I wrote:> Lately, I've been unable to mount any CD-ROMs on my system. Everything worked> fine until last week, when I started seeing the following error messages. I'm> running a Sparc II clone with SunOS 4.1.2, one internal SCSI disk, and an > external SMCC CD-ROM Drive. This ...

Well, I am once again amazed at all the responses that I received insuch a short period of time. I have included all the responses that I received at the time I amwriting this. Thanks VERY much to the following (esp to Leon Koll whoprovided a summary of a similar question he asked a while ...

----------X-Sun-Data-Type: textX-Sun-Data-Description: textX-Sun-Data-Name: textX-Sun-Content-Lines: 86The answers are in...It doesn't appear newfs can be coerced into changing its behavior withregard to filesystem top level directory ownership or permissions.I liked Rick Heaton's advice the ...

Thanks for your replies to my previous question about my problemstp run Newsprint on a Classic. I upgraded the machine to4.1.3_U1, and the problem disappeared. I don't know exactlywhat patches have to be applied if not running 4.1.3_U1, butI was suggested to patch the kernel configuration file ...

Hello fellow Managers,about a Week ago I asked:> we finally have received our UPS. What I'ld like to ask you is> the following: Our Intent is to protect the Files on our Fileserver from> being damaged when there's a Power Outage. However, we can't hang all the> NFS Clients onto ...

While we have be able to transplant dataless clients from thefileserver-net to another-net, it seems one can't install adataless client on the_other-net.Our solution will be to add a second ethernet interface to thefile server, disable IP forwarding in the kernel, so the fileserver has a ...

Sun Managers,Thanks you all for your responses. I know this "survey" is not very scientific but itwill provide some arm-twisting statistics I can show to our Dean. Almost all respondentsindicated they were overworked (misery loves company?). Several indicated theirdissatisfaction with ...

Hello,Thanks to the following ...

Thanks for the responses to my questions. I have not had a chance topursue any of the solutions suggested, but I have had a few requests fora summary so here it is. If I get more info I will post a second summary later.The responses were divided into:8 requests for a summaryInfo ...

Hello sunexperts,                Thanks for the huge reply to my ...

        A few days ago I asked the following question:> > > We have a couple of the Sun CD-ROM Drives around that we wanted> to try on a PC. The SONY P/N of the Drive is a CDU-8012. Sony> said this is an OEM Drive made for Sun, and ...

SUMMARY: Sunlink DNI troublesORIGINAL POSTING:> While transferring files from a VAX/VMS system to a Sparc 2, the dni software> will often get into an odd state and return the nfars error: NF_EINAPPOP,> "inappropriate operation". Once in this state the software cannot ...

Hi Managers!My original question was:>> Sun is claiming that SunLink PPP is not supported on SPARCstations IPC and> IPX on the built-in serial interfaces (ttya/ttyb or zss0), supposedly because> of "Known hardware problems". This is hard to believe for me. Is this ...

Two weeks ago, I wrote the following:> We're running Solaris 2.2 and upgrading to Solaris 2.3 now that Christmas> break is here. We use SunPC 4.0 from Sun as well for some PC tasks. I> have almost completed the upgrade and I find out that SunPC is not> installing correctly on the ...

The original post:> Any idea where this warning message is coming from?> Some people get this when they send email internally.> Any idea? Thanks.> > > > > > >>From MAILER-DAEMON@amnh.org Mon Dec 13 21:08 EST 1993> > >Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1993 21:08:36 ...

----------X-Sun-Data-Type: textX-Sun-Data-Description: textX-Sun-Data-Name: textX-Sun-Content-Lines: 7The direct answer was SS10 model 30.Along with direct answers I have been given 3 scripts which devine theanswer for the machine it is run on. Since I don't have perl I couldnot test the 3rd ...

My question was how to start xdm under Solaris 2.3 - whether to add anentry to /etc/inittab or to put a suitable script in /etc/init.d.I received two answers, both suggesting to start xdm from /etc/inittab,with a line of the formxw:3:respawn:/usr/openwin/bin/xdm -nodaemonorxw:3:respawn:/sbin/sh ...

