For some reason, after I rebooted my E250 running Solaris 9, the left mouse button no longer responds even after several reboots. The sympton is after rebooting and getting to the login screen, I can only use the right mouse to choose options. Even after logging in, either CDE or GNOME desktop, ...

hi.I have installed SOLARIS 10 in Microsoft Virtual Machin.when booting it promotes hostname:unknown then some lines down ,it needs : unknown console login,which I have no idea about it . then says: password ,which I guess is different from root password . in the PASSWORD line I can neither ...

After successful installation of Solaris and Apache2, I have found the following in "/var/apache2/logs/access_log"[Fri Oct 07 10:54:50 2005] [error] (2)No such file or directory: could not create /var/run/apache2/httpd.pid[Fri Oct 07 10:54:50 2005] [error] httpd: could not log pid to file ...

hi guys i need to run eclipse on solaris 10 plz any can help me, i am new in solaris 10 but i am a java/j2ee programmer, i need to step bystep help on eclipse on solaris 10 plz help me guys

Greetings!I'm running Solaris 10 x86 version.How can I set up "virtual consoles"? This is a standalone machine and i really need this feature. On Linux, I could change my console by using simply Alt+F2 (or F3, or F4...) but I can't do it on Solaris.Maybe is for some security reason (in case ...

Hello guys,I've just installed my first Solaris 10 system in VMWare 5 Workstation. I was happy that I could run it without any problems, all worked fine and I started the Java GUI without any problems, too. The only thing, which wasn't that cool, was the screen resolution of 640*480, which ...

I created 2Gb filesystem and mounted it as /opt/mqm for installation, but when I ran "pkgadd -d" for this, it returned me the space error on root/opt.mqm ?If anybody know the reason?ThanksVladimir

I installed Solaris 10 on a system with the DVD (iso checksummed ok). After install when I reboot the system I get the message "Missing Solaris MDBexec" and the computer hangs. What is happening?System has 256MB memory, Memorex DVD drive, 10GB hard drive and Intel Celeron MMX 500MHz processor. ...

I have a fortran code that uses a memory manager with Cray pointers. the old, classic f77 compiler manages the code with no problems, but the new f95 (Solaris 10) complains about these pointers. there is no way I can compile the code correctly. how can I use a plain f77 on Solaris 10?

Hi .I installed Solaris 10 only CD1 without the section Netwoked .and also with no root password which both are optional. Now What I have got is a console login .I named my host name : hossein As I have typed in the sebject line ,this line comes up before:hossein console login: then having ...

Hi.As you can see in the subject line above this message ,I faced to this step of the first booting of Solaris 10 .The hostname was hossein & after coming of hossein console login ,I typed root. It then went to the # #I do not know what to do here .How can I get through this as well? Or # ...

Hi Guys. Wanna get a book to learn how to use Solaris and .... Any one knows of a cheap and fine book?

Hi All,I can't seem to run xsystem in Solaris 10 on x86. I'm using NVidia GeForce2 card. Do I need to install any specific drivers for this.? Cheers.coolboarderguy...

Hi,I've compiled an application on Solaris 9 for Sparc. One of our customer is trying to run it on Solaris 10 for Sparc and gets the following error when launching it:ld.so.1: ec: fatal: relocation error: file ./ec: symbol __register_frame_info: referenced symbol not foundThe application was ...

please help. Im very new to solaris. I've setup solaris on an x86 server. During the installation, I entered all the necessary information to the network configuration but after the installation, I can't ping or connect to any IP in my network... I did several sys-unconfig and reentered the ...

For some reason, I can't post to Sun StorEdge forums so I apologize if this is not the right forum but the closest I can get helps. I am going to use A1000 for my E250 server which I can install either Solaris 9 or 10. I understand in order to make A1000 works, I need to install Raid Manager. ...

