ZOOM 14.4 modems

15571 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
Summary 14.4 modems -----Original posting.> Has anybody had success putting a Zoom or any other 14.4 modem> on a 4/280 or 4/490 ALM board and getting a PC 14.4 modem> or for that matter another sun modem to connect to the> modem on the ALM port at 14.4 baud?> > I currently ...

dump arguments for Exabyte 8505

2910 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
ORIGINAL QUESTION:------------------>We are in the process of upgrading the backup device on our Sparc 10 server from>an Exabyte 8500 device to an Exabyte 8505. We are running SunOS 4.1.3. Can>anyone advise me on the proper arguments for the dump command line for:>> d (bpi)> ...

screenblank for solaris

1739 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
I asked:>>Can someone 'remind' me what is the Solaris equivalent of>/usr/bin/screenblank under SunOS4.X?>The consensus is that there is no equivalent bundled with Solaris.However, the SunOS4.X binary works fine so all you need do is copy itin to /opt/local/bin (for example) and ...

help needed with HP 4mm DAT

3120 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
My original question is listed below. Basically I had two problems        1. mt -f /dev/rst0 returned that the tape was an exabyte 8500.ANSWER: from Jochen Bern [bern@penthesilea.uni-trier.de]        strings - ...

resetting scsi id disks

1288 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
To the community:Thanks you all for your responses they were numerous andall but one seemed helpful.My original question> Hello gurus and guruettes:> > I need some quick help if at all possible.> I have a user that needs to change the internal scsi id in> his internal drive. ...

popper daemon doesn't seem to be functioning

1069 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
I actually figured this out before getting any responses but thetwo I got pointed directly to what I had to do. The key was thateven though the popper daemon had been working for some time, itwas still not being called correctly in the /etc/inetd.conf file.The entry was:pop stream tcp ...

4.4 BSD for Suns

6906 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
Hi again people. Thanks as always for quick and useful responses. I asked:> I'm looking into running 4.4BSD on some of our suns, possibly as an> alternative to moving to Solaris. I remember hearing some time ago that> there was a version which had been ported to Suns, but on ...

Sparc Purchase

1630 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
My original question was what could one expect to buy (in terms of a SunWorkstation) for $15k. I tried to reply to each respondent, but as thenumber of mail messages (and phone calls!) soared (currently in the neighborhood of 50), I found myself unable to keep up. So I would like tosay ...

Customizing FTP messages

5069 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
The general consensus seemed to be to get the wu archive ftp server.Current version is:         wu-ftpd-2.4 from wuarchive.wustl.eduOne other suggestion was the following:        If the message is quite short you ...

Looking for keyboard and video extension cables

12511 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
I previously wrote:> I am looking for some extension cables for our Suns so that we>can rack mount the actual boxes and put the heads/keyboards elsewhere.>We are looking for cables in the region of 15' to 20' but cannot>source them anywhere that we know of. I think that I ...

Using automount to mount /usr/share

4172 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
Original posting:> I am using SunOS 4.1.3 and the sys admin manual says the following:>> "In all cases, the automounter should not be used to mount> /usr/share.">> Can anyone tell me why not? I want to be able to store things like> ...

TCP MOUNTPROG

4066 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
------Orignial Question------Dear Sun Managers,Does anyone know what might be causing this and how to fix it? This started occuring on my server (Sparc1 running 4.1.2) upon boot-up and I have been unable to find or fix the problem.Dec 12 06:35:52 sparcA mountd[174]: couldn't register TCP ...

Unable to have 'disk' as default boot device on Sparc 1000

8037 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
On Tue, 17 Jan 1995, my original posting read:> Our SPARCserver 1000 (running "Kernel version: SunOS 5.3 Generic> 101318-42 April 1994", though I wouldn't think that would matter)> insists on trying to boot off the net when it reboots. The prom> settings look right to ...

DEC TLZ06 on Sun OS 4.1.3

3145 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
It never ceases to amaze me that help to my plights come from around the world. Special thanks to:Glenn Rickersey glennr@wormald.com.auBirger A. Wathne Birger.Wathne@vest.sdata.noNate Itkin Nate-Itkin@ptdcs2.intel.comPat Myrto rwing!pat@ole.cdac.comfor responding. Seems this was posted ...

Can one SPARC display to two monitors identically?

5953 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
Original post:> I've been given the task of setting up a SPARC 20 for a demo> tomorrow. Unfortunately, the people doing the demo want to be> able to display to two monitors attached to ONE workstation.> I've installed a second frame board and monitor but am unable> to display ...

vt420 as console for 2 Suns

2795 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
Original mail:> > After reading a DECdirect catalog I am under the impression that> a vt420 can be a console for two Sun machines simultaneous without> using a RS232 switch box.> > The vt420 supports split screen and can be configured to use the> printer port as connection ...

lofs mount from fstab

2368 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
Original question:    a bit of /etc/fstab        /dev/sd2g /var/spool/news 4.2 rw 3 1        /dev/sd3g /news2 4.2 rw 4 ...

NFS Mounts and Quotas ...

