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Original Post:>I am having problems trying to get the 2.3 Answerbook to display anything on 2.3.>>When I run it up, I get the Navigator which lets me step though the End User AB.>But when I then try to display something; it fires off 1 docviewer process,>hangs around a while, ...
Okay, I'll sum up the information I got.My original question was, what and where the tool is to view the AnswerBookunder pure X11, not OpenWindows.I got several answers and several hints to several solutions ;o)1) ab - published in comp.sources.misc or some such group. It requires ...
About a month ago I posted a question to this group, asking about experienceswith the cache file system (cachefs) under Solaris 2.3. I apologize fornot posting this summary sooner, but I installed Solaris 2.3 on my serverand 20 clients, but I had severe printing problems and I'm now in ...
There was a nice summary describing the use of cachefs under Solaris 2.3from caywood@teb.larc.nasa.gov (John Caywood) on 20th Jan on this newsgroup.One of the things stated in the message was that the cachefs cannot be usedfor /usr. This is NOT true (even if Sun say it cannot be done it seems ...
In article <2hjbe4$5rq@bart.meiko.com>, addy@meiko.co.uk (David Addison) writes:|> Original Post:|> >I am having problems trying to get the 2.3 Answerbook to display anything on 2.3.|> >|> >When I run it up, I get the Navigator which lets me step though the End User ...
Hello, The general concensus was that asynchronous IO was enabled by defaultand this had been comfirmed by a SUN engineer. however Michael Zika dug upthe following info on the subject....>From the Sun White Paper on mixed fast/slow SCSI ...
Hi! Thanks for all your responses to my problem. Sorry I have taken so long to SUMMARIZE do to the bad weather and being just busy. The following is the stated problem and solution.I have a SPARC printer that fails in local test print mode.ERROR MSG :"U2" on led ...
Subject: Kernel changes for second SCSI board?Thanks for the responses, everything worked out GREAT! I got answersto my questions PLUS additional useful information! Thanks to:Lupe ChristophGlenn SatchellWayne Tilford andTorsten MetznerMy original questions and the responses follow.John ...
Many thanks to all the replies, Here are the original question and solution.> > Hi sun-gurus,> I have a question about the mail tools running on OW 3.0.> The mail tool is V3. How do I create a distribution list? Sometimes> I need to sent a message to a list of people. I was ...
Original message :> Hello all,> > > Does anybody knows why the size of sunsolve has been reduced> to 90MB (coming from 330 MB in 2.1.1) ?> > Sunsolve version SIZE> 2.0 280> 2.1 320> 2.1.1 332> 2.1.2 93 ?> > I have the impression that the jumbo ...
Hello AllI posted a request for direction to a compiler for Csh scripts awhile ago (sorry for delay). There was not a great deal ofresponse but as most of the response was to ask me to give asummary here it is for what it's worth.The general consensus seems to be to use scripts to ...
I recently received a note from Peter Belknap, project manager forSunPC at SunSelect. He gave a few more tidbits of info I'll passon to those interested: (1) SunPC 4.0.1 is ready NOW. It works on Solaris 2.3 (his claim; I have yet to try it) and ...
sorry about the delay but I was in a car accident. This turned out tobe something wrong with the drive. car crash and drive crash all thesame week!thanks to:Dan Stromberg - OAC-DCS <strombrg@hydra.acs.uci.edu>for ...
Yesterday I asked:> Recently I have noticed that all programs started up via the openwindows> program menu are all starting up iconified.> > I don't know what caused this change (they used to come up as open).> How do I force them back to starting up "open"?I have had ...
Thanks for the prompt replies. Seems like the SS2 wins by a short head. Esp.if fitted with a SCSI-II SBUS card. The Classic seems to fall short on throughput due to its lack of cache. But only by a small margin. No-one waswilling to quantify this exactly.I should have mentioned that our ...
Below is a summary of what seems to be the only 2 fixes that I received. The first fix was the most common. Neither helped in my case. I will have to send the drive out for repair. Thanksto the following people for responding. The original messages is at the end of this message for those ...
