I know I have 256MB installed, but would like to know, if there are 2 pieces with 128MB or 4 pieces with 64Mb or 8 pieces with 32MB. Thanks, Wolfgang From lara at accesscomputing.co.uk Thu Jun 29 12:03:40 2000 From: lara at accesscomputing.co.uk (Lara Matthews) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 18:03:40 +0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] Patching Message-ID: Hi can anyone tell me if there is a way of forcing a patch to re-install on an OS (Solaris 2.6 in this case) that it thinks it has already been added to. If so what are the consequences? ADVthanksANCE Lara From hmflynn at earthlink.net Thu Jun 29 12:10:08 2000 From: hmflynn at earthlink.net (Hal Flynn) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 13:10:08 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] determination of # of memory pcs Message-ID: prtdiag will give you this information. /usr/platform/$YOURARCH/sbin Hal Wolfgang Engelien wrote: > Hi, > > is there a way to determine how many memory pieces > are installed WITHOUT opening the box? > > I know I have 256MB installed, but would like to know, > if there are 2 pieces with 128MB or 4 pieces with 64Mb > or 8 pieces with 32MB. > > Thanks, > Wolfgang > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From daleg at elemental.org Thu Jun 29 12:11:32 2000 From: daleg at elemental.org (Dale Ghent) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 13:11:32 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] determination of # of memory pcs Message-ID: On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Wolfgang Engelien wrote: | Hi, | | is there a way to determine how many memory pieces | are installed WITHOUT opening the box? | | I know I have 256MB installed, but would like to know, | if there are 2 pieces with 128MB or 4 pieces with 64Mb | or 8 pieces with 32MB. memconf to the rescue: http://netnow.micron.net/~tschmidt/memconf.html /dale From Richard.Lacroix at sisca.com Thu Jun 29 12:23:03 2000 From: Richard.Lacroix at sisca.com (Richard Lacroix) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 13:23:03 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] determination of # of memory pcs Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------66EAFC54D7B1502FADC08B7F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Check for memconf at the URL http://netnow.micron.net/~tschmidt/unix.html PS: You also need Perl because this is a perl script Wolfgang Engelien wrote: > Hi, > > is there a way to determine how many memory pieces > are installed WITHOUT opening the box? > > I know I have 256MB installed, but would like to know, > if there are 2 pieces with 128MB or 4 pieces with 64Mb > or 8 pieces with 32MB. > > Thanks, > Wolfgang > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp --------------66EAFC54D7B1502FADC08B7F Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="Richard.Lacroix.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Richard Lacroix Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Richard.Lacroix.vcf" begin:vcard n:Lacroix;Richard tel;fax:(819) 569-8597 tel;work:(819) 564-1199 ext. 2277 x-mozilla-html:TRUE url:www.sisca.com org:Sisca inc. version:2.1 email;internet:Richard.Lacroix at sisca.com title:Analyste senior en systeme adr;quoted-printable:;;2144 King Ouest=0D=0ABureau 240;Sherbrooke;Quebec;J1J 2E8;Canada x-mozilla-cpt:;-17568 fn:Richard Lacroix end:vcard --------------66EAFC54D7B1502FADC08B7F-- From earl at baugh.org Thu Jun 29 12:45:06 2000 From: earl at baugh.org (Earl Baugh) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 13:45:06 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Sparcstation 10 and SM81 Message-ID: >> Does anybody have a Sparcstation 10 with an SM81 module in it? >> I've got a new SM81 module and am having a bear of a time getting it to >> work...I'm trying to determine whether the module is bad or whether >> I've got something else wrong. I'm especially wondering if RAM >> speed is an issue with these modules. I've got a 2.25 PROM so I don't >> think that's an issue. I've tried the boot -r, and even tried to >> re-load the >> OS (Solaris 7) but still get panic's... > >2.22 or higher is needed, which you've got. I've used SM81's in SS20's >before and as they're just a faster version of the SM71, they should work >in SS10's as well. That's what I thought as well. I recently tried a dual SM512 module in both boxes and had problems (only single CPU showed up). So, I was leaning towards there being some other problem...since the SM512 was retested in a SS20 and works just fine. Getting two bad modules in a row (from different sources) seemed pretty remote. Also, since the machine boots and has run for a bit...i.e. booted and started X, install program got to where it was "analyzing the disk for upgrade", I was suspecting that there may be a memory issue or PROM one. Last night I tried re-installing the OS, and it ran for a bit and then paniced. It got in a loop, so I stopped it. The next boot (and last one I tried) gave me a "SIMM" error, so I was wondering whether or not it needed faster memory. I'm gonna swap memory around tonight to see if that makes a difference (but I dont' have anything that's "faster" than standard memory for a SS10..[I've been told that SS20 and some Ultra memory works in the SS10's and is a faster speed...]). >I'd suspect a dud module. A full printout of the POST messages (from >serial port A) in diag mode might confirm this. Is this different than the info when the machine boots via console? (I can turn on diag and do that easily enought...) I get output from the boot process, which seemed to indicate that the module wasn't shot. > >> (p.s. I'm not currently subscribed to this list, so if you've got any >> info, please include earl at baugh.org in your reply) > >Done, though consider joining. Just did before this message... Earl From GLeblanc at cu-portland.edu Thu Jun 29 13:55:55 2000 From: GLeblanc at cu-portland.edu (Gregory Leblanc) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 11:55:55 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] Sparcstation 10 and SM81 Message-ID: > -----Original Message----- > From: Earl Baugh [mailto:earl at baugh.org] > Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 10:45 AM > To: james at foonly.com; sunhelp at sunhelp.org > Cc: earl at baugh.org > Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] Sparcstation 10 and SM81 > > >> Does anybody have a Sparcstation 10 with an SM81 module in it? > >> I've got a new SM81 module and am having a bear of a time > getting it to > >> work...I'm trying to determine whether the module is bad or whether > >> I've got something else wrong. I'm especially wondering if RAM > >> speed is an issue with these modules. I've got a 2.25 > PROM so I don't > >> think that's an issue. I've tried the boot -r, and even tried to > >> re-load the > >> OS (Solaris 7) but still get panic's... > > > >2.22 or higher is needed, which you've got. I've used > SM81's in SS20's > >before and as they're just a faster version of the SM71, > they should work > >in SS10's as well. > > That's what I thought as well. I recently tried a dual SM512 > module in both > boxes and had problems (only single CPU showed up). So, I > was leaning towards > there being some other problem...since the SM512 was retested > in a SS20 and > works just fine. Getting two bad modules in a row (from > different sources) > seemed pretty remote. Also, since the machine boots and has > run for a > bit...i.e. booted and started X, install program got to where it was > "analyzing the disk for upgrade", I was suspecting that there > may be a memory > issue or PROM one. Last night I tried re-installing the OS, > and it ran > for a bit and then paniced. It got in a loop, so I stopped > it. The next boot > (and last one I tried) gave me a "SIMM" error, so I was > wondering whether or > not it needed faster memory. I'm gonna swap memory around > tonight to see > if that makes a difference (but I dont' have anything that's > "faster" than > standard memory for a SS10..[I've been told that SS20 and > some Ultra memory > works in the SS10's and is a faster speed...]). You can use 16MB or 64MB SIMMs from an SS20 or Ultra in the SS10. Sometimes the SS10 may work with 32MB SIMMS, but I'd like to get a couple more confirmations on that before I'm really confident in it. > >I'd suspect a dud module. A full printout of the POST messages (from > >serial port A) in diag mode might confirm this. > > Is this different than the info when the machine boots via console? > (I can turn on diag and do that easily enought...) I get output from > the boot process, which seemed to indicate that the module > wasn't shot. Diag mode will get you much more detailed information than the standard bootup messages. To turn it on, 'ok setenv diag-mode? true', unless I've forgotten since I used it last. Grego From mklug at home.com Thu Jun 29 07:39:50 2000 From: mklug at home.com (Mike Klug) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 13:39:50 +0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] Ultra 5 with a SUNPCI Message-ID: Guys, I don't know if this is the appropriate forum to discuss this item, but i am looking at getting a Sun ULTRA5 and adding a SUNPCI. I am looking for more information then sun has on that product. do you guys know of any good websites that would have this info. Any would be great Thanks Mike Klug From james at foonly.com Thu Jun 29 16:15:23 2000 From: james at foonly.com (James Lockwood) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 14:15:23 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Ultra 5 with a SUNPCI Message-ID: On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Mike Klug wrote: > I don't know if this is the appropriate forum to discuss this item, but i > am looking at getting a Sun ULTRA5 and adding a SUNPCI. I am looking for > more information then sun has on that product. do you guys know of any > good websites that would have this info. What are you looking for? With a recent version of the software I have found them to be quite solid and good performers. The only real gotcha is that communicating from the card to the host system via the "network" is painful, you must define an external router that bounces the packets back. You can upgrade them to K6-500's with a regular chip and a jumper change. Quite speedy. Video update speed is the only thing that feels even slightly slow to me, but that can be improved by using an external monitor off of the VGA plug on the SunPCi card or by using a fast accelerated UPA framebuffer (Creator/Elite). Max onboard RAM is 256MB, there are 2 DIMM slots that take regular PC100 JEDEC DIMMs. -James From fsommers at nowcom.com Thu Jun 29 17:02:38 2000 From: fsommers at nowcom.com (Frank Sommers) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 15:02:38 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Ultra 5 with a SUNPCI Message-ID: I have just that configuration. I really like it, I think the SunCPI card is a great product. One thing to note: It seems natural that you want the Windows part of the system to talk to the Solaris part. But it's not easy. The communication is via the TCP/IP stack of each OS, i.e., they appear as two completely separate machines with different IP addresses that communicate via the network. The twist is that both use the same Ethernet adapter (in the Sun box), and this multiplexing causes that by themselves the two "machines" will not see each other right out of the box, even though they each sees any other machine on the network. I do not completely understand the reason for this. The solution is to use a router, and define static routes via this router, i.e., define the router as the gateway from both the PC to the Sun, and also from the Sun to the PC (via the route add command in both OSs). Now, on the router, you need to have packet forwarding enabled. Because this is my home machine, I ended up having to buy a DSL router, which allows this configuration. One more thing: the Sun manual that comes with the SUNPCI card erroneously states the route add command for Windows 98. But once it's set up, it really is an ingenious tool. You can share files between Windows and Solaris, and even map your home directory as a Windows drive. The performance is very good, with a 400Mhz CPU. Best, Frank Sommers On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Mike Klug wrote: > Guys, > > I don't know if this is the appropriate forum to discuss this item, but i > am looking at getting a Sun ULTRA5 and adding a SUNPCI. I am looking for > more information then sun has on that product. do you guys know of any > good websites that would have this info. > > Any would be great > > Thanks > > Mike Klug > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > > From mklug at home.com Thu Jun 29 10:30:25 2000 From: mklug at home.com (Mike Klug) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 16:30:25 +0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] Ultra 5 with a SUNPCI Message-ID: Thanks guys. I was just looking for some good info on it. Is it good is, it bad kinda thing. I was looking for a good solution for a work environment where i need the speed of UNIX troubleshooting and the compatibility of windows for Windows Apps. U guys definitely gave me what i was looking for Mike Klug At 02:15 PM 6/29/00 -0700, James Lockwood wrote: >On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Mike Klug wrote: > > > I don't know if this is the appropriate forum to discuss this item, but i > > am looking at getting a Sun ULTRA5 and adding a SUNPCI. I am looking for > > more information then sun has on that product. do you guys know of any > > good websites that would have this info. > >What are you looking for? > >With a recent version of the software I have found them to be quite solid >and good performers. The only real gotcha is that communicating from the >card to the host system via the "network" is painful, you must define an >external router that bounces the packets back. > >You can upgrade them to K6-500's with a regular chip and a jumper change. >Quite speedy. Video update speed is the only thing that feels even >slightly slow to me, but that can be improved by using an external monitor >off of the VGA plug on the SunPCi card or by using a fast accelerated UPA >framebuffer (Creator/Elite). > >Max onboard RAM is 256MB, there are 2 DIMM slots that take regular PC100 >JEDEC DIMMs. > >-James > >_______________________________________________ >SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org >http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From davis at skink.net Thu Jun 29 21:09:59 2000 From: davis at skink.net (John F. Davis) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 21:09:59 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Sparcstation 10 and SM81 Message-ID: > > You can use 16MB or 64MB SIMMs from an SS20 or Ultra in the SS10. Sometimes > the SS10 may work with 32MB SIMMS, but I'd like to get a couple more > confirmations on that before I'm really confident in it. > I've got two 32 Meg simms in a sparc 10. They show up as 16 meg simms. If you know of a way to have show up as 32meg, I would like to know. JOhn From GLeblanc at cu-portland.edu Thu Jun 29 22:21:46 2000 From: GLeblanc at cu-portland.edu (Gregory Leblanc) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 20:21:46 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] Sparcstation 10 and SM81 Message-ID: > -----Original Message----- > From: John F. Davis [mailto:davis at skink.net] > Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 7:10 PM > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] Sparcstation 10 and SM81 > > > You can use 16MB or 64MB SIMMs from an SS20 or Ultra in the > SS10. Sometimes > > the SS10 may work with 32MB SIMMS, but I'd like to get a couple more > > confirmations on that before I'm really confident in it. > > I've got two 32 Meg simms in a sparc 10. They show up as 16 > meg simms. If > you know of a way to have show up as 32meg, I would like to know. What Prom version are you using? Reportedly 2.25 will work, and it's possible that 2.22 may also work. Greg From davis at skink.net Fri Jun 30 07:43:41 2000 From: davis at skink.net (John F. Davis) Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 07:43:41 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Sparcstation 10 and SM81 Message-ID: On Thu, Jun 29, 2000 at 08:21:46PM -0700, Gregory Leblanc wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John F. Davis [mailto:davis at skink.net] > > Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 7:10 PM > > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > > Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] Sparcstation 10 and SM81 > > > > > You can use 16MB or 64MB SIMMs from an SS20 or Ultra in the > > SS10. Sometimes > > > the SS10 may work with 32MB SIMMS, but I'd like to get a couple more > > > confirmations on that before I'm really confident in it. > > > > I've got two 32 Meg simms in a sparc 10. They show up as 16 > > meg simms. If > > you know of a way to have show up as 32meg, I would like to know. > > What Prom version are you using? Reportedly 2.25 will work, and it's > possible that 2.22 may also work. > Greg Its version 2.10. Do you know where I can buy/trade for a newer version? JOhn > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From GLeblanc at cu-portland.edu Fri Jun 30 08:33:35 2000 From: GLeblanc at cu-portland.edu (Gregory Leblanc) Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 06:33:35 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] Sparcstation 10 and SM81 Message-ID: > -----Original Message----- > From: John F. Davis [mailto:davis at skink.net] > Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 5:44 AM > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] Sparcstation 10 and SM81 > > On Thu, Jun 29, 2000 at 08:21:46PM -0700, Gregory Leblanc wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: John F. Davis [mailto:davis at skink.net] > > > > > > > You can use 16MB or 64MB SIMMs from an SS20 or Ultra in the > > > SS10. Sometimes > > > > the SS10 may work with 32MB SIMMS, but I'd like to get > a couple more > > > > confirmations on that before I'm really confident in it. > > > > > > I've got two 32 Meg simms in a sparc 10. They show up as 16 > > > meg simms. If > > > you know of a way to have show up as 32meg, I would like to know. > > > > What Prom version are you using? Reportedly 2.25 will > work, and it's > > possible that 2.22 may also work. > > Its version 2.10. Do you know where I can buy/trade for a > newer version? Try www.memoryX.com, or one of the other vendors from the SunHelp site, somebody should have one available. Grego From mrbill at mrbill.net Fri Jun 30 11:24:28 2000 From: mrbill at mrbill.net (Bill Bradford) Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 11:24:28 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] another SunPCI question Message-ID: I've given up on my quest to build another PC here, and have a bid in on a SunPCI card. One question - what framebuffer is built into the card, to use with an external VGA monitor? I understand that you can either use/share the Sun hosts's frambuffer/monitor, but you can also just plug another monitor directly into the card. If you do so, what are the capabilities of the "onboard" framebuffer? I cant find this info on the Sun web site. Bill -- +-------------------\ /-----------------+ | Bill Bradford | www.sunhelp.org | | mrbill at mrbill.net | www.decvax.org | | Austin, Texas USA | www.pdp11.org | +-------------------/ \-----------------+ From james at foonly.com Fri Jun 30 12:59:48 2000 From: james at foonly.com (James Lockwood) Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 10:59:48 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] another SunPCI question Message-ID: On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Bill Bradford wrote: > I've given up on my quest to build another PC here, and have a bid in on > a SunPCI card. > > One question - what framebuffer is built into the card, to use with an > external VGA monitor? I understand that you can either use/share the > Sun hosts's frambuffer/monitor, but you can also just plug another > monitor directly into the card. If you do so, what are the capabilities > of the "onboard" framebuffer? I cant find this info on the Sun > web site. It can use up to 4MB of the card memory for framebuffer memory, I believe. Runs fine at 1024x768 24bpp for me. I recommend downloading the documentation from docs.sun.com and browsing through it, it should have detailed spec info. -James [anyone want to trade me a Sunray for a loaded SS20?] From rubin at ezy.net Thu Jun 1 00:43:18 2000 From: rubin at ezy.net (Alan Rubin) Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 01:43:18 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] syslog Message-ID: I'm trying to consolidate my logs onto one machine via a network. The first machine I'm working on is Solaris based (2.6 I believe). The central loghost is redhat linux. I've never done remote logging before. Do I have to set a certain switch when running syslogd on either machine for this to work right? I know that the destination entry is @hostname in the conf file, but I saw a bunch of UDP errors, and basic failures, when I HUP'ed the Sun's syslogd after adding the redirection entry, and nothing was collected on the linux box. alan _________________ *Alan Rubin* Sun/Unix/Networking/ISP/Web Writing Email:rubin at ezy.net From Robert.Cross at scottish-newcastle.co.uk Thu Jun 1 04:30:59 2000 From: Robert.Cross at scottish-newcastle.co.uk (Robert.Cross at scottish-newcastle.co.uk) Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 10:30:59 +0100 (GDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] hme NIC lying? Message-ID: --Boundary_(ID_+70wv+SwQkQvFRYciyKLbQ) Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Strange query for all the network experts out there... ... Has anyone come across a case where the hme interface lies about what duplex setting it's using? Reason being is that we've moved one of our interfaces from one hub to another. The new hub reckons that it's using full duplex, but the interface reckons on only half-duplex. And yes, we have tried the original hub port (reported as full duplex) and other new hub ports (still half-duplex). Any advice welcome... Bob Cross. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This message is confidential. It may also be privileged or protected by other legal rules. It does not constitute an offer or acceptance of an offer, nor shall it form any part of a legally binding contract. If you have received this communication in error, please let us know by reply then destroy it. You should not use, print, copy the message or disclose its contents to anyone. E-mail is subject to possible data corruption, is not secure, and its content does not necessarily represent the opinion of this Company. 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Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFCBB1.19CABC30 Content-Type: text/plain And what happens if you force the interface? Does it still work? Is it full 10 or 100 or half 10 or 100? Are you getting this from the messages file on rebooting or some other means? How do you know what the hub (switch) thinks? > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert.Cross at scottish-newcastle.co.uk > [SMTP:Robert.Cross at scottish-newcastle.co.uk] > Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 5:31 AM > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > Subject: [Sunhelp] hme NIC lying? > > Strange query for all the network experts out there... > > ... Has anyone come across a case where the hme interface lies about what > duplex setting it's using? > > Reason being is that we've moved one of our interfaces from one hub to > another. > The new hub > reckons that it's using full duplex, but the interface reckons on only > half-duplex. 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Strange query for all the network = experts out there...

... Has anyone come across a case = where the hme interface lies about what
duplex setting it's using?

