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 ...
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)> ...
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 ...
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 - ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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> ...
------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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Original question: a bit of /etc/fstab /dev/sd2g /var/spool/news 4.2 rw 3 1 /dev/sd3g /news2 4.2 rw 4 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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% ...
>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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, > ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Once again, the sun managers list has delivered.The following tape drive gurus have my sincere thanks: Rich Schultz (rich@ccrwest.org) Harry ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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> .> ...
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 ...
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" ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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: ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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: ...