This is my second try to send this SUMMARY. ( 22-dec-1991 )Thanks to everyone who replied. Somebody might find him/herself missingblame this "reliable" post system.First of all. My mailer is something strange because I'm using Finnish Telecompany's proprietary mail system. It is ...

Thanks and more thanks to all who responded to my postingregarding the death of my 669mb hard disk.The bottom line of all the responses (besides wishing me well)was:    **Buy disks and memory from third parties, not from Sun**The rational for these comments was 50% cost ...

My original question was:> The question is: Is it possible to use 2 bwtwo devices in one machine?> I know it is possible to use a bwtwo and a cg<whatever>, but what about> two of the same type? Is it like a (YUCK!!!) PC where you can have both a> mono and color card, but not ...

The problem turned out to be a bug in the Sundiagnostic boot PROMs; i.e., the system would failwhen the diag/norm switch was in diag mode.This seems to be a feature of Sun 4/280 CPUs,at least those with boot PROM 3/3.0; the systemwill not pass the diag self tests with more than48 megabytes of ...

> Problem: Any reference to the contents of subdirectory /tmp/gcc> hangs the process. ps u shows process in disk wait.Many people responded, and told me about patch # 100174-0 5from Sun.Thanks, everybody!- Dan Kegel============================= README FOR 100174-05 ...

I mistakenly put 4/470 in the Subject (I have the 4/470 docs), but somekind soul did send out the 4/370 info I wanted. Below is the mailregarding the 4/370 and after that the mail I got regarding the 4/470.-- 4/370 info --From: caxwgk@pki-nbg.philips.de (Wolfgang Kuehnel )Unlike the subject ...

Hi everybody and thanks for the overwhelming amount of replies.I will continue to gather all replies to post a complete summary.The answers can be divided into 2 categories.1) Nothing has been decided yet         2 replies, no comment2) the C compiler ...

I recently asked for information about Sun portables. Here's the summaryof the replies I received. I called up the various vendors and requestedmore information from each of them.Barry Shein wrote an article on the RDI machine in the July 1991 SunExpert,so that's a good source for some more ...

I recently posted a query as to why I couldn't link an application (spice)against some X11R4 libraries I had recently built. Specifically, I got themessage:        ld.so: Undefined symbol: _XtInitializeI then gave a summary of responses I had received, ...

My original posting:>I have a 4/260-4.1.1 with two CDC SMD drives, one Sabre-850 and one>Sabre-736 as xy0 and xy1, respectively. [...] The machine works fine>with the 736 as the only disk, xy1, and reconnecting the 850 as a>non-bootable xy0 also appears to be ok during boot [... ...

Hi everyone,        I am sorry to have this summary so late, but it's the same old story ...Back in Oct/Nov, I have asked for assistant on the hanging problem :>Hi everyone,>> I have a SS2, w/ 40M RAM, 1 SBus prestoserve board, 1 ...

It turns out that NewSprint 2.0 (out "soon" according to the Sun support person,no idea on when "soon" is) can print files generated by a NeXT. Looks likewe'll need the update.**ORIGINAL REQUEST:SITUATION:Sun SPARC Printer being served from a Sparc 2. Printer serves Sun ...

Fellow Admins,  It took me awhile, but I finally found some time to summarizemy recent question, which was:> I'm looking for some info on the number of times that a 8MM>video grade cartidge tape can be written on before it should be>replaced. I`ve heard that 5-6 times is ...

Thanks for the many replies...The initial posting was--------------------------------------------------I need to boot a 3/60 running 3.5 diskless from a Sun4 running 4.1.1.and I have a couple questions... Can it be done? I have all the rootand swap partitions set up, I have the executables ...

Thanks to all that responded.Sorry about the delay for summary. It took me a while to find what I needed.My original Posting:> I am looking for a PUBLIC DOMAIN vt200 or vt340 emulation software> that will run on openwindows and one that would run on PC's.>> Thanks,> ...

Well I got the answer before I saw my post. Here is the question again:>Hardware: 4/490>OS: SunOS 4.1.1b>>I am having a problem with rcp. I have an account on machineA which I want to>rcp files to and from machineB. machineB is not in /etc/hosts.equiv ...

