( I had asked if all sun patches were available somewhere. Also, about  ldd doing a core dump - Summary for both is attached).About "ldd", it does a core dump when it tries to do an 'ldd /etc/ld.so.cache' - no fixes yet.A pretty comprehensive collection of patches for ...

Monday I wrote:        On 3/260 platform with Hi Rez mono monitor, attemps to select        the date to edit calendars will always select the previous date.        In some ...

I figure I should post a summary before too many people reply to mymessage...About 1 hour ago, I sent a message asking if someone knew how tocreate a new window with a larger font. Half an hour later, Tom Tonroy(trc@ESD.3Com.COM) answered back!!!Thanks Tom!"shelltool -Wt ...

The automounter in SunOS 4.0.3 apparently has problems withwildcard/substitution characters ("*" and "&").I had been successfully running automounter for 4 months untilI added a new map that used "*" and "&". This started causingautomounter to ...

My original posting:>Is there anybody use the sendmail.mx on the DNS server as /usr/lib/sendmail>and it works properly ?>>I use NIS and DNS together as it supported by Sun. On the SunOS 4.0.3 this>work fine I am satisfied with it but on the SunOS 4.1.1 I got an error when>I ...

As a lot of you pointed out, I need the file /etc/shells with the following<p>entries:<p>/bin/sh<p>/bin/csh<p>/usr/local/bin/tcsh (or whatever the path is for tcsh)<p>No blank lines in this file, I was told.<p>Thank you all<p>fabrice<p>

        Thanks to all that answered. I am sorry for not putting in        my full configutation but every one seemed to assume correctly.        It is a Sun 4/370 running Sun ...

Here is a summary of my recent posting:=============> (1) I just recently added a new partition for client swapping (/export/swap1)> on my sd1 disk. When I tried to use it today (via add_client) I got an> error because the file /etc/install/disk_info.sd1 was missing. When ...

I posted a request a while back to see whether the 4/60 (SS1)could supported sync under 4.1.1. The manuals say that it isenabled on all new systems EXCEPT the 4/60.The best response came from Greg Earle, Sun Microsystems, Inc.,  JPL on-site Software Support, earle@poseur.JPL.NASA.GOV, ...

Last week I asked about a SPARCstation that does not boot when power isturned on, if a serial device is attached to it. I received about a dozenresponses, and the consensus seems to be that I need to upgrade my boot PROM from 1.0 to 1.2 or higher. This is a known bug, number 1030076 (thanks ...

Sun managers,I got a lot of responses to my question on why I was getting the message*proc: tale is full* echoed to the console every few seconds before I sent my "nevermind" letter in. Nonetheless, I received valuable informationwhich I will share especially since it was ...

The original question:> Hi,> > How does one physically connect thinnet to thicknet ethernet. Does one just> connect the 2 networks together with a drop cable & 2 transceivers, or is> a bit repeater needed between the 2 segments?> > For example:> > ...

Hi,About a week ago I sent a plea for help after seeing:  sd6a: read retry, block 6736 (6736 relative)  sd6a error: sense key (0x4): hardware error, error code (0x9): servo erroron my 4/330 (SunOS 4.1). The disk is an internal "CDC Wren IV 94171-344".I received a ...

Thanks to the many who replied to my question. Here is a quick summary.Original Question:I administer a network of sun sparc machines which must be synchronized toNational Bureau of Standards time. We have written the code to get one machineto ingest the time and synchronize, but we need to ...

 The original question was:>> We are used to put the "-b" flag in the NIS Makefile, in order to have>> an homogeneous network where anyone anywhere can use the DNS services>> for ftp, telnet, rlogin, etc.>> I was told that this doesn't work, for instance ...

Several weeks ago I posted a request for information about SCSIFloppy disk drives available for Sun Sparcstations, specifically forthe new SLC. I received the following information from variouspeople:   Artecon   2440 Impala Drive   Box ...

Thanks for all of the replies.The problem with the sunos4.1 cdrom apparently was that some binarieswhich should have been in the kernel architecture subdirectories(kvm/sun3_sunos_4_1 and kvm/sun3x_sunos_4_1), were placed in theapplication architecture subdirectory (sun3_sunos_4_1). ...