Reason being is that we've moved one = of our interfaces from one hub to another.
The new hub
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------_=_NextPart_001_01BFCBB1.19CABC30-- From petercheyne at mysun.com Thu Jun 1 05:13:51 2000 From: petercheyne at mysun.com (Peter Cheyne) Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 11:13:51 +0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] Certification Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ----719d2e933f2a2e1c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Paul, I took the tests in Australia, they cost about $250 each. I didn't do any of the courses, too expensive! If you have well rounded experience with UNIX System Administration and Sun/Solaris you should be ok. A usefule link is http://www.cramsession.com for some notes based on the exam topics. Don't rely on these only though, you'll need to check the references. cheers Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Khoury - Tech Support Date: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 3:12 am Subject: [Sunhelp] Certification > I'm seriously thinking of taking the test for Sun Solaris Admin I > test.Would I need Sun's expensive courses, or not really? > I'm pretty familiar with most of the course objectives they > present, but is it required? > > Also, how much does it cost to take the test? They're administered > at Sylvan Prometric, right? > > Thanks, > > Paul > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > ----719d2e933f2a2e1c Content-Type: text/x-vcard; name="PeterCheyne.vcf"; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="PeterCheyne.vcf Content-Description: Card for Peter Cheyne Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit begin:vcard n:Cheyne;Peter fn:Peter Cheyne tel;work:+44 07715 677 720 version:2.1 email;internet:petercheyne at mysun.com title:UNIX System Administrator end:vcard ----719d2e933f2a2e1c-- From rubin at ezy.net Thu Jun 1 05:55:37 2000 From: rubin at ezy.net (Alan Rubin) Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 06:55:37 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Certification Message-ID: how much of the test revolves around NIS? alan On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, Peter Cheyne wrote: > Paul, > > I took the tests in Australia, they cost about $250 each. I didn't do > any of the courses, too expensive! If you have well rounded experience > with UNIX System Administration and Sun/Solaris you should be ok. A > usefule link is http://www.cramsession.com for some notes based on the > exam topics. Don't rely on these only though, you'll need to check the > references. > > cheers > Peter > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Paul Khoury - Tech Support > Date: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 3:12 am > Subject: [Sunhelp] Certification > > > I'm seriously thinking of taking the test for Sun Solaris Admin I > > test.Would I need Sun's expensive courses, or not really? > > I'm pretty familiar with most of the course objectives they > > present, but is it required? > > > > Also, how much does it cost to take the test? They're administered > > at Sylvan Prometric, right? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Paul > > > > _______________________________________________ > > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > > > _________________ *Alan Rubin* Sun/Unix/Networking/ISP/Web Writing Email:rubin at ezy.net From kal.foust at eds.com Thu Jun 1 06:51:42 2000 From: kal.foust at eds.com (Foust, Kal E) Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 07:51:42 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] hme NIC lying? Message-ID: Were you using command? When I queried my environment, I couldn't get an answer from the switch side. I'm a long way from expert on this, but I just went through a problem involving Cisco Switches and the hme cards installed in a e4500. The "end game" was that (in our environment) both ends needed to be set to half duplex for best throughput. The tip for me was in the SunSolve Infodoc 17416, dated 03/2000 which states: "Full Duplex is only supported when connecting two Sun systems back-to-back using a crossover cable - IEEE Industry standards for Full Duplex inter-operability between vendors will be completed in the near future." Personally I found this astonishing, but the setting marriage between devices solved our network problem. Anyone that can shed some light on this, PLEASE speak up. -----Original Message----- From: Robert.Cross at scottish-newcastle.co.uk [mailto:Robert.Cross at scottish-newcastle.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 5:31 AM To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org Subject: [Sunhelp] hme NIC lying? Strange query for all the network experts out there... ... Has anyone come across a case where the hme interface lies about what duplex setting it's using? Reason being is that we've moved one of our interfaces from one hub to another. The new hub reckons that it's using full duplex, but the interface reckons on only half-duplex. And yes, we have tried the original hub port (reported as full duplex) and other new hub ports (still half-duplex). Any advice welcome... Bob Cross. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This message is confidential. It may also be privileged or protected by other legal rules. It does not constitute an offer or acceptance of an offer, nor shall it form any part of a legally binding contract. If you have received this communication in error, please let us know by reply then destroy it. You should not use, print, copy the message or disclose its contents to anyone. E-mail is subject to possible data corruption, is not secure, and its content does not necessarily represent the opinion of this Company. No representation or warranty is made as to the accuracy or completeness of the information and no liability can be accepted for any loss arising from its use. This e-mail and any attachments are not guaranteed to be free from so-called computer viruses and it is recommended that you check for such viruses before down-loading it to your computer equipment. This Company has no control over other websites to which there may be hypertext links and no liability can be accepted in relation to those sites. Scottish & Newcastle plc Registered in Scotland, Registration Number 16288 Registered Office: 50 East Fettes Avenue, Edinburgh, EH4 1RR * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * From drjolt at redbrick.dcu.ie Thu Jun 1 07:21:38 2000 From: drjolt at redbrick.dcu.ie (David Murphy) Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 13:21:38 +0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] Sol8 on SS5-110 Message-ID: Quoting <20000531231650.R25040 at mrbill.net> by Bill Bradford : > Maybe with 8-bit, but when running a full 24-bit WindowMaker > desktop/ window manager, you can watch windows redraw / desktops > flip, and its at least half as fast as a cg6. Is there any Sun framebuffer you can't say this of? I've experienced the same sloth in 24-bit mode on Creator and Creator3D. -- When asked if it is true that he uses his wheelchair as a weapon he will reply: "That's a malicious rumour. I'll run over anyone who repeats it." Stephen Hawking - [http://www.smh.com.au/news/0001/07/features/features1.html] David Murphy - For PGP public key, send mail with Subject: send-pgp-key From robert.fuerst at sylvania.com Thu Jun 1 08:23:55 2000 From: robert.fuerst at sylvania.com (Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)) Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 09:23:55 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] hme NIC lying? Message-ID: This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFCBCC.A2A56B20 Content-Type: text/plain FYI - I run 100 full through a Cisco switch to our citric metaframe system off my hme1 fastether card as an interface to our Citrix MetaFrame/Windows terminal server for windows apps. The NT gurus had to force the switch to run 100 full... > -----Original Message----- > From: Foust, Kal E [SMTP:kal.foust at eds.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 7:52 AM > To: 'sunhelp at sunhelp.org' > Subject: RE: [Sunhelp] hme NIC lying? > > Were you using command? When I queried my environment, I couldn't > get > an answer from the switch side. > I'm a long way from expert on this, but I just went through a problem > involving Cisco Switches and the hme cards installed in a e4500. The "end > game" was that (in our environment) both ends needed to be set to half > duplex for best throughput. The tip for me was in the SunSolve Infodoc > 17416, dated 03/2000 which states: > "Full Duplex is only supported when connecting two Sun systems > back-to-back > using a crossover cable - IEEE Industry standards for Full Duplex > inter-operability between vendors will be completed in the near future." > > Personally I found this astonishing, but the setting marriage between > devices solved our network problem. > Anyone that can shed some light on this, PLEASE speak up. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert.Cross at scottish-newcastle.co.uk > [mailto:Robert.Cross at scottish-newcastle.co.uk] > Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 5:31 AM > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > Subject: [Sunhelp] hme NIC lying? > > > Strange query for all the network experts out there... > > ... Has anyone come across a case where the hme interface lies about what > duplex setting it's using? > > Reason being is that we've moved one of our interfaces from one hub to > another. > The new hub > reckons that it's using full duplex, but the interface reckons on only > half-duplex. And yes, we have tried the > original hub port (reported as full duplex) and other new hub ports (still > > half-duplex). > > Any advice welcome... > > Bob Cross. > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > This message is confidential. It may also be privileged or > protected by other legal rules. It does not constitute an > offer or acceptance of an offer, nor shall it form any part > of a legally binding contract. If you have received this > communication in error, please let us know by reply then > destroy it. 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FYI - I run 100 full = through a Cisco switch to our citric metaframe system off my hme1 = fastether card
as an interface to = our Citrix MetaFrame/Windows terminal server for windows apps. = The NT gurus had to force
the switch to run = 100 full...

-----Original Message-----
From:   Foust, Kal E [SMTP:kal.foust at eds.com]
Sent:   Thursday, June 01, 2000 7:52 AM
To:     'sunhelp at sunhelp.org'
Subject:       = RE: [Sunhelp] hme NIC lying?

Were you using <ndd> = command? When I queried my environment, I couldn't get
an answer from the switch = side.
I'm a long way from expert on this, = but I just went through a problem
involving Cisco Switches and the hme = cards installed in a e4500. The "end
game" was that (in our = environment) both ends needed to be set to half
duplex for best throughput. The = tip for me was in the SunSolve Infodoc
17416, dated 03/2000 which = states:
"Full Duplex is only = supported when connecting two Sun systems back-to-back
using a crossover cable - IEEE = Industry standards for Full Duplex
inter-operability between vendors = will be completed in the near future."

Personally I found this astonishing, = but the setting marriage between
devices solved our network = problem.
Anyone that can shed some light on = this, PLEASE speak up.

-----Original Message-----
From: = Robert.Cross at scottish-newcastle.co.uk
[mailto:Robert.Cros= s at scottish-newcastle.co.uk]
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 5:31 = AM
To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Subject: [Sunhelp] hme NIC = lying?

Strange query for all the network = experts out there...

... Has anyone come across a case = where the hme interface lies about what
duplex setting it's using?

Reason being is that we've moved one = of our interfaces from one hub to
another.
The new hub
reckons that it's using full duplex, = but the interface reckons on only
half-duplex. And yes, we have tried = the
original hub port (reported as full = duplex) and other new hub ports (still
half-duplex).

Any advice welcome...

Bob Cross.

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------_=_NextPart_001_01BFCBCC.A2A56B20-- From jwh2 at cornell.edu Thu Jun 1 09:17:41 2000 From: jwh2 at cornell.edu (Jim Howell) Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 10:17:41 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] hme NIC lying? Message-ID: --=====================_98004656==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Hi, It isn't lying, Suns will usually auto-sense the speed correctly but do not seem to auto-sense the duplex setting right, to just confuse you it will sometimes appear to work but if loaded will behave badly. To deal with this I put the following into /etc/system: set hme:hme_adv_autoneg_cap=0 set hme:hme_adv_100fdx_cap=1 set hme:hme_adv_100hdx_cap=0 set hme:hme_adv_10fdx_cap=0 set hme:hme_adv_10hdx_cap=0 After putting that into /etc/system you will need to reboot to make them take affect. These can all be set via ndd but those settings would be reset the next you reboot. Jim At 09:23 AM 6/1/2000 -0400, Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris) wrote: >FYI - I run 100 full through a Cisco switch to our citric metaframe system >off my hme1 fastether card >as an interface to our Citrix MetaFrame/Windows terminal server for >windows apps. The NT gurus had to force >the switch to run 100 full... >-----Original Message----- From: Foust, Kal E >[SMTP:kal.foust at eds.com] Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 7:52 >AM To: 'sunhelp at sunhelp.org' Subject: RE: [Sunhelp] hme NIC >lying? > >Were you using command? When I queried my environment, I couldn't >get an answer from the switch side. I'm a long way from expert on this, >but I just went through a problem involving Cisco Switches and the hme >cards installed in a e4500. The "end game" was that (in our environment) >both ends needed to be set to half duplex for best throughput. The tip >for me was in the SunSolve Infodoc 17416, dated 03/2000 which >states: "Full Duplex is only supported when connecting two Sun systems >back-to-back using a crossover cable - IEEE Industry standards for Full >Duplex inter-operability between vendors will be completed in the near >future." > >Personally I found this astonishing, but the setting marriage >between devices solved our network problem. Anyone that can shed some >light on this, PLEASE speak up. -----Original Message----- From: >Robert.Cross at scottish-newcastle.co.uk >[mailto:Robert.Cross at scottish >-newcastle.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 5:31 AM To: >sunhelp at sunhelp.org Subject: [Sunhelp] hme NIC lying? > >Strange query for all the network experts out there... > >... Has anyone come across a case where the hme interface lies about >what duplex setting it's using? > >Reason being is that we've moved one of our interfaces from one hub >to another. The new hub reckons that it's using full duplex, but the >interface reckons on only half-duplex. And yes, we have tried >the original hub port (reported as full duplex) and other new hub ports >(still half-duplex). > >Any advice welcome... > >Bob Cross. > >* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This message >is confidential. It may also be privileged or protected by other legal >rules. It does not constitute an offer or acceptance of an offer, nor >shall it form any part of a legally binding contract. If you have >received this communication in error, please let us know by reply >then destroy it. You should not use, print, copy the message >or disclose its contents to anyone. > >E-mail is subject to possible data corruption, is not secure, and its >content does not necessarily represent the opinion of this Company. No >representation or warranty is made as to the accuracy or completeness of >the information and no liability can be accepted for any loss arising >from its use. > >This e-mail and any attachments are not guaranteed to be free from >so-called computer viruses and it is recommended that you check for such >viruses before down-loading it to your computer equipment. This Company >has no control over other websites to which there may be hypertext links >and no liability can be accepted in relation to those sites. > >Scottish & Newcastle plc Registered in Scotland, Registration Number >16288 Registered Office: 50 East Fettes Avenue, Edinburgh, EH4 1RR * * * >* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * >* _______________________________________________ SunHELP >maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org >http://www.sunhelp.org/mai >lman/listinfo/sunhelp --=====================_98004656==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Hi,
        It isn't lying, Suns will usually auto-sense the speed correctly but do not seem to auto-sense the duplex setting right, to just confuse you it will sometimes appear to work but if loaded will behave badly. To deal with this I put the following into /etc/system:
set hme:hme_adv_autoneg_cap=0
set hme:hme_adv_100fdx_cap=1
set hme:hme_adv_100hdx_cap=0
set hme:hme_adv_10fdx_cap=0
set hme:hme_adv_10hdx_cap=0

After putting that into /etc/system you will need to reboot to make them take affect. These can all be set via ndd but those settings would be reset the next you reboot.
Jim

At 09:23 AM 6/1/2000 -0400, Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris) wrote:

FYI - I run 100 full through a Cisco switch to our citric metaframe system off my hme1 fastether card
as an interface to our Citrix MetaFrame/Windows terminal server for windows apps. The NT gurus had to force
the switch to run 100 full...
-----Original Message----- From: Foust, Kal E [SMTP:kal.foust at eds.com] Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 7:52 AM To:    'sunhelp at sunhelp.org' Subject:       RE: [Sunhelp] hme NIC lying?

Were you using <ndd> command? When I queried my environment, I couldn't get an answer from the switch side. I'm a long way from expert on this, but I just went through a problem involving Cisco Switches and the hme cards installed in a e4500. The "end game" was that (in our environment) both ends needed to be set to half duplex for best throughput. The tip for me was in the SunSolve Infodoc 17416, dated 03/2000 which states: "Full Duplex is only supported when connecting two Sun systems back-to-back using a crossover cable - IEEE Industry standards for Full Duplex inter-operability between vendors will be completed in the near future."

Personally I found this astonishing, but the setting marriage between devices solved our network problem. Anyone that can shed some light on this, PLEASE speak up. -----Original Message----- From: Robert.Cross at scottish-newcastle.co.uk [mailto:Robert.Cross at scottish-newcastle.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 5:31 AM To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org Subject: [Sunhelp] hme NIC lying?

Strange query for all the network experts out there...

... Has anyone come across a case where the hme interface lies about what duplex setting it's using?

Reason being is that we've moved one of our interfaces from one hub to another. The new hub reckons that it's using full duplex, but the interface reckons on only half-duplex. And yes, we have tried the original hub port (reported as full duplex) and other new hub ports (still half-duplex).

Any advice welcome...

Bob Cross.

