Yesterday I asked whether it is possible to overwrite files on 8mm tape withan Exabyte drive. For my particular situation (Exabyte EXB-8200 tape drive,Sun st tape driver for 4/330, OS 4.1), it is. However, the overall consensusis that the ability to overwrite files on tape is dependent on ...

My original problem:A 4/65C running 4.0.3c was unable to dump to a remote tape drive on a 3/50,apparently due to a massive level of dropped packets.Many people responded and I thank you all. The most comprehensive answer camefrom Hal Stern at Sun, and what he said covers what everyone else ...

 Cause:  the 9 point font is not included with the X11R4 fonts nor with  the OPENWIN fonts after coversion to snf using convertfont. Solution: 1) alias the font to another one in the font.alias file in /usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi  and run ...

Several folks pointed out that the exetoc program that I was trying touse was intended for use with an Exabyte on a Delta Microsystemsdevice driver, rather than the Sun dev. driver. Several people thought you could do similar things with the Sun devicedriver. George Goble at Purdue mentioned ...

[The problem in brief: I have a backup program that must run as rooton a machine, but which must also be able to update a private DBM databaseaccessed from another server via NFS. The database directory andfiles are owned by group backup, and are all mode 770. The program issetgid backup, and ...

Re: nfs patch 1026933 for sun 3, 4 and 4c.I forgot to mention that this was for Sun OS 4.1I got the right patches from omni.clemson.edu (130.127.8.11) asanonymous in directory sun-patches. thanks to Mike McCann<mmccann@eng.clemson.edu>. I succesfully build a Sun 4c kernel fromthose and ...

Hi,[This is a repost. I mailed tha original summary ages ago but neversaw it show up on the list.]Thanks to every who replied to my troubles with acct(5)! Here's the original post##In acct(5) a type called comp_t is defined and used in the following fields#in the struct acct ...

Well, I didn't hear from any Sun Managers :-( But I did hear from my vendor (CITA) who heard from Fujitsu.The problem turns out to be a limitation within SunOS (uuugggghhh!!!!)which prevents it from being able to use the 98 sectors/track onthe 2266sa. The fix is to use the following ...

a while ago, i solicited input from people who were seeing bad trappanics in SunOS 4.1. several months ago (end of june, i think),i started collecting examples. now i have a summary and someexplanations for general consumption.a bad trap is exactly what it sounds like - the kernel got a ...

        I would like to thank the 20 or so people who commiserated withmy problems working with the IBM. It turned out that the NFS for SUN,IRIS and IBM are all compatible; I needed to know that sooner rather ...

Original article:> > Hi Sun-Managers,> > We have a Sun 4/20 giving us problems.> Config: Sun OS 4.1> 104 Meg harddisk (dataless configuration)> 8 Meg memory> > When running SunView there are some tools that will not work such> as cmdtool and ...

On 4 Oct. 1990 I wrote to this list, requesting help with two problems:(1) NFS daemons on a Sun 4/280 server consumed abnormal amounts of CPU time.(2) Same server had numerous ``ie0: no carrier'' messages.I received a number of responses, the gist of which seemed to be as follows.(1) Abnormal ...

The Problem:  3/260 32M crashed several times over a couple of days with errors  similiar to the following:> ECC Error Register d1<INTR,INTENA,CE_ENA,CE>> Memory Error Register d1<INTR,INTENA,CHECK,ERR00> d1<INTR,INTENA,CE_ENA,CE>> DVMA = 0, ...

  Dear Sun-Managers,a few days ago I described a problem concerning rlogin failures :> The machine is a 3/260 running SunOS 4.0.3. Its name is "plato".> An `rlogin` works in so far as I get a prompt from plato, but any> keystroke is answered with the immediate ...

My original question:> I have tried enabling the resolver on a machine that doesn't run NIS> (it's a SunOS 4.1 system). Nslookup works beautifully, but ping,> telnet, ftp and so on do not seem to inquire the nameserver.> I know the makedbm -b flag when running NIS, but how do I ...

My query about the availability of SNMP agents for Sun workstationselicited several responses. Here is what I have found out so far:Commercial products:        Sun includes SNMP agents in the SunNet Manager package ...