I have just installed Solaris 10 - x86 and the installation went smooth. When I login as root and try to run the Management console (smc) is comes as "It appears you are attempting to run the graphical Solaris Management Console from a terminal which does not have a sutable 'DISPLAY' ...

Hello allI am running apache with SSL so whenever i stop/start apache I am prompted for the passphrase (this is good) however I want the passphrase to remain in place but I dont want to have to type it in each time I need to stop/start it.Any thoughts.?

Can somebody post the /etc/ftpd/ftpaccess default file. I have accidentally overwritten mine and don't even have the time to research how to rewrite it manually.Thanks in advance Garps does anyone have any good urls for basic (beginner) admin of Sol10. Having googled my way through setup, so ...

I get the following output when I type in ssh -V on the console...I am using Solaris 9.SSH Version Sun_SSH_1.0, protocol versions 1.5/2.0.Does this mean tht the ssh version is ssh protocol v 2.

I was lucky the way I could try out different ways of instaling Solaris 10 together with XP Pro. However same thing always happend. I do not know why but Solaris booting manager is slow in my opinion. I can't find out how to speed up this process. Can somebody give some advice?

Hello all,While trying to move some files from one server to another I noticed the following very strange (IMHO) behaviour. In the source machine there is a unix socket file which is gtar'ed using gtar cvf test.tar cflowdtable.socketIn the destination machine, if the file test.tar is untar'ed ...

I am having problems, being new to Solaris. I want to install qmail but appearently I need to install make first. i put the gcc in my path,(fourtunately that was insatlled with the solaris build). now when I go an type the sh build.sh for make I get the followingbash-3.00# sh build.shcompiling ...

A1000 controller and battery faultsI received a used A1000 and when I connect it to my E250 and plug the power in, it shows on the back of A1000 the Controller Fault light amber. The Battery Fault light is also amber and the Battery Charge light is off. So it seems both controller and battery ...

Hi there, I just want to say that I'm new to using solaris and am not to hot on the technicalities.I'm using solaris on a network machine - I do not know how to tell which version and until recently thought I was logging into Linux!! (Is there any command to find this out?) - I'm logging ...

Hello, I am new to solaris, how ever I have been using different flavors of Linux off and on for the past year or so. I notcied a few changes going from Linux, to Unix. For one there is no Alt-F2 feature. It seems to be lacking GNU applications. So I have come up with a few questions, basicly, ...

Hello all,Alright, I just decided to try out Solaris 10, just to see if what I hear about it is true.So far, I'm having issues, I do have knowledge with linux, but, I've noticed that there are a few differences (ok, maybe more than a few)Anyways, I have created a new user, and I am attempting ...

Hi people, how are ya?So, here i am a total newbie to unix and linux trying to learn solaris and make it my first serious unix/linux experience, i work as support/developer/system admin. and have one linux server with RH ES 3 and one server with SCO Unix 5, so far i only know how the pretty ...

Hi all,I've installed Solaris 10 x86 in SunBlade 1100z.Everthing is okie, the GUI of JDS is very attractive. I think I like it.But I cannot open file *.rm.I try to search some software like Real Player but it run only in Windows or Linux platform.Could you give some suggestions ?Tks, ...

Everyone, I am new to Solaris, so my questions might come off a little retarded. I have been doing well for some time on my own hacking at my UltraSparc, but I need some help as I ran into an issue using Samba. I really need some advice. I thought of installing sharity, however, I could not ...

Hi All,new to Solaris. What is the Solaris 10 grub.conf equivalent.? Cheers.coolboarderguy...

Our school got a SunFire V40z server & some Thin Clients today. And when i powered on the server, the clients are not working. That mouse and keyboards were making no sense. I saw the LCD screen of the server. There were a text: "booting". I restarted the server again and again... How can i ...

Hi,I did some search on google but did not find that mutch. Is Emulex lp8000 supported out of the box with solaris 10 or do i have to use Emulex own drivers?

