Hi there,I have a solaris 10 machine and a windows xp machine.I have them linked up with a cross over cable.I have set the IP on the windows machine to 192.168.0.100 on a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0What i cannot seem to fathom (although i did manage it on linux, somehow) is how to configure ...

Hello,I would like to purchase a "boxed set" a.k.a. the "media kit" for Solaris 10. My understanding is that this will not be available until the revenue release. Does anybody know if this is correct and if it is what is the schedule for the revenue release?Or, is the media kit already ...

I can not find the boot ipf files inside /etc/rc2.d!The old release (b72) create this file automatic.Can I copy this files from the old release?Thanks!

HiFrom the Solaris Management Console, I find my workstation's memoy useage is 500M high, while I am not runing any big application. Two java processes occupied 300M, one I guess is the console. The mozilla takes 130M. Is that normal?How can I check it from the command line, for each ...

I have downled solaris 10 iso's in both Linux and Windows XP. The problem is that in either OS, I cannot get the isos to unzip without any errors. I first tried in Linux, then re-downloaded in Windows and they still wouldn't unzip. Anyone else had this problem or better yet, know waht to do ...

HiCould someone please post md5 checksums for the iso images (not the zip files) for Solaris 10 (x86, sparc, CD and DVD, why not?)TIAPaul

I've downloaded the current release of Solaris 10 for SPARC but have yet to install it. Can someone tell me if the new ZFS file system is included in this release? I've read press releases saying that it would not be included in the initial downloadable release but version 3/05 at the sun ...

I had installed 10_69 about a month ago. As this was an early release, I'd like to upgrade to the current official release. Is this upgrade possible, or will I need to do a clean install of 5/03?Thanks!

I downloaded the Solaris 10 iso images from Sun this week to a Windows PC and burned to cd at low speed (2x) using ISO Recorder. In Solaris 8 (currently on that box) I can browse the CD and it seems to have the normal structure (s0 s1 s2 ...). But it won't boot. When I boot cdrom on my ...

Hi,Does anybody know the software included inside the companion CD- version numbers? can you post a listing?Thanks!I am in the middle of downloading and I would like to know is it's worth the download of the companion CD.Thanks!

Hello all,I have a ultra 2 with a fresh isntall of Solaris 10 (72 I think it is) things seem to be going well except for one problem, I can't compile anything using GCC3.I get this problem........-# ./configureWelcome to the BitchX-1.1-final configurationchecking for gcc... gccchecking for C ...

Greetings list -I'm having a problem with a gnome session (Java Desktop) within VNC. When I start Real VNC server and connect to it with any vncviewer (Real, Tight, Ultra), everything comes up and looks fine. The mouse works, I can select things, drag windows, open menus, etc. However, when I ...

Hi All,I want to creat some user acoount using admin tool.But I dont have physical access to that box,I use telnet to login. I want to know is that possible to lauch admintool in telnet session, If so how do I lauch it.or any other way is there to use admintool.Regardsvadi ...

Hi I have installed solaris 10 on my sun blade 100 and everything seemed to go fine. After final reboot I am taken to a command line login, I can't get a gui up there after.I can manually start an X server that gives me a mouse pointer and wallpapered screen - but nothing else, can't do ...

Hy,i'm trying to install Solaris 10 on my HP DL 360. The installation (after doing some tricks ,which has been also already discussed within this forum) went smooth. The problem what i have now is , that it does not recognise my Gigabit Network Cards. It s a HP NC7781 Card (dual Port) for ...

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The first thing I usually do after setting up a Solaris system is install Webmin. I noticed that /etc/webmin already exists on Solaris 10 and that it has a bunch of files in it but I couldn't fine the config file or "start"/"stop" ...how do I control webmin in Sol 10?Thanks!

Hello,It's a good thing Solaris 10 comes bundled with gcc and binutils.One thing that's not mentioned (and I think it should be) is the commands in binutils have different names than on Linux - standard names are prefixed with the letter "g" (from GNU I presume).Thus, nm is gnm, as is gas and ...