3440 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
I wrote:> Server's exports:> /usr/local -ro> Server's fstab:> /dev/sd7g /usr/local 4.2 rw 14 3> Client's fstab's:> <Server>:/usr/local/long /usr/local/long nfs ro 0 0> <Server>:/usr/local/bdd /usr/local/bdd nfs ro 0 0> Now all of a sudden (and ...

Devguide and include files

2608 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
Original question:> > I really hope someone can help me with this.> > Using Devguide to create a XVIEW based application. The problem> appears when trying to compile the code generated with GXV.> > cc -g -ansi -I/usr/opt/SUNWguide/include -I/usr/openwin/include -DMAIN ...

xautolock

3457 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
My original question was:> > Hello,> > I have seen a recent summary about a program called xautolock> that will lock the console of an idle workstation. > > Can anyone point out a location that I can ftp a copy from?> The majority of the respondants were very helpfull ...

reset exabyte tape

1704 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
Hello,Original question:We have a builtin 5 GByte 8 mm Tape Drive (Sparccenter 2000). We havethe following problem. The tape drive doesn't eject the tape cartridge.We have use the unload button and the command mt -f /dev/rmt/0 offlinegive the following output '/dev/rmt/0: no tape loaded or ...

Displaying another machines Openwindows

1751 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
Hi Sun-Managers,Thanks to all that answered my easy question. To display a Solaris 1.Xapplication running on a remote machine on a Solaris 2.X host do the following:        Login to 2.X host        2.X_HOST% ...

"df" doesn't work on Solaris 2.3

2571 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
>In article <3f6dts$9pf@omega.gmd.de>, Richard Czech <Richard.Czech@gmd.de> wrote:>>It seems that the command "df" doesn't work on file systems which>>are automounted from the local host. The result is always>>>> Could not find mount point for ...

sdA -> cXtYdZ

27456 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
Hi!I posted a while ago asking about how one goes about converting scsi devices'sdA' to the Solaris/V.4 naming convention -- mainly, cXtYdZ.I got a lot of replies; few answered the questions. Perhaps thats because Ididnt clearly articulate it. I knew what the cXtYdZ format was; I was ...

SLIP monitoring

1873 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
       Dear SunmanagersSorry for very delayed answer but I was out for quite a long time.I've asked about SLIP monitoring software. I've received two answerwhich I include below.From: Pete Shipley <shipley@merde.dis.org>What slip package are you ...

icon background color

1082 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
My question was:>I'm running on solaris 2.3 with openwin 3.>On black and white X terminal, the background color of my>X windows icons is black. It's a probleme because I can't read>the text in these icons.>I'd like to change it, but I don't know where to set icons ...

Sol 2.3 Serial port listener

3704 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
My original posting was :Hi gurus,we need a program that would listen on a serial port 24 hours a daysand that would not take a lot of memory.It must not offer any login because data come from a pc and the caracteresreceived will all be transmitted to a specified file in our ipx usingan alm ...

max filesize on Solaris

3074 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
4 responses: to my original query: > My boss is running Oracle, but the system gets hung > (hard: requires reboot) when Oracle attempts to create a file > larger than about 885MB. What's the default upper limit? > How do I change it? RTFM says 2GB is the max for Solaris, > ...

File Descriptors

10422 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
Sun Managers,Sorry for the delay with this summary. Turns out that Iwould need Sun source code to do what I want to do. I ended up just using "limit". Thanks to the following fortheir answers:don@alaska.opensys.COM (Don Lenamond)Casper Dik <casper@fwi.uva.nl>Nate Itkin ...

HP LasetJet 4M Plus

2605 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
  Hi, a few weeks ago I posted an article asking for help on connectinga HP LasetJet 4M Plus to SUNOS 4.1.3.  Well the solution I chose was to grab the driver sw from hp atftp-boi.external.hp.com:/pub/jetdirect where there is driver swfor several different systems. One reply ...

tool to summarize net traffic

1037 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
In article <COLEMAN.95Jan20024019@redwood.skiles.gatech.edu>, coleman@redwood.skiles.gatech.edu coughed up...>>Where can I find a freeware tool (for SunOS 4.1.3>and Solaris 2.3) to get a global view of the networkI would recommend looking at packetman, etherman, interman, and ...

tool to summarize net traffic

732 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
There are several tools from Curtin University in Australiathat have been around for a while. They do a nice job ofshowing the network traffic in a good graphical format.-- David M. KoonIBM/NNGNetwork Administratorvoice: (503) 226-4211 ext 5747fax: (503) 721-2521dmk@gasco.com ...

DLT-2000 (TZ87) performance problem

4590 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
Once again, the sun managers list has delivered.The following tape drive gurus have my sincere thanks:        Rich Schultz (rich@ccrwest.org)        Harry ...

Annex Three

2356 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
Hi all,First of all, sorry for the delay of this summary,the problem was with the file "/etc/eservices" becauseI didn't put them on the right place.Thanks to :davec@HK.Super.NET (Dave Curado)james mularadelis ...

