SPARCstation10 / SPARCserver 10 CPU swapping

2648 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
The original question was:> Are there any restrictions on swapping CPU modules around between> SPARCstations and SPARCservers? Restrictions might fall into > categories of: hardware, software, licensing, politically-correct, etc.>> Specifically, I'm interested in swapping the ...

TTY patches

5284 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
MHS: Source date is: 15-Oct-93 16:48 PDTFile item: SUMMARY.TTY.patches          Attached.> Hi managers,> Does anyone knows if there are 4.1.3 pathes for serial ports, ttysoftcar> and all kind of this serial crap ?> -Misha ...

AnswerBook 1.3 won't start

6227 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
MHS: Source date is: 14-Oct-93 16:51 PDTText item: AnswerBook 1.3 env vars>Hi folks,>Long time ago i installed Answerbook on ELC running 4.1.3>Since that .cshrc file was corrupted and i had to recreate a new one.>Now i'm missing some env variables to run an ...

AnswerBook 1.3 won't start

6137 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
MHS: Source date is: 14-Oct-93 16:51 PDTText item: AnswerBook 1.3 env vars>Hi folks,>Long time ago i installed Answerbook on ELC running 4.1.3>Since that .cshrc file was corrupted and i had to recreate a new one.>Now i'm missing some env variables to run an ...

wanted: "chkpnt"-like software on SunOS 4.1.x

1699 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
Dear Sun-managers:        I am very sorry for this late summary.        Primary I ask checkpointing software, and I gotseveral replys.Bob Shaw <bshaw@latte.spdc.ti.com> said``You might look at ...

yppush slowness (4.1.2 + DNS)

5635 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
Hello again folks,Here was my original problem:>I've got a frustrating problem with YP that I could use some thoughts on..>>Our system is a 4.1.2 Sparcstation2 with 32M memory, SunLink X.25, >4 SPC cards (driver version 1.2) and several scsi disks and tapes.>We are running YP so ...

POST- Ethernet-ONLY SBUS Card for SPARC 10

2585 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
1.My question was:> Subject: Ethernet-ONLY SBUS Card for SPARC 10> > Does it exist ?.. > We do not need fast SCSI, nor parallel port on this board.> Thank you in advance2.My SUMMARY was:>Subject: SUMMARY: Ethernet-ONLY SBUS Card for SPARC 10>>Hello, ...

file locking patch for 4.1.3c

1691 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
Original posting:  We need to find out if file locking works under SunOS 4.1.3c.  Background: our company sells a product which for SunOS 4.1.{1,2,3}  requires the file locking patch 100075-xx. As I've understood from  this list, 4.1.3c is based on ...

Looking for some cliparts

3092 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
Hello!My question was: I need cliparts or simple drawings about SUNs (and other                  network components) to draw our network. Are there any ...

More on Change to new wire

3706 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
I received some additional excellent suggestions for my original problem, sothis is some additional summary info (and thanks to those listed).Original Problem: Switched from coax (thinnet) to 10baset with new wire,transceivers, etc. and no network. Power light is on trans. but no link.Actual ...

[4.1.2+OW3.0] cmsd goes stiff

2120 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
I had asked about why the cmsd on my Server (SS2) only would stop answeringRequests, sometimes causing Console Messages like        Oct 12 10:14:13 kleopatra inetd[1997]: 100068/rpc/udp server        failing ...

ftp over email

122350 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
My original question:Recently in this list, someone posted some info regarding an E-mail servicethat enables those of us who have access to Internet mail but no access to ftp to be able to send an ftp request via mail to an ftp "server." The server would then mail a reply which would ...

NIS & network problems

7470 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
Thanks to everyone who replied to my query about NIS & networkproblems. To recap, I had recently pulled one NIS slave from the network (a SS2), and made a nearby SS10 a new NIS slave.After doing that, the network became excrutiatingly slow fordays on end, and I was having trouble pushing ...

Strange problem of SS10/51

2687 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
Thanks to all who responded:        Barry Moyer <barrym@sa-cgy.valmet.com>        Steve Mowbray <sm@mags.physics.manchester.ac.uk>        derekt@stpaul.gov (Derek ...

normal user email fails ("Deferred")

1365 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
Managers,I wrote:>I checked the permissions on /usr/lib/sendmail and /bin/uux and those>look fine. The most prominent error message we've been seeing is that>"uux" has failed and mail can't be delivered for 3 days.>Looking at /var/log/syslog notes that all the mail that ...

Netgroups for restricting access

1054 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
Original question was how can netgroups be used to limit access for onlyone group.The answer is: They can't. As I thought. BUT there is a way around it.The trick was to not think of giving access so much as denying it.By changing the ownership of the directory to the excluded group andthen ...

motif on SUN

6471 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
Original posting:-------------------------------------------------------------------             Sun already announced dropping Openwindow and support     Motif, I'd like to know where can I get Motif ? ...

How to monitor console messages?

