Solaris 10 x86 w/ Matrox G450 dual head and xinerama

2799 byte By tmak at 2007-11-25 22:54:59
I have solaris 10 x86 with matrox g450 dual head and x.org x-server. The problem is to get xinerama work. When xinerama isn't enabled, two different desktops work well - or, they work, but they are pretty useless because I can't move windows between them. So, I have to enable xinerama, but it ...

RAID Controller

196 byte By jerkubik at 2007-11-25 22:55:00
I am working with a Dell Server. Any suggestions for installing SOL9 X86 or SOL 10 with a raid controller? I am using a Dell 2800 Server with a PERC 4e/DI.Thanks,Jeremy

Solaris 10 ADSL USB modem problem

145 byte By Upravnik at 2007-11-25 22:55:01
Hi,I have USB Siemens Santis 100 ADSL modem.I need driver for this modem on Solaris 10.Please help me with some info.Thanks.

Does anyone use the software wine?

957 byte By Slash at 2007-11-25 22:55:02
I have install the Solaris 10 for X86 and companion CD, the wine has been installed, but when I run wine, I got the error messages:ld.so.1: wine: fatal: libc.so.1: version `SUNW_1.22' not found (required by file /opt/sfw/lib/libwine.so.1). I have checked the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, it is /usr/lib, I ...

How do you setup printer list in firefox 1.0 for Solaris9?

892 byte By Deathviper at 2007-11-25 22:55:03
Hopefully this is easier then I am making it out to be. [img]index.php?t=getfile&id=75[/img]I need to setup more then one printer for people to use and haven't figured out where/what I need to modify. I have looked in about:config in the browser but am not sure if there is ...

s10 X86 installation hangs on Toshiba Tecra M2 Laptop

312 byte By raghukcl at 2007-11-25 22:55:04
Hello, I am trying to install s10_X86 on toshiba tecra M2 laptop. But it hangs at secondary boot loader. Checked the HCl too from the bigadmin and it supports s10 3/05. I have the same media. Can any body help me install the os the laptop.Thanks in Advance,Regards,Raghu ...

PCI id problem under Solaris-8,9,10

1772 byte By cjack at 2007-11-25 22:55:05
In attempting to qualify a SuperMicro X5DA8 dual CPU dual channel SCSI card I have found a problem with the PCI id's for the Adaptec 7902 (Ultra-320) chipset. My question is whether the problem is SuperMicro's, Sun's or Adaptec's.The DCA->Device Tasks->View/Edit Devices displays the ...

Any alternative to type parameters at the boot prompt Solaris 10

530 byte By jfvm at 2007-11-25 22:55:06
I dont know why I can not type any thing in the boot prompt (like a unplugged keyboard).The issue is , I've an AMD 64 proc. and I want to boot with the specific kernel, so I must type b /platform/i86pc/kernel/amd64/unix -vsCan I specify this parameter in a file that Solaris will read in the ...

Nautilius error starting SJDE solaris 10

521 byte By jfvm at 2007-11-25 22:55:07
I get this error when SJDE is starting just after the login screen:"Nautilius cant be used now, due to an unexpected error from Bonobo when attemping to register the file manager view server. There was a probem registering the panel with the bonobo-activation server. The error code is: 3. ...

Solaris 10 and Intel 915GM/GMS chipset

709 byte By at 2007-11-25 22:55:08
I am trying to install Solaris 10 on a new Sony FS550 laptop. I am stuck trying to configure the video adapter.The Intel VESA generic driver works under the Xsun manager but I cannot get a higher resolution that 1024x768. This laptop has a WXGA display that runs 1280x800. I would like to get it ...

install problem

280 byte By yogi215 at 2007-11-25 22:55:09
I have amd 2.4 ghz asus motherboard .when i installed solaris 10 .It gives error that cant open bios.APIC and NON-APIC confilct 0n port no 60,64.and also unable to mount a solaris root file system from the device and can't open --No VTOC

Video Corruption on Xorg w/ATI Mobility Radeon 9000

599 byte By strstrep at 2007-11-25 22:55:10
Hi, I'm having problems with corrupted video on the ATI Mobility Radeon 9000.My machine is an IBM Thinkpad T40.The video card has 32 megabytes of video RAM.Whenever I set the resolution to 1400x1050 (the native resolution of my LCD display), the display becomes somewhat corrupted. The mouse ...

