[osol-help] First install not going so well

2010-12-16 Thread Steve Lasiter
I'm working on my first ever install of opensolaris and have stalled before I even got started. I've searched the internet and see this is a problem but have been unable to see any resolutions to my problems. The error message: asy0: UART @ 3f8 scratch register: expected 0x51, got 0xff Cannot

Re: [osol-help] installing OpenSolaris

2010-10-21 Thread Steve
You can do either. Although, in the long run its certainly easier to have the boot partitions on one disk. Windows is really the issue. It can be very finicky about being the first in the boot list. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___

Re: [osol-help] Opinions and how to move forward?

2010-10-05 Thread Steve
I had not planned on this having third party support. I am currently upgrading to 134b. Using the openindiana legacy source. I plan to test and see how this runs, and then choose whether to move forward or completely to openindiana at this point. I am mostly sure I will be sticking with 134b

Re: [osol-help] Opinions and how to move forward?

2010-10-05 Thread Steve
I guess another question is, if I am successful with 134b, it is of course still unstable release. How much do i need to worry about that? I have seen a fair amount of people on the internet stating they run solidly on 134b. I am strictly using this as a data storage server and ZFS is my

Re: [osol-help] nic interface name to part number mapping

2010-10-05 Thread Steve
Your best bet is to look at the NIC's on the HCL: http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/data/os/ Then look them up and see what NIC's can do what you need. Happy Hunting. :) -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-help mailing list

Re: [osol-help] Solaris network config probs in X86

2010-10-05 Thread Steve
You can find and download packages here: http://pkg.opensolaris.org/release/en/index.shtml You can also look in the DDU (Device Driver Utility) and see if your Network card is showing up there at all, if a driver is loaded or if it has failed. I know I have had trouble with NWAM being a bit

Re: [osol-help] ISCSI-Opensolaris FileServer Problem

2010-10-05 Thread Steve
I ran your message through a translator because I do not know french. Hope you do not mind. Hello everybody, Then I resume my problem. I have a OpenSolaris machine with 2 network card, 1 1 prod sharing a ZFS pool ISCSI 1TB ISCSI in with Deduplication. At my client, a Windows 2008 R2 with

[osol-help] Opinions and how to move forward?

2010-10-04 Thread Steve
After working with OpenSolaris, I have considered moving to OpenIndiana or Nexenta. Basically, I am using OpenSolaris 2009.06. And I would like to move forward to a later version of ZFS. What is the general consensus on which way to go? Can I patch up 2009.06 effectively and run on 134b?

[osol-help] LSI Logic Driver help

2010-09-30 Thread Steve
I have recently built a system using and LSI Logic 9280-16i4e. I have installed Opensolaris and it recogizes the card ok. Although it stated in the DDU that the driver was missing. After a little bit of research, I found and installed the compatible driver listed for Solaris 10. This is the

Re: [osol-help] LSI Logic Driver help

2010-09-30 Thread Steve
This is resolved. I created some disk groups on the controller card, and they were presented to the opensolaris just fine on the next boot. I am now spending my time learning how to use the zfs/zpool commands :D -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

[osol-help] Booting problems qith snv_134 on Dell XPS M1710

2010-04-21 Thread Steve Arkley
issue? of if there is a possible work around at all. I know I can edit the menu.lst file to remove the graphics boot up permanently but I still don't see the boot messages which could be an issue if I need to debug some thing at a future point in time. Cheers Steve. -- This message posted from

[osol-help] Unsubscribe from mailing list

2010-01-15 Thread Steve Chang
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[osol-help] Issues discovering disks in attached arrays.

2009-09-08 Thread Steve Patschke
I am installing Opensolaris onto an HP DL380 G4 with a Smart Array 6400 Raid controller. I have installed the latest version of the cpqary3 driver version 2.2.0. I have two MSA20's attached to the Smart Array 6400 controller, one to each adapter port. Opensolaris is able to see and create

[osol-help] Remove my e-mail from e-mail subscription

2009-07-29 Thread Steve Chang
Hello, Please remove my e-mail from e-mail subscription list Thanks Steve Chang HighPoint Technologies, Inc. (408)240-6115 ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] openSolaris 2008.11 rc build 101 boot problem with vmware

2009-02-12 Thread Steve Dobbs
I got the same thing when I tried my first install of OpenSolaris 2008.11 on top of vmware server on ubuntu, but my second installation worked fine. The only difference between the two was that the first time I added the sound driver, the second time I didn't. -- This message posted from

Re: [osol-help] Help with b105/Sol10u6 Bad Trap panic

2009-01-29 Thread Steve Scargall
Hi John, Looking over the several panics you've posted recently there are a few bugs and cases raised for people having similar issues on HP Proliant DL boxes and OpenSolaris 2008.11, SXCE build 103+, and S10u6 (but not earlier). Most site CR 6745357 which suggests an issue with the AAC