I'm getting the following error when I connect from a PC using "C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\XWin.exe -query hostname -fullscreen -fp tcp/hostname:7100". My version of Cygwin is 1.5.9. Do I need to upgrade? ...Is this a known problem?Error activating XKB configuration.Probably internal libxklavier ...

I have an Ultra10 at home with Solaris9 on it now. Attempting to install Solaris10 from CDs. Boots up fine on first CD, then tries to configure hme0 and chokes. Gives me errors "Warning: hme0: fault detected in device; service degraded" and "Warning: hme0: No response from Ethernet network: ...

I try to configure ipf to block incoming connections to port 111. Unfortunately I am not able to complete this task. To begin with I tried to block any traffic at all. Here are my settings:bash-3.00# svcs -l pfilfmri svc:/network/pfil:defaultname packet ...

Hi,I want to just use Solaris 10 as a normal standalone worksation and would like to completely disable the autofs/automounter function.Is this advisable? If so how is it done properly?thanks

Hi,I would like to put all the root config files and have a/root home directory like Linux. How would I do this?thanks

I successfully installed Solaris 10 GA on a Dell GX400. I can see other computers on my network, but when I try to access the Internet, I get errors indicating that the browser cannot find the URLs I input (including sun.com). I cannot see any problem in my nsswitch.conf, resolv.conf, or ...

The system I am working on already has an SCTP stack implementation and it seems to fails to run on Solaris 10 because of what i think is a conflict between the local OS stack implementation and our own developed stack.My problems stems from the fact that our custom SCTP implementation relies ...

<I apologize for replicating the post. The previous has a wrong title >I installed Solaris 10 rel. 03/05 on a Ultra 60 (2x360) Elite3D with 256 MBThe installation went perfectly (I reinstalled 2 times the second time formatting the HD)The dt login doesn`t starteven setting ...

I installed solaris 10 on my Dell Latitude D800 laptop (it is listed on the BigAdmin HCL for Solaris 10). After installation resolution was low (probably 640x480). I searched web and found some infoon web for a Linux configuration and used that asguideline to setup xorg.conf (using xorgconfig ...

Hello,Has anyone sucessfully installed Solaris 10 GA 03/05 on a Dell PowerEdge4400 with (2) 700Mhz Xeon processors. I am getting this error messageand cannot resolve it:"I20 Nexus: Initializing IO Processor 0: FAILED". Any work around orany idea what this error message refers to?Thank you in ...

Seems like a lot of people are having the same problem as i have , that X is not launched when booting up machine.I have tried to install Solaris 4 times now. With different package setups, all setups using all packages in the chosen group.All 4 times the installation has been successful, no ...

Hi,I am seriously considering using Solaris 10 for my Java dev. My only concern is about the driver base that ships with it. I am not sure my Broadband company offers any support other than for MS XP platform (probably mates of Gates!) so I need to know if my broadband will work without a huge ...

Hello there,Just wondering, when the RSC software will be avalable for Solaris 10 also, I can see it's avalable for Solaris 8 and 9.I have this Enterprise 250 with RSC card installed, but software does not follow Solaris 10.At current moment, I'm trying out the Solaris 9 version, to see if it ...

I have been utterly unable to successfully install S10 on hardware that FreeBSD and many linux flavors work on. Can someone *please* point me to informational resources that might help me understand what I need to do to get it working?I posted a query last week, but the support volunteers ...

Hello everyone*I know this is not Solaris 10/software related but I am at a lost where to ask for help with this.I have a ultra 2, dual CPU (300's) system and it has an older openboot. (I don't have the exact revision number with me but can have it later) and I would like to upgrade it but ...

Whenever I'm using gnome-terminal, as included with Sun Java Desktop 3, and I'm running a program such as less, or vim, these programs do not respond to my use of insert, home, end, page up, or page down keys.I'm using bash for my shell$TERM is set to 'xterm'.I have the same problem when ...