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--=====================_98004656==_.ALT-- From bob.beecher at bellhow.com Thu Jun 1 09:49:50 2000 From: bob.beecher at bellhow.com (Bob Beecher) Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 10:49:50 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] hme NIC lying? Message-ID: Jim nailed it. We've got hme cards installed in over 20 separate Sun servers (Sparc4's thru E3500's) that are connected to just about every type of 100MB switch or hub (Cisco 5505, Cisco 2900, Nortel Accelar 1200, 3Com LinkSwitch, old Synoptics, etc). Every one of the servers had a problem sensing the duplex correctly. We had to resort to forcing the network equipment into full-duplex and adding the code (below) into /etc/system on each of the servers. Jim Howell wrote: > > Hi, > It isn't lying, Suns will usually auto-sense the speed correctly but do not seem to auto-sense the duplex > setting right, to just confuse you it will sometimes appear to work but if loaded will behave badly. To deal with > this I put the following into /etc/system: > set hme:hme_adv_autoneg_cap=0 > set hme:hme_adv_100fdx_cap=1 > set hme:hme_adv_100hdx_cap=0 > set hme:hme_adv_10fdx_cap=0 > set hme:hme_adv_10hdx_cap=0 > > After putting that into /etc/system you will need to reboot to make them take affect. These can all be set via ndd > but those settings would be reset the next you reboot. > Jim > From ward at zilla.nu Thu Jun 1 10:30:44 2000 From: ward at zilla.nu (ward at zilla.nu) Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 10:30:44 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Sol8 on SS5-110 Message-ID: On Thu, Jun 01, 2000 at 01:21:38PM +0100, David Murphy wrote: > Quoting <20000531231650.R25040 at mrbill.net> > by Bill Bradford : > > > Maybe with 8-bit, but when running a full 24-bit WindowMaker > > desktop/ window manager, you can watch windows redraw / desktops > > flip, and its at least half as fast as a cg6. > > Is there any Sun framebuffer you can't say this of? I've experienced > the same sloth in 24-bit mode on Creator and Creator3D. The S24 (or whatever it's called, the AFX board) in my SS5 feels much faster than my cg6, even when the S24 is in full 24bit mode. Reagen > > -- > When asked if it is true that he uses his wheelchair as a weapon he will reply: > "That's a malicious rumour. I'll run over anyone who repeats it." > Stephen Hawking - [http://www.smh.com.au/news/0001/07/features/features1.html] > David Murphy - For PGP public key, send mail with Subject: send-pgp-key > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp -- "Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat." -- John Lehman, Secretary of the US Navy 1981-1987 From mrbill at mrbill.net Thu Jun 1 12:22:16 2000 From: mrbill at mrbill.net (Bill Bradford) Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 12:22:16 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Sol8 on SS5-110 Message-ID: On Thu, Jun 01, 2000 at 01:21:38PM +0100, David Murphy wrote: > Quoting <20000531231650.R25040 at mrbill.net> > by Bill Bradford : > > Maybe with 8-bit, but when running a full 24-bit WindowMaker > > desktop/ window manager, you can watch windows redraw / desktops > > flip, and its at least half as fast as a cg6. > Is there any Sun framebuffer you can't say this of? I've experienced > the same sloth in 24-bit mode on Creator and Creator3D. I've got a Creator 2D in this Ultra 10/300, and had a creator 3D in an Ultra 1/200E, and both are perfectly fine - a PGX32 in an ultra 5 was SLIGHTLY slower, but all are WORLDS ahead of the SX in a '20... (you want really slow, run full 24bit on a ZX...) bill -- +--------------------+-------------------+ | Bill Bradford | Austin, Texas | +--------------------+-------------------+ | mrbill at sunhelp.org | mrbill at mrbill.net | +--------------------+-------------------+ From chris at apk.net Thu Jun 1 12:44:55 2000 From: chris at apk.net (Christopher J Ceska) Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 13:44:55 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Sol8 on SS5-110 Message-ID: On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 09:38:07PM -0700, Kevin Stevens wrote: > That's what I thought, too, but I didn't want to actually JAM my foot down my > throat. Could someone clarify? > > BTW, Chris, I'd be interested in hearing your alternate wm experience, you can > take it offline if it's not of general interest. > bottom line, the SX is faster than any SBUS buffer at any resolution/color depth. There is documentation from sun and third parties that back this up. SBUS == slow. Currently I use the old version of afterstep - like 1.0, mainly because it is fast, and doesnt eat colors for no reason. I use the 8 bit icons - because I like to save my colors for my applications. I disable dtlogin - it is useless, I know what computer I am at, I know how to login, and I know what window manager to use. afterstep is fast and works well, I have been using it for about 4 years now, so I have pretty much tweaked everything that can be tweaked. don't use afterstep classic - it is buggy, and crashes. If you really want to get something minimal and fast, try twm. I used twm for about 6 months - its very small, and fast. I think it is included somewhere with the openwindows distribution. fvwm2 is kind nice on the sparc too. anyone using cde that isnt forced to by a university or college should be zapped by a tazer. if you want to talk more, we can take it off the list. -- Christopher J Ceska chris at apk.net Postmaster +1.216.241.7166 APK.net systems administration team From chris at apk.net Thu Jun 1 12:47:20 2000 From: chris at apk.net (Christopher J Ceska) Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 13:47:20 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Sol8 on SS5-110 Message-ID: On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 11:16:50PM -0500, Bill Bradford wrote: > On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 11:46:34PM -0400, Christopher J Ceska wrote: > > I thought the built in SX on the 20 is faster than any sbus framebuffer > > that will fit in the 20. I beleive this is confirmed in the framebuffer > > faq. The reason is that the SX uses the memory bus, versus the slow > > sbus. I have a 20 at work with 2xTMS390z55, 256meg ram, and a 4meg SX > > memory card, recently I upgraded from 2.7 to 2.8 and noticed no real > > differance. I don't use cde, or dtlogin because they are slow and ugly. > > I used either afterstep 1.0 or twm, it feels like I didnt even upgrade. > > -chris > > Maybe with 8-bit, but when running a full 24-bit WindowMaker desktop/ > window manager, you can watch windows redraw / desktops flip, and its > at least half as fast as a cg6. > cause windowmaker is bloated trash, you cannot blame the buffer for poor software. -chris -- Christopher J Ceska chris at apk.net Postmaster +1.216.241.7166 APK.net systems administration team From james at foonly.com Thu Jun 1 13:21:14 2000 From: james at foonly.com (James Lockwood) Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 11:21:14 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Sol8 on SS5-110 Message-ID: On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, Christopher J Ceska wrote: > bottom line, the SX is faster than any SBUS buffer at any > resolution/color depth. There is documentation from sun and third > parties that back this up. SBUS == slow. The SX is not faster in 24bpp mode than a cg6 is in 8bpp mode. Xstone results and empirical testing of my dual-headed SX/TGX bear this out. The theoretical maximum bandwidth to the SX is 4x greater than that to a (32-bit) sbus based framebuffer, but SX has to move 4x as much data in 24bpp mode. Add to this the fact that more data must be pumped in from main RAM and it is likely to be rougher on the caches and you have an overall slowdown. The SX is also impacted negatively by mbus latancy since it is noncacheable, this can be seen by comparing raw bitblitting performance of a SS20/50 and a SS20/61 (the 50 will win). That said, the SX is definately the fastest 24bpp framebuffer for pre-Ultras. Comparing it against 8bpp cg6 cards isn't really fair. > anyone using cde that isnt forced to by a university or college should > be zapped by a tazer. CDE isn't just a wm. As a wm it is marginal, when you count the other integrated features it still has some use. I'd be much happier if Sun upgraded to CDE 2, though. The improvement in the integrated printing facilities alone would be worth it. -James From mrbill at mrbill.net Thu Jun 1 18:33:03 2000 From: mrbill at mrbill.net (Bill Bradford) Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 18:33:03 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Sol8 on SS5-110 Message-ID: On Thu, Jun 01, 2000 at 01:47:20PM -0400, Christopher J Ceska wrote: > > Maybe with 8-bit, but when running a full 24-bit WindowMaker desktop/ > > window manager, you can watch windows redraw / desktops flip, and its > > at least half as fast as a cg6. > cause windowmaker is bloated trash, you cannot blame the buffer for poor > software. > -chris "bloated trash"? I find it to be on the lean side compared to other stuff. You obviously havent used Enlightenment lately. 8-) Bill -- +--------------------+-------------------+ | Bill Bradford | Austin, Texas | +--------------------+-------------------+ | mrbill at sunhelp.org | mrbill at mrbill.net | +--------------------+-------------------+ From xavier at euro.net Fri Jun 2 00:30:38 2000 From: xavier at euro.net (Xavier Mertens) Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 07:30:38 +0200 (MET DST) Subject: [Sunhelp] syslog Message-ID: Alan, On the Redhat box, start syslogd with the option '-r' to let it accept messages from remote hosts. X -- Xavier Mertens, . . EuroNet Internet "Contrary to popular belief, NOC Manager . * a subsidiary of Unix is userfriendly. It XM3-RIPE XM1-6BONE . France Telecom just happens to be selective about who it makes friends with." On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, Alan Rubin wrote: > I'm trying to consolidate my logs onto one machine via a network. The > first machine I'm working on is Solaris based (2.6 I believe). The > central loghost is redhat linux. I've never done remote logging before. > Do I have to set a certain switch when running syslogd on either machine > for this to work right? I know that the destination entry is @hostname in > the conf file, but I saw a bunch of UDP errors, and basic failures, when I > HUP'ed the Sun's syslogd after adding the redirection entry, and nothing > was collected on the linux box. > > alan > > _________________ > *Alan Rubin* > Sun/Unix/Networking/ISP/Web Writing > Email:rubin at ezy.net > > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > From Raju.Gogula at aristagtc.stph.net Fri Jun 2 10:46:06 2000 From: Raju.Gogula at aristagtc.stph.net (Raju Gogula) Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 21:16:06 +0530 Subject: [Sunhelp] Newbie: DNS Server Message-ID: Hi all, We have a server1.com at a remote location over a 128KB link. And we are need of setting-up a secondary DNS Server at my location. As a result we will have a server_remote.server1.com. Can some one enlighten us with a quick check list on this procedure. Thanks and regards, Raju From ravikatti at hotmail.com Sat Jun 3 03:55:43 2000 From: ravikatti at hotmail.com (Ravi Katti) Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2000 03:55:43 IST Subject: [Sunhelp] bcc in sendmail Message-ID: Hi, Is there a way in which i can send a copy to root or equivalent of each and eveyr outgoing mails? I yes do i need to edit sendmail.cf or can be done with sendmail daemon option? 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Could it be that putting in a 100mbit card disabled the other one? --- Vinay Bharel vinay at bharel.com http://www.bharel.com From Kevin_Stevens at Bigfoot.com Sun Jun 4 13:31:30 2000 From: Kevin_Stevens at Bigfoot.com (Kevin Stevens) Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 11:31:30 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] Sol8 on SS5-110 Message-ID: > On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, Christopher J Ceska wrote: > > > bottom line, the SX is faster than any SBUS buffer at any > > resolution/color depth. There is documentation from sun and third > > parties that back this up. SBUS == slow. > > The SX is not faster in 24bpp mode than a cg6 is in 8bpp mode. Xstone > results and empirical testing of my dual-headed SX/TGX bear this out. > > The theoretical maximum bandwidth to the SX is 4x greater than that to a > (32-bit) sbus based framebuffer, but SX has to move 4x as much data in > 24bpp mode. Add to this the fact that more data must be pumped in from > main RAM and it is likely to be rougher on the caches and you have an > overall slowdown. The SX is also impacted negatively by mbus latancy since > it is noncacheable, this can be seen by comparing raw bitblitting > performance of a SS20/50 and a SS20/61 (the 50 will win). > > That said, the SX is definately the fastest 24bpp framebuffer for > pre-Ultras. Comparing it against 8bpp cg6 cards isn't really fair. This makes sense, and was actually my line of thinking when my SX appeared so slow compared to a cg6 machine. However, I don't really have a fervent requirement for 24bit color, and would prefer the speed. I've found options for changing resolution, etc. on the SX, but can't find one for changing the color depth (maybe it's in the X11 or CDE configuration??). Is it possible to change the SX into 16 or 8 bit depth, and would doing so gain a significant speed improvement? KeS From sygma at galadriel.yi.org Sun Jun 4 14:12:38 2000 From: sygma at galadriel.yi.org (Wes Hofmann) Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 14:12:38 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Joliet ISO9660 Extensions Message-ID: Is there any way to read a CD-R burned using the Microsoft Joliet ISO9660 extensions? I'm using a SPARCbook 3GX running Solaris 2.6 with an NEC external CDROM. Upon reading the CD-R, the files are all displayed with that hideous 8.3 DOS format. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Wes Hofmann From chris at apk.net Sun Jun 4 20:09:01 2000 From: chris at apk.net (Christopher J Ceska) Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 21:09:01 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Sol8 on SS5-110 Message-ID: Enlightenment is just insane, expecially on a sparc.. windowmaker is probably on the lighter side compared to e. Anyone out there have sawmill/sawfish running on solaris? -chris On Thu, Jun 01, 2000 at 06:33:03PM -0500, Bill Bradford wrote: > On Thu, Jun 01, 2000 at 01:47:20PM -0400, Christopher J Ceska wrote: > > > Maybe with 8-bit, but when running a full 24-bit WindowMaker desktop/ > > > window manager, you can watch windows redraw / desktops flip, and its > > > at least half as fast as a cg6. > > cause windowmaker is bloated trash, you cannot blame the buffer for poor > > software. > > -chris > > "bloated trash"? I find it to be on the lean side compared to other stuff. > > You obviously havent used Enlightenment lately. 8-) > > Bill > > -- > +--------------------+-------------------+ > | Bill Bradford | Austin, Texas | > +--------------------+-------------------+ > | mrbill at sunhelp.org | mrbill at mrbill.net | > +--------------------+-------------------+ > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp -- Christopher J Ceska chris at apk.net Postmaster +1.216.241.7166 APK.net systems administration team From chris at apk.net Sun Jun 4 20:10:49 2000 From: chris at apk.net (Christopher J Ceska) Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 21:10:49 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Sol8 on SS5-110 Message-ID: The framebuffer faq has some decent information about this. I found it very helpful when I installed my SX. -chris On Sun, Jun 04, 2000 at 11:31:30AM -0700, Kevin Stevens wrote: > > This makes sense, and was actually my line of thinking when my SX appeared so > slow compared to a cg6 machine. However, I don't really have a fervent > requirement for 24bit color, and would prefer the speed. I've found options for > changing resolution, etc. on the SX, but can't find one for changing the color > depth (maybe it's in the X11 or CDE configuration??). Is it possible to change > the SX into 16 or 8 bit depth, and would doing so gain a significant speed > improvement? > -- Christopher J Ceska chris at apk.net Postmaster +1.216.241.7166 APK.net systems administration team From mrbill at mrbill.net Sun Jun 4 20:46:46 2000 From: mrbill at mrbill.net (Bill Bradford) Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 20:46:46 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] help with 411 case Message-ID: Anybody got an open-front 411 case for sale, or know of the best way to mount a CD-ROM drive in one where the bottom removable "mounting plate" that the 5.25" device screws to, is missing? Thanks. Bill -- +--------------------+-------------------+ | Bill Bradford | Austin, Texas | +--------------------+-------------------+ | mrbill at sunhelp.org | mrbill at mrbill.net | +--------------------+-------------------+ From Eddie.Watkins at mail.moray.gov.uk Mon Jun 5 03:33:49 2000 From: Eddie.Watkins at mail.moray.gov.uk (Eddie Watkins) Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 09:33:49 +0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] shmmax size Message-ID: How do you determine what the shmmax parameter in the /etc/system file should be. We have an E3000 with 786MB of RAM with approx 45 users on at any one time. shmmax is currently set at 16MB, i.e. set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=16777216 Should this be higher and if so, how do I calculate what size it should be set to. Thanks Eddie Watkins From Robert.Cross at scottish-newcastle.co.uk Mon Jun 5 03:24:50 2000 From: Robert.Cross at scottish-newcastle.co.uk (Robert.Cross at scottish-newcastle.co.uk) Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 09:24:50 +0100 (GDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] [Summary] hme NIC lying? Message-ID: --Boundary_(ID_vLUh5HYqL1yAeI+xe7U04g) Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT First, thanks to all the many people who took the time to reply to my plea for assistance. Hopefully I can return the favour at some later date. Second. The general consensus appears to be to forget auto-negotiation altogether and use /etc/system settings to set the network interfaces speed/duplex to a known state. I now have documents from both Cisco and Sun which further confirm that piece of advice. Needless to say, as soon as I can get time on the box I will be setting these parameters. Thanks again to all concerned. 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From bhinz at chipmunk.nsc.com Mon Jun 5 10:47:35 2000 From: bhinz at chipmunk.nsc.com (bhinz) Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 11:47:35 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Disk Failing? Message-ID: Hi, I've been getting these messages broadcast to the console occasionally over the last few weeks. Is this an indication that one of my disks is going bad? > Jun 2 13:57:05 mdsun01 scsi: WARNING: /iommu at 0,10000000/sbus at 0,10001000/espdma at 5,8400000/esp at 5,8800000 (esp0): Jun 2 13:57:05 mdsun01 Connected command timeout for Target 3.0 Jun 2 13:57:05 mdsun01 scsi: WARNING: /iommu at 0,10000000/sbus at 0,10001000/espdma at 5,8400000/esp at 5,8800000 (esp0): Jun 2 13:57:05 mdsun01 Target 3.0 reducing sync. transfer rate Jun 2 13:57:05 mdsun01 scsi: WARNING: /iommu at 0,10000000/sbus at 0,10001000/espdma at 5,8400000/esp at 5,8800000/sd at 3,0 (sd3): Jun 2 13:57:05 mdsun01 SCSI transport failed: reason 'timeout': retrying command Jun 2 13:57:05 mdsun01 Jun 2 13:57:05 mdsun01 scsi: WARNING: /iommu at 0,10000000/sbus at 0,10001000/espdma at 5,8400000/esp at 5,8800000/sd at 1,0 (sd1): Jun 2 13:57:05 mdsun01 SCSI transport failed: reason 'reset': retrying command Jun 2 13:57:05 mdsun01 Thanks, Brian From dougmc at frenzy.com Mon Jun 5 11:02:16 2000 From: dougmc at frenzy.com (Doug McLaren) Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 11:02:16 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] shmmax size Message-ID: On Mon, Jun 05, 2000 at 09:33:49AM +0100, Eddie Watkins wrote: | How do you determine what the shmmax parameter in the /etc/system file | should be. | | We have an E3000 with 786MB of RAM with approx 45 users on at any one time. | shmmax is currently set at 16MB, | i.e. | set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=16777216 | | Should this be higher and if so, how do I calculate what size it should be | set to. Most of the time 16mb of shared memory is fine. Most applications don't use shared memory, or use very little. But you may have an application that requires more. If so, you'll need to increase this. -- Doug McLaren, dougmc at frenzy.com Which is worse: Ignorance or Apathy? Who knows? Who cares? From beemern at telecom.ksu.edu Mon Jun 5 11:10:37 2000 From: beemern at telecom.ksu.edu (beemern at telecom.ksu.edu) Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 11:10:37 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] IP accounting (per port) Message-ID: Xavier Mertens wrote: > > Hi *, > > What's the best solution to do IP accounting "per port" ? > Any idea? > check out ntop... i've always liked it.. will even run on your web server http://www-serra.unipi.it/~ntop/ntop.html From polle at chello.se Mon Jun 5 14:16:50 2000 From: polle at chello.se (Patrick Tetzlaff) Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 20:16:50 +0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] Ultra 10 + scsi-card Message-ID: Hi! Im about to go scsi on my ultra 10, but I need some advice on what adapter to choose. Ive heard that Symbios 53C785 work great, but I intend to install an IBM 1000RPM Ultra160 harddrive. Due to the fact that Symbios 53C785 cards only support 40mb/s, it would be nice to have an adapter that is atleast capable of 80mb/s. Are there any cheap Symbios or other scsi-cards that support 80mb/s and are natively supported by solaris 8 ? TIA //Patrick Tetzlaff From james at foonly.com Mon Jun 5 13:45:29 2000 From: james at foonly.com (James Lockwood) Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 11:45:29 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Ultra 10 + scsi-card Message-ID: On Mon, 5 Jun 2000, Patrick Tetzlaff wrote: > Ive heard that Symbios 53C785 work great, but I intend to install an 53c875, not 785. > IBM 1000RPM Ultra160 harddrive. Due to the fact that Symbios 53C785 > cards only support 40mb/s, it would be nice to have an adapter that is > atleast capable of 80mb/s. You will not come close to saturating even a 40MB/s bus with a single 10K rpm drive. Since latancy is not dominated by the bus, you would probably see no performance benefit at all by going to a different card. Faster cards do exist but are considerably more expensive. I doubt they would be worth it in your case. The 53c875's definately have the best support. If you intend on using many drives on this system eventually a dual channel card may be a good bet. -James From oem at marathon-int.com Mon Jun 5 14:19:54 2000 From: oem at marathon-int.com (James J. Hall) Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 12:19:54 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] Ultra 10 + scsi-card Message-ID: Does the Ultra160 symbios card work with Solaris? are there drivers written for it? jim From polle at chello.se Mon Jun 5 16:06:15 2000 From: polle at chello.se (Patrick Tetzlaff) Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 22:06:15 +0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] Ultra 10 + scsi-card Message-ID: Thanks for your quick answer. Will SUN's Single channel, single-ended, UltraSCSI hostadapter (X5010A) be enough for this task? James Lockwood wrote: > > On Mon, 5 Jun 2000, Patrick Tetzlaff wrote: > > > Ive heard that Symbios 53C785 work great, but I intend to install an > > 53c875, not 785. > > > IBM 1000RPM Ultra160 harddrive. Due to the fact that Symbios 53C785 > > cards only support 40mb/s, it would be nice to have an adapter that is > > atleast capable of 80mb/s. > > You will not come close to saturating even a 40MB/s bus with a single > 10K rpm drive. Since latancy is not dominated by the bus, you would > probably see no performance benefit at all by going to a different card. > > Faster cards do exist but are considerably more expensive. I doubt they > would be worth it in your case. The 53c875's definately have the best > support. If you intend on using many drives on this system eventually a > dual channel card may be a good bet. > > -James > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From james at foonly.com Mon Jun 5 15:34:49 2000 From: james