Hi, all! Here is a quick summary, since I found a solution after walkingaway from the machine to get something to eat, and sitting down andthinking about the problem and what was affecting the system.The reported problem:____________________> At one point I inadvertently (without thinking ...
Dear Sun-Managers,a few days ago I described a problem concerning a 4/330 with an ie1 ethernet controller in a Multibus-to-VME adaptor, running Solaris 2.3.The problem:|Hello.||I have some problems with an ie1 ethernet controller. The controller|is in a Multibus-to-VME adaptor. The machine is a ...
Hi,Got lots of suggestions, for answers, thanks. Found the problem myself notlong after my posting appeared in my mail box. Here's the problem:> Configuration: mail relay host/server running SunOS 4.1.2> and another running Solaris 2.3 (problem happens> no matter which relay ...
A while ago I asked how I could have NIS data out of date yet the/var/yp/`domain' files be correct. It turns out that the old sun3 ypslave server, which I had thought was off the network permanently, wasup. This meant that it had old /var/yp/`domain' files and was the oneproviding the old ...
My origional posting:->>Hi Managers,>>Anybody know any software (where to obtain as well) that will run>SLIP/PPP (and X-windows) on a laptop using modem for some light admin>work ?>>Any suggestion will be appreciated.>>Regards>>Thanks for the prompt ...
Hallo SUN managers,my original question was:----- Begin Included Message -----Hallo SUN Managers,we are using some 3/50 with Xkernel and it works fine.Migrating the boot-server to SPARC (SS 10 4.1.3) we run into a problem.The 3/50 with ROM revision 2.8 boots fine, boot those 3/50 with ...
All,I had been experiencing problems with the DAT drive which SUN hadsupplied for our SparcClassic. The DAT drive is a Python 4352XP systemand I had numerous response to resolve my problem.The first solution was to modify /etc/system to include the followingset ...
Hi,Sorry for the (long) delay in sending out this summary ...I have been somewhat busy upgrading my machines, recompilingCAP and the News Software etc. etc. etc. (You all know what it'slike!)Original Question asked when setting up a machine with Solaris 2.3which is running as both a NIS+ root ...
I've been asked to send a Summary, so here goes. 5 Responses is nothingone should rely on, but we'll check out SPARCworks with a Demo Licenseto make Things really sure ... But it seems that this isn't worth beingput on the Top-Priority List.I asked:> I'm in Need of Contacts to some ...
In a white paper describing the SS1000 and SS2000 in May 1993 titled"A Scalable Server Architecture for Desktop to Data Center", theSMCC technical marketing department said: ...and the CPU modules are the same as those used in the SPARCstation 10 ...
I wrote:> Has anyone had any experience putting SVGA monitors onto an IPX? We have> one with a dead monitor, and would rather get something we can use in> multiple environments. There are rumors that the Nanao will work, but> we don't want to have to find out the hard way.There ...
Sun-Managers,Recently I posted a question about system-wide startup files as follows:->I would like to be able to perform some simple checks when a user>logs in, e.g. I need to limit the number of logins at any one time>and/or reduce the priority of some users sessions. Initially>I ...
(Oooops, this Summary is LATE ...)I asked:> introducing some new Users, I had to update the Quotas. I ran a repquota -a -v> to find a good Prototype User. Some of the Output Lines read:> Block limits File limits> User [...] used soft hard ...
There was a nice summary describing the use of cachefs under Solaris 2.3from caywood@teb.larc.nasa.gov (John Caywood) on 20th Jan on this newsgroup.One of the things stated in the message was that the cachefs cannot be usedfor /usr. This is NOT true (even if Sun say it cannot be done it seems ...
ross@bio-medical-physics.aberdeen.ac.uk (Philip Ross) writes:>There was a nice summary describing the use of cachefs under Solaris 2.3>from caywood@teb.larc.nasa.gov (John Caywood) on 20th Jan on this newsgroup.>One of the things stated in the message was that the cachefs cannot be ...
A number of people, among them ross@bio-medical-physics.aberdeen.ac.uk casper@fwi.uva.nl caywood@teb.larc.nasa.govhave commented the possibility to cache-mount /usr. Like them I havealso found that it works with the -O option to mount. It was ...