I am trying to install solaris 10 and i get this error.WARNING: consconfig: cannot find driver for screen device /isa/motherboard@1,61Can't find driver for console framebufferI have an ati 9800 pro video card.

Here at my work I'm trying to implement a file server on Solaris, in a network of Win2000 and XP computers.As we're in a small network, there's no use for great security, and we need to keep things simple and easy to access, as there are really impatient bosses who understand nothing at all ...

Regarding a performance test being done on some databases running on Solaris 10, I'd like to alter the number of CPUs being used by the system. Currently there is 4 CPUs available and all are used, but I'd like that only 2 of them are to be used. (Physically removing the CPUs is not an ...

when i try to install on to my Intel 850MV pc, 2 120gb drives, first drive windows xp, second drive mepis linux , ntfs drive d:, and hopefully solaris 10. after i insert the dvd and boot, i grt the following msg:Not Enough Memorypboot: CDROM Read Error.i have checked all the md5 checksums of ...

Hi All,We have a few applications built on Solaris 8. and we want to build the same apps on Solaris 10 x86 and x64 but the problem is clearcase does not support Solaris 10 yet. Can we cross compile the apps on Solaris 8 for Solaris 10 x86 and x64 ? and how ?waiting for any info on this.TIA,warm ...

Hello,i'm looking for the API function scandir. The man page exists in section 3C but I haven't found a library containing this function.Can someone give me a pointer?Thanxjuergen

Some things on my system got screwed up due to lack of disk space (ie - can't get X to start anymore). Can I just reinstall it and choose the "Upgrade" option, then use smpatch to get it up to date again?TIA :)

Hi,Is there a GTK+2.6 (or 2.8) installation package? In other word, an easy way to install GTK+2.6 (or 2.8) without having to compile the source myself (which I tried and failed).Thanks,Manu

Hi All,new to Solaris. I&ve looked here, http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-50931 and 17 and neither tell you how to mount a CDROM. Where would I find this info.? Cheers.coolboarderguy...

i cannot use the useradd -m option or change the /home dir in any way, regardless of being root or not. (the dir is owned by root!). whats going on then?

Hello,I'm trying to enable in.ftpd logging in Solaris 10, but flags "-d", "-l" or "-L" do not work as described in in.ftpd manual. I'm running the /usr/sbin/in.ftpd which came with solaris 10, no modifications.In addition to modifying the ftp.xml file, importing and restarting the ftp ...

Hello, i have been using Solaris 10 now for almost a week. I am starting to see a lot of flaws in it. I hate to go back to Linux when I have wanted Unix for so long. well here are my problems.Removing files from the DIR /export/home/ gives me this error:Error "Not on the same file system" while ...

Hi y'all, got a question for those interested.I am running a Solaris 10 box at work and I need to disable its DHCP client w/o running sys-uncofig if possible.I am quite new to Solaris 10 so any input would be most welcomeThanks!

The subject pretty much says it all. I'm able to create, update, and delete files in my home directory, but as soon as I try mkdir, I get a permission denied error.I've ensured that NFSMAPID_DOMAIN is set on both machines. Cat'ing /var/run/nsf4_domain show the same values on both ...

Dsl Router 192.168.1.1xp machine 192.168.1.10Solaris 10? I have no idea.(cannot ping xp machine) from solaris.-At installation i indicated networked and so on.I did search all over this forum but my problem is still not resolved and I cannot find the resolv.conf file in my ...

Hi,I recently installed Solaris amd64 3000+, 512MB 400MHz ram, gigabyte motherboard desktop. Everything went fine, except within the gui i wasnt prompted to use DHCP? unless i completely missed it!?! When i issue 'ifconfig lo0 dhcp start' i get "ifconfig: lo0: interface does not exist or ...

Hi,I made the following directory in my user account, ${reports) - please note mismatched brackets.When I try to delete it I get this error... Missing }.Please how can I kill this dir?Thanks.