Solaris

Patch Downloads on Solaris 10 x86
Hi! I am not exactly sure how to implement automated patch download and install for Solaris 10 x86. Can somebody please explain me step-by-step the procedure to follow. Listed below is what I have downloaded so far and also a complete list for "showrev -p" command. How do I read the patch listinmg and ensure ... 1 Mar 2007 11:31

Problem activating the console.
(Solaris 10 x86) After having input this the terminal freezes: -> start /SP/console Are you sure you want to start /SP/console (y/n)? y Serial console started. To stop, type ESC ( I can log in to the server from a nother terminal and issue -> stop /SP/console Which unlocks the first session but the ... 20 Feb 2007 03:40

Apache2 mod_auth_ldap broken?
Hey all; We've got a request to get Apache2 authenticating against our ldap server, and so we're trying to get mod_auth_ldap to work on the installed version in Solaris 10. Unfortunately, it fails completely, and the mod_auth_ldap.la file hints that it's actually just a residual file from a generic build. I... 15 Feb 2007 15:47

Xvfb Error
I'm tryimg to run Xvfb using the following command on Solaris 9 /usr/openwin/bin/Xvfb :5 -screen 0 1280x1024x8 & When running this command I get the following errors: X_mkdir: Not owner sunDynamicLoadExtension: Open failed RENDER The process stays running put when I try to use an application that r... 13 Feb 2007 20:58

PS1 and "su" command
Hi, I have a question about setting PS1 variable after user execute "su" ( without "-" ) command. I know that when user execute "su" command any profiles files aren't loaded. So my question is, if is possible to set variable PS1 to show current working dir in prompt in other place than profile files. ... 13 Feb 2007 09:12

Cannot boot after interrupting kernel patch
Hi, I have a Sun T2000 with Solaris 10, and I have a big big problem. While installing a kernel patch I saw some error msgs concerning /lib/ld.so.1, and I inadvertently did Ctrl-C, so the patch modifications could not be reverted. Now the server does not boot anymore. It hangs with the following error message... 10 Feb 2007 14:47

network speed on t2000
hi all, when transfering data between two t2000, i noticed a bad speed, so i did some tests: t2000_A e1000g0 --- switch HP 2824 --- e1000g0 t2000_B t2000_A e1000g3 ---------------------- e1000g3 t2000_B i'm using netperf, and in all cases, i got around 300 Mbit/s if i run 3 netperf in parallel, each one displa... 8 Feb 2007 13:49

RAID on Solaris 9
useradd -u 301 -g other -d /export/home/sapuser -m -s /bin/ksh -c "sftp user for SAP-MNIS files" sapuser Hi I am still learning this and have googled this and also trried a couple of things and have blown the HDD and had to reinstall the OS. So I am posting this request for RAID help. box: Sun 450 SPARC OS: Sol... 2 Feb 2007 05:31

bad dir ino 22562
Hi, Is fsck'ing the only way to get rid of this entry or are there other options ? uname -a SunOS bender 5.10 Generic_118855-19 i86pc i386 i86pc " Jan 31 14:06:31 bender ufs: [ID 941273 kern.notice] NOTICE: /: bad dir ino 22562 3 at offset 512: mangled entry " Thanks, /s ... 31 Jan 2007 17:10

SATA support
I'm wondering what current state of SATA support on x86 is. I inserted a dual channel Silicon Image 3112A card into a system (not a RAID card, no BIOS on the card). Solaris sees it and recognises it as a disk controller, and creates two empty IDE device nodes on it in the device tree. Looking good I thought. Howev... 29 Jan 2007 10:24