In article <1991Dec13.194250.5123@cs.ucla.edu> tamir@lanai.cs.ucla.edu (Yuval Tamir) writes:>In article <1991Dec10.175211.11686@cs.ucla.edu> I wrote:> S&S Corporation in San Jose (408-978-6216)> is quoting $142 per 4Mx9 70ns SIMM (quantity 4).> This price seems too ...

Well, in the end we were successful, relatively speaking. Here isthe solution we used, followed by a summary of the responses I got.Enjoy....=====================================================================We managed to get our tape, although it took a lot of phoning andlot of stupid ...

In article <1991Dec13.024318.27297@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> I wrote:>Please advise me of your favorite mail order vendor for SCSI>cables going from 50-pin micro/Sun to 50-pin regular sized >connectors.>-- The recommendations I received are:****************** THREE ...

My original Posting:> Arch: Sun4c> OS: SunOS 4.1.1b> DAT Drive: HP 25480A >>We have this DAT drive on and working in compressed mode. The manual claims>that we should be able to get upto 8 Gig of data on a 90m tape. So far>all I have been able to get is about 3 ...

Thanks for all the replies.The bottom on line on the 5Hz cycling is that it is a feature. TheTCP handler tries to bundle data into larger packages to improveefficiency. The feature can be turned off by setting TCP_NODELAY withsetsockopt. This reduces the latency to a consistant 1-2 ms.Thanks ...

My original Posting:> Arch: Sun4c> OS: SunOS 4.1.1b> DAT Drive: HP 25480A >>We have this DAT drive on and working in compressed mode. The manual claims>that we should be able to get upto 8 Gig of data on a 90m tape. So far>all I have been able to get is about 3 ...

I recently wrote that I was having trouble linking an application (spice) tothe X11R4 libraries that I had just constructed. Specifically, I got the error message:        ld.so: Undefined symbol: _XtInitializeI have so far received eight respones, which ...

PROBLEM: Output from SPARCPrinter was shifted up 1/4 inch.SOLUTION: none yet. By a process of elimination, I am certain thatsome piece of internal hardware (on the Printer) is damaged. I amstill trying to get a hold of Sun to confirm this and see if they canservice it onsite or if I need to ...

Thanks for all the replys. As many pointed out, increasing MAXUSERSin the kernal config file and/or NPROC in param.c should fix the problem as long as a renegade process is not spawing endless processes.As it turns out, we had a very low number for MAXUSERS (8) for the numberof users actually ...

I thought I sent out a summary on the SGI termcap for SUNquestion on Friday, but have not seen it, so, here it goes again:The answer is to use infocmp (8) with the -C option to readout the terminfo entries on the SGI to termcap format foradding to the SUN's termcap.Thanks ...

Alain Brossard brought up 'resetting' the NVRAM by putting it in anotherRunning system.You don't need to do this. Just do:        1) Power off system        2) Pull NVRAM (be careful to pull it ...

I recently reported a problem with a NeWSprint/HP/parallel setupwherein the system would hang after printing a job. I receivedseveral helpful replies, for example:Allen Witt writes:>I had the same problem when I set up a SPARCprinter. The job would>print, hang the system, reprint on ...

My problem was:>>For the second time we have got a "cat" process hanging which can't be killed >using kill -9:>>chris 2550 0.0 0.0 124 0 p4 IW 11:01 0:01 -csh (csh)>chris 10738 0.0 0.0 12 0 p4 DW 17:20 0:00 cat ...

 The question was:>> On a Sun 4/490 with SunOS 4.1.1, we have messages like:>> id000e:block 79204 (638854 abs):read:Conditional Success.>> Data Retry Performed.>>>> Is this the beginning of hardware troubles, or is it a software>> known trouble?I was ...

[ Sorry to continue Breaking The Rules, but the suggestion given for  "fixing" NVRAM problems sounded way too dangerous to let pass... ]Removing and/or replacing the NVRAM or *any* chip from a running machineis a very bad idea, that at best, voids your warranty... How to ...

A few days ago I sent this about doing printer accounting inSunOS 4.1.1:> We are looking for info about doing printer accounting in a Sparc> environment with SunOS 4.1.1. We want to keep tabs of how much printing> is done ore even charge for printer usage.> I know about the af ...

First, thanks to everyone who replied. Here's the original problem:=========================================================================We're looking at upgrading our 3/50 to an ELC. The 3/50 currentlyhas a shoebox disk and tape drive hanging off it plus another disk. I'm told that ...