X Windows session not started after installing solaris 10

479 byte By at 2007-11-25 22:55:11
Dear All,I've successfully install the solaris 10 on x86. The kdmconfig can detect the correct NVidia GeForce FX5200 display card installed.But the system starts with the CLI mode each time and not try to get into X Windows with the following error:"svccfg (/tmp/kdm_svccfg_cmds, line 1): ...

Error: <bootdev>: disk read error, sector 0

1047 byte By OranKelly at 2007-11-25 22:55:12
I have tried to install Solaris x86 8 and 9 on a Dell Poweredge 750. Both OSes install successfully but after CD 1, when the system attempts to boot from the new X86_BOOT partition on the hard disk, it does not get beyond the secondary boot loader. I get a screen stating:SunOS Secondary Boot ...

'shutdown' - ErroMsg: "showmount: host: RPC Programm not registered"

265 byte By at 2007-11-25 22:55:13
Everytime I want to shutdown my PC via the command "shutdown" as root in my console I get the error message:<i>showmount: hostname: RPC: Programm not registered</i>Why do I get this message and what is it all about?

xorg/dvorak layout

2102 byte By wiktu at 2007-11-25 22:55:14
Hello,I am having problems using an dvorak keyboard layout with Xorg in Solaris 10. I added the following entries to /etc/X11/xorg.conf:<div class="pre"><pre>Section "InputDevice"Identifier "Keyboard0"Driver"keyboard"Option"XkbRules" ...

how do I configure a dial up modem to connect to my ISP?

467 byte By yenp0x at 2007-11-25 22:55:15
I'm new to Solaris.Just installed Solaris 10 on an AMD64 and I'm trying to configure an external (real) 56k modem to dial out. It works under Linux and I'm assuming it will work with Solaris too. I configured the serial port for dial out. Then what? I cannot find a simple explanation ...

Building eclipse 3.1 on Solaris 10 x86

4150 byte By at 2007-11-25 22:55:16
I found an easy way to build eclipse on solaris x86, as followed:$ JAVA_HOME=/usr/j2se; export JAVA_HOME$ ANT_HOME=/home/compl/sfw/apache-ant-1.6.5; export ANT_HOME$ PATH=$ANT_HOME/bin:$PATH; export PATH$ mkdir -p ~/farm/eclipse-src$ cd ~/farm$ vi regexrename--start create script ...

Solaris 10 On VmWare 5 Video Display Adapter problem

619 byte By GeorgeOly at 2007-11-25 22:55:17
Hi guys,I've installed Solaris 10 on vmware 5. Everything worked fine except a problem in the display.I have a Dell Poweredge SC 1420 with ATI Rage XL PCI (which is compatible).Due to this problem i'm not able to see graphics or text in solaris X Win (blur screen) making it difficult to make ...

real HW S-ATA Raid card support in Solaris 10 x86?

1799 byte By chadpengar at 2007-11-25 22:55:18
I am trying to find an SATA RAID controller (real HW raid, not the pseudo raid that comes on many mb) that works with Solaris 10 on x86. I thought maybe the LSI MegaRAID SATA 150-4 might. Solaris has an amr driver ported from FreeBSD according to the Solaris amr man page as well as some webpage ...

Solaris 10:unable to mount a solaris root file system

947 byte By kiers at 2007-11-25 22:55:19
Hi All,I am trying to install Solaris 10 X86 on a Proliant DL385 Server it has a Smart array 6i, I have download the driver from the HP web site, on booting up the installation CD 1, adding the device driver, it sees the device but now says it can齮 mount the device. Any clues what I need to ...

HELP!!! solaris 9 install on new v20z with 73GB drives -- no ITU for new disk support -- HELP!!!

2917 byte By jds at 2007-11-25 22:55:20
HW: sun V20Z server, brand new, w/ qty 2 of sun-supplied 73GB disks.SW : solaris 9 (packaged CD set came with server above).issue:the supplied installation media (solaris 9 09/04) does not support the supplied disk drives. solaris 9 installer (actually fdisk) shows 18GB when drives are 73GB. ...