In article <2gakat$1uv@denwa.info.com> I wrote:>>One thing I'm desperately trying to do is get their numeric keypads and>function keys working. For reference, we are using the xterm that>comes with OpenWindows 3.0.Several people asked me to pass on the answer, so here we ...

My original question:>> I'm trying to configure C2 to work with NIS but I cannot make that the r>>pc.yppasswdd works...>>>> I have to different files for passwd: /etc/passwd for normal passwd and >>/etc/passwd.NIS for NIS passwd so I'm running ...

Thank you for your messages.My message was:============================================Hi everyoneWe have two Sun stations:1) poincare: (architecture:sun4,sun4c) running SunOS 4.0.3c, and2) riemann: (sun4, sun4c) running SunOS 4.1.3I tried (in poincare) to mount /home/maple (which is in ...

Thanx for the many replies i received. The trick is:<p>  passwd -F [NIS-password-source] [username]<p>[NIS-password-source] should point to the nis password file. eg. /var/yp/passwd<p>This allows the root to change the user's passwd without knowing the old one. <p>

  I asked whether any tape drives could both read and write 150-Meg and60-Meg cartridge tapes; I also asked about the names of the differentformats.    Got a couple of very fast responses:--------------------------From: Dominic Dunlop ...

Hey,By now everyone who's interested must have added them entries intost_conf.c and stdef.h. I did too, but I got "/dev/rst0: no tape loaded ordrive offline" whenever I did a tar, cpio or mt. The solution, Bill Wyatt,<wyatt@cfa0.harvard.edu>, is to set DIP switches 6,7 and 8 at ...

Hi all,Since I am sending this out from my ordinary account, youknow that the problem is resolved. What a relief! :-)Here is the description of the problem and its solution.You veterans will laugh at me and say how ignorant I am,I guess. But I want to make this a learning experiencefor ...

Hi all,thanx to all the people, who answer me!This was my problem:> We have a CD-ROM-Changer Pioneer DRM-604x and want to use it (with all> features) on a SPARC 10 and SunOS 4.1.3.> Are there any drivers in PD available?> Other hints are also welcome! I try the solution from ...

Last week I asked about st.conf parameters for HP 35480A DAT drives for usewith Solaris 2.3. Unfortunately I got no replies (except for one 'me too').I have also had no answer from my supplier who has been trying to get theinformation from HP (Do HP care about after sales support anymore?).If ...

Original Posting:|Hi Managers,||I have a SS10 model 512 that is running Solaris 2.2 that I am having some |problems with (this machine is also my NIS+ server). Every morning when I |arrive to work, I find the machine locked up. When you press return on the |keyboard there is no response. You ...

  Original Question:-----------------------------------------------------------------------  We just took delivery on a SparcStation LX and a SS-10. Much tomy surprise, the LX did not come with a 1.44Mb floppy drive (now whydid I think those were standard with the LX's?). ...

original post:        I am looking for source or binaries for gated on solaris 2.x.        Any information would be gratefully appreciatedThe answer:        Gated 3.0 beta 1 ...

Firstly my thanks to the followinghsafai@esri.com (Houman Safai)z85030@uprc.com (Paul Slezak)jdean@drao.nrc.ca (James Dean)wtilford@lgc.com (Wayne Tilford)ngorelic@speclab.cr.usgs.gov (Noel Gorelick)I'm still awaiting delivery of the plotter (26th Jan I hope) buthere follows what was ...

The question was: I need a good list server. I am starting a CF list andneed a list server to run on a Sparc.Many people responded, but they all mentioned the same two list servers. Iwill include the text below.Thanks to all that responded. Btw, this question generated more "Me ...

Stupid me. I thought that if ~/.xinitrc existed that it was read in from/usr/openwin/lib/Xinitrc. It is not. If ~./xinitrc exists it is runINSTEAD of /usr/openwin/lib/Xinitrc.The solution then is to copy /usr/openwin/lib/Xinitrc to ~/.xinitrc, andto add the xmodmap commands near the end of ...

Hello again Sun Managers!Thanks again for all of your quick responses. Here is a copy of myoriginal post:> I have just upgraded our sites modem to a US Robotics 14.4 KBaud modem. We> are able to run at 14.4 w/ V42bis compression. This should give us a pretty> decent throughput. My ...