at foonly.com (James Lockwood) Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 13:34:49 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Ultra 10 + scsi-card Message-ID: On Mon, 5 Jun 2000, Patrick Tetzlaff wrote: > Thanks for your quick answer. > Will SUN's Single channel, single-ended, UltraSCSI hostadapter (X5010A) > be enough for this task? It will be enough but it is priced a bit high. Sometimes the Symbios cards pop up at good prices (you want a SYM8751SP), they work quite well. -James From james at foonly.com Mon Jun 5 15:34:49 2000 From: james at foonly.com (James Lockwood) Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 13:34:49 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Ultra 10 + scsi-card Message-ID: On Mon, 5 Jun 2000, Patrick Tetzlaff wrote: > Thanks for your quick answer. > Will SUN's Single channel, single-ended, UltraSCSI hostadapter (X5010A) > be enough for this task? It will be enough but it is priced a bit high. Sometimes the Symbios cards pop up at good prices (you want a SYM8751SP), they work quite well. -James From james at foonly.com Mon Jun 5 15:41:19 2000 From: james at foonly.com (James Lockwood) Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 13:41:19 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] [Summary] hme NIC lying? Message-ID: On Mon, 5 Jun 2000 Robert.Cross at scottish-newcastle.co.uk wrote: > Second. The general consensus appears to be to forget auto-negotiation > altogether and use /etc/system settings to set the network interfaces > speed/duplex > to a known state. I now have documents from both Cisco and Sun which further > confirm that piece of advice. Autonegotiation works well as long as both sides autonegotiate and are not broken. If your Cisco switch is set not to autonegotiate, the Sun system must be forced as well. With the exception of some badly designed bits of network h/w, autonegotiation works quite well. There were some problems early on in the hme driver but they have all been resolved to my knowledge. -James From james at foonly.com Mon Jun 5 15:41:19 2000 From: james at foonly.com (James Lockwood) Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 13:41:19 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] [Summary] hme NIC lying? Message-ID: On Mon, 5 Jun 2000 Robert.Cross at scottish-newcastle.co.uk wrote: > Second. The general consensus appears to be to forget auto-negotiation > altogether and use /etc/system settings to set the network interfaces > speed/duplex > to a known state. I now have documents from both Cisco and Sun which further > confirm that piece of advice. Autonegotiation works well as long as both sides autonegotiate and are not broken. If your Cisco switch is set not to autonegotiate, the Sun system must be forced as well. With the exception of some badly designed bits of network h/w, autonegotiation works quite well. There were some problems early on in the hme driver but they have all been resolved to my knowledge. -James From jwh2 at cornell.edu Mon Jun 5 16:30:33 2000 From: jwh2 at cornell.edu (Jim Howell) Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 17:30:33 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] [Summary] hme NIC lying? Message-ID: Hi, What version of Solaris gets it right? I've never seen a Sun get the auto-setup the duplex setting right, but they usually get the speed right. I've tried this on both Solaris 2.5.1 and Solaris 2.6. Jim >With the exception of some badly designed bits of network h/w, >autonegotiation works quite well. There were some problems early on in >the hme driver but they have all been resolved to my knowledge. > >-James > >_______________________________________________ >SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org >http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From MSN/trevorc1653 at email.msn.com Mon Jun 5 17:00:26 2000 From: MSN/trevorc1653 at email.msn.com (Trevor Chandler) Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 17:00:26 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] sendmail Message-ID: Hello all, Does any have a URL to a good "sendmail" tutorial? I'm primarily after something that will guide me in covering the sendmail.cf file. However, I will be happy to have the whole enchilada! Thanks to everyone who takes the time to read and respond to my question. Trevor C. trevorc at netzero.net Join AllAdvantage.com and get paid to surf the Web! Please use my ID (HBU238) when asked if someone referred you. Thanks! http://www.alladvantage.com/go.asp?refid= From ravikatti at hotmail.com Tue Jun 6 03:46:45 2000 From: ravikatti at hotmail.com (Ravi Katti) Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 03:46:45 IST Subject: [Sunhelp] sendmail Message-ID: CHeck www.harker.com Bye >From: "Trevor Chandler" >Reply-To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org >To: >Subject: [Sunhelp] sendmail >Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 17:00:26 -0500 > >Hello all, > >Does any have a URL to a good "sendmail" >tutorial? > >I'm primarily after something that will guide me >in covering the sendmail.cf file. However, I will >be happy to have the whole enchilada! > >Thanks to everyone who takes the time to read >and respond to my question. > >Trevor C. >trevorc at netzero.net >Join AllAdvantage.com and get paid to surf the Web! >Please use my ID (HBU238) when asked if someone referred you. Thanks! >http://www.alladvantage.com/go.asp?refid= > > > >_______________________________________________ >SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org >http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com From talberti at mediaone.net Mon Jun 5 17:38:05 2000 From: talberti at mediaone.net (Tony Alberti) Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 17:38:05 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] help with 411 case Message-ID: Bill, I have an open front 411 case missing the cover. The case is usesless to me as is, however you are welcome to the bottom or just the mounting plate. Just pay the shipping and it's yours. Tony ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Bradford To: ; ; Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2000 8:46 PM Subject: [Sunhelp] help with 411 case > Anybody got an open-front 411 case for sale, or know of the best > way to mount a CD-ROM drive in one where the bottom removable "mounting > plate" that the 5.25" device screws to, is missing? > > Thanks. > > Bill > > -- > +--------------------+-------------------+ > | Bill Bradford | Austin, Texas | > +--------------------+-------------------+ > | mrbill at sunhelp.org | mrbill at mrbill.net | > +--------------------+-------------------+ > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From talberti at mediaone.net Mon Jun 5 17:41:26 2000 From: talberti at mediaone.net (Tony Alberti) Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 17:41:26 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Ultra 10 + scsi-card Message-ID: We got an Adaptec 2940U2W to work in an Ultra10 at work. MUCH cheaper than Sun's SCSI cards and the U2W supports that 80 meg / sec Ultra 2 SCSI standard. Tony ----- Original Message ----- From: Patrick Tetzlaff To: Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 2:16 PM Subject: [Sunhelp] Ultra 10 + scsi-card > Hi! > Im about to go scsi on my ultra 10, but I need some advice on what > adapter to choose. > > Ive heard that Symbios 53C785 work great, but I intend to install an > IBM 1000RPM Ultra160 harddrive. Due to the fact that Symbios 53C785 > cards only support 40mb/s, it would be nice to have an adapter that is > atleast capable of 80mb/s. > > Are there any cheap Symbios or other scsi-cards that support 80mb/s and > are natively supported by solaris 8 ? > > TIA > > > file://Patrick Tetzlaff > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From christie_gen at yahoo.com Mon Jun 5 23:01:30 2000 From: christie_gen at yahoo.com (Mary Christie Generalao) Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 12:01:30 +0800 Subject: [Sunhelp] sendmail Message-ID: This is not directly related Trevor, but you may want to consider Postfix :) It's a lot easier to install and configure than sendmail and you can say bye to rewriting rulesets.. No cryptic configuration statements. I just upgraded all my mail servers on Solaris and linux boxes with no migration problems at all with MUAs and programs/scripts that previously use sendmail. Nice thing is it indeed delivers faster; my solaris sendmail server use to complete sending 400K mails in 35-45 hours, but same machine now using postfix sent it within 24 hours only. I'll have to check though on our next mailing batch to see if i get same performance. Cheers, Christie ----- Original Message ----- From: Trevor Chandler To: Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 6:00 AM Subject: [Sunhelp] sendmail > Hello all, > > Does any have a URL to a good "sendmail" > tutorial? > > I'm primarily after something that will guide me > in covering the sendmail.cf file. However, I will > be happy to have the whole enchilada! > > Thanks to everyone who takes the time to read > and respond to my question. > > Trevor C. > trevorc at netzero.net > Join AllAdvantage.com and get paid to surf the Web! > Please use my ID (HBU238) when asked if someone referred you. Thanks! > http://www.alladvantage.com/go.asp?refid= > > > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com From joedumb at hotmail.com Mon Jun 5 23:55:47 2000 From: joedumb at hotmail.com (Andrew Liu) Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2000 23:55:47 CDT Subject: [Sunhelp] full duplex on onboard sparcstation ethernet interfaces Message-ID: How do I enable full duplex on the onboard ethernet on my sparcstation 10? Thanks for the help! ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com From james at foonly.com Tue Jun 6 00:15:24 2000 From: james at foonly.com (James Lockwood) Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 22:15:24 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] full duplex on onboard sparcstation ethernet interfaces Message-ID: On Mon, 5 Jun 2000, Andrew Liu wrote: > How do I enable full duplex on the onboard ethernet on my sparcstation 10? > Thanks for the help! You don't. The AM7990 ethernet controller (le) is 10mbps half-duplex only. -James From daleg at elemental.org Tue Jun 6 00:31:54 2000 From: daleg at elemental.org (Dale Ghent) Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 01:31:54 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] full duplex on onboard sparcstation ethernet interfaces Message-ID: On Mon, 5 Jun 2000, Andrew Liu wrote: | How do I enable full duplex on the onboard ethernet on my sparcstation 10? | Thanks for the help! That is a le interface, driven by the AMD Lance ethernet chip, which supports only 10Mb at half-duplex. To get full duplex anything, you'll have to install a hme card. /dale From mrbill at mrbill.net Tue Jun 6 00:48:46 2000 From: mrbill at mrbill.net (Bill Bradford) Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 00:48:46 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Ultra 10 + scsi-card Message-ID: On Mon, Jun 05, 2000 at 05:41:26PM -0500, Tony Alberti wrote: > We got an Adaptec 2940U2W to work in an Ultra10 at work. > MUCH cheaper than Sun's SCSI cards and the U2W supports > that 80 meg / sec Ultra 2 SCSI standard. > Tony You have to have the -OF models of the Adaptec cards to work in a PCI-bus Sun, and the adaptec drivers are *very* buggy. 8-( Bill (happy with his symbios 8751sp) -- +--------------------+-------------------+ | Bill Bradford | Austin, Texas | +--------------------+-------------------+ | mrbill at sunhelp.org | mrbill at mrbill.net | +--------------------+-------------------+ From james at foonly.com Tue Jun 6 01:25:01 2000 From: james at foonly.com (James Lockwood) Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 23:25:01 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Ultra 10 + scsi-card Message-ID: On Mon, 5 Jun 2000, Tony Alberti wrote: > We got an Adaptec 2940U2W to work in an Ultra10 at work. > MUCH cheaper than Sun's SCSI cards and the U2W supports > that 80 meg / sec Ultra 2 SCSI standard. Adaptec produced drivers for Solaris, they are not included in the OS. The Adaptec drivers only function with the /OF series of cards (expensive). The Adaptec drivers only function when the kernel is booted in 32-bit mode. The Adaptec drivers are now "dead" and no future development is intended. Adaptec will not release programming information on their cards to Sun. Sun's single UW SCSI card (the X5010A) is $199. This isn't great but isn't terrible and Adaptec is up in that price range as well. Other 8751SP cards are available for around half that price, I bought a pile of them from Centrix for $65/ea not long ago (but that was an exceptional deal). Support is guaranteed for a long time as this is the exact card that Sun is shipping and uses the same chipset as the Ultra 450 and friends. -James From james at foonly.com Tue Jun 6 01:25:01 2000 From: james at foonly.com (James Lockwood) Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 23:25:01 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Ultra 10 + scsi-card Message-ID: On Mon, 5 Jun 2000, Tony Alberti wrote: > We got an Adaptec 2940U2W to work in an Ultra10 at work. > MUCH cheaper than Sun's SCSI cards and the U2W supports > that 80 meg / sec Ultra 2 SCSI standard. Adaptec produced drivers for Solaris, they are not included in the OS. The Adaptec drivers only function with the /OF series of cards (expensive). The Adaptec drivers only function when the kernel is booted in 32-bit mode. The Adaptec drivers are now "dead" and no future development is intended. Adaptec will not release programming information on their cards to Sun. Sun's single UW SCSI card (the X5010A) is $199. This isn't great but isn't terrible and Adaptec is up in that price range as well. Other 8751SP cards are available for around half that price, I bought a pile of them from Centrix for $65/ea not long ago (but that was an exceptional deal). Support is guaranteed for a long time as this is the exact card that Sun is shipping and uses the same chipset as the Ultra 450 and friends. -James From s.condit at unite.net Tue Jun 6 04:58:07 2000 From: s.condit at unite.net (S Condit) Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 10:58:07 +0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] Re:Help with 411 case Message-ID: Don't have one for sale but I had the same "missing plate" problem - I used two velcro strips on the underside of the drive - seems to work fine. Stephen Condit >Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 20:46:46 -0500 >From: Bill Bradford >To: rescue at sunhelp.org, packrats at sunhelp.org, sunhelp at sunhelp.org >Subject: [Sunhelp] help with 411 case >Reply-To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org >Anybody got an open-front 411 case for sale, or know of the best >way to mount a CD-ROM drive in one where the bottom removable "mounting >plate" that the 5.25" device screws to, is missing? >Thanks. >Bill ->- >+--------------------+-------------------+ >| Bill Bradford | Austin, Texas | >+--------------------+-------------------+ >| mrbill at sunhelp.org | mrbill at mrbill.net | >+--------------------+-------------------+ From jrichey at highmark.com Tue Jun 6 08:09:49 2000 From: jrichey at highmark.com (Jim Richey) Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 09:09:49 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Remote Solaris Install Problem Message-ID: I have an old Spacstation 2 with 32MB of memory and two 345MB hardrives that I'm trying to upgrade to Solaris 2.6 via a network install. The install server is a 3500. I've done the following: On the install Server: cd /cdrom/s0/Solaris_2.6/Tools ./setup_install_server /export/sol26-install add client ethernet address and name to /etc/ethers add client ip address and name to /etc/hosts cd /export/sol26-install/Solaris_2.6/Tools ./add_install_client sparc2test sun4c Which produces the following: making /tftpboot enabling tftp in /etc/inetd.conf updating /etc/bootparams copying inetboot to /tftpboot I boot the SS2 (currently runing SUN OS 4.1) and use Stop A to get to the OK prompt. Then I type boot net. System reboots indicating the boot device as the le0 ethernet card. It begins flashing 4 digit hex numbers. It gets to a000 and pauses. After several minutes it reports the following error and returns to the ok prompt: a000 receive failed Illegal Instruction >From the documentation Solaris 2.6 should run on and SS2. Did I miss something? The SS2 is a sun4c as far as I know. Is something not running on the install server that should be? Anybody know what's up with this? -- Jim Richey jrichey at highmark.com Highmark, Inc. http://www.highmark.com From a_petrescu at hotmail.com Tue Jun 6 10:38:28 2000 From: a_petrescu at hotmail.com (A P) Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 15:38:28 GMT Subject: [Sunhelp] Remote Solaris Install Problem Message-ID: 1. Do a "man" on "add_install_client" and look at the other parameters for this command (use the "-p", "-s" and "-c" switches). 2. Don't forget to share (NFS ro,anon=0) the required directories. 3. Try "boot net - install" instead of "boot net". Hope it helps, -A- ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com From brian.pavane at ggn.com Tue Jun 6 20:53:21 2000 From: brian.pavane at ggn.com (Pavane, Brian) Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 21:53:21 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Life of sun4m Message-ID: Is it known yet when Sun will drop support for Sun4m from Solaris? I know that with Solaris 8, sun4c is no longer supported. I realize for Sun to drop sun4m could be partially beneficial to them, as it would force people to go out and get sun4u architecture machines. Brian Pavane R&D Engineer Gillette Global Network, Inc. (212) 897-8468 (Direct) From james at foonly.com Tue Jun 6 21:25:11 2000 From: james at foonly.com (James Lockwood) Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 19:25:11 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Life of sun4m Message-ID: On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, Pavane, Brian wrote: > Is it known yet when Sun will drop support for Sun4m from Solaris? I know > that with Solaris 8, sun4c is no longer supported. I realize for Sun to > drop sun4m could be partially beneficial to them, as it would force people > to go out and get sun4u architecture machines. Sun has generally supported a system OS-wise for at least 5 years after the last ship date. Given that sun4m systems were shipping until mid 1998, I suspect (and hope) that support won't be dropped until at least 2003. At that time I would not be surprised to see 32-bit sun4u disappear as well, with the 64-bit kernel the only option. Don't expect many new peripherals and drivers for sun4m as sbus is largely dead for new development. This is all guesswork, I am not "in the know" and I suspect that even the developers at Sun don't know yet. -James From rene at iusti.univ-mrs.fr Wed Jun 7 03:05:55 2000 From: rene at iusti.univ-mrs.fr (Mr Rene Occelli) Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 10:05:55 +0200 (MET DST) Subject: [Sunhelp] tar file size limit Message-ID: Hi, I've a problem when I want to tar a big directory under Solaris 2.7 Leila# tar cf - Fluent.Inc > /export0/Fluent.tar File Size Limit Exceeded (core dumped) Leila# du -ks Fluent.Inc 717176 Fluent.Inc <----- 711 Megs Not a largefile Leila# du -ks /export0/Fluent.tar 614712 /export0/Fluent.tar I thought that the problem of size was only for file > 2Gb ( It's what man tar says ... ) Is there a problem with tar ? Anu idea ? Thanks +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Rene OCCELLI + + I.U.S.T.I. C.N.R.S. U.M.R. 6595 + + Technopole de Chateau Gombert + + 5 Rue Enrico FERMI + + 13453 MARSEILLE Cedex 13 France + + Tel: (33)04 91 10 69 37 04 91 10 69 38 + + Fax: (33)04 91 10 69 69 + + Email: rene at iusti.univ-mrs.fr + +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ From Eddie.Watkins at mail.moray.gov.uk Wed Jun 7 03:39:27 2000 From: Eddie.Watkins at mail.moray.gov.uk (Eddie Watkins) Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 09:39:27 +0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] disk error messages Message-ID: Hi We have started to get the following message appear in /var/adm/messages. I have identified the disk it relates to - it contains /, /usr, /var. Jun 7 09:06:44 dopey unix: WARNING: /iommu at f,e0000000/sbus at f,e0001000/espdma at f,400000/esp at f,800000/sd at 3,0 (sd3): Jun 7 09:06:44 dopey unix: Error for Command: read Error Level: Retryable Jun 7 09:06:44 dopey unix: Requested Block: 1606952 Error Block: 1606956 Jun 7 09:06:44 dopey unix: Vendor: CONNER Serial Number: BFHV Jun 7 09:06:44 dopey unix: Sense Key: Media Error Jun 7 09:06:44 dopey unix: ASC: 0x11 (unrecovered read error), ASCQ: 0x43, FRU: 0x15 Is this problem fixable with any of the Solaris utilities such as format, analyze or repair ? If not how can I move the root file-systems onto another internal disk. Thanks Eddie Watkins From talberti at mediaone.net Wed Jun 7 06:58:56 2000 From: talberti at mediaone.net (Tony Alberti) Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 06:58:56 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] disk error messages Message-ID: If you have Veritas volume manager installed, you can use the vxrootmir command to move / to another disk. Just a suggestion, Tony ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eddie Watkins" To: Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 3:39 AM Subject: [Sunhelp] disk error messages > > Hi > > We have started to get the following message appear in /var/adm/messages. I > have identified the disk it relates to - it contains /, /usr, /var. > > Jun 7 09:06:44 dopey unix: WARNING: > /iommu at f,e0000000/sbus at f,e0001000/espdma at f,400000/esp at f,800000/sd at 3,0 (sd3): > > Jun 7 09:06:44 dopey unix: Error for Command: read Error Level: > Retryable > Jun 7 09:06:44 dopey unix: Requested Block: 1606952 Error Block: > 1606956 > Jun 7 09:06:44 dopey unix: Vendor: CONNER Serial > Number: BFHV > Jun 7 09:06:44 dopey unix: Sense Key: Media Error > > Jun 7 09:06:44 dopey unix: ASC: 0x11 (unrecovered read error), ASCQ: > 0x43, FRU: 0x15 > > > Is this problem fixable with any of the Solaris utilities such as format, > analyze or repair ? If not how can I move the root file-systems onto > another internal disk. > > Thanks > > Eddie Watkins > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From robert.fuerst at sylvania.com Wed Jun 7 07:38:54 2000 From: robert.fuerst at sylvania.com (Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)) Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 08:38:54 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] disk error messages Message-ID: This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFD07D.576AF520 Content-Type: text/plain try #format - repair - block sector 1606952 and 1606956 and see what you get..... > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Alberti [SMTP:talberti at mediaone.net] > Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 7:59 AM > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] disk error messages > > If you have Veritas volume manager installed, you can use the vxrootmir > command to move / to another disk. > Just a suggestion, > Tony > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eddie Watkins" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 3:39 AM > Subject: [Sunhelp] disk error messages > > > > > > Hi > > > > We have started to get the following message appear in > /var/adm/messages. > I > > have identified the disk it relates to - it contains /, /usr, /var. > > > > Jun 7 09:06:44 dopey unix: WARNING: > > /iommu at f,e0000000/sbus at f,e0001000/espdma at f,400000/esp at f,800000/sd at 3,0 > (sd3): > > > > Jun 7 09:06:44 dopey unix: Error for Command: read Error Level: > > Retryable > > Jun 7 09:06:44 dopey unix: Requested Block: 1606952 Error > Block: > > 1606956 > > Jun 7 09:06:44 dopey unix: Vendor: CONNER Serial > > Number: BFHV > > Jun 7 09:06:44 dopey unix: Sense Key: Media Error > > > > Jun 7 09:06:44 dopey unix: ASC: 0x11 (unrecovered read error), > ASCQ: > > 0x43, FRU: 0x15 > > > > > > Is this problem fixable with any of the Solaris utilities such as > format, > > analyze or repair ? If not how can I move the root file-systems onto > > another internal disk. > > > > Thanks > > > > Eddie Watkins > > _______________________________________________ > > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFD07D.576AF520 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: [Sunhelp] disk error messages
try #format - repair = - block sector 1606952 and 1606956 = and see what you get.....