8793 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
QUESTION:=========I'm sitting here on my Sun (4.1.3), and every 20 minutes,like clockwork, the console receives a message:    Oct 18 15:47:38 slag -- MARK --This is probably a harmless local mod by my predecessors,but I have been unable to detect the sender of this ...

Sparcworks Patch 100807-02

2887 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
My original question:>When I try to install patch 100807-02 on Solaris 2.2 machines>(Sparc Classics), I get the following error message:>> The original software package does not exist, or there are> inconsistent pkginfo values between patch and original pkg.> Compare ...

Disk partition with space thinks its full?

1765 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
Thanks to Jim Prescott <jgp@ee.rochester.edu> and Steve Senator <Steve.Senator@Central.Sun.COM> my problem is diagnosed as a lack offree blocks caused by fragmentation. The fix should be to newfsthe partition and restore which I will do when the system is quieter.Jim gave a test to ...

help on Fusion

494 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
The question was:Can someone send me information on Fusion for a Sun workstation? I   need this info as soon as possible.(Kevin Sheehan {Consulting Poster Child}) and (Hal Stern -NE Area Systems Engineer sent a contact point of:Evan ...

automount using NIS on 4.1.3

13159 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
Thanks again, fellow Sun Managers, for a really impressive response! I could get used to peer support like this really easily. :-)I asked for hints bringing up automount under 4.1.3, using NIS maps.In summary, after a long weekend of experimenting, my small network ofSPARC 10's running 4.1.3 ...

Sparc 10 floppy drive woes

7202 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
Hi-I wrote that I was having trouble with floppy drives on some of my 10snot sensing/reading diskettes. Apparently this problem is widespreadand due to faulty hardware.Sun will replace your floppy drives free under warranty.Thanks to all who responded! They include (sorry if I missed ...

backup software on Sun

2054 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
Original message:----------------        We are in the process of upgrading our backup systems. We are usingExabyte stackers (EXB-10i) now and try to get the Lago's DataWheel. Butwe want to get the backup software to work on both systems. Is anyone ...

Changing the IP Address of a Solaris 2.2 Machine

12204 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
Thanks to the Following who responded:          bond@cadence.com (Scott Bond)          adap@andrews.edu (Edsel Adap)          davec@cs.ust.hk ...

IPX and OW setup

4178 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
G'day,Most (all) responses said "use openwin -nosunview" which Itried, and worked (funny that!)But, the best solution (IMHO) was to delete OW all together(blow the bugger away!) and install X11R5p25.Instant save of 30 MB, and get all the include files etc etc ...You also have to ...

Anonymous FTP

3476 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
My original question was -> I am in the process of setting up a machine for anonymous FTP. I know> how to setup a basic anonymous ftp account, but what I would like to know> is there anything I should look out for. I would like to do a reverse> name lookup to map IP addresses to ...

a breakdown of the sendmail file

35332 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
----------X-Sun-Data-Type: textX-Sun-Data-Description: textX-Sun-Data-Name: textX-Sun-Content-Lines: 37thanks for the responses, most of which point to a few book on sendmail i also have included a sendmail file from john stone. the books are as follows;O'Reilly & Associates publishing ...

Modem callback tools

5175 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
I wrote :|> From steffen Mon Oct 4 15:54:39 1993|> Subject: Q: Modem callback tools ?|> To: sun-managers@eecs.nwu.edu|> Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 15:54:39 +0100 (MET)|> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL21]|> Content-Type: text|> Content-Length: 743 |> |> Hello helping ...

Remote Display

1267 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
Once again the group comes through. I had many responseto many to print. The below is the one that I used. Thanksto all that replied.Terryrsh ss2 exec $OPENWINHOME/bin/cmdtool -C -display ss10:0.0 &rsh ss2 exec $OPENWINHOME/bin/perfmeter -display ss10:0.0 ...

Copy/Paste keys for Type5 and xterm

1055 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
Original question:> > I remember a long while back that someone had posted an .Xresources file for> an xterm to recognize the Sun Copy/Paste keys with a Type 5 keyboard.> > Could someone send it again? Also, if there is any information available with> using all of the keys ...

sun4.1.3c vs sun4.1.3

7669 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
I asked for the difference between 4.1.3C and 4.1.3, and whether thelatter would run on a Classic. The short answer is that 4.1.3C isnearly identical to 4.1.3, except that it has been modified to supportthe Classic and LX hardware. (And so 4.1.3 will not work on thesehardwares.)It appears ...

Dump params for EXB-4200; Multi-volume dumps

5528 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
Original Post:>I need the dump parameters for an EXABYTE EXB-4200 2 Gb tape backup.>I have a Sun SPARC 2 running 4.1.3. It's on SCSI address 5 (/dev/rst1).>The faq only addressed the EXB-8200.>>What are the ramifications of getting the dump parameters wrong?>>Also, I want ...

Calendar Manager, callog location ( summary and further ? )

1463 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
In article <CFBEww.LEv@cbnewst.cb.att.com> rubin@cbzoo.att.com (Daniel Rubin) writes:>Another suggestions was to mount /usr/spool/calendar on all the local >workstations from the server. This may be a good solution especialy if>you could just access all calendars with just login ...