Hi Folks,Here's the summary of what I found out about a vt[12]00 emulation underOpenWindows 2.0. Sorry for the delay in summarising, little things likestarting a user service kept cropping up :-)The problem was....>Subj: Need vt[12]00 client for OpenWindows 2.0>>Hi Folks,>> The ...

  I recently asked if anyone had any suggestions on how to connecta mobile (ie, in a car/van/whatever) Sun workstation to a stationaryone in our home office.  The replies fell into the following three categories:  1) Use Phil Karn's KAQ9 software and packet radio. ...

Hi,First, I'd like to say that the people on sun-managers are fantastic! I gotheaps of replies which tracked down the problem easily. Thanks to everyonewho replied!Here's the original problem: >We're running SunOS 4.1 on a 4/470. Recently we've been having lots of>problems with our ...

Folks,  Here is the summary of the responses that I got regarding my query to net on(a) Why a user can't successfully "talk" between a Sun and a 4.3BSD machine (ineither direction) AND (b) Why "Checking for invitation on caller's machine"occurs sometimes while ...

Folks,  Here is the summary of the responses that I got regarding my query to net on(a) Why a user can't successfully "talk" between a Sun and a 4.3BSD machine (ineither direction) AND (b) Why "Checking for invitation on caller's machine"occurs sometimes while ...

Recently, I asked the following:>I just upgraded a 3/280 to a SparcServer 380, and have immediately run into>a fairly serious problem. C programs compiled on the 4/380 fail when run>on a SparcStation 1+. Sample output is below:>>nsslsun% cd /export/common>nsslsun% head -1 ...

Some time ago I asked:    Date: Wed, 10 Oct 90 12:20:50 EDT    Subject: problems with nres_gethostbyaddr        Someone brought this up some time ago, but I think that the suggested    fix ...

Thanks to those who replied. The solution came from:      Mic Kaczmarczik <bragrt!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!mic>      uunet!adiron!tro (Tom Olin)The solution for shelltool, cmdtool, etc. is to wrap it in ...

I asked:> Does anybody know why is /usr/ucb/rcp statically linked (4.0.3 sun3 and> sun4)? /usr/ucb/rsh is dynamically linked and uses the BIND shared> libraries, but rcp insists on using YP. Is there any reason to avoid> installing a dynamically linked rcp?All the replies pointed ...

>From biophys.zir.ethz.ch!ruba@odin.zir.ethz.ch Thu Oct 25 13:55:22 1990 remote from ethzI was definitely not the first which had problems with the differences between normal tape cassettes (QIC) and the Exabyte cassettes. My original question was:> The driver allows me only to append ...

(Sorry for the delay in posting this. I mail it earlier, but apparently itdidn't go through.)Hello all,Last week I reported having problems with a 1/4" Archive tape drive whichthought it was an Emulex MT-02:---------------------------------------We have a 1/4" Archive tape drive on ...

Regarding our UUCP chat script problem:>We recently transitioned our Sun mail host to 4.1, and now we are>having communication problems with our remote UUCP mail host. More>specifically, the login chat script hangs when the mail host (Tandy 4000)>is expecting a password and the ...

My original question:We are having trouble formatting a Seagate Wren VII 94601-1.2 drive.The format.dat entry in SunOS 4.1 is wrong, it gives ncyl=1703 pcyl=1931.The data sheet with the drive gives pcyl=1931 too. I have been collectingformat.dat entries from the net for some time but I don't ...

I wrote:I followed the instructions for hooking up a modem to a serial line,including setting a couple eeprom variables, mknod'ing /dev/cua1 & 2,adding the appropriate entry to /etc/remote, etc.When I try to run tip, though, it gives:tip: /dev/cua2: Permission deniedtip: /dev/cua1: ...

Geez, am I embarassed. Turns out I was getting panic: icodeCan't invoke /sbin/init, error 2because I'd moved /sbin to an NFS-mounted filesystem when I got shortof space on the root partition. I didn't notice init in there when Imoved it, and I'd forgotten all about the move by the time ...

Many thanks for the tremendous response! The first answer I got tookcare of the problem. It was from Aydin Edguer and arrived a minute before I even got my copy of the request for help. Wow.I'm including his fix and comments as they are.Additionally thanks to levine@dtg.nsc.com who ...