-----Original Message-----
From:   Tony Alberti = [SMTP:talberti at mediaone.net]
Sent:   Wednesday, June 07, 2000 7:59 AM
To:     sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Subject:       = Re: [Sunhelp] disk error = messages

If you have Veritas volume manager = installed, you can use the vxrootmir
command to move / to another = disk.
Just a suggestion,
    Tony

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eddie Watkins" = <Eddie.Watkins at mail.moray.gov.uk>
To: = <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 3:39 = AM
Subject: [Sunhelp] disk error = messages

>
> Hi
>
> We have started to get the = following message appear in /var/adm/messages.
I
> have identified the disk it = relates to - it contains /, /usr, /var.
>
> Jun 7 09:06:44 dopey unix: = WARNING:
> = /iommu at f,e0000000/sbus at f,e0001000/espdma at f,400000/esp at f,800000/sd at 3,0
(sd3):
>
> Jun 7 09:06:44 dopey = unix:     Error for Command: read Error = Level:
> Retryable
> Jun 7 09:06:44 dopey = unix:     Requested Block: = 1606952        Error
Block:
> 1606956
> Jun 7 09:06:44 dopey = unix:     Vendor: = CONNER           =        Serial
> Number:     = BFHV
> Jun 7 09:06:44 dopey = unix:     Sense Key: Media Error
>
> Jun 7 09:06:44 dopey = unix:     ASC: 0x11 (unrecovered read error), = ASCQ:
> 0x43, FRU: 0x15
>
>
> Is this problem fixable with any = of the Solaris utilities such as format,
> analyze or repair ? If not = how can I move the root file-systems onto
> another internal disk.
>
> Thanks
>
> Eddie Watkins
> = _______________________________________________
> SunHELP maillist - = SunHELP at sunhelp.org
> http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp

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------_=_NextPart_001_01BFD07D.576AF520-- From jrichey at highmark.com Wed Jun 7 09:16:40 2000 From: jrichey at highmark.com (Jim Richey) Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 10:16:40 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Remote Solaris Install Problem Message-ID: I checked the NFS share and it looks ok. I tried the boot net - install and got the same results. I decided to snoop the network traffic and there appears to be some problem with the tftp transfer: netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 1 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 1 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 2 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 2 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 3 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 3 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 4 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 4 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 5 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 5 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 6 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 6 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 7 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 7 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 8 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 8 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 9 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 9 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 10 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 10 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 11 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 11 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 12 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 12 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 13 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 13 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 14 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 14 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 15 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 15 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 16 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 16 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 17 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 17 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 18 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 18 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 19 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 19 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 20 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 20 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 21 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 21 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 22 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 22 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 23 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 23 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 24 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 24 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 25 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 25 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 26 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 26 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 27 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 27 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 28 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 28 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 29 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 29 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 30 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 30 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 31 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 31 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 32 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 32 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 33 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 33 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 34 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 34 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 35 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 35 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 36 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 36 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 37 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 37 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 38 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 38 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 39 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 39 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 40 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 40 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 41 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 41 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 42 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 42 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 43 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 43 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 44 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 44 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 45 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 45 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 46 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 46 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 47 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 47 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 48 (512 bytes) netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 1 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Ack block 48 netradev -> iissuntest TFTP Data block 49 (512 bytes) iissuntest -> netradev TFTP Error: unknown transfer ID iissuntest -> netradev UDP D=54250 S=13349 LEN=12 netradev -> iissuntest ICMP Destination unreachable (Bad port) iissuntest -> netradev UDP D=54250 S=13349 LEN=12 netradev -> iissuntest ICMP Destination unreachable (Bad port) netradev -> iissuntest UDP D=13349 S=54247 LEN=524 iissuntest -> netradev UDP D=54250 S=13349 LEN=35 netradev -> iissuntest ICMP Destination unreachable (Bad port) iissuntest -> netradev UDP D=54250 S=13349 LEN=12 netradev -> iissuntest ICMP Destination unreachable (Bad port) Anyone know what the problem is? A P wrote: > > 1. Do a "man" on "add_install_client" and look at the other parameters for > this command (use the "-p", "-s" and "-c" switches). > 2. Don't forget to share (NFS ro,anon=0) the required directories. > 3. Try "boot net - install" instead of "boot net". > > Hope it helps, > -A- > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp -- Jim Richey jrichey at highmark.com Highmark, Inc. http://www.highmark.com From solarboyz1 at hotmail.com Wed Jun 7 09:53:17 2000 From: solarboyz1 at hotmail.com (Jarrett Carver) Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 07:53:17 PDT Subject: [Sunhelp] disk board diabled in prtdiag -v Message-ID: I have two Ultra E4000s that I am trying to setup for HA. We had the systems up and running Solaris 2.5.1 and vts for several weeks before we began. Systems tested fine, we racked them and loaded Solaris 7. Now the disk board's led's indicate low power, which is fine according to Sun docs, this is normal for SunOS > 2.6. However, when I do a prtdiag the board is listed as disabled under the DETACHED BOARDS section and "unknown" under ASIC revision. Sun rep said there was a patch I loaded 106541-11 which was the only one I could find. No luck, output is still the same. Have run all tests available and the board works fine. Heck it boots of the diskbrd and mounts all the drives. Looking for anyone who might have already seen this problem and received an answer from Sun, otherwise I guess I'll call and spend an hour or two on hold ;-). TIA.... Jarrett Carver http://www.geocities.com/solarboyz1 solarboyz1 at hotmail.com Unix/NT Systems Administrator ___________________________________________________________ "In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is. " - Jan L.A. van de Snepscheut ____________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com From mrbill at mrbill.net Wed Jun 7 10:30:02 2000 From: mrbill at mrbill.net (Bill Bradford) Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 10:30:02 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] FS/FT/Free: PCI 8-bit PGX framebuffer (13w3) Message-ID: I've got a 2mb RAM (8bit color, maximum) PCI-bus PGX framebuffer FS/FT (or free if you need it bad enough). This is for machines like the E220/E440/UE450, etc, that dont come with a built-in framebuffer, and is identical (same chipset) as the PGX onboard video on the Ultra5 and Ultra 10. However, this card has a standard Sun 13W3 instead of a HD15-type VGA out. I just need to get this out of the way, it was in my "junk" pile because I never used it (but it sstill in the antistatic bag). Bill -- +--------------------+-------------------+ | Bill Bradford | Austin, Texas | +--------------------+-------------------+ | mrbill at sunhelp.org | mrbill at mrbill.net | +--------------------+-------------------+ From daleg at elemental.org Wed Jun 7 10:39:35 2000 From: daleg at elemental.org (Dale Ghent) Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 11:39:35 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] disk board diabled in prtdiag -v Message-ID: On Wed, 7 Jun 2000, Jarrett Carver wrote: | I have two Ultra E4000s that I am trying to setup for HA. We had the systems | up and running Solaris 2.5.1 and vts for several weeks before we began. | Systems tested fine, we racked them and loaded Solaris 7. | | Now the disk board's led's indicate low power, which is fine according to | Sun docs, this is normal for SunOS > 2.6. However, when I do a prtdiag the | board is listed as disabled under the DETACHED BOARDS section and "unknown" | under ASIC revision. Believe it or not, this is okay and "normal" for a Exx00 disk board. See, the only thing that the disk board gets from the midplane is electrical power. Thus the rest of the machine knows something is in that slot, but cant determine any info on the board, so it's reflected in the prtdiag output just like you see. /dale From Robert.Cross at scottish-newcastle.co.uk Wed Jun 7 10:38:19 2000 From: Robert.Cross at scottish-newcastle.co.uk (Robert.Cross at scottish-newcastle.co.uk) Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 16:38:19 +0100 (GDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] disk board diabled in prtdiag -v Message-ID: --Boundary_(ID_yAsgUTd2TPOU8YnC1e0Z3w) Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT >Now the disk board's led's indicate low power, which is fine according to >Sun docs, this is normal for SunOS > 2.6. However, when I do a prtdiag the >board is listed as disabled under the DETACHED BOARDS section and "unknown" >under ASIC revision. I too have an E4000, (Solaris 2.6 this time), and like yours the disk board shows as detached and unknown ASIC revision. Our board however didn't report low power, according to it's diagnostics it had 'hung in OS', which is rubbish considering that this was the board containing the disk that the system was running from! According to Sun this was because the E4000 disk boards are designed for up to 2GB drives, and we'd got 4.5GB units in, so when it tests the disks it gets a geometry that it doesn't recognise as valid, hence the error indication. This could be complete fantasy, but it sounded plausible to me. And this systems been running pretty much 100% reliably for well over a year now, so I'm definitely not complaining. Robert [There's a postscript to this story. I asked Sun "if the board is incorrectly showing an error, how will we know when there's a real error?". Sun's answer "oh that's easy, your system will stop working" .... duhh!] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This message is confidential. It may also be privileged or protected by other legal rules. 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Regards Trettel ============================================================================ E. Trettel Network Manager Depto. de Telematica - FEEC - UNICAMP Bloco B - LB 16 Fone: (019) 788-3849 Campinas - SP - Brasil ============================================================================ From jkalusniak at goliathfalls.com Wed Jun 7 12:53:24 2000 From: jkalusniak at goliathfalls.com (Kalusniak, Jeff) Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 12:53:24 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Scripts - checking user Message-ID: Can anyone tell me the easiest way to verify the user running a script? In other words, I have a script that I want to always be run by user1. However, if user2 has su'd to user1 (su user1 instead of su - user1), the LOGNAME, etc are still held by user2. I need the script to only be run as user1. Thanks Jeff Kalusniak Goliath Falls Inc. From a_petrescu at hotmail.com Wed Jun 7 13:49:33 2000 From: a_petrescu at hotmail.com (A P) Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 18:49:33 GMT Subject: [Sunhelp] Remote Solaris Install Problem Message-ID: How does your bootparams file looks like? -a- ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com From a_petrescu at hotmail.com Wed Jun 7 14:10:04 2000 From: a_petrescu at hotmail.com (A P) Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 19:10:04 GMT Subject: [Sunhelp] Automatic logout under CDE Message-ID: Try for "idled" (http://www.darkwing.com/idled/) or "autologout" (http://www.yggdrasil.com/bible/LSM/lsm39.html). NOTE: Sometimes a disconnected user's session may end beeing owned by root or become a "zombie" and cause a lot of problems. -a- ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com From a_petrescu at hotmail.com Wed Jun 7 14:19:07 2000 From: a_petrescu at hotmail.com (A P) Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 19:19:07 GMT Subject: [Sunhelp] Scripts - checking user Message-ID: If your user1 have a ".rhosts" in $HOME, and user2 can "su" to user1, then using "rlogin" user2 can login ("loop") as your user1 on the system. If "r" commands are disabled, then "who" and "logname" will return real id of the user. -a- ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com From wtrush at uswest.com Wed Jun 7 14:37:00 2000 From: wtrush at uswest.com (Walter Trush) Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 13:37:00 -0600 Subject: [Sunhelp] Scripts - checking user Message-ID: Jeff, chown user1 filename. The only difference with su user1 & su - user1 is the - means execute the user's .profile, environment, etc. Try putting in your script; cd ~user1 ; ./.profile This will force user1 environment to be taken into the *sh. Don't use $LOGNAME, use the id command and cut out the uid. LOGNAME is only a variable which can be changed. To be even more secure, try; chmod 450 script Make executable by group member chown root script Only writable by root chgrp (user1 group) script Only that group can run script Then within script do the id command and cut out the uid. Then do an if [ $UID = $GOOD_UID ] then continue... in your script Wally "Kalusniak, Jeff" wrote: > > Can anyone tell me the easiest way to verify the user running a script? > In other words, I have a script that I want to always be run by user1. > However, > if user2 has su'd to user1 (su user1 instead of su - user1), the LOGNAME, > > etc are still held by user2. > > I need the script to only be run as user1. > > Thanks > > Jeff Kalusniak > Goliath Falls Inc. > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From Richard.Skelton at brake.demon.co.uk Wed Jun 7 16:27:01 2000 From: Richard.Skelton at brake.demon.co.uk (Richard Skelton) Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 22:27:01 +0100 (BST) Subject: [Sunhelp] Which type of 32 MB SIMM for a SparcStation LX? Message-ID: Hi, I have a SparcStation LX and have read that you can use a 32MB SIMM in the first slot. What type of SIMM do I need? Is a PC SIMM quoted by Micro Direct ( http://www.microdirect.co.uk/pricelist/pmemory.htm ) as :- 32MB 72PIN SIMM with Parity (4x36) OK? If not what price and where can I get one in the UK? -- Cheers Richard. = Richard Skelton | e-mail : Richard.Skelton at brake.demon.co.uk WWW : http://www.brake.demon.co.uk/ Fax : +44 870 052 1029 From daleg at elemental.org Wed Jun 7 17:27:44 2000 From: daleg at elemental.org (Dale Ghent) Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 18:27:44 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Which type of 32 MB SIMM for a SparcStation LX? Message-ID: On Wed, 7 Jun 2000, Richard Skelton wrote: | Hi, | I have a SparcStation LX and have read that you can use a 32MB SIMM in the first | slot. | What type of SIMM do I need? | Is a PC SIMM quoted by Micro Direct ( | http://www.microdirect.co.uk/pricelist/pmemory.htm ) as :- | 32MB 72PIN SIMM with Parity (4x36) | OK? That sounds like it'll work. /dale From beaudoin at firstinvestors.com Wed Jun 7 18:09:22 2000 From: beaudoin at firstinvestors.com (David Beaudoin) Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 19:09:22 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Problem with sparc 10 video Message-ID: I have a sparc 10 running 2.5.1 which has stopped sending output to the monitor. The power to the monitor is on (green LED), but the screen remains blank (even after a reboot). I have verified the monitor is good and I have also tried using a different slot for the video card (SunGX), as well as a different known good video card (TurboxGX). Same result. The machine boots fine (I can telnet in from the network) and there are no errors in /var/adm/messages or syslog. Any ideas? Thanks, Dave From mrbill at mrbill.net Wed Jun 7 19:06:46 2000 From: mrbill at mrbill.net (Bill Bradford) Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 19:06:46 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Problem with sparc 10 video Message-ID: On Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 07:09:22PM -0400, David Beaudoin wrote: > I have a sparc 10 running 2.5.1 which has stopped sending output to the monitor. > The power to the monitor is on (green LED), but the screen remains blank (even > after a reboot). I have verified the monitor is good and I have also tried using > a different slot for the video card (SunGX), as well as a different known good > video card (TurboxGX). Same result. The machine boots fine (I can telnet in from > the network) and there are no errors in /var/adm/messages or syslog. Any ideas? > Thanks, > Dave Make sure the keyboard is plugged in snugly when you boot. You should get some screen display REGARDLESS ("Sending output to ttya" or similar), but check that anyway. Bill -- +--------------------+-------------------+ | Bill Bradford | Austin, Texas | +--------------------+-------------------+ | mrbill at sunhelp.org | mrbill at mrbill.net | +--------------------+-------------------+ From dougmc at frenzy.com Wed Jun 7 20:25:23 2000 From: dougmc at frenzy.com (Doug McLaren) Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 20:25:23 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] tar file size limit Message-ID: On Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 10:05:55AM +0200, Mr Rene Occelli wrote: | I've a problem when I want to tar a big directory under Solaris 2.7 | Leila# tar cf - Fluent.Inc > /export0/Fluent.tar | File Size Limit Exceeded (core dumped) | | Leila# du -ks Fluent.Inc | 717176 Fluent.Inc <----- 711 Megs Not a largefile | | Leila# du -ks /export0/Fluent.tar | 614712 /export0/Fluent.tar | | I thought that the problem of size was only for file > 2Gb | ( It's what man tar says ... ) | | Is there a problem with tar ? Anu idea ? Try running the command `ulimit -a' or `limit' (depending on your shell) and see what the filesize limit is set to. If it's 600 mbytes, you know what the problem is. 614712 / 1024 is almost exactly 600 mbytes. I doubt that's a coincidence. -- Doug McLaren, dougmc at frenzy.com Which is worse: Ignorance or Apathy? Who knows? Who cares? From rene at iusti.univ-mrs.fr Thu Jun 8 02:00:56 2000 From: rene at iusti.univ-mrs.fr (Mr Rene Occelli) Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 09:00:56 +0200 (MET DST) Subject: [Sunhelp] tar file size limit Message-ID: Hi about tar file size limits Thanks to Doug McLaren which found the good solution about file size limit. Unfortunately I'v changed this value for all users to be 2000M. But I was logged as root on this machine with a restricted schell which takes the old limits . So Leila# ulimit -a file(blocks) 1228800 .... which corresponds to ~ 600 Megs. Thanks +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Rene OCCELLI + + I.U.S.T.I. C.N.R.S. U.M.R. 6595 + + Technopole de Chateau Gombert + + 5 Rue Enrico FERMI + + 13453 MARSEILLE Cedex 13 France + + Tel: (33)04 91 10 69 37 04 91 10 69 38 + + Fax: (33)04 91 10 69 69 + + Email: rene at iusti.univ-mrs.fr + +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ From ronelle.vanniekerk at csfb.com Thu Jun 8 03:57:37 2000 From: ronelle.vanniekerk at csfb.com (Van Niekerk, Ronelle) Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 09:57:37 +0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] Jumpstart problem Message-ID: Hi there, I am trying to Jumpstart a client from a Solaris 2.6 install server - ultra 5. I have done at least 10 other installations from this server in the last few months and never had a problem. Now, after I give the boot net - install command it runs through fine untill it reaches Configuring devices... where it just hangs. I have checked that tftpd is running on the install server and it does run but then dies, this is when the client hangs. Do any of you know what the problem could be and how to solve it? thanks > Ronelle van Niekerk > UNIX Consultant > CSFB IBD|IT > > Tel: +44 (0)207 888 2671 > e-mail: ronelle.vanniekerk at csfb.com > Fax: +44 (0)207 943 2119 > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- HAL 9000: " Dave. Put down those Windows disks, Dave. DAVE!" . --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. CREDIT SUISSE GROUP and each of its subsidiaries each reserve the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorised to state them to be the views of any such entity. From ronelle.vanniekerk at csfb.com Thu Jun 8 04:05:41 2000 From: ronelle.vanniekerk at csfb.com (Van Niekerk, Ronelle) Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 10:05:41 +0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] FW: Jumpstart problem Message-ID: Hi there, I am trying to Jumpstart a client from a Solaris 2.6 install server - ultra 5. I have done at least 10 other installations from this server in the last few months and never had a problem. Now, after I give the boot net - install command it runs through fine untill it reaches Configuring devices... where it just hangs. I have checked that tftpd is running on the install server and it does run but then dies, this is when the client hangs. Do any of you know what the problem could be and how to solve it? thanks Ronelle van Niekerk UNIX Consultant CSFB IBD|IT This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. CREDIT SUISSE GROUP and each of its subsidiaries each reserve the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorised to state them to be the views of any such entity. From christie_gen at yahoo.com Thu Jun 8 05:23:41 2000 From: christie_gen at yahoo.com (Mary Christie Generalao) Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 18:23:41 +0800 Subject: [Sunhelp] multiple hosts Message-ID: Hi, I have this concern over a server im configuring for webhosting several domains. I hope you can give hints. It's a solaris 2.5.1 server with a single interface card, but configured with 16 sub-interfaces (le0:1...le0:16) correspondingly assigned its own ip such as 192.168.0.1-16. The main interface (le0) has IP 192.168.1.1 and resolves to say, main.ourcompany.com. I resolved each IP address of the virtual interfaces to its own hostname/domain name such that 192.168.0.1=>server.a.com, 192.168.0.2=> server.b.com, and so on.. I wanted to achieve the effect of when a user logs in to the le0:N ip address, the machine hostname that he'll be aware of is the one to which the ip address of that interface resolves to. That is, if he logs to 192.168.0.2, all references to the hostname that he'll be aware of is server.b.com (including environment variables relating to hostname). Presently, the hostname that i can see is that of the main ip address (le0) regardless of which virtual interface i log on to. Any ideas? A lot of thanks in advance. Mary Christie __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com From bhinz at chipmunk.nsc.com Thu Jun 8 08:49:15 2000 From: bhinz at chipmunk.nsc.com (bhinz) Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 09:49:15 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Compiling GD.pm on Sparc Solaris 8 Message-ID: Has anyone succesfully compiled GD.pm on Solaris 8 SPARC? If so, can you please tell me what modifications to the makefile are necessary ? TIA Brian From beaudoin at firstinvestors.com Thu Jun 8 09:12:00 2000 From: beaudoin at firstinvestors.com (David Beaudoin) Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 10:12:00 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Problem with sparc 10 video Message-ID: Thanks, Bill...it did turn out to be a bad keyboard. > On Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 07:09:22PM -0400, David Beaudoin wrote: > > I have a sparc 10 running 2.5.1 which has stopped sending output to the monitor. > > The power to the monitor is on (green LED), but the screen remains blank (even > > after a reboot). I have verified the monitor is good and I have also tried using > > a different slot for the video card (SunGX), as well as a different known good > > video card (TurboxGX). Same result. The machine boots fine (I can telnet in from > > the network) and there are no errors in /var/adm/messages or syslog. Any ideas? > > Thanks, > > Dave > > Make sure the keyboard is plugged in snugly when you boot. You should > get some screen display REGARDLESS ("Sending output to ttya" or similar), > but check that anyway. > > Bill > > -- > +--------------------+-------------------+ > | Bill Bradford | Austin, Texas | > +--------------------+-------------------+ > | mrbill at sunhelp.org | mrbill at mrbill.net | > +--------------------+-------------------+ > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From marianne.sick at is.fh-hamburg.de Thu Jun 8 09:54:34 2000 From: marianne.sick at is.fh-hamburg.de (Marianne Sick) Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 16:54:34 +0200 Subject: [Sunhelp] HP SureStore418 with Sparc Solaris Message-ID: Hi, is there anyone who knows how to configure st.conf file on a (Sun ultra) Solaris 2.7 to work with an HP SureStore 418 (DLT4000) ? Thank you for help Marianne From mrbill at mrbill.net Thu Jun 8 10:08:28 2000 From: mrbill at mrbill.net (Bill Bradford) Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 10:08:28 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] HP SureStore418 with Sparc Solaris Message-ID: On Thu, Jun 08, 2000 at 04:54:34PM +0200, Marianne Sick wrote: > Hi, > is there anyone who knows how to configure st.conf file on a (Sun ultra) > Solaris 2.7 to work with an HP SureStore 418 (DLT4000) ? > Thank you for help > Marianne When you do a probe-scsi-all from the openboot prompt, what ID string does the drive return? Here's the sample drive ID strings for Quantum and Sun (actually Quantum) DLT drives in the /kernel/drv/st.conf file: # "QUANTUM DLT7000", "Quantum DLT7000", "DLT7k-data", # "SUN DLT7000", "Sun DLT7000", "DLT7k-data", # "Quantum DLT4000", "Quantum DLT4000", "DLT-data", # "SUN DLT4000", "DLT4000", "DLT-data", # "SUN DLT4700", "DLT4700 Library", "DLT-data", If the HP just returns a different ID, you'd add a line to the file that looked like this: # "HP DLT4000", "HP DLT4000", "DLT-data", Of course, you'd uncomment the above line, and the related "DLT-data" line a few lines below, then "reboot -- -rv" or "touch /reconfigure" and then reboot. Bill -- +--------------------+-------------------+ | Bill Bradford | Austin, Texas | +--------------------+-------------------+ | mrbill at sunhelp.org | mrbill at mrbill.net | +--------------------+-------------------+ From solarboyz1 at hotmail.com Thu Jun 8 10:23:55 2000 From: solarboyz1 at hotmail.com (Jarrett Carver) Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 08:23:55 PDT Subject: [Sunhelp] HP SureStore418 with Sparc Solaris Message-ID: Just a quick note- If the drive has already been through a 'boot -r' then after modifying the st.conf file do the following: modinfo | grep st, find the st module, field one is the ID moduload -i $ID modload st This will unload and reload the st (SCSI Tape) drivers with the new st.conf. Just a way to prevent having to wait for the system to reboot ;-) ----Original Message Follows---- From: Bill Bradford Reply-To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] HP SureStore418 with Sparc Solaris Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 10:08:28 -0500 On Thu, Jun 08, 2000 at 04:54:34PM +0200, Marianne Sick wrote: > Hi, > is there anyone who knows how to configure st.conf file on a (Sun ultra) > Solaris 2.7 to work with an HP SureStore 418 (DLT4000) ? > Thank you for help > Marianne When you do a probe-scsi-all from the openboot prompt, what ID string does the drive return? Here's the sample drive ID strings for Quantum and Sun (actually Quantum) DLT drives in the /kernel/drv/st.conf file: # "QUANTUM DLT7000", "Quantum DLT7000", "DLT7k-data", # "SUN DLT7000", "Sun DLT7000", "DLT7k-data", # "Quantum DLT4000", "Quantum DLT4000", "DLT-data", # "SUN DLT4000", "DLT4000", "DLT-data", # "SUN DLT4700", "DLT4700 Library", "DLT-data", If the HP just returns a different ID, you'd add a line to the file that looked like this: # "HP DLT4000", "HP DLT4000", "DLT-data", Of course, you'd uncomment the above line, and the related "DLT-data" line a few lines below, then "reboot -- -rv" or "touch /reconfigure" and then reboot. Bill -- +--------------------+-------------------+ | Bill Bradford | Austin, Texas | +--------------------+-------------------+ | mrbill at sunhelp.org | mrbill at mrbill.net | +--------------------+-------------------+ _______________________________________________ SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp Jarrett Carver http://www.geocities.com/solarboyz1 solarboyz1 at hotmail.com Unix/NT Systems Administrator ___________________________________________________________ "In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is. " - Jan L.A. van de Snepscheut ____________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com From Mark.Zander at mezzia.com Thu Jun 8 11:15:03 2000 From: Mark.Zander at mezzia.com (Zander, Mark) Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 11:15:03 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] /var/tmp Message-ID: I have a user that can't edit any files- he gets the message that he doesn't have permission to write to /var/tmp. I have looked at the permissions set on that directory and don't see anything out of line, everyone else can edit. Any ideas? TIA!! ----- Mark Zander ===> Mark.Zander at mezzia.com Unix System Admin mezzia e-business Indianapolis, IN USA Third Stone From The Sun http://www.mezzia.com From robert.fuerst at sylvania.com Wed Jun 7 07:38:54 2000 From: robert.fuerst at sylvania.com (Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)) Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 08:38:54 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] disk error messages Message-ID: This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFD07D.576AF520 Content-Type: text/plain try #format - repair - block sector 1606952 and 1606956 and see what you get..... > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Alberti [SMTP:talberti at mediaone.net] > Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 7:59 AM > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] disk error messages > > If you have Veritas volume manager installed, you can use the vxrootmir > command to move / to another disk. > Just a suggestion, > Tony > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eddie Watkins" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 3:39 AM > Subject: [Sunhelp] disk error messages > > > > > > Hi > > > > We have started to get the following message appear in > /var/adm/messages. > I > > have identified the disk it relates to - it contains /, /usr, /var. > > > > Jun 7 09:06:44 dopey unix: WARNING: > > /iommu at f,e0000000/sbus at f,e0001000/espdma at f,400000/esp at f,800000/sd at 3,0 > (sd3): > > > > Jun 7 09:06:44 dopey unix: Error for Command: read Error Level: > > Retryable > > Jun 7 09:06:44 dopey unix: Requested Block: 1606952 Error > Block: > > 1606956 > > Jun 7 09:06:44 dopey unix: Vendor: CONNER Serial > > Number: BFHV > > Jun 7 09:06:44 dopey unix: Sense Key: Media Error > > > > Jun 7 09:06:44 dopey unix: ASC: 0x11 (unrecovered read error), > ASCQ: > > 0x43, FRU: 0x15 > > > > > > Is this problem fixable with any of the Solaris utilities such as > format, > > analyze or repair ? If not how can I move the root file-systems onto > > another internal disk. > > > > Thanks > > > > Eddie Watkins > > _______________________________________________ > > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFD07D.576AF520 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: [Sunhelp] disk error messages
try #format - repair = - block sector 1606952 and 1606956 = and see what you get.....