I posted the following message on the sun-managers mailing list:}If anyone out there knows of vendors for video frame grabbers for}Suns (VME or S-Bus boards: digitizers, live video, video + graphics,}anything) I would really appreciate hearing from them - also good}and bad experiences with any ...

It appears that the SunOS 4.1.1 encryption kit, part #700-2729-10 Rev Ahas just started to ship.There are also public domain versions of des on uunet.uu.net inbsd-sources/usr.bin/des and net.sources/crypt.ZThanks to:shipley@remarque.berkeley.edujaysun@cs.clemson.edu (Jay ...

I asked: "How does a diskless client find its default route?"Come on, team! It was a full 1 hour and 50 minutes before I got theanswer. I know you can do better :-).Here's the poop on the default route for diskless clients:The kernel does indeed set up a default route before init ...

I only got two answers to my question about why the SparcStation2 does not boot off a CDC/Imprimis/Seagate 1.2GB disk.    BUT THEY SOLVED MY PROBLEM!! THANKS :-)))Basically, when you format your disk, make sure that partition 'a'starts at cylinder 2 instead of cylinder ...

You folks are FAST! Work to do and a @#$%^! WAR on and I got a bunchof responses starting 15 minutes after Post Time. My originalcomplaint was:>>Equipment: Sun 3/460 with Sun-4 keyboard>>OS: SunOS 4.1>>>>About once a week I get some sort of software rot that causes ...

Thanks to everyone who responded. Here's the original query:    We have a Sun 4/65 NFS client running SunOS 4.1 and a Sun 4/280 NFS    server running SunOS 4.0.3 that frequently exhibit a bizzare behavior.    Customers of our ...

Following is a message I sent out the end of last week:> > I have a SS1+ that has been running for approx. 6 months standalone.> Today we tried to hook it up to a network. We have fiber running from > a passive star into a 3030 Codenoll transceiver, then an AUI cable > runs from ...

Wow,what an amount of replies (12)Several people suggested there must be some big power cable or machinein the neigbourhood. I did not spot this . Others suggested there may be somemagnetized steel somewhere, and one of them suggested a compass or gauss meterdo detect this.some people mentioned ...

Sun-Mangers,    Thank you for the near instantaneous and illuminating replies! A summary follows:QUESTION:> We moved a LaserWriter ntII, from an IDX line where it had been served by> a remote VAX, to a local SparcStation. We then enabled Ethernet connections> to ...

My original question was:>>I've got an oldish 3/260 with a single Fujitsu 2333 drive and a Xylogics>>472 controller. It's currently running 4.0.3, when it runs, which is not>>very long at a time. Every 2-6 weeks it conks out with disk problems.>>The non-Sun service ...

The response was great, I had my problem solved several hours beforeI received my question !!.FIRSTLY THANKS TO ALL THE FOLLOWING FOR REPLYING================================================        David Wiseman ...

        I got a bunch of helpful comments, but it turns outthat we have a hardware problem with virtual memory. Italso shows up in the sundaig test of virtual memory under4.0.3, but it is less obvious than under 4.1. Apparentlythe 4.1 and 4.1.1 kernels ...

Thanks to all of you who took the time to answer my query. I believe Igot most of your replies. A few might have gotten lost in my mail filedebacle, so I thank those of you whose names don't appear below. And aspecial mention to those of you who took the trouble to write to me asecond time. ...

incoming messageReply-to: katz@rpal.rockwell.comProblem: How to generate two outgoing email messages from one incoming message.Application: We are changing our domain name and I want to notify users of mailsent to the old domain during a short transition period during whichboth sets of domain ...

I apologize for not posting this sooner, but my mailer keptsending it down /dev/null.My original question was:>In the continuing story of the quack who's been bitten by the>sendmail DEMON, I have been trying different things to combat the>problem. Foremost is compiling IDA-SENDMAIL. ...

My original question was based on the following, but I have clarified ourspecific problems at the end of this message:        I'm a bit confused about the relationship between an NIS masterserver and an NIS slave server. Our setup is as ...