Poor I/O Performance on W2100z Under Solaris 10 x86

1616 byte By Warren at 2007-11-25 22:55:21
I am experiencing extremely poor performance when doing large sequential writes to the Ultra 320 SCSI disk array attached to my <a href="http&#58;&#47;&#47;www.sun.com/desktop/workstation/w2100z/ind ex.jsp" target="_blank">W2100z</a> under Solaris 10 x86.I have ...

solaris 10 NIC Problem

786 byte By vicky at 2007-11-25 22:55:22
hi,I have installed Windows XP, Solaris 10 & Redhat As 4 in a single system HCL Busybee 4450. I don't have any problem with windows and linux.But in solaris my network card interface is detected as rtls0 I found no problem in assigning the IP address. but after assiging my IP my gateway is ...

Installing Solaris 10 & Maxtor OneTouch II 300GB

311 byte By johnk at 2007-11-25 22:55:23
Hi.Anybody please help. I need to find out if Solaris 10 will take care of finding this external Hard Drive. I am using USB to connect IBM xSeries 335 Intel Xeon?Processor to Maxtor OneTouch II 300GB USB 2.0 connection and Installing Solaris 10. I need the Information ASAP. ...

Fiber Channel support on Solaris 9

170 byte By vvsap at 2007-11-25 22:55:24
Is there any chance to find basic drivers for FC HBA for Solaris 9 on x86?(I mean packagesSUNWfctlSUNWfcpSUNWfcipSUNWqlc)

Solve disk error problem on solaris 10x86 install - h5530

640 byte By erythrium at 2007-11-25 22:55:25
OK, let's go, first, solaris 10X86 works on an packard bell H5530 (and i think on older versions to), if we consider that 640*480 is enough for a resolution.to install it (and to understand how to avoid kernel/unix error), i have to enter in the boot twice, the first time to make the cdrom the ...

List the tape drives installed in solaris

370 byte By Dileep at 2007-11-25 22:55:28
Hi , Can some one please let me know how can I display the tape drives which is installed in Solaris (below Version 8)In solaris 8 we can use cfgadm , However below 8 other than prtconf is there any command or way to findout the devices installed . prtconf and sysdef command outputs are too ...

latest patches break Java Desktop on Dell 2800

503 byte By hellhathnofury at 2007-11-25 22:55:29
I have solaris 10 x86 installed on a Desll Poweredge 2800. I have just loaded all the latest patches via updatemanager.Now if I try to log into any account to the gnome Sun Java Desktop the machine logs in ... then hangs before any of the toolbars etc are loaded ... it hangs so badly I have to ...

solaris 10 x86 - temperature monitoring

124 byte By evev at 2007-11-25 22:55:31
How I can monitoring temperature on x86 server with solaris 10 ?- from motherboard i2c (Intel i865perl)

X-server cannot be started at display-0

505 byte By sakib_az at 2007-11-25 22:55:32
Hi!I have installed Soalris 10 on Intel. Installation was succesful after booting screen shows an error saying that "X-server cannot be started at display: 0 . . . ..". and after that only monitor light blinking.Mine system configuration Intel 915 VGA, 512 RAM,P4 Hyper threading Tech. ...

installing USB ADSL Modem on Sun fireV120

384 byte By zizou at 2007-11-25 22:55:33
Hi all,I am a beginner on Solaris and Sun servers , and I want to use my company's Sun Fire V120 as internet server using an USB ADSL Modem,So the questions are:1- When can I find it's driver on Sun solaris 10 2- How can I configure it ?3- How can I share the Internet connexion on the ...

Patches

104 byte By evev at 2007-11-25 22:55:34
How I can view list of all installed patches ?Where stored database withthis data ?

Solaris 10 issue with Memory > 1GB on Intel 855GME

592 byte By littlep at 2007-11-25 22:55:35
With 2GB memory installed on an Intel 855GME based Single Board Computer, we are experiencing extremely slow boots and installs with Solaris 10 (03/05).The boards boot on the order of 25-35 minutes.They are slow during the "configuring devices" phase.After the systems boot they seem ...

newbie questions

170 byte By ray at 2007-11-25 22:55:36
I wish to install ver. 10 on my windows xp machine. I have a second drive. Is it possible to install 10 on the second drive and have a dual boot situation?