Re: [osol-help] Changing pkg preferred authority

2009-01-27 Thread Steve Scargall
pkg list reports on the state of packages in the current image (local). The order will always be the same unless you install another package or add flags to the pkg list command. This is why you get the same results when you change the repository. What you probably want to do is use pkg

Re: [osol-help] stdio.h and milax

2009-01-26 Thread Steve Scargall
You'll need the SUNWhea package to get stdio.h and co. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] Cannot image-update to get 105b or 106b

2009-01-23 Thread Steve Scargall
I'm trying to upgrade our 2nd box to 105b or 106b and getting a 404: # pfexec pkg set-authority -O http://pkg.opensolaris.org/dev opensolarisdev # pfexec pkg set-authority opensolarisdev Use the -P flag to set the preferred repository (if that's what you intended): # pfexec pkg

Re: [osol-help] How do I recompile the Opensolaris kernel?

2009-01-22 Thread Steve Scargall
But I would like to know if its easy, like in Linux and BSD*? It's definitely not the one button/command process that Linux has. It's very much a manual process with quite a few requirements and pre-requisites. Have a look at the link I posted on the 12th -

Re: [osol-help] How to shutdown at the logon screen?

2009-01-22 Thread Steve Scargall
This feature is disabled by default. Have a look at http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=1166 If you want to re-enable the 'shutdown' and 'restart' buttons on the login screen do this: * Edit the /etc/X11/gdm/custom.conf file and add the following under the 'daemon' and 'greeter'

Re: [osol-help] How do I indent code in Netbeans?

2009-01-22 Thread Steve Scargall
Netbeans should auto-indent the code as you go assuming it understands the file type. I'm using Netbeans 6.5RC1 on OpenSolaris b105. You'll need Netbeans 6.5 if you want to use the integrated PHP support. Make sure you have the PHP plugin installed and enabled. Tools - Plugins - (search for

Re: [osol-help] How do I recompile the Opensolaris kernel?

2009-01-20 Thread Steve Scargall
... Why do you need to re-compile the kernel? If one day I would have a strange problem on my production server, I would be able to fix the problem myself. Maybe somebody here would provide me a patch of the kernel or something like this. I would like to be able then to apply the patch,

Re: [osol-help] How do I recompile the Opensolaris kernel?

2009-01-15 Thread Steve Scargall
One process/method is documented here: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/downloads/on/ If you want different flavours of OpenSolaris have a look at the list here: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/downloads/ Why do you need to re-compile the kernel? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] How is locking done in the OpenSolaris kernel?

2009-01-15 Thread Steve Scargall
That's a very big jump to cause and it's unlikely to be your issue. You need to do some troubleshooting and data collection to understand what's happening on the system when the problem occurs. If you want to monitor interrupts, have a look at intrstat(1M) which will show statistics for the

[osol-help] Unable to ping default gateway

2008-12-07 Thread Steve Szabo
I have the following wireless network issue under opensolaris 2008.11 If the network is configured automatically via physical:nwam the interface is configured correctly - I am able to ping the gateway and dns seems to work. The issue is that I would rather use physical:default for a static

Re: [osol-help] Unable to ping default gateway

2008-12-07 Thread Steve Szabo
I noted the following in the smf log for network/physical: /sbin/dladm: secure object initialization failed: invalid argument Setting netmask of ath0 to 255.255.255.0 ifconfig: SIOCSLIFNAME for ip: ath0: already exists configuring IPv4 interfaces: ath0. add net default: gateway 192.168.0.1: entry

Re: [osol-help] Unable to ping default gateway

2008-12-07 Thread Steve Szabo
I'm now able to ping the gateway by creating the security object: # dladm create-secobj -t -c wep wepkey0 provide value for 'wepkey0': ** confirm value for 'wepkey0': ** # dladm connect-wifi -i ??:??:??:??:??:?? -k wepkey0 -s wep

Re: [osol-help] Unable to ping default gateway

2008-12-07 Thread Steve Szabo
If I had RTFM a little closer it might have helped: -t, --temporary Specifies that the creation is temporary. Temporary creation last until the next reboot. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___

[osol-help] Network bfe0 disappeared after upgrade 97 - 98

2008-09-19 Thread Steve
The upgrade from b97 to b98 went smoothly, but when I rebooted I got the message: Failed to plumb IPv4 interfaces bfe0. I also ran ifconfig -a (no longer shows bfe0) and the Device Driver Utility (reports 0 driver problems). I am primarily an end-user with very limited solaris admin experience

Re: [osol-help] ELF - Command not found

2008-08-26 Thread steve kay
Try a ldd filename.bin, can it find all the dynamically loaded binaries? Also, what is your $LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable set to ? This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] Erratum 131 warning on asus board with latest bios firmware

2008-08-25 Thread steve kay
Looking at the source code, does it always grumble about this if running on a multicore athlon? /*LINTED*/ 993 if (cpuid_opteron_erratum(cpu, 131) 0) do { 994 /* 995 * Multiprocessor Systems with Four or More Cores May Deadlock