I received 13 replies to my question on the problem I was haveing with Fujitsu M2266SAdrives on SS@'s running 4.1.1, and I solved the problem. First, here's the main section of my question:> Our site recently purchased 3 Fujitsu M2266SA 1.2G disks from Bridgeway for >use in SS2's ...

I have been literally inundated with requests for more detailed infoon how I generate two outgoing email messages from one incomingmessage by modifying sendmail.cf and sending some incoming messages toa script. My modified version of the SunOS 4.1 sendmail.main.cf fileand the script ...

A few people asked for a summary of what I found wrt purchasing smallSCSI disks for a SPARCstation. Here is the edited version, if anyonewould like copies of all the responces just let me know.    Recommended phone # Notes Why?    Alliance Peripheral ...

The simple solution is there is no entries in /etc/ttytab forthe ttyr?s.I put them in, did kill -1 1 and things started working again.What confused me, is that people could log in on pseudo tty'sfor which there were no specifications in ttytab, the fact thatthey existed in /dev was ...

> A SS1+ is serving an IPC and SLC. Recently, we reformatted the server's disk > and added NIS. Neither client can print to the SS1+-connected LaserWriter.> (more deleted, but you get the idea)We were trying to share /var. Once we straightened out our /etc/exports and /etc/fstab files ...

The general consensus was that there should be no problem with such acombination. I'm going to buy the controller...but I am going to makesure that I can return it if I have a problem.Thanks Sun Managers!Keith    Keith D. McNeill | Du Pont ...

This includes a summary of a problem that I posted earlier todayas well as a description of a continuing problem with news.-----------SUMMARYMy problem was that although I could telnet to machines outside of oursite, and nfs was working, yp and network backups were not working.Thanks to all who ...

My appologies for yet a 3rd post on this topic; I promise this is thelast. There were a couple subtle bugs in the code I shipped out lastweek which did not become apparent until I have been using my hacksfor a couple of days. The following code SHOULD be ...

Ok... Ok... Please stop!The response from Sun-Managers to my NIS questions has been overwhelming,and at the time of writing totals more than 40 replies! I've spent most ofthe day just reading them.Firstly I would like to thank everyone who sent suggestions.My inital query concerned yp-master ...

Sorry about so long in the reply. I didn't get around to using the repliesuntil today.My original problem:        I had changed my /etc/resolv.conf to point to a different nameserver and while nslookup now worked fine, the NIS things such as telnetand ...

        I had a bad sim and called sun to get the location. Since I haven't    seen anything on the net about this I thought I would share my ...

Lot of replies that 'Wingz' is also available for the Sun's - contactInformix at 800-438-7627 (with educational discount about $400 for 4systems).Someone asked about the location of 3dplot - I don't know where it isavailable at but the author is ktoh@mascot.berkeley.edu.IRIS users can try ...

Stated Problem:        The release notes for 4.1 indicate that 256 ptys are supported,but I cannot enable/use more than a maximum of 48 and the only referenceI find to increasing this limit in the manuals is to modify the kernellconfig file which doesn't ...

First, my apologies for the delay in replying to the kind souls whowere so quick to respond to my plea wrt difficulties downgrading a4/60 from 4.1 to 4.0.3. My original request: > For reasons known only to the management, I have to uninstall the 4.1 > on a 4/60 and load 4.0.3, sometime ...

OK, here is a brief summary of all the responses I got for getting SLIP onSparc under SunOS 4.1.* slipware.tar.Z on neat.ai.toronto.edu contains slip-4.0 along with a few  utilities programs/daemons. It claims to be very reliable. If you want it  to run on SunOS 4.1, you ...

My original questions dealt with methods used for buying and sellingequipment and status of OS RTU license upon sale.Indications are that SA types are usualy invloved fully until theonly concern is logistics and paperwork of the sale/purchase.It appears that the Sun RTU license transfers with ...

Included below is a "shar" archive which contains:        1. a ".profile" for root        2. source for "singleuserlock"        3. a MakefileThe ...