Solaris 10 boot hang up

544 byte By simkoa at 2007-11-25 22:55:40
HiI have a problem.My solaris 10 hangs up during boot.The last message displayed is /dev/rdsk/c1t2d0s6 is loggingafter this message is nothing happening.I dont know what to do.The last change I made was that I added to in.routed parameter -T /var/log/routed for logging.I tried to boot the ...

console login and password

170 byte By djonmich at 2007-11-25 22:55:41
after installing my new solaris 10 x86 platform, the system asks for a console login and password when I have not set any.thus it makes it difficult to boot

Display Problem

448 byte By sun at 2007-11-25 22:55:42
Hi,I am a novice user. This is my first experiance with solaris. I installed Solaris 10 on a Intel 915G chipset with Pentium 4 EM64T processor. The installation was successful. When I boot the machine, the boot process shows no errors, but it shows the message, "Starting Desktop login at ...

How to do an mdsum check?

261 byte By kunal at 2007-11-25 22:55:43
Hello All,I have downloaded all the mandatory .iso files for Solaris 10. But, before burning into a DVD I wanna make sure that the downloaded files are not corrupted. How can i perform an mdsum check?Regards,Kunal Jaggi

why doesn`t work dvd iso ?

181 byte By M_catalinux at 2007-11-25 22:55:45
I have 1 problem when i want to install solaris 10 on my system i receive 1 error mesage : there is not UFS file Who can help me ?Please Somebody

Sunpci on PC

345 byte By at 2007-11-25 22:55:49
I have searched and searched, but I cannot find the info i am looking for. Is it possible to install a sunpci card in a PCI slot on a PC that has Solaris x86 already installed? The purpose would be to have Solaris and Winblows running concurrently instead of having to reboot on a dual boot ...

Lost networking on solaris reinstall?

1242 byte By pettyk at 2007-11-25 22:55:50
We just got a new Ultra 20 from Sun and after we applied all the patches the disk broke. So we had to reinstall solaris 10 x86 from the CD. Now that we've done that we seem to have lost the ability to do networking. It's a standard Ultra 20 with no interface cards - just the onboard NIC. ...

Solaris installaton on Sony Vaio PCG-F707 network not working

1295 byte By Lalit at 2007-11-25 22:55:51
Hi, I am new to Solaris, I use unix as a developer no admin experience. I try to install it on my laptop Sony Vaio PCG-F707, which is an European model equivalent to PCG-F403 of american model.It detects the display and mose properly. There is an IRQ conflict(IRQ 5) with the sound blaster and ...

Not a UFS file system

1127 byte By langis at 2007-11-25 22:55:52
I downloaded the dvd image files from www.sun.com using the Sun Download Manager.I verified all of the checksum for each files, I then use the DOS command to combine all the files as per the instructions and verified the checksum on the resulting file.I burned the resulting ISO file to a SONY ...

"Short read error" after patching solaris 10 x86?

829 byte By pettyk at 2007-11-25 22:55:54
We recently bought an Ultra 20 with Solaris 10. The first thing we did was attempt to patch it with smpatch. Specifically, we did the following steps:> smpatch update> shutdown -i s -g 0> smpatch add -x idlist=/var/sadm/disallowed_patch_list> rebootWhen the machine rebooted we got a ...

Solaris 9 x86 won't boot after 1st CD complete

264 byte By Topp at 2007-11-25 22:55:56
I download the Solaris 9 x86 09/05 for installation on my IBM Intellisation 6850-53U, 2xCPU, 2 GB Ram, 2 SCSI Drive. The install of the 1st CD is successful and it reboot. However, the system will not come up.Any suggestion? Thanks.Topp

3112 sata problem

272 byte By at 2007-11-25 22:55:58
while installing solaris 10 the installation cd can't find mysata hd .should i use sata driver while installing?my mainboard: epox 8rda3+nf2amd athlon 2500+512mb ramsilicon image 3112 sata chipsetseagate 380013as hd

multiboot win xp and solaris 10

76 byte By cpu86 at 2007-11-25 22:55:59
How can I install win xp and solaris 10 on the same hard disk?

Solaris Boot Loader

382 byte By jcgghb at 2007-11-25 22:56:00
I have a multi-boot system with XP and Solaris. Orginally installed XP and Solaris on the same drive and prior to booting received the Solaris Boot Loader. Well I had to reinstall XP and added an extra FAT partition. The FAT partition did not take up any space dedicated to Solaris. Now I have ...

ITU floppy without floppy drive

135 byte By insidetech at 2007-11-25 22:56:01
HI all,Is it possible to install a driver (Raid in my case, on a ITU floppy) without a floppy drive ?Thanks