Any way to "break" NFS server code to make writes async?

3463 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
In article <1993Oct21.140050.21536@hyphen.com> I wrote:>Does anyone know how to use adb to "break" the NFS server code in SunOS>4.1.3 and/or SunOS 4.1.3C to make the server write asynchronously instead>of synchronously? There were adb scripts floating around to do this ...

Weitek Power uP - experiences

2038 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
In article M6D@ra.nrl.navy.mil, dere@cedar.nrl.navy.mil (Ken Dere) writes:>>Pinnacle Data Systems advertised the Weitek upgrades in the October>SunExpert magazine.>>I am considering upgrading a 1+. Has anyone had any experience with this particular upgrade?>>--->Ken ...

Solaris 2: Time to Convert?

5595 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
I asked:> Solaris 2: Time to Convert? Request for experiences> With the announcement today of Solaris 2.3 coming "real soon now", I> wonder if it's time to convert most of our C software development> workstations from SunOS 4.1.3 to Solaris 2.3. I would like to ...

Working in a group owned directory

4502 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
Original Message:>I am looking for a one step process to allow a group of people to work>in a directory (read/write) and preserve the group read/write protection>and group names on all the files. These files are not programs, or source>codes. They are just some documentation that ...

ncdware 3.0 memory loss

5877 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
The solution is to either upgrade to ncdware version 3.1 where this problem hasbeen "mostly fixed". I am without maitenance so really needed a workaround.Gene Rackow put me onto support@ncd.com who were very helpful and got ourx-terminals functioning correctly. (Thanks Cheryl!)Many ...

- Type 4 Keyboards (preliminary)

1436 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
Several weeks ago I asked about after-market Type-4 keyboards forSun systems. I received several replies, and some me-too's. I'mstill researching this issue, but here is a preliminary summary.Preliminary indications are that a Type-4 keyboard can be purchasedfrom Inmac. Part number ...

Weitek Power uP - experiences

3412 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
In article <CFHGM2.K14@nsc.nsc.com>, glenn@lightning.nsc.com (Glenn Newell) writes:> In article M6D@ra.nrl.navy.mil, dere@cedar.nrl.navy.mil (Ken Dere) writes:> >> >I am considering upgrading a 1+. Has anyone had any experience with this particular upgrade?> > > I ...

Calendar Manager, callog location ( summary and further ? )

811 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
My experience with cm ( calendar manager ) indicates that the onlyway to make cm work with multiple machines where the users movefrom machine to machine ( as in a student laboratory ) is to makeeveryone specify their default calendar in .cm.rc . The defaultcalendar should point to the calendar ...

Can I add documents to AnswerBook ?

7585 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
Original Posting :> I heard this question but I haven't seen the summary regarding this.> Is it possible to add local documents to AnswerBook database ?>> Or is there commercial or public domain software for -> (a). On-line document preparation/retrieval using links ...

Sparc 10 Model 30 screen freeze

2540 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
Original message: > A user on a Sparc 10 Model 30 (one processor) running 4.1.3 and > Openwindows has a repeatable problem. After working on the machine > for about 15 minutes the screen goes black and he can only restore it > by rlogining in from another machine and ...

file transfer

2734 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
Original post:> I've got a net with 20 Sparcs running 4.1.3 and Openwin 3. I want to create> a file (.openwin-menu for example) on 1 machine and transfer it to all> the other machines. What I want is a script that will transfer the file(s)> when I make changes. What is the best ...

Termcap for VT220/420

10624 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
Many thanks to all who replied.The verdict is as follows:d0|vt100|tmac|vt100-am|vt100am|dec ...

Reading Solaris 2.2 DAT tapes on a HP 9000/720 workstation

3221 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
Sorry for the delay in posting the solution - the HP workstation is 120 milesaway and trying out the suggestions took some time.After everything else had failed I called Sun Support and got the answerin half an hour - full marks to Sun Support!Paul Vickery from Sun Support gave me the ...

of showfh RPC time out problem

3626 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
I am sorry for the delay in my summary, put my mail-server was down fora few days, and then I went down for a few days (nasty flu bug).Anyway, I was able to fix my showfh RPC timed out " error by installingthe Sun patch 100371-02 on the IPX that is running 4.1.2. Apparently, thisis a know ...

New NIS Slave won't boot multi-user

5872 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
It turns out that the "route add" statement in my /etc/rc.local was the problem. I had changed the original /etc/rc.local to do proxy arp route add default `/bin/hostname` 0... one of those "F__d" recommendations (don't want to tax the router too hard you know). My ...

Calendar Manager, callog location ( summary and further ? )

3653 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:32:00
Barry Margolin (barmar@think.com) wrote:: In article <CFBEww.LEv@cbnewst.cb.att.com> rubin@cbzoo.att.com (Daniel Rubin) writes:: >Another suggestions was to mount /usr/spool/calendar on all the local : >workstations from the server. : NFS mounting /usr/spool/calendar doesn't work. ...