-----Original Message-----
From:   Tony Alberti = [SMTP:talberti at mediaone.net]
Sent:   Wednesday, June 07, 2000 7:59 AM
To:     sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Subject:       = Re: [Sunhelp] disk error = messages

If you have Veritas volume manager = installed, you can use the vxrootmir
command to move / to another = disk.
Just a suggestion,
    Tony

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eddie Watkins" = <Eddie.Watkins at mail.moray.gov.uk>
To: = <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 3:39 = AM
Subject: [Sunhelp] disk error = messages

>
> Hi
>
> We have started to get the = following message appear in /var/adm/messages.
I
> have identified the disk it = relates to - it contains /, /usr, /var.
>
> Jun 7 09:06:44 dopey unix: = WARNING:
> = /iommu at f,e0000000/sbus at f,e0001000/espdma at f,400000/esp at f,800000/sd at 3,0
(sd3):
>
> Jun 7 09:06:44 dopey = unix:     Error for Command: read Error = Level:
> Retryable
> Jun 7 09:06:44 dopey = unix:     Requested Block: = 1606952        Error
Block:
> 1606956
> Jun 7 09:06:44 dopey = unix:     Vendor: = CONNER           =        Serial
> Number:     = BFHV
> Jun 7 09:06:44 dopey = unix:     Sense Key: Media Error
>
> Jun 7 09:06:44 dopey = unix:     ASC: 0x11 (unrecovered read error), = ASCQ:
> 0x43, FRU: 0x15
>
>
> Is this problem fixable with any = of the Solaris utilities such as format,
> analyze or repair ? If not = how can I move the root file-systems onto
> another internal disk.
>
> Thanks
>
> Eddie Watkins
> = _______________________________________________
> SunHELP maillist - = SunHELP at sunhelp.org
> http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp

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------_=_NextPart_001_01BFD07D.576AF520-- From gwyn.price at solect.com Thu Jun 8 11:38:38 2000 From: gwyn.price at solect.com (Gwyn Price) Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 12:38:38 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] /var/tmp Message-ID: so what are the premissions ? >-----Original Message----- >From: Zander, Mark [mailto:Mark.Zander at mezzia.com] >Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 12:15 PM >To: SunHELP Mailing List (E-mail) >Subject: [Sunhelp] /var/tmp > > >I have a user that can't edit any files- he gets the message >that he doesn't >have permission to write to /var/tmp. I have looked at the >permissions set >on that directory and don't see anything out of line, everyone else can >edit. > >Any ideas? > >TIA!! > >----- >Mark Zander ===> Mark.Zander at mezzia.com >Unix System Admin >mezzia e-business >Indianapolis, IN USA >Third Stone From The Sun >http://www.mezzia.com > >_______________________________________________ >SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org >http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > From polle at chello.se Thu Jun 8 13:40:54 2000 From: polle at chello.se (Patrick Tetzlaff) Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 19:40:54 +0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] SUN X5010A + IBM UltraStar 9LZX Message-ID: Hi! According to a salesman the combination of a SUN X5010A SCSI-card and an IBM Ultrastar 9 LZX (http://www.storage.ibm.com/hardsoft/diskdrdl/ultra/9lzx18zxdata.htm) won't work. Is this true? Or can I buy the disk and use it as the only/primary harddrive with Solaris 8 on a U10? If it is possible, do you have any tips or things that must be done before using it as a system disk? TIA //Patrick Tetzlaff From Mark.Zander at mezzia.com Thu Jun 8 12:53:09 2000 From: Mark.Zander at mezzia.com (Zander, Mark) Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 12:53:09 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] /var/tmp Message-ID: rwxrwxrwx ----- Mark Zander ===> Mark.Zander at mezzia.com Unix System Admin mezzia e-business Indianapolis, IN USA Third Stone From The Sun http://www.mezzia.com -----Original Message----- From: Gwyn Price [mailto:gwyn.price at solect.com] Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 11:39 AM To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org Subject: RE: [Sunhelp] /var/tmp so what are the premissions ? >-----Original Message----- >From: Zander, Mark [mailto:Mark.Zander at mezzia.com] >Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 12:15 PM >To: SunHELP Mailing List (E-mail) >Subject: [Sunhelp] /var/tmp > > >I have a user that can't edit any files- he gets the message >that he doesn't >have permission to write to /var/tmp. I have looked at the >permissions set >on that directory and don't see anything out of line, everyone else can >edit. > >Any ideas? > >TIA!! > >----- >Mark Zander ===> Mark.Zander at mezzia.com >Unix System Admin >mezzia e-business >Indianapolis, IN USA >Third Stone From The Sun >http://www.mezzia.com > >_______________________________________________ >SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org >http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > _______________________________________________ SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From gwyn.price at solect.com Thu Jun 8 13:45:34 2000 From: gwyn.price at solect.com (Gwyn Price) Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 14:45:34 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] /var/tmp Message-ID: you should have the sticky bit set >-----Original Message----- >From: Zander, Mark [mailto:Mark.Zander at mezzia.com] >Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 1:53 PM >To: 'sunhelp at sunhelp.org' >Subject: RE: [Sunhelp] /var/tmp > > >rwxrwxrwx > >----- >Mark Zander ===> Mark.Zander at mezzia.com >Unix System Admin >mezzia e-business >Indianapolis, IN USA >Third Stone From The Sun >http://www.mezzia.com > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Gwyn Price [mailto:gwyn.price at solect.com] >Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 11:39 AM >To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org >Subject: RE: [Sunhelp] /var/tmp > > >so what are the premissions ? > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Zander, Mark [mailto:Mark.Zander at mezzia.com] >>Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 12:15 PM >>To: SunHELP Mailing List (E-mail) >>Subject: [Sunhelp] /var/tmp >> >> >>I have a user that can't edit any files- he gets the message >>that he doesn't >>have permission to write to /var/tmp. I have looked at the >>permissions set >>on that directory and don't see anything out of line, >everyone else can >>edit. >> >>Any ideas? >> >>TIA!! >> >>----- >>Mark Zander ===> Mark.Zander at mezzia.com >>Unix System Admin >>mezzia e-business >>Indianapolis, IN USA >>Third Stone From The Sun >>http://www.mezzia.com >> >>_______________________________________________ >>SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org >>http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp >> >_______________________________________________ >SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org >http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp >_______________________________________________ >SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org >http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > From daleg at elemental.org Thu Jun 8 14:13:08 2000 From: daleg at elemental.org (Dale Ghent) Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 15:13:08 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] /var/tmp Message-ID: On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Zander, Mark wrote: | rwxrwxrwx chmod 1777 /var/tmp chown sys:sys /var/tmp /dale From jrichey at highmark.com Thu Jun 8 14:21:18 2000 From: jrichey at highmark.com (Jim Richey) Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 15:21:18 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Remote Solaris Install Problem Message-ID: Well, I'm not sure what the problem is. I decided to move the install server from the 3500 system to one of our older Netra J systems and now it works fine. The only thing I can think of is that there is a problem with the 3500 have a plumbed ethernet interface with about 20 IP addessed assigned to it. Well, thanks for the help. A P wrote: > > How does your bootparams file looks like? > -a- > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp -- Jim Richey jrichey at highmark.com Highmark, Inc. http://www.highmark.com From suhas.kamble at bms.com Thu Jun 8 16:20:15 2000 From: suhas.kamble at bms.com (Suhas Kamble) Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 17:20:15 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris 8 install Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------9BBF11933A9B77D3AF49EFE8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit While installing Solaris 8, by default it puts the / and boot blk on slice 7 any particular reason or any clues.. why is it different.?? anyway.. I changed it back to s0..:) --------------9BBF11933A9B77D3AF49EFE8 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="suhas.kamble.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Suhas Kamble Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="suhas.kamble.vcf" begin:vcard n:Kamble;Suhas tel;fax:609.818.5551 tel;work:609.818.4179 x-mozilla-html:TRUE org:Bristol-Myers Squibb;Messaging Engineering adr:;;;Hopewell;NJ;08534;US version:2.1 email;internet:suhas.kamble at bms.com fn:Suhas Kamble end:vcard --------------9BBF11933A9B77D3AF49EFE8-- From wsng at puma.mt.att.com Thu Jun 8 23:57:51 2000 From: wsng at puma.mt.att.com (William. Ng) Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 00:57:51 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] alternative boot disk Message-ID: Does anyone know how I can create alternative boot disk? Any source I can find? I would like to have step-by-step and troubleshooting about that also. If it is on docs.sun.com, can you specify which one? Can anyone have idea or source? Thanks William From Barry.Haycock at b-online.com.au Fri Jun 9 03:09:25 2000 From: Barry.Haycock at b-online.com.au (Barry Haycock (IT)) Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 16:09:25 +0800 Subject: [Sunhelp] clearing stale mounts Message-ID: is it possible to clear a stale mount with out reboot the machine??? entry from /var/adm/messages Jun 9 15:52:11 aragon unix: NFS fsstat failed for server pid470: error 5 (RPC: Timed out) pid 470 doesnt exist on either the local host or the remote host exert from df -k /raid5/data1/nsr_indexes/index 87871447 68218613 18774120 79% /nsr/index NFS fsstat failed for server pid470: error 5 (RPC: Timed out) df: cannot statvfs /ib: Connection timed out caplyn://u/c1t3d0s0/home/soojink barry From robert.fuerst at sylvania.com Fri Jun 9 05:36:37 2000 From: robert.fuerst at sylvania.com (Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)) Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 06:36:37 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] clearing stale mounts Message-ID: This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFD1FE.96EE20F0 Content-Type: text/plain what does mount -a do? I thought it redoes /etc/vfstab or mount -l? > -----Original Message----- > From: Barry Haycock (IT) [SMTP:Barry.Haycock at b-online.com.au] > Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 4:09 AM > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > Subject: [Sunhelp] clearing stale mounts > > is it possible to clear a stale mount with out reboot the machine??? > > entry from /var/adm/messages > > Jun 9 15:52:11 aragon unix: NFS fsstat failed for server pid470: error 5 > (RPC: Timed out) > > pid 470 doesnt exist on either the local host or the remote host > > exert from df -k > > /raid5/data1/nsr_indexes/index > 87871447 68218613 18774120 79% /nsr/index > NFS fsstat failed for server pid470: error 5 (RPC: Timed out) > df: cannot statvfs /ib: Connection timed out > caplyn://u/c1t3d0s0/home/soojink > > > barry > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFD1FE.96EE20F0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: [Sunhelp] clearing stale mounts
what does mount -a = do? I thought it redoes /etc/vfstab or mount -l?