Guys (repost from the wrong forum),with Solaris 10 and Zones, is it possible to lock a zone to a particular physical network interface? Is it possible that only that zone (and not the root zone) has access to that particular interface?I'm wondering about the suitablity of Solaris 10 on a ...

I have just installed Solaris 10 today, and no matter what I do, I can't get the hostname to be anything other than UNKNOWN.Here's a little about the setup (in the hope that it will help isolate the problem):When installed, DHCP was chosen. I use a SmoothWall firewall which is also my DHCP ...

hellothe file /etc/init.d/lp used to be in the package SUNWpsr on solaris 8, in solaris 10 it isnt anymoreto which package did it get moved to?thanks

I have Solaris 10 Installed on my HP Ombibook 4150B (256MB-RAM 40GB-HD) all is working just great, but i cant' bring up a 3C589C network card pluged onto TI PCI1225 cardbus slot 0 is there any body that can help me?Thanks

HiI have some basic questions regarding Solaris 10 on Opteron (V40z) and would appreciate some advice.1. If I run 32-bit Solaris on the V40z will I only be able to use 4GB of memory, even if the server has more. Is this a system-wide limit or just a per-application limit?2. If I install 64-bit ...

Hi,I am not sure whether this is an appropriate forum to post this questionbut I first tried the "Sun Java Desktop System Support Forums" but was told that they do not cover the Sun supplied JDS .We are in the process to migrate our workstations from Solaris 9/Gnome 2.0to Solaris 10 with JDS 3. ...

Hi there ,I tried to play DVD or VCD with Totem , but it doesn't work at all !I asked the developer of this software and he told me that DVD-playing is only inplemented in the newer versions , so why doesSun implement something in their packages that doesn't work ?Anyway , he gave me a link ...

I've installed Sol 10 GA x86 to a USB drive and boot via GRUB chainloader into "(hd1,2)" . The USB drive "hd1" is visible in the BIOS.Now the Solaris bootloader starts but cannot continune as it is unable to find its own disk it is actually running from - it only offers the IDE disk and IDE ...

Apologize if this has been asked before, but I could not find anything on it.Where do you find the instructions for "DVD Assembley?"The link on the download page doesn't take me to anything that resembles that information.TIA,ArDee

I spent a while trying to find the Solaris Management Console in Solaris 10 via Java Desktop System so I could easily create a number of users etc. I found it and ran it and was pleasantly suprised to see it run OK first time. I logged in with root username and password and all seemed to be ...

I upgraded to Solaris 10 and I am using the Java Desktop on my Blade 100. I love it. But there is one slightly annoying problem, the mute button doesn't work anymore. If I press the mute button on the keybaord the speaker icon in the corner gets the red line through it but the sound is ...

This USB-Mouse will not work with Solaris 10. I have the bluetooth-set Logitech DiNovokeyboard and MX900 mouse. As seen in the following logfile, the keyboard is recognized andthe device is created, but the mouse fails. So i have to use my old dusty ps/2 mousewith this nice keyboard as a ...

We're looking at building an AMD64 storage controller which we'd like to use with Solaris 10 to manage a large ZFS array. We're wanting the ZFS array to consist of 24 SATA drives. The question is what controllers should we use? The motherboard we intend to use, the Tyan S2882, has only 4 ...

I have tried a number of times to get the latest download to install on my headless E250 using the text installer. Most times it installs the 1st cd then reboots only to report that "the file just loaded does not appear to be executable". This is taking the default options, installing the full ...

I've been looking around for a solution to this problem, but nobody seems to have one. I have found some other posts with the same issue, but no solutions. Can anybody help me, or am I just doomed not to install solaris 10. The message prompts right after booting with the first installtion CD. ...

Hi to all. I installed Solaris10/x86 from dvd, and the installation is ok. When i start Solaris Management Console, i can't open the User Accounts tool; the error message is: "file:/solaris/solaris domain doesn't exist or can't be managed". But in the toolbox editor i specified that the ...