Re: [osol-help] Opensolaris 2008.05: Not opening terminal

2008-08-21 Thread Steve
After a massive pgk update (to v95) it's working!... Strange? This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

[osol-help] Opensolaris 2008.05: Not opening terminal

2008-08-20 Thread Steve
I just installed opensolaris 2008.05 (on a virtualbox machine but I think this shouldn't change). All the system seems to run fine: I can play chess, instal samba pkg, see photos from a windows share, and write this message with firefox. I just can't open the terminal window! If I run it (from

[osol-help] LIveCD boots to console then hangs

2008-07-13 Thread Steve Higgins
My system specs are: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 1.5 GB RAM Asus A8S-X Motherboard with Intel 82540EM LAN Nvidia GeForce 6200TC PCI-Express SBLive 40GB Maxtor PATA HDD (I wan't to put Opensolaris here) 250GB Maxtor SATA HDD (For Windows XP and data) USB Mouse USB Keyboard PATA DVDRW PATA DVDROM Samsung

[osol-help] Hanging on live boot

2008-06-24 Thread Steve
I am having a problem getting the live cd of 2008.05 to boot, It gets to the point of mounting the file system and goes into errors. The printout is this: - atapi protocol error: 0x1f0 0x2 0x1

Re: [osol-help] Zone complaining of already mounted filesystem and will not start!

2008-01-18 Thread Steve
[b]Thanks for your reply! # zonecfg -z camberp export[/b] reate -b set zonepath=/zones01/camberp001 set autoboot=true add fs set dir=/app set special=camberp001_fcal/app set type=zfs end add fs set dir=/app/oracle set special=camberp001_fcal/oracle set type=zfs end add fs set

Re: [osol-help] Zone complaining of already mounted filesystem and will not start!

2008-01-18 Thread Steve
Also fuser on theses filesystems shows nothing. Regards SRG This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] Zone complaining of already mounted filesystem and will not start!

2008-01-18 Thread Steve
[b]Starting the zone :-[/b] [EMAIL PROTECTED] # zoneadm -z camberp boot[/b] zoneadm: zone 'camberp': These file-systems are mounted on subdirectories of /zones01/camberp/root: zoneadm: zone 'camberp': /zones01/camberp/root/app/oracle zoneadm: zone 'camberp':

[osol-help] Does anyone know how to contact a forum Admin please?

2008-01-18 Thread Steve
Sorry that I have posted this in this section but I have been trying to find a way of contacting a forum Administrator. Cheers SRG This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

[osol-help] Zone complaining of already mounted filesystem and will not start!

2008-01-17 Thread Steve
Hello All, I hope you can help me with this one. We have a production system running eleven zones on Solaris 10 11/07 E2900 with ZFS on EMC Clarion A memory dimm failed on the 2900 which caused the server to become unusable. A reboot just hang and no console connection could be established so

[osol-help] Network Setting window couldn't see my NIC

2007-12-12 Thread Steve
in the opensolaris load that will enable the OS to detect the network device? - Is there any network configuration document for opensolaris that I can take a look? Any help would be appreciated. Regards, Steve This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-help] Install defaulting to 32bit in X86

2007-11-30 Thread steve
I'm not sure wether to laugh or cry so I've decided to laugh, People are starting to stare but I don't care. Cheers Shawn This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org

[osol-help] Install defaulting to 32bit in X86

2007-11-30 Thread steve
to be identical so I'm very dubious that this is the problem. Has anyone had any experience of this or know any commands to get grub to go with the 64bit route? Or maybe it's possible to install in 32bit then perform changes after? Cheers, Steve This message posted from opensolaris.org

[osol-help] Finish Script help

2007-10-30 Thread Steve Sandhu
Hey everyone, I need some help with a finish script on a jumpstart server that I can't seem to get working. Basically I need the script to: 1. Set the root passwords to password for all the clients 2. Copy the /etc/hosts file from the configuration server to the clients 3. Configure DNS (copy

[osol-help] Intermitant traceroute connectivity (vlan tag)

2007-08-09 Thread Steve
Hello All We have a server that uses vlan tagging and are experiencing intermittent network connectivity when tracerouting from a zone to another zone on a different server located on the same network segment. traceroute connects and reports success for 10 or 20 minutes then fails for 20 - 40

[osol-help] AMD 64 Version of Solaris10?

2007-05-03 Thread Steve
Hello All This is my first post here... I am trying to download an AMD64 version of Solaris10 but can only find x86! Am I missing something here ? ;-) Thanks Steve This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-help mailing list

[osol-help] Re: AMD 64 Version of Solaris10?

2007-05-03 Thread Steve
cannot fit into memory Press any key to continue. (Goes back to stage 2 options) System = AMD Athlon 64 processor 3000+ 1,572,080 Ram Regards Steve This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help

[osol-help] Error 28 : Selected item cannot fit into memory

2007-05-03 Thread Steve
+ 1,572,080 Ram Regards Steve This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org