Hi,I am experiencing some trouble when I attempt to install Solaris 10 on a Dell PowerEdge 800. It is equipped with two RAID disks controlled by a Dell CERC SATA 1.5/6ch (according to the BIOS). The installation program reports that it cannot write to the disk. This happens when it is about to ...

Hi,I am trying to install solaris 10 on my ultra 5 system. I downloaded the isos burned them and booted my ultra with boot cdrom . The installer starts, prints a copyright message from sun and after a while freezes. Boot cdrom -v showed me that it does a probe for my hardware and after it ...

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The subject says it all :) I have the latest Express version up and running and I'm loving it! When will this product be shipped as a final?

the CDE dtlogin screen does not show correct hostnamedisplays DVD when I ned the hostname to be displayed as DVD.1

Hello, Solaris Community!We have Solaris 10 installed on Sun Blade 1000. When connected to Gnome(Sun Java Desktop System 3) Xterminal from PC using X-Win v6.1 Xterminal client keyboard input doesn't work. Mouse works properly and there are no any another bugs. When connected to CDE Xterminal ...

i want to add new user to my soalris 10 ,but i can not find admintool commands like in solaris 9i do not want to use useradd command .please let me know does it change admintool in solaris 10 or no?

Hi,When Sun opensources Solaris, will it compile with GCC, or am I gonna need Sun's C/C++ Compiler / Forte to compile OpenSolaris?There would be no point in releasing OpenSolaris without the tools to compile it. Has the Solaris team already tested the compilation of the OS with GCC? Or is Sun ...

I ran a test the other day of dd'ing an entire 9g drive to another 9g driver under solaris 9, and solaris 10. solaris 10 was 2x faster. I know sun had been working on performance enhancements, and had speeded up system calls and such, but this seems like a huge enhancement, esp for something ...

Hello,Has anyone tried running the latest JASS on Solaris 10? What are your experiences?How will it handle the new Predictive self healing features? (ie scripts/init.d etc)Should we all just wait for JASS to catch up, or is it ready to run on the upcoming final release of Solaris 10?A way to ...

HiI wonder if anyone can help trying to get my wheelmouse working on Sol. 10 x86. Here's an extract from my xorg.conf but it still doesn't work, is there something else i am missing here. If I can remember correctly the first time after install the wheel was working, but when leaving ...

Hello, Is there a binary iso available of the latest builds? What I find on Solaris Express is B72 -- is that it? If I go to the trouble of downloading and installing, will it be updatable to the latest build or will a new install be necessary?Any help or guidance would be appreciated.thanks ...

Anyone know how to resolve a problem involving NFS4 between Network Appliance filers (running DataONTAP 6.5.3) and Solaris 10 hosts where access to the highest-level directory of a given mountpoint generates an error 122 on the solaris client (and used to cause the NetApp to crash when running ...

HiI am a Microsoft contract programmer/analyst, (VB, SQL Server, Access, InstallShield etc), and also know the old legacy Vax Cobol, Basic, RDB, etc. While I know how to set up systems and tweak them, I was never a system administrator.Things are a little slow for me right now. I need to become ...

Hi all,I am new here and new to solaris as well as unix.I think this is the correct fourm to ask my questionI have a sun blade 100 with a usb printer (HP LaserJet 1000)that I want to install. I tried the Launch->Preferences->System Preference->Add/Remove Printer, but it doesn't seem ...

Hi!-configuration:MB:Intel SE7501WV2CPU: 2x Xeon 3.2GHzRAID: Intel SRCU42X (== LSI MegaRAID)HDD: 7x 73G Seagate 15k rpmOS: Solaris 10SunOS x 5.10 s10_72 i86pc i386 i86pc-problem:Solaris does not see pci1/pci2, only pci0, and soit does not see the RAID controller with connected HDDs.Solaris ...

Hi ,I installed Solaris 10 , but cannot play any CD or DVD.I'm using the JS3 console.When i put a CD in my ASUS DVD or NEC DVD-writer JS3ejects him after 10 seconds without playing anything.Hints ?Hans

Man did I miss the presentation called svcadm and inetadm and whatnot. I just loaded up Solaris 10 _72 x86, and I'm pulling my hair out to try to figure out the right combination of commands I need to string to gether to get it so I can simply telnet ot the box.Thanks!

Hi,I am interested whether it will be possible to grow and especially shrink a mounted ZFS.Especially shrinking is very difficult / impossible with Linux filesystems.And how about porting ZFS to Linux ? Would this be legal with the opensolaris license ? And could this be done in less time than ...

Does anyone know if it is possible to disable or remove the new SCTP layer implementation that is in Solaris 10 ?The system I am working on already has an SCTP stack implementation and it fails to run on Solaris 10 because of conflicts between the local OS stack implementation and our own ...

Hi all,Like most other people here I'm eagerly awaiting the FCS (hopefully!) release tomorrow (on the 31st). However while looking through some of the Sun blogs I spotted this -"You will note that Zones and Janus are not yet in the release. There are still a few bits and pieces to iron out. As ...

HiDoes anybody know when Oracle plans to support Solaris 10?We plan to purchase a Opteron server and would like to use Oracle.We also plan to use Sun Java AppServer Platform Edition. Any idea when that will support Solaris 10?Am I correct in assuming that Solaris x86 will run fine on an Opteron ...

Supposely, Solaris 10 should be availabe today, officially. But I don't see anywhere that I can download it from. Anyone any idea on this? Thanks a lot.

Hi there!My Logitech MX900 mouse doesn't work properly. Neither using Xorg nor Xsun. Moving it produces errativ cursor movement and only left clicks are recognized.Any idea how to resolve this problem?Best regards,Sebastian

Hi,Accidently i set French on install , i've got now partialy Frenchand English menus in JS3. He 's also complaining at startup :Couldn't set locale ...........How can I put back US ? With the locale command ?Hans

How do change resolution in solaris 10 on sparc system? During install display was fine. Once boot to OS, display is bad. Need to know how I can change resolution to get a decent display on screen.

HiI'm currently testing out Solaris 10.(SunOS login2 5.10 s10_72 i86pc i386 i86pc)I just discovered that the password authentication is ignoring numbers.i.e. i set the password:"intarol091"Now I can login with i.e. "intarol000". Is this a bug or what? ...

Hello all,where I download this CD for Solaris-10 x86 ?companion CDdocumenation CDjofrey

I have partitions:FAT32 - C:\WInFAT32 - D:\FAT32 - E:\-clear (preparation for Solaris)RaiserFS - \LinuxSwap - linux-swapSolaris CD1 - offer install on Partition1 (C:\) and Partition2 (other). it is problem ).

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 ...