Operator equivalence in 2.3

1099 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
my question was :>How do I setup operator equivalence on Solaris 2.3 so that the user >that belongs to the group operator (as in Sun OS 4.1.3) has the right to >shutdown the machine.Thanks toSandeep Suryavanshi and Kevin Sheehanfor two quick answers which I have included ...

Newsreaders and Solaris 2.x

5330 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
Managers:Great response to the request. I now have tin compiled and linked and it seems to work fine despite some warnings on compilation. I received a tin set up, and a xvnews binary. The xvnews sees to start, but exits because I have too many newsgroups ( set up problem, low priority). Others ...

NIS problems on SOLARIS 2.4

5683 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
Hi sun managers,my problem has been solved.It turned out that my two problems were related to eachother.Applying the workaround as mentioned in (SUNSOLVE CD) bug 1181693,, (setting NOPUSH = "1" in /var/yp/Makefile), created my secondproblem, (new etries in NIS maps can be seen with ...

Error messages question

4608 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
Original question:> Dear Sun Managers,> > These errors are extracted from /usr/adm/messages> > Jan 16 17:56:15 mentor3 vmunix: sendsig: bad signal stack pid=14357, sig=10> Jan 16 17:56:15 mentor3 vmunix: sigsp = 0x7ffff74f, action = 0xef05fba0, upc = 0> x993010> .> ...

Need MIPS ratings

10468 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
My original question was:> Our System Engineering group asked me to find the> MIPS ratings for some Sun Sparc machines. Does any> one know where I can find this (ftp site or Sun> Service Contact number) ?I am including all the replies I received. Many thanksto following people for ...

Increasing Number of INODES

4251 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
First I would like to thank those who have replied:Tom Orban <orban@advtech.uswest.com>Ric Anderson <ric@Artisoft.COM>pedro_sun@bchspd.wimsey.com (Sun Manager user for mail)sfeng@ced.berkeley.edu Susan Fengsckhoo@emtds1.nsc.com (Swee-Chuan Khoo)"Patrick L. Nolan" ...

Restricting Root Access

10324 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
Thank you all very much for the help. I must admit I was overwhelmed with the number of responses I received! As the footer below indicates,it would seem a little RTFM on my part would be in order!!! :)Anyway, the response is to edit the /etc/ttytab file and label all the virtual ttys as ...

Config a dial in / out modem.

3289 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
Recently I post a question about settingdial in/out modem in Sun.The problem was that the dial out line locked by the dial in device.I received many responses in just one day.Thanks for all the people who response mypost so quickly.I fixed the problem.Here is the summary:1) modem is responding ...

Perl and News on Solaris 2.3

3048 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
My original request was:> Hello,>> Didn't see this in the FAQ...maybe someone can help me. I am trying to > build perl v.4.036 and nntp v1.5.11 on Solaris 2.3 running SC3.0. Perl> builds ok...(well there were a few warnings) but bombs on the test. Nntp> doesn't build at ...

Question: How to start "xdm" when system boot ?

3290 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
Hi, Sun Managers:    I have received three messages. And I solve my problem.    Very Thanks <laurie@pop-server.aero.gla.ac.uk>,    Rudolf Seifert<seifert@informatik.uni-ulm.de> and    Laurent ...

Sparc5 Audio problem

3334 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
Hell all!As usual the responses have been wonderfully speedy! The consensus for the most part is a suggestion toapply the patch ms2 from the install CD-ROM. Othersuggestions included patch 101508-06 (including an attachement!), a suggestion that perhaps the audio was disabled in the kernal, and ...

filesystem full

5389 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
Dear managers.I solved the problem myself after a good night sleep. I tried to fsck /, and I got some errors. It was lp that had left somefiles (3Mb) on the disk. This is the third time in half a year Iexperience that with lp. Yours,-- Ulla FischerDanmarks Meteorologiske Institut Email: ...

> Internal Maxtor 207Mb

5608 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
Here is my original request:>> Hi you all,>> I'm trying to add a Maxtor 207Mb disk in Sparc 2.>> The Sparc has already one Maxtor internal disk.> With one disk, everyting works fine, when I had the other> disk, the system tell me that the SCSI BUS is HUNG!>> Is ...

x86 networking

656 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:50:00
I had an x86 system that was ignoring its network card and I asked for help as to what to do next.Thanks to everybody who sent helpful hints. Using prtconf and sysdef -i I found hints that the network driver was iee0. Hunting in /dev showed me /dev/iee0. I created /etc/hostname.iee0 and ...

scsi disk format prob/ques

3944 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:51:00
Well,first I want to thank everyone who responded. I learned a couple of things,and confirmed my worst fears as well.One suggestion was to drop to single user mode, run fsck, then dump the filesystem(s). I agree, but the fsck was complaining soooo much (I stuck it outand spent 2+ hours ...

freeware archiving software

12072 byte By CodeProf.com at 2007-12-25 8:51:00
Hi,I asked about freeware software for managing an archive. All responsespointed to Amanda and I append one which included the README.Thanks to all who replied.JohnForwarded message:> From mario.battu@CSELT.STET.IT Thu Jan 26 10:23:15 1995> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 1995 09:23:15 +0100> From: ...