A while ago I asked about system accounting and I got a couple of helpfulreplies along with some requests for a summary if I got anything of interest.I haven't had much time to make use of the information that I got. As anxmas present we got an electriacl fire which has wiped out all ...

Dear Sun Managers,I got a lot people who are interested on the problem so here's the summary. My problem is fixed. Users' .cshrc file has a line biff n By removing that line, and restart the windows, the error message went away.Special thanks to the following managers listed below who ...

Another quick one for the more experienced SUN Managers ... I wrote:> this has been annoying me ever since, and RIGHT NOW I'm in the Mood to> get mad about it. I usually log in as myself and use sudo and the like> to do minor Admin Jobs. However, when Things get serious, I ...

orry for delay in posting summary, but I have a solution I needed to testbefore posting the results.With a great deal help from our local Sun Support Centre, there is a solution,although I must point out it is TOTALLY UNSUPPORTED. However, it works justfine.The problem is with autofs which now ...

Hello,        This is a summary relating to a question on how to use screen_blank /screensaverwith Solaris 2.3. The story is that there is no screenblank with Solaris2.3, however theSunos4.1.3 screenblank program works OK, also there is an property you ...

Hi -Original post :> I have a 60MB tape written on a 150MB drive that my 60MB drive won't read.> I get> tar: read error: I/O error> Is it possible to read 60 tapes written on a 150 drive? Is the data density> the same for both drives? Are there any switches to give tar (on ...

My original query, as you may recall, had to do with our 670MP crashingwhenever (1) Sun's VME SBUS expander board is in the system, and (2) aparticular file is copied to a drive through a controller on the expander.I got a few replies, but, unfortunately, I can not say that the problem ...

To mount floppies as ufs;        fdformat         newfs -c 32 /dev/rfd0c        mount /dev/fd0c /mntAlso,        there is a package - ...

This question has been asked and answered in the past. One-line Summary: Set up xdm to run on the framebuffer/mouse/keyboard.Detailed instructions follow.Thanks to Bill Hunter <bill@Access.COM> and Tom Reingold <tommy@big.att.com>for their quick responses.-- ...

Resend of earlier summary.Modifications: added error message which was missing from original summary.----- Begin Included Message ----->From sun-mgrs-request@maestro.mitre.org Mon Jan 17 19:46:49 1994Organization: The MITRE Corp.Sender: sun-managers-relay@ra.mcs.anl.govPrecedence: bulkDate: ...

Wanted to pass the below info along that I pulled off the net. Thanks to Pat Cain (Denver) <pjc@denver.ssds.COM> for telling where to findthe very useful piece of info!scsiinfo is very usefull also! Steve Maraglia - System Administrator internet: srm@gold.gvg.tek.comGrass Valley ...

Hi,    The response that I have received were tremendous. I have summarizedthe responses below. I have not tried any of these my self yet. Hopethis helps others who are seeking the same info.Thanks to the following people for all their generous help:fraser@adseng.analog.com ...

Many thanks to all who responded to my netgroup problem. I'll nowsummarize relevant information (place disclaimer here) ***as gleaned from information gathered and observations during subsequent experimentation***.Turns out that netgroup works only with NIS running, and that usingit in .rhosts ...

Hello Everybody,        Thanks to all of the people who responded. I got 23 responses         the overwhelming response was for PC-Eudora. There are some        shareware and ...

My thanks to all that replied to my request for information on how wellSPARC clones were performing in the field. The summary of responces islisted below. Normal disclaimers apply.Shaking, rattling and still rolling in S.C.Tom ...

Before Christmas I asked about Tools to parse FlexLM log files. I had beenhoping to summarize after I had tried out some of the options but have nothad the time since then to examine the options. I am therefore summarizingwithout having tried any of the options suggested. My original posting ...

Recently, I asked :Will the 10/40 CPU modules delivered in a SS10/40LC work together, thus forming a 10/402 ?Many thanks to    Larry Blom <lab@Access.COM>   Russ Poffenberger <poffen@San-Jose.ate.slb.com>    Juergen Wagner ...