In article <2i5fao$462@mail.fwi.uva.nl>, casper@fwi.uva.nl (Casper H.S. Dik) writes:>ross@bio-medical-physics.aberdeen.ac.uk (Philip Ross) writes:>>mount -O -F cachefs -o ro,backfstype=nfs,cachedir=/export/cache/cache1 ...
In article <LEIF.94Jan26173306@nichols.control.lth.se>, leif@control.lth.se (Leif Andersson) writes:> Assume a network with one main server and a reasonable number (10 - 20) of> workstations. They have local disks ranging from 100M to 400M. All> user files reside on the server. I ...
Can someone please send me one of the recent SUMMARIES on fixing the"lines across the page with SPARCprinter" problems. I can't find it hereand, of course, now I have the problem too :(Thanks for your help... sorry to waste the ...
Thanks to all who replied.The bottom line is ``He's dead Jim.''I originally wrote:>I have an exabyte tape that has a damaged first file. It is not a>tar format tape. This file was written using 1k blocks and is of>157680 blocks in length. The damage begins around block 850 ...
I have a related question: the scsi tape driver on ESIX SVR4.0.4 gives anerror message when it tries to read an 150Mb tape from a 525 MB tape drive:WARMNING: ST01: Incorrect block length. Requested 20480, Actual: 512.And then quit processing further.The problem is that we dont now in advance ...
Thanx all who replied.This one is finally fixed.The first thing I did was installing patch #101381-01 with pkgaddFor some unknown reason I had to do this twice because the patch did not placed the files. pkginfo gives correct info back however.The missing stuff was the ...
This mail list sure is great. I leave at 10PM, having just askedmy question, and the next morning when I get in there are 6 answerswaiting for me.Original question:I'm looking for a way to programmatically take the information in theNIS+ passwd.org_dir table and put it *back* in /etc/passwd ...
In article <CK1uxJ.3A7@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> luj@ecn.purdue.edu (John Lu) writes:-> In article <2hjbe4$5rq@bart.meiko.com>, addy@meiko.co.uk (David Addison) writes:-> |> Original Post:-> |> >I am having problems trying to get the 2.3 Answerbook to display anything ...
--------->>>>>>>>>> Original Question >>>>>>>>>>>>>>------------Hello Sun-managers I am running SunOS 4.1.3 many patches on a Sun 4/670MP. For several years, I have been using ...
I asked in despair and desperation....> Dear Sunmanagers,> I give up...how do you persuade sendmail to convert the outgoing mail address> to 'Firstname.Lastname@domain' format ? I've been R'ing TFMs but can find> no reference to it, and my own attempts at it have all been ...
Celeste's Guide to Terminals & Modems under Solaris ...
This is a confirmed problem that can be resolved with the following two patches: 100726-12 101408-1Thanks to all who responded.Jeff ReddenSystem AdministratorDST/Belvedere Financial ...
ORIGINAL REQUEST----------------------------------------------------------------------------Hello Sun gurus I have a Sun 670MP running SunOS 4.1.3. I am looking for some software that will take the output from ...
I have asked recently which xntpd is good for Solaris 2.3. Here is what I did and it works very well for us: -- get xntpd3.3b (say, from ...
The original question was:>>We have a few Suns on a network made up mostly of Decstations. Our group>>file is distributed by YP. We have found that some users are missing groups>>on the Sun, or are in wrong groups (ex: if they do "groups" on ...
Original problem:> And now to another dead 3/60:> This one has no frame buffer, no keyboard, uses ttya as console. When> we connect a terminal and turn power on, terminal displays just some> garbage similar to line noise on poor modem lines. In diag mode> various self test ...
In article <1994Feb2.151514.1@dstos3.dsto.gov.au>, cej@dstos3.dsto.gov.au writes:> Does anyone have the Xerox part number for the equivalent to a> SparcPrinter drum cartridge? It is supposed to be substantially cheaper...>Summary: It is supposed to be a Xerox 4030 cartridge, but ...