-----Original Message-----
From:   Barry Haycock (IT) = [SMTP:Barry.Haycock at b-online.com.au]
Sent:   Friday, June 09, 2000 4:09 AM
To:     sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Subject:       = [Sunhelp] clearing stale = mounts

is it possible to clear a stale mount = with out reboot the machine???

entry from /var/adm/messages

Jun 9 15:52:11 aragon unix: NFS = fsstat failed for server pid470: error 5
(RPC: Timed out)

pid 470 doesnt exist on either the = local host or the remote host

exert from df -k

/raid5/data1/nsr_indexes/index
         &nb= sp;           = 87871447 68218613 18774120    79%    = /nsr/index
NFS fsstat failed for server pid470: = error 5 (RPC: Timed out)
df: cannot statvfs /ib: Connection = timed out
caplyn://u/c1t3d0s0/home/soojink

barry

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------_=_NextPart_001_01BFD1FE.96EE20F0-- From swet at virtualem.com Fri Jun 9 11:44:44 2000 From: swet at virtualem.com (Swetal Jariwala) Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 12:44:44 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Telnet message Message-ID: I have a Sun E250 with 2 IP addresses assigned to one NIC. I can telnet to the first IP but not the second. Every time I telnet to the second IP I get "Password required but none set". I searched for this phrase on docs.sun.com but could not find anything. I have never seen this before. Can anyone help with this? Please respond to swet at virtualem.com. Thanks. Regards, Swetal Jariwala From campoe at usf.edu Fri Jun 9 11:52:07 2000 From: campoe at usf.edu (Alex Campoe) Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 12:52:07 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] a vent about sun service Message-ID: Here's my horror story. Our Director's desktop breaks down, we need to replace the motherboard. Place the call to Sun, they send their local tech support over to look at the machine. After (what felt like) 2 hours, he finally figures out how to open the pizza box. First words out of his mouth? "Wow! Is that the CPU?" At that point, I went home for the day. ---- J. Alex Campoe - Associate Director, Systems Academic Computing University of South Florida Phone: (813) 974-1796 Fax: (813) 974-1799 From jkennedy at orent.com Fri Jun 9 13:16:24 2000 From: jkennedy at orent.com (John Kennedy) Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 18:16:24 GMT Subject: [Sunhelp] a vent about sun service Message-ID: Alex, Wouldn't that be a better rant for the local company. I have dealt with FE's from 2 different companies over the last 3 years and have found them to be very competent. I would call Sun and let them know how bad the local FE was. If you don't tell them they can't fix the problem. John >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 6/9/00, 10:52:07 AM, "Alex Campoe" wrote regarding RE: [Sunhelp] a vent about sun service: > Here's my horror story. Our Director's desktop breaks down, we need to > replace the motherboard. Place the call to Sun, they send their local tech > support over to look at the machine. After (what felt like) 2 hours, he > finally figures out how to open the pizza box. First words out of his mouth? > "Wow! Is that the CPU?" > At that point, I went home for the day. > ---- > J. Alex Campoe - Associate Director, Systems > Academic Computing > University of South Florida > Phone: (813) 974-1796 > Fax: (813) 974-1799 > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From balki24 at hotmail.com Fri Jun 9 12:41:28 2000 From: balki24 at hotmail.com (bala krishnan) Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 10:41:28 PDT Subject: [Sunhelp] help required Message-ID: Hi, i want to confirm for connecting internal harddisks in Sun-e4000 machine.alreadyi am having two internal disks are ther,i am going to remove those disks and i am pulling the harddisks from ultra-2 and ultra-60 internal disks,and i will connect those harddisks in e4000 as internal and installing os.the part number for those disks are below 1. vendor :ibm product:ddrs39230SUN9.g rev:s98e 2. vendor:ibm product:dnes-3091704 rev:sa30 just can uconfirm these harddisk r having hardware compatible.whether these disk will regonised by e-4000. and also i want to know the how to remove the internal disks in e4000 machine.pls send if u have any diagrams of e4000 and procedures. expecting your reply immly. thanks & regards, balakrishnan. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com From calbertson at logicon.com Fri Jun 9 14:12:11 2000 From: calbertson at logicon.com (Chris Albertson) Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 12:12:11 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] Anyone have Solaris Source Code? Message-ID: I intend to get the source for Solaris but I don't have it yet. So, if you have a copy could you tell me if the source to the xview library (libxview.so) is included. I suspect it would be as xview is included in the binary Solaris CD. I maintain a large xview application and have noticed that it runs much better under Solaris than BSD or Linux. I'd really like to "diff" Sun's xview source with the source Sun released to the world a number of years back. I'd bet Sun has fixed many bugs. I'd be very happy to back port any fixes and publish the result. Also could you check an see if xview comes under a more liberal license than the rest of Solaris. It may. Sun gave away the source the xview years ago. Please cc me direct. Thanks. Chris Albertson calbertson at logicon.com Voice: 626-351-0089 x17 Logicon, Pasadena California Fax: 626-351-0699 From mrbill at mrbill.net Sat Jun 10 21:11:56 2000 From: mrbill at mrbill.net (Bill Bradford) Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 21:11:56 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris 2.7 hardware 11/99 Message-ID: Anybody have a copy of Solaris 2.7, hardware 11/99? I need it to support some of the hardware on the new SunHELP server.... Thanks. Bill -- +--------------------+-------------------+ | Bill Bradford | Austin, Texas | +--------------------+-------------------+ | mrbill at sunhelp.org | mrbill at mrbill.net | +--------------------+-------------------+ From slava at seu.edu Sun Jun 11 07:39:13 2000 From: slava at seu.edu (Slava Tsytsikov) Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 08:39:13 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Mouse pad Message-ID: Hello, I just purchased old Sparcclassic and installed Solaris 7. But mouse doesn't work properly. It is kind of optical mouse and it look like it needs special mouse pad. I would appreciate if you give me any idea. Thank you. From randall at csonline.net Sun Jun 11 08:46:01 2000 From: randall at csonline.net (Eric Randall) Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 09:46:01 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Mouse pad Message-ID: There should be plenty avaliable but while your waiting, I once saw a guy using a sun mouse (type 4 I think) on a really crinkled up piece of aluminum foil that he had subsequently flattened back out (leaving the crinkles in sort of a flattened network of reflecting surfaces)...clever. Slava Tsytsikov wrote: > Hello, > I just purchased old Sparcclassic and installed Solaris 7. But mouse doesn't > work properly. > It is kind of optical mouse and it look like it needs special mouse pad. I > would appreciate if you give me any idea. > Thank you. > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From randall at csonline.net Sun Jun 11 09:03:30 2000 From: randall at csonline.net (Eric Randall) Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 10:03:30 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] little sbus card eared mounting/securing brackets? Message-ID: Can someone tell me what these things are called and the part number? The little brackets with ears that screw onto the top of an sbus card to secure them in a sparcstation2. Does anyone have a half-dozen with screws that they'd care to sell? Thanks. Eric From pkhoury3 at earthlink.net Sun Jun 11 18:11:37 2000 From: pkhoury3 at earthlink.net (Paul Khoury - Tech Support) Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 16:11:37 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris Jobs Message-ID: Does anyone have any suggestions for looking for a Solaris related job? I'm in So. California, and seriously thinking about studying/taking the Solaris Sys Admin certification. I posted a profile on dice.com, but I'm not sure if it has everything in my skill level. I'm assuming the certification would be a big help in showing proven skills I have? Paul From hmflynn at earthlink.net Sun Jun 11 19:04:54 2000 From: hmflynn at earthlink.net (Hal Flynn) Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 20:04:54 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris Jobs Message-ID: Dude. monster.com. You'll have recruiters calling you like you never wanted before. They troll that place, and call you, email you, harrass you, and make a general menace of themselves. One word of advice....beware of Teksystems. Once they get your number, you'll get calls from every friggin office in the continental US. They do, however, get some interesting job opportunities. The unfortunate part of that is that the recruiters usually get a 10% cut of the annual pay that you're hired at (not out of your check, from the company you're working for) and most of hte positions are contract to perm, so the company is a little touchy about pay. I actually interviewed with them, and they got me an interview with Bellsouth when I came here to Atlanta. Didn't get the job, but they were a foot in the door. Another place I know of that actually has a buttload of SA work, and actually do things at Sun's headquarters is taos.com. They're dubbed the SysAdmin company, and based out of Redwood City. If I ever leave the South and go out West (fat chance), I'll probably give them a call. They seem to be a well run shop. HTH you all if you're considering looking for something new. If you need a resume/interview tip, I'm also a Tactical Recruiting Team member for Sprint, and don't mind sharing a little. Hal Paul Khoury - Tech Support wrote: > > Does anyone have any suggestions for looking for a Solaris > related job? I'm in So. California, and seriously thinking about > studying/taking > the Solaris Sys Admin certification. I posted a profile > on dice.com, but I'm not sure if it has everything in my skill level. > > I'm assuming the certification would be a big help in showing > proven skills I have? > > Paul > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From ihblists at nerdherd.net Sun Jun 11 20:45:15 2000 From: ihblists at nerdherd.net (Ian Hall-Beyer) Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 19:45:15 -0600 Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris Jobs Message-ID: On Sun, 11 Jun 2000 20:04:54 -0400, Hal Flynn wrote: >They troll that place, and call you, email you, harrass you, and make a >general menace of themselves. One word of advice....beware of >Teksystems. Once they get your number, you'll get calls from every I've worked for teksystems before, never again. >> Does anyone have any suggestions for looking for a Solaris >> related job? I'm in So. California, and seriously thinking about >> studying/taking >> the Solaris Sys Admin certification. I posted a profile >> on dice.com, but I'm not sure if it has everything in my skill level. Sun's hiring like mad at their Broomfield HQ. www.suncolorado.com -Ian From ward at zilla.nu Sun Jun 11 21:10:24 2000 From: ward at zilla.nu (Reagen Ward) Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 21:10:24 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris Jobs Message-ID: On Sun, Jun 11, 2000 at 07:45:15PM -0600, Ian Hall-Beyer wrote: > On Sun, 11 Jun 2000 20:04:54 -0400, Hal Flynn wrote: > > >They troll that place, and call you, email you, harrass you, and make a > >general menace of themselves. One word of advice....beware of > >Teksystems. Once they get your number, you'll get calls from every > > I've worked for teksystems before, never again. I worked for them when they were AeroTek. Probably worse now, but it's hard to imagine how. They were the archetype of the body shop. Reagen From nitin.gizare at wipro.com Sun Jun 11 21:41:12 2000 From: nitin.gizare at wipro.com (Nitin R Gizare) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 08:11:12 +0530 Subject: [Sunhelp] How to allocate more cpu to a job Message-ID: Hi all , A user is running a job in solaris 2.6 m/.c ,Top shows me following o/p PID USERNAME THR PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE TIME CPU COMMAND 8368 guest 1 10 0 90M 87M cpu0 16.7H 49.96% par What shall I do so that user can get 80% of the cpu ? Thanks in advance. Nitin From ihblists at nerdherd.net Sun Jun 11 21:39:05 2000 From: ihblists at nerdherd.net (Ian Hall-Beyer) Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 20:39:05 -0600 Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris Jobs Message-ID: On Sun, 11 Jun 2000 21:10:24 -0500, Reagen Ward wrote: >I worked for them when they were AeroTek. Probably worse now, but it's hard to >imagine how. They were the archetype of the body shop. Yeah, I was with them thru the name change. From christie_gen at yahoo.com Sun Jun 11 22:25:29 2000 From: christie_gen at yahoo.com (Mary Christie Generalao) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 11:25:29 +0800 Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris Jobs Message-ID: This is interesting. Im in the philippines and a lot of headhunters here are recruiting solaris sysads. A lot are hunting for Pyramid, STS Consulting, Renaissance, modis, gulf computers usa, NAK technologies in NY. Have any of you works or have worked in these companies? Christie ----- Original Message ----- From: Ian Hall-Beyer To: Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 9:45 AM Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] Solaris Jobs > On Sun, 11 Jun 2000 20:04:54 -0400, Hal Flynn wrote: > > >They troll that place, and call you, email you, harrass you, and make a > >general menace of themselves. One word of advice....beware of > >Teksystems. Once they get your number, you'll get calls from every > > I've worked for teksystems before, never again. > > >> Does anyone have any suggestions for looking for a Solaris > >> related job? I'm in So. California, and seriously thinking about > >> studying/taking > >> the Solaris Sys Admin certification. I posted a profile > >> on dice.com, but I'm not sure if it has everything in my skill level. > > Sun's hiring like mad at their Broomfield HQ. > > www.suncolorado.com > > -Ian > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com From GLeblanc at cu-portland.edu Sun Jun 11 22:59:20 2000 From: GLeblanc at cu-portland.edu (Gregory Leblanc) Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 20:59:20 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] How to allocate more cpu to a job Message-ID: > -----Original Message----- > From: Nitin R Gizare [mailto:nitin.gizare at wipro.com] > Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000 7:41 PM > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > Subject: [Sunhelp] How to allocate more cpu to a job > > Hi all , > > A user is running a job in solaris 2.6 m/.c ,Top shows me > following o/p > > PID USERNAME THR PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE TIME CPU > COMMAND > 8368 guest 1 10 0 90M 87M cpu0 16.7H > 49.96% par > > What shall I do so that user can get 80% of the cpu ? I'd suggest that you check out the man pages for top and for 'nice'. Nice will let you give programs a higher priority number, if you are root. If you aren't root, then you can only lower the programs priority. Greg From mrbill at mrbill.net Mon Jun 12 02:13:13 2000 From: mrbill at mrbill.net (Bill Bradford) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 02:13:13 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] New mailing list proposal Message-ID: Would anybody be interested in a mailing list where recruiters/headhunters can post listings for jobs needing Sun/Solaris-experienced people? Thoughts? Bill -- +--------------------+-------------------+ | Bill Bradford | Austin, Texas | +--------------------+-------------------+ | mrbill at sunhelp.org | mrbill at mrbill.net | +--------------------+-------------------+ From hmflynn at earthlink.net Mon Jun 12 05:32:34 2000 From: hmflynn at earthlink.net (Hal Flynn) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 06:32:34 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] New mailing list proposal Message-ID: I think that'd be a great idea. Maybe even could create a job board out of it. Free to post resumes, and recruiters have to pay to browse (like any of the job boards out there). Would probably help finance a lot of the Sunhelp stuff, and even pay for the electricity. Hal Bill Bradford wrote: > > Would anybody be interested in a mailing list where recruiters/headhunters > can post listings for jobs needing Sun/Solaris-experienced people? > > Thoughts? > > Bill > > -- > +--------------------+-------------------+ > | Bill Bradford | Austin, Texas | > +--------------------+-------------------+ > | mrbill at sunhelp.org | mrbill at mrbill.net | > +--------------------+-------------------+ > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From Ali.Naser at irs.gov Mon Jun 12 10:12:16 2000 From: Ali.Naser at irs.gov (Naser Ali) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 11:12:16 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] DLT-7000 Message-ID: This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFD480.9D484FBC Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hello gurus, Was just wondering if any one out there is using DLT-7000 tape drive connecting to any kind of SUN server via Fiber Channel. TIA ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFD480.9D484FBC Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable DLT-7000
Hello = gurus,

Was just = wondering if any one out there is using DLT-7000 tape drive connecting = to any kind of SUN server via Fiber Channel.