Original letter:> I have got my hands on a few MAXTOR LXT SCSI disks, mostly> 213. I like them for their low power usage, their silence, their speed> and their price. But I have not succeeded in formatting one for a Sun,> probably because I do not have the correct values ...

It was pretty simple... the previous admin set up a couple of scripts in cron to copy a small script that essentially echo'd a message statingthat news was locked and to try later. The problem is that to originalrn binary was NEVER copied back, thus enabling news....Thanks for the help,Rick ...

In two messages, I asked:1) why does the automounter put things in /tmp_mnt? How do peoplecope?2) why does the automounter create circular links on the machinewith the local mount of the file system?3) is AMD any better?In brief:1) It always puts things in /tmp_mnt (or wherever -M is) to ...

On my query to find out what tools were available to find out whatworkstation / user is loading my server down I received the followingpointers which I have outlined:Software Tools:        nfswatch (PD available by anon ftp from ...

I got one response after I sent my previous summary of the answers tothis question, which said that it *was* possible to boost the totalRAM of an SLC, by replacing the 1-Mbyte SIMMs with 2-Mbyte SIMMs. Idid not post it immediately since it contradicted all otherrespondents, but discussed it in ...

Hi everybody !Sorry to have kept you all waiting.Here's the summary on the subject that got me many helpful replies,a few flames and 2 insults.I think this topic belongs into this forum, just because the C-Compileris one of the most-used tools in unix system programming and ...

I asked:>SunOS 4.1.1b installed on an SS1. Wren VII doesn't boot up synchronous. I>seem to remember that there is some nonsense about synchronous SCSI getting>turned-off during device probe on an SS1 to mask a 3.5" disk drive problem>but I can't remember the specifics. The ...

Many thanks for some excellent advice on the subject of disk partitions.Overall, I found no overwhelming reason to divide up the big add-on drive on my server system. The reasons people gave for partitioning: keeping groups of users separate, speeding up backup and recovery, running out of ...

My apologies for the lateness of this summary; a vacation interrupted.The best was a combination of things that people repeated, however theanswer which provides the most insight was from:jdschn@nicsn1.monsanto.com (John D Schneider)...to whom I owe great thanx. It is the first answer in the ...

Thanks to all that responded, I think I will be able to get this thingto work now. While a few questioned my using an ESDI drive, we are auniversity (read cheap) and must re-use whatever we can.For those interested:Bytes per sector should be 592 (JP 30 in to select ...

Hi Sun Managers,10 days back I had posted the query of converting cdrom sunos formatto bootable tape format. I received a dozen replies suggesting thatconversion from cdrom boot format to tape format is not going to bea trival task. The replies were interesting, someone will have to hackthe ...

My original question:> Simple question: Is there an SBus-based SMD controller card that would drive> disks such as Fujitsu M2382K ?The general consensus is that there exists no such product. Most peoplesuggested that I use an SBus/VME adaptor. One other person (Aydin Edguer)mentioned an ...

I am sorry for this late summary. First I was waiting for the fix,then the new year! Many thanks to all the respondents quoted below.My original query:-----------------------------------------This might be a common problem. Power at our office wasbrought down due to A/C upgrade, and when it ...

[This is a remailing; apparently the first try did not make it out. ---Rsk ]A while back, I asked about FAX-related products for SparcStations.I received quite a bit of mail on the subject; here's a summary.(If anyone wants the entire raw mail file, I can send it out, butit's much larger and ...

Many thanks to all respondents, in particular:rosa@huggins.ssctr.bcm.tmhardt@marble.den.mmc.comfabrice@sj.ate.slb.comdlong@cats.UCSC.EDUwallen@cogsci.UCSD.EDUiacovou@tera.cs.umn.eduamp19263@garfield.amp.comacc!steve@sacto.West.SunSince this has been discussed several times before I will ...

Here is a summary of all the responses that I received about theRealTech printer.All responses were positive. The Unix workstations used included3 Suns, and 1 '386 (running Unix). Several people also had a Mac and/ora PC hooked up in addition, and the printer correctly resolves anycontention ...

jdm5548@diamond.tamu.edu (Darrell McCauley) writes:[scsi resets with IPC]>5. >From the Sun Field Engineer Handbook-- "SCSI bus errors may occur when > multiple SCSI devices are used with CPU boards below 501-1689-06."> Check the CPU board to see if this is true--if you ...