############################################################################THE ORIGINAL QUESTION:Does anyone have or have knowlege of Serial_Line_Internet_Protocol (SLIP) for Sun 3 or 4 workstations. Does it exist, is it reliable, can I get it free,can I get it ...

ORIGNAL MESSAGE        Hi I Hope You Can Help        I have a whole host of printer ...

Problem: Intermittent problem with memory simm in 4/60. The messages in/var/adm/messages are:Oct 31 15:55:36 rayleigh vmunix: Parity error reported at 0x2dfe0, actual address is 0x2dfec.Oct 31 15:55:36 rayleigh vmunix: Parity Error, ctx = 0x4, virt addr = 0x2dfecOct 31 15:55:36 rayleigh ...

Well these are the numbers on the virtual memory system that I have.It looks like the SparcStation 2 should make a good xterm server for15 to 20 people, given my experience with 4/330's.Computer Page size PMEG Total ...

I waited extra long to post this summary because I was hopingto get some late responses. Unfortunately, these six are allthere is. The problem is still unsolved, so if anyone gets asudden flash of insight, *PLEASE* post the answer. There area good number of people out there who would like to ...

Ever since upgrading to SunOS 4.1, we have been inundated with messageson the console of our Internet gateway machine like      nres_gethostbyaddr: some.name.org != its.correct.IP.addrJudging by the traffic on sun-managers, others have hit on this and havegone ...

Yes, indeed, the patch is available and I now have it.This patch can be obtained from Sun (for no charge, from what I am told).I have also made it available via anonymous ftp on procyon.cis.ksu.edu,(in pub/sunfixes/le0_patch.tar.Z) for those blessed with Internet TCP/IPaccess.Many thanks for ...

Sorry it took a while for me to post this summary, but I didn't have any way totest the programs I obtained as a result of my query. We don't own a colorPostScript printer, but one of our customers does. I sent him the "import"program (described below), and he says that it works ...

My original question:How to set up a uucp direct connect line between two serial portsso that requests could be made in both directions. The trouble isthat uucp needs a getty to log in, and the gettys on each end werefighting with each other, constantly trying to log each other in withlogin ...

Many thanks to all who responded to my query. A good summary of the correctanswer was provided by Don Lewis:>The classic cause for the problem is if the user in question on MachineB>is a member of more than 8 groups. The limit for the number of groups>in the 3.5 implementation of NFS ...

Sun-managers,Many thanks to all who responded.Although originally I had something of a technically oriented questionin mind (what does it do? how does it do it? where can I find a whitepaper?), the pragmatic nature of this alias came back strong with a product oriented answer - perhaps the most ...

Date: Sun, 4 Nov 90 23:21:53 ESTFrom: Doug Peterson <doug@usan.consult.com>Message-Id: <9011050421.AA02446@USAN.consult.com>To: sun-managers@eecs.nwu.eduSubject: makeI'm looking for a version of make() (source) that can handle hiddendependencies, such as those generated by #include ...

Haven't found the culprit yet, but it looks like the solution path hasbeen found. As most people indicated, there is another machine(s) onthe net that thinks it has the same IN# as mine (Mine is from anassigned block. THUS, the other guy is wrong by definition).Many folks suggested 'arp -a' ...

The original question:> Could some kind soul please refresh my memory about how to make> installboot work right under 4.0.1? I remember from past postings that> things have to be done in a certain order, but I forget the details.The resolution:First of all, most people don't have ...

Recently, I asked:>I've been trying to get "rpc.yppasswdd" to work, and no matter what I try,>it fails. The system is a 4/380 running 4.1.>>The program always dumps core in /var/yp. There is always a newly created>empty file in ...

     OK OK OK OK OK OK OK !!     I am posting this now, before I run out of disk space... I have     recieved 141 replies thus far and the phone is still ringing.     MY ORIGINAL REQUEST FOLLOWS ...

        Here is finally my summary on the information Ireceived on the Translucent File Service. For those whodon't know it is a file system which allows to stackdirectories on top of each other. Regretfully, Sun forgotto include the description of TFS ...

Many thanks to the many who have replied. Sorry for the delay, but Iwas still getting email on this up until Sunday. There have been manydifferent suggestions, most of them for the partial solutions I thoughtmust exist and which I solicited. The closest thing to a completesolution was a ...