TIA

------_=_NextPart_001_01BFD480.9D484FBC-- From MikeN at stsolutions.com Mon Jun 12 10:29:46 2000 From: MikeN at stsolutions.com (Neff, Mike) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 11:29:46 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] New mailing list proposal Message-ID: Hi Bill, I am trying to get off this list. Can you help me out? Regards, Michael D. Neff SoftTech Solutions 248.738.7738 Ex. 233 mailto:miken at stsolutions.com http://www.sundetective.com -----Original Message----- From: sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org]On Behalf Of Bill Bradford Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 3:13 AM To: lists at sunhelp.org Subject: [Sunhelp] New mailing list proposal Would anybody be interested in a mailing list where recruiters/headhunters can post listings for jobs needing Sun/Solaris-experienced people? Thoughts? Bill -- +--------------------+-------------------+ | Bill Bradford | Austin, Texas | +--------------------+-------------------+ | mrbill at sunhelp.org | mrbill at mrbill.net | +--------------------+-------------------+ _______________________________________________ SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From GLeblanc at cu-portland.edu Mon Jun 12 10:38:11 2000 From: GLeblanc at cu-portland.edu (Gregory Leblanc) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 08:38:11 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] RE: [Packrats] New mailing list proposal Message-ID: Absolutely! Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Bradford [mailto:mrbill at mrbill.net] > Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 12:13 AM > To: lists at sunhelp.org > Subject: [Packrats] New mailing list proposal > > > Would anybody be interested in a mailing list where > recruiters/headhunters > can post listings for jobs needing Sun/Solaris-experienced people? > > Thoughts? > > Bill > > -- > +--------------------+-------------------+ > | Bill Bradford | Austin, Texas | > +--------------------+-------------------+ > | mrbill at sunhelp.org | mrbill at mrbill.net | > +--------------------+-------------------+ > _______________________________________________ > packrats mailing list > packrats at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/packrats > From wschmied at CellNet.com Mon Jun 12 11:19:10 2000 From: wschmied at CellNet.com (Wayne Schmieder) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 09:19:10 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris Jobs Message-ID: Interesting, I have received several unsolicited call calls from Teksystems in Pleasanton lately. I'm not sure about Southern Cal, but the bay area has more job openings at all skill levels than can be possibly filled. Computer Associates was doing some hiring in San Diego for people with NT and Solaris. Not sure what there current requirements are but it might be worth a look. Can't beat the location! WS -----Original Message----- From: Ian Hall-Beyer [SMTP:ihblists at nerdherd.net] Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000 6:45 PM To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] Solaris Jobs On Sun, 11 Jun 2000 20:04:54 -0400, Hal Flynn wrote: >They troll that place, and call you, email you, harrass you, and make a >general menace of themselves. One word of advice....beware of >Teksystems. Once they get your number, you'll get calls from every I've worked for teksystems before, never again. >> Does anyone have any suggestions for looking for a Solaris >> related job? I'm in So. California, and seriously thinking about >> studying/taking >> the Solaris Sys Admin certification. I posted a profile >> on dice.com, but I'm not sure if it has everything in my skill level. Sun's hiring like mad at their Broomfield HQ. www.suncolorado.com -Ian _______________________________________________ SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From sigf at crosswinds.net Sun Jun 11 22:21:37 2000 From: sigf at crosswinds.net (SoupIsGood Food) Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 23:21:37 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris Jobs Message-ID: on 6/11/00 7:11 PM, Paul Khoury - Tech Support at pkhoury3 at earthlink.net wrote: > Does anyone have any suggestions for looking for a Solaris > related job? I'm in So. California, and seriously thinking about > studying/taking > the Solaris Sys Admin certification. I posted a profile > on dice.com, but I'm not sure if it has everything in my skill level. > > I'm assuming the certification would be a big help in showing > proven skills I have? How do you find a job as a Solaris admin in SoCal? Three simple steps. Step 1) Make up a resum with the word "Solaris" anywhere on the paper. It could be the only word on the apaer apart from your name and phone number, or it can be accompanied by other words, such as "Known Fellon" or "Narcoleptic with Turretts Syndrome" or "Layabout and Ne'er-Do-Well". Step 2) Dress in full riot-armor and as much padded protective athletic gear you can lay your hands on. Step 3) Toss your resum into any technical recruiter's office, and start running. The first yuppie to run you down and bludgeon you unconscious with job offfers is probably the most motivated, and will cut you the best deal. It's not at all hard in this day and age to get a job as a Solaris admin, and most places should be willing to meet you halfway with training, so long as you have a basic proficiency. (IE: do you know how to fire up vi? Do you know how to quit once it's fired up? Have you installed Solaris? A patch cluster? Changed an IP adress? Scheduled a cron job? Congratulations! You're qualified as a junior admin!) SoupIsGood Food From sigf at crosswinds.net Sun Jun 11 22:33:29 2000 From: sigf at crosswinds.net (SoupIsGood Food) Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 23:33:29 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris Jobs Message-ID: on 6/11/00 10:10 PM, Reagen Ward at ward at zilla.nu wrote: >> I've worked for teksystems before, never again. > > I worked for them when they were AeroTek. Probably worse now, but it's hard > to > imagine how. They were the archetype of the body shop. Ohhh, brudder, let me tell you about Aerotek... First, they misreported my income, so I owed the IRS $350 bucks. Then, there was the time they threatened to "take firm action" because I was "misusing the network" at a client site. They had "over 800 emails on file coming into my account." I was subscribed to three Mac mailing lists (the position was for a mac-related job), and had, perhaps, a dozen outgoing mails in the three months the contract lasted. I explained this to them multiple times. I finally got tired of explaining to the bozos what a mailing list was, so I quit and told them I'd sue their ass off if they witheld my pay. Regardless, I still got calls constantly, wanting to know my "availability", and they didn't stop until I moved. Not gonna do the consulting gig again. Been there, done that, attended the support groupp. SoupIsGood Food From mrbill at mrbill.net Mon Jun 12 11:58:33 2000 From: mrbill at mrbill.net (Bill Bradford) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 11:58:33 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] JOBS list added. Message-ID: I've added the SunHELP Jobs list; see the news item on the main sunhelp web page for more details. -- +--------------------+-------------------+ | Bill Bradford | Austin, Texas | +--------------------+-------------------+ | mrbill at sunhelp.org | mrbill at mrbill.net | +--------------------+-------------------+ From polle at chello.se Mon Jun 12 16:33:53 2000 From: polle at chello.se (Patrick Tetzlaff) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 20:33:53 -0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] AK8GDM500PS Message-ID: Anyone got Specs of the SUN 21" Monitor (AK8GDM500PS), can't find it on SUN's website... TIA //Patrick From chris at apk.net Mon Jun 12 13:31:44 2000 From: chris at apk.net (Christopher J Ceska) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 14:31:44 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] problem with e150 - Message-ID: Hello, We just recently decided to try to bring an e150 back to life to be a syslog server. I am currently having some trouble with it booting. It doesnt like to be connected to the console at all - connected to my sparc20 desktop running kermit, I get nothing. I get no beep with a keyboard attached. and it doesnt seem to boot? any ideas? -chris -- Christopher J Ceska chris at apk.net Postmaster +1.216.241.7166 APK.net systems administration team From james at foonly.com Mon Jun 12 14:56:00 2000 From: james at foonly.com (James Lockwood) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 12:56:00 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] problem with e150 - Message-ID: On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Christopher J Ceska wrote: > We just recently decided to try to bring an e150 back to life to be a > syslog server. I am currently having some trouble with it booting. > It doesnt like to be connected to the console at all - connected to my > sparc20 desktop running kermit, I get nothing. I get no beep with a > keyboard attached. and it doesnt seem to boot? any ideas? An E150 is basically a U1/170 in a really really bad case. Does it power up at all? -James From mrbill at mrbill.net Mon Jun 12 15:21:45 2000 From: mrbill at mrbill.net (Bill Bradford) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 15:21:45 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] problem with e150 - Message-ID: On Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 12:56:00PM -0700, James Lockwood wrote: > An E150 is basically a U1/170 in a really really bad case. Does it power > up at all? > -James Is the E150 the funky green and black vertical-standing one that looks like its filled with black styrofoam? Same case / same machine as the Netra NFS? (we got one of those back at ioNET in '96, almost ripped all the "styrofoam" out before we realized it was *supposed* to be there...) Bill -- +--------------------+-------------------+ | Bill Bradford | Austin, Texas | +--------------------+-------------------+ | mrbill at sunhelp.org | mrbill at mrbill.net | +--------------------+-------------------+ From tjones at statesman.com Mon Jun 12 15:54:07 2000 From: tjones at statesman.com (Tom Jones) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 15:54:07 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] problem with e150 - Message-ID: When you turn the key do you hear the fan start and do you have any power indication? I worked on an E150 a long time ago that had been shutdown with init 5. This causes the power supply to reset, meaning the case had to be opened and the rocker switch pressed on the power supply to start the system back up. Sun's resolution at the time was to replace the power supply! My recommendation back to SunService was to drill a small hole in the back of the case, similar to a floppy eject hole, that would allow the user to insert a paperclip and depress the power supply rocker switch. Hope this helps! Tom Jones ----- Original Message ----- From: James Lockwood To: Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 2:56 PM Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] problem with e150 - > On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Christopher J Ceska wrote: > > > We just recently decided to try to bring an e150 back to life to be a > > syslog server. I am currently having some trouble with it booting. > > It doesnt like to be connected to the console at all - connected to my > > sparc20 desktop running kermit, I get nothing. I get no beep with a > > keyboard attached. and it doesnt seem to boot? any ideas? > > An E150 is basically a U1/170 in a really really bad case. Does it power > up at all? > > -James > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > From jbascue at teleport.com Mon Jun 12 16:46:40 2000 From: jbascue at teleport.com (Jeremiah Bascue) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 14:46:40 -0700 Subject: [sunhelp] failed to convert mount point? Message-ID: Hello- I'm brand new to this list. I'm running Solaris 2.6 on a Sun Sparc E250 and I'm getting an error on boot that I don't think is very critical, but something that I've been asked to have fixed this afternoon. The error: /usr/sbin/pmconfig: /etc/power.conf line 30 failed to convert mount point /dev/md/dsk/d1/ to prom name invalid argument Any one have any ideas? Thanks for any help. Jeremiah From rubin at ezy.net Mon Jun 12 17:52:58 2000 From: rubin at ezy.net (Alan Rubin) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 18:52:58 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] slow system Message-ID: I have an Ultra 10 that does not indicate a heavy load, b ut often has a slow response time. what should i look for? it doesn't appear to have any memory problems either. the system primarily runs legato and mail. alan _________________ *Alan Rubin* Sun/Unix/Networking/ISP/Web Writing Email:rubin at ezy.net From steven.levin at ipix.com Mon Jun 12 20:51:24 2000 From: steven.levin at ipix.com (Steven Levin) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 18:51:24 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] Solaris Jobs Message-ID: I worked for TekSystems in KC in 1999 and was happy with them until I got my W-2's; they wanted to re-distribute my taxes such that rather than being owed a little in MO and in KS, I would be owed $4,000 in MO, but OWE $4,000 to KS. Eventually I just filed an alternate W-2 based on my last pay stub. Aside from that, I didn't really have complaints. But in SoCal, there are plenty of Solaris jobs, and up here, well, heck! Not that there aren't other people in line, but send me your resume! Steve > Interesting, I have received several unsolicited call calls from > Teksystems in Pleasanton lately. I'm not sure about Southern > Cal, but the > bay area has more job openings at all skill levels than can be possibly > filled. > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp From azarkar at tmcso.com Mon Jun 12 22:04:24 2000 From: azarkar at tmcso.com (Ali Azarkar) Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 07:34:24 +0430 Subject: [Sunhelp] New mailing list proposal Message-ID: Hi, What a nice list! -- Ali. > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Bradford [mailto:mrbill at mrbill.net] > Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 12:13 AM > To: lists at sunhelp.org > Subject: [Packrats] New mailing list proposal > > > Would anybody be interested in a mailing list where > recruiters/headhunters > can post listings for jobs needing Sun/Solaris-experienced people? > > Thoughts? > > Bill > > -- > +--------------------+-------------------+ > | Bill Bradford | Austin, Texas | > +--------------------+-------------------+ > | mrbill at sunhelp.org | mrbill at mrbill.net | > +--------------------+-------------------+ > _______________________________________________ > packrats mailing list > packrats at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/packrats > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > > > From mrbill at mrbill.net Mon Jun 12 22:09:39 2000 From: mrbill at mrbill.net (Bill Bradford) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 22:09:39 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] NEW LIST CREATED: JOBS @ SUNHELP.ORG Message-ID: For those of you who didnt see the first announcement, the JOBS at SUNHELP.ORG mailing list has been setup for those of you who would like to post your resume or job openings. See http://www.sunhelp.org/lists.php3 for more details. Bill -- +--------------------+-------------------+ | Bill Bradford | Austin, Texas | +--------------------+-------------------+ | mrbill at sunhelp.org | mrbill at mrbill.net | +--------------------+-------------------+ From dex at SUN.COM.PH Mon Jun 12 22:26:39 2000 From: dex at SUN.COM.PH (Dexter-Al Eugenio) Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 11:26:39 +0800 (SGT) Subject: [Sunhelp] file conversion Message-ID: hi there, is there a software/package for solaris that converts .pdf files to .doc? thanks. dex From chris at apk.net Mon Jun 12 22:54:27 2000 From: chris at apk.net (Christopher J Ceska) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 23:54:27 -0400 Subject: [Sunhelp] problem with e150 - Message-ID: one of our sysadmins who has been here forever shed some light on this. Aparently, even though it is a server and has no framebuffer, you have to plug a keyboard in it, and hold down the power key on the keyboard, while turning the rest of the unit on. pretty stupid for a server. Anyone know how to bypass this? are there any openboot variables that I could change to allow it to just look for the console? I have a feeling that the power switch on the back means nothing to the system board, it just turns power on the the entire unit, then depressing the power key on a keyboard turns on the ultra. It sorta sucks cause you have to unplug the keyboard as soon as you hear the beep so you can use the console! man this thing is full of styrofoam - it is really a disgrace, when you think of how much this unit went for a couple years ago. thanks for the help, let me know if anyone thinks of anything else. -chris On Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 03:54:07PM -0500, Tom Jones wrote: > When you turn the key do you hear the fan start and do you have any power indication? > > I worked on an E150 a long time ago that had been shutdown with init 5. This causes the > power supply to reset, meaning the case had to be opened and the rocker switch pressed on > the power supply to start the system back up. Sun's resolution at the time was to replace > the power supply! My recommendation back to SunService was to drill a small hole in the back > of the case, similar to a floppy eject hole, that would allow the user to insert a paperclip > and depress the power supply rocker switch. > > Hope this helps! > Tom Jones > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: James Lockwood > To: > Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 2:56 PM > Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] problem with e150 - > > > > On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Christopher J Ceska wrote: > > > > > We just recently decided to try to bring an e150 back to life to be a > > > syslog server. I am currently having some trouble with it booting. > > > It doesnt like to be connected to the console at all - connected to my > > > sparc20 desktop running kermit, I get nothing. I get no beep with a > > > keyboard attached. and it doesnt seem to boot? any ideas? > > > > An E150 is basically a U1/170 in a really really bad case. Does it power > > up at all? > > > > -James > > > > _______________________________________________ > > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > > > > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp -- Christopher J Ceska chris at apk.net Postmaster +1.216.241.7166 APK.net systems administration team From GLeblanc at cu-portland.edu Mon Jun 12 23:07:09 2000 From: GLeblanc at cu-portland.edu (Gregory Leblanc) Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 21:07:09 -0700 Subject: [Sunhelp] file conversion Message-ID: > -----Original Message----- > From: Dexter-Al Eugenio [mailto:dex at sun.com.ph] > Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 8:27 PM > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > Subject: [Sunhelp] file conversion > > hi there, > > is there a software/package for solaris that converts .pdf > files to .doc? ghostscript? .doc could be lots of things, if you're talking about Microsoft Word format, probably not. Greg From dex at SUN.COM.PH Mon Jun 12 23:54:42 2000 From: dex at SUN.COM.PH (Dexter-Al Eugenio) Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 12:54:42 +0800 (SGT) Subject: [Sunhelp] file conversion Message-ID: oopss, sorry about missing some infos, yup its microsoft word format. i want to convert acrobat (.pdf) file to microsoft's (.doc) file. thanks. On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Gregory Leblanc wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dexter-Al Eugenio [mailto:dex at sun.com.ph] > > Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 8:27 PM > > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org > > Subject: [Sunhelp] file conversion > > > > hi there, > > > > is there a software/package for solaris that converts .pdf > > files to .doc? > > ghostscript? .doc could be lots of things, if you're talking about > Microsoft Word format, probably not. > Greg > _______________________________________________ > SunHELP maillist - SunHELP at sunhelp.org > http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/sunhelp > From ward at zilla.nu Tue Jun 13 00:12:32 2000 From: ward at zilla.nu (Reagen Ward) Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 00:12:32 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] problem with e150 - Message-ID: On Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 11:54:27PM -0400, Christopher J Ceska wrote: > one of our sysadmins who has been here forever shed some light on this. > > Aparently, even though it is a server and has no framebuffer, you have to > plug a keyboard in it, and hold down the power key on the keyboard, while > turning the rest of the unit on. pretty stupid for a server. Not in my experience with a rather unfriendly E150, unless it was powered down in a funny way. We just use a terminal server for ours, tip into the console. > man this thing is full of styrofoam - it is really a disgrace, when you > think of how much this unit went for a couple years ago. Nasty styrofoam, but heat conductive. Look at an E450; mostly wasted space for internal drive bays. Ugh. Reagen From dougmc at frenzy.com Tue Jun 13 01:25:51 2000 From: dougmc at frenzy.com (Doug McLaren) Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 01:25:51 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] file conversion Message-ID: On Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 09:07:09PM -0700, Gregory Leblanc wrote: | > is there a software/package for solaris that converts .pdf | > files to .doc? | | ghostscript? .doc could be lots of things, if you're talking about | Microsoft Word format, probably not. You're not likely to like the answer. PDF is very similar to postscript. It also has the ability to be encrypted, which makes it an even bigger pain in the ass. Ghostscript can read non encrypted PDF files. If it's encrypted, you can use acroread to decrypt it into a postscript file, which ghostscript can then read. Once it's postscript, if the file was just a picture, you can convert it to a picture - that's all. And quite often manuals are scanned as a picture. If you just have a picture of each page, you can't extract the text from it. That, and the PDF and ps files tend to be huge. If the PDF file includes text that is saved as text (and not a picture) then maybe you can get it out of the postscript. The text you'll get is ugly, and some may be missing, but it may be better than retyping stuff. One program that can be used to pull the text out of a postscript file is called pstotext. pstotext does need ghostscript to work. Relevant URLs include : http://research.compaq.com/SRC/virtualpaper/cgi-bin/nph-download.tcl/pstotext.tar.Z?object=pstotext ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/ghostscript http://www.adobe.com Programs I have not used that may be useful include : pdf2html: ftp://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/pub/local/clock/pdf2html/ pdftohtml: http://www.ra.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/~gosho/pdftohtml/ xpdf: http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/ -- Doug McLaren, dougmc at frenzy.com Which is worse: Ignorance or Apathy? Who knows? Who cares? From rene at iusti.univ-mrs.fr Tue Jun 13 01:53:10 2000 From: rene at iusti.univ-mrs.fr (Mr Rene Occelli) Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 08:53:10 +0200 (MET DST) Subject: [Sunhelp] How to allocate more cpu to a job Message-ID: HI, Are you running on a single cpu machine ? +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Rene OCCELLI + + I.U.S.T.I. C.N.R.S. U.M.R. 6595 + + Technopole de Chateau Gombert + + 5 Rue Enrico FERMI + + 13453 MARSEILLE Cedex 13 France + + Tel: (33)04 91 10 69 37 04 91 10 69 38 + + Fax: (33)04 91 10 69 69 + + Email: rene at iusti.univ-mrs.fr + +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ From james at foonly.com Tue Jun 13 07:26:49 2000 From: james at foonly.com (James Lockwood) Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 05:26:49 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] problem with e150 - Message-ID: On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, Reagen Ward wrote: > Not in my experience with a rather unfriendly E150, unless it was powered down > in a funny way. We just use a terminal server for ours, tip into the console. Right. Sun documents this and specifically advises against doing a soft poweroff (init 5 or similar). > Nasty styrofoam, but heat conductive. Look at an E450; mostly wasted space for > internal drive bays. Ugh. Not too bad though, now that the 420's are out at least there's a choice. I love 450's for apps that require tons of local disk but not extreme redundant reliability (they make terrific webcrawlers). It depresses me how "plastic" Suns seem now though. I'm fairly confident my 3/260 could take a round from an AR-15 without serious damage, while a 450 would be totalled. Just the act of racking them can place a lot of stress on plastic parts, the upper "panel" can be knocked off by a small bump. -James From izya39 at yahoo.com Tue Jun 13 08:45:44 2000 From: izya39 at yahoo.com (izya zeltser) Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 06:45:44 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Sunhelp] Watchdog disable Message-ID: Hi all, Whenever I start my Sparcstation 330 it says Watchdog Watchdog Watchdog Watchdog and so on. How can I disable it? And how can I update PROM. Thanks. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! http://photos.yahoo.com From Mark.Zander at mezzia.com Tue Jun 13 11:56:10 2000 From: Mark.Zander at mezzia.com (Zander, Mark) Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 11:56:10 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] Process naming Message-ID: Is there any way to name a process as it is starting up? ----- Mark Zander ===> Mark.Zander at mezzia.com Unix System Admin mezzia e-business Indianapolis, IN USA Third Stone From The Sun http://www.mezzia.com From Mark.Zander at mezzia.com Tue Jun 13 12:00:56 2000 From: Mark.Zander at mezzia.com (Zander, Mark) Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 12:00:56 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] SyMON Message-ID: I am trying to start up SyMON to monitor some of our servers. I installed the agent, server, and console on one system which seems to work OK. I have now installed the agent on another server and am trying to add the new server to the SyMON domain. The "Create Topology Object" window just tells me that it cannot communicate with the agent process. The server log files give the following three messages: warning Jun 13 12:58:07 UDP Processor #2: bad error index in response packet: 0 warning Jun 13 12:58:07 UDP Processor #2: too many consecutive reports warning Jun 13 12:58:07 UDP Processor #2: Sent to client: com.sun.symon.base.server.common.ScResponseException: too many consecutive reports (for snmp://inuxora01:161/sym/base/mibman/browserRoot#0) Any idea what is going on? TIA!! ----- Mark Zander ===> Mark.Zander at mezzia.com Unix System Admin mezzia e-business Indianapolis, IN USA Third Stone From The Sun http://www.mezzia.com From kante at globeaccess.net Tue Jun 13 11:49:52 2000 From: kante at globeaccess.net (Souleymane KANTE) Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 17:49:52 +0100 Subject: [Sunhelp] how to add a path in the UNIX PATH Message-ID: Hi All, I have download gcc and gzip programs and installed them on my Sun Sparc with Solaris 2.6. But I can't run them. I think I have to add them in the UNIX PATH. I am connected with the root account and with my personal account. How to put these program in the UNIX PATH ? the file are located in /usr/local/bin Help regards, Souleymane From beemern at telecom.ksu.edu Tue Jun 13 13:37:55 2000 From: beemern at telecom.ksu.edu (beemern at telecom.ksu.edu) Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 13:37:55 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] how to add a path in the UNIX PATH Message-ID: Souleymane KANTE wrote: > > Hi All, > I have download gcc and gzip programs and installed them on my Sun Sparc > with Solaris 2.6. > But I can't run them. I think I have to add them in the UNIX PATH. I am > connected with the root account and with my personal account. > How to put these program in the UNIX PATH ? > the file are located in /usr/local/bin depends on which shell you are using. if echo $SHELL returns something with 'bash' in it, then you'll do set PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin export PATH if echo $SHELL returns something with 'tcsh' in it, then you'll wanna do setenv PATH "$PATH:/usr/local/bin" they are obviously other shells, those two, i dare say, are most popular hth! From beemern at telecom.ksu.edu Tue Jun 13 14:03:03 2000 From: beemern at telecom.ksu.edu (beemern at telecom.ksu.edu) Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:03:03 -0500 Subject: [Sunhelp] cdrom auto ejects on insert Message-ID: having a problem with cdrom in my ultra1/creator it functions perfectly on both audio/data cds however, upon inserting a new cd, it promptly ejects the tray again. it will do this cas often as i re-close the tray the only resolution so far for me is to wait 5-20 minutes, and then the cd will stay in the drive and i can use it normaly. thanks! Nathan