Re: [osol-discuss] Working with Cron under Solaris 10

2011-01-16 Thread Ron Halstead
<*And* when the crontab/at commands are run.> Which restarts cron unless there were no changes made, it which case crontab is not read --ron. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensola

Re: [osol-discuss] can you help about process?

2011-01-16 Thread Ron Halstead
Solaris 10 does not include top. It can be downloaded from sunfreeware.com. Solaris 11 has top in /bin/top (32 bit) and /usr/bin/amd64/top (64 bit). pkg search top in Solaris 11 will show you the locations. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _

Re: [osol-discuss] Working with Cron under Solaris 10

2011-01-16 Thread Ron Halstead
Cron only reads the crontab file when it starts. Man cron and search for 'examines'. As you found out, sending a HUP doesn't work. Since cron runs as a SMF controlled service in Solaris 10, killing the process will cause SMF to restart it. The crontab file will then be read and changes, if any,

Re: [osol-discuss] firewall and tcpwrapper

2011-01-05 Thread Ron Halstead
I assume the command you are trying is "ipfilter" which does not exist. Try the man page for ipfilter (the software package) and ipf (the command). The firewall is installed but not enabled by default. The man pages explains this. Time to do your own homework. --ron -- This message posted from

Re: [osol-discuss] Anonymous NFS file permissions

2010-09-19 Thread Ron Halstead
Try using the option 'anon=0' --ron -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Q: Adding newlines to script email output

2010-05-03 Thread Ron Halstead
Try this: message=`/usr/sbin/zfs list -r tank` echo "Subject: filez ZFS Information\n\n"${message}| mail filez at nebol dot se That is curly braces around $message in the echo statement. ---ron -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolar

Re: [osol-discuss] NFS root question

2010-04-26 Thread Ron Halstead
I don't know what the root=. is for. To allow root access, use: anon=0 (zero) That way, user 65535 (anonymous) becomes root. --ron -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] snv_130

2009-12-31 Thread Ron Halstead
Will there be a OpenSolaris Nevada sxce snv_130 or is it dead? --ron -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Migration from windows to Linux

2009-12-06 Thread Ron Halstead
> How does this relate to opensolaris at all? > > If Outlook/Entourage or office applications are a > requirement for your organization, then your only > choices are Windows and Mac OSX. No linux or > solaris. Although you can use some products that try > to duplicate the functionality of Outloo

Re: [osol-discuss] Error upgrading from snv_125 to snv_127

2009-11-15 Thread Ron Halstead
Thank you. The fix was to add dev=`echo $dev | sed 's/mirror.*/mirror/'` after line 238) to /usr/lib/lu/lulib --ron -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Error upgrading from snv_125 to snv_127

2009-11-15 Thread Ron Halstead
I upgraded SUNWluu, lur and lucfg from the snv_127 media. When I luactivate the new BE, I get the following: sudo luactivate -n snv_127 System has findroot enabled GRUB ERROR: Unable to determine the configuration of the current boot environment . $ Any ideas? --ron -- This message posted fro

Re: [osol-discuss] gnome desktop - no app tabs on task bar

2009-10-23 Thread Ron Halstead
"In that case, you can add it again as follows:" ??? --ron -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] I want to share this blog I found this morning, this might help you too!!!

2009-10-18 Thread Ron Halstead
The link is no good. --ron -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] [belenix-discuss] log failed login attempts

2009-10-09 Thread Ron Halstead
The above should read: > auth.notice /var/adm/authlog Verify that /etc/syslog.conf uses TABS and not spaces --ron -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] SCXE upgrade problem from snv_114 to snv_121

2009-08-24 Thread Ron Halstead
Another poster posted this. It worked for me. yes | pkgrm SUNWlucfg SUNWlur SUNWluu SUNWluzone and then # yes | pkgadd -d /media/SOL_11_X86/Solaris_11/Product SUNWlucfg SUNWlur SUNWluu SUNWluzone In your case, the mountpoint is /mnt --ron -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _

Re: [osol-discuss] Question about Sol10 IP interfaces...

2009-07-23 Thread Ron Halstead
Johnny, I don't know if they still do it but older sparc machines would force the same mac address on all nics in the machine. There is an OBP variable that will undo this feature and allow the router to pass the ICMP response. From Sun's OBP command reference: local-mac-address? false (defau

Re: [osol-discuss] installation

2009-07-10 Thread Ron Halstead
You can also force a text installation (option 1 I believe). --ron -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] No VirtualBox guest graphical login

2009-07-07 Thread Ron Halstead
Alan, Are you referring to "When the OpenSolaris Live CD is booted under VirtualBox, the Xorg server is not started automatically."? I have no problem booting from the iso in VirtualBox and installing to hard disk. Its booting from the hard disk that is giving me the problem. Please note, I am

Re: [osol-discuss] No VirtualBox guest graphical login

2009-07-05 Thread Ron Halstead
Thanks Artem but no joy here. Did as you did and it still doesn't work. Yes, I have cpu virtualization. Windows Xp and Ubuntu guests work fine. There are no obvious errors in Xorg.0.log. Since I put the xorg.conf file in place, avahi-bridge-dsd goes into maintenance when the guest is booted. Th

[osol-discuss] No VirtualBox guest graphical login

2009-07-04 Thread Ron Halstead
Guest: OS2009.06 snv_117 (Indiana) Virtual Box: 3.0.0 r49315 Host: SXCE snv_117 (Nevada) VB 3.0 Guest Additions are installed. All services are online, both host and guest. I get a text login prompt. I logged in and checked to see if gdm is running, it is. This has been the case

[osol-discuss] SXCE Build 116 incomplete

2009-06-19 Thread Ron Halstead
On the download center, there is only 1 file available: Solaris Express Build 116 DVD (Segment 1 of 2) sol-nv-b116-x86-dvd-iso-a.zip 1,623.62 MB Where's the beef? --ron -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mail

Re: [osol-discuss] Bad Memory

2009-06-17 Thread Ron Halstead
Try http://www.memtest.org/ --ron -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] grub //menu.lst

2009-06-17 Thread Ron Halstead
> You can just type in the command: > > su > > at the command prompt and hit the "enter" key and > then type in the root password (the root password, > not your regular user password) and become root. It's > a pretty standard thing that is available on every > unix like system. Once you are root

[osol-discuss] snv_115 mouse madness

2009-06-05 Thread Ron Halstead
I have just installed snv_115 and am noticing a maddening change. When I single left click on an application icon, the app runs instead of being selected. When I single click on an email in the preview page, the email opens in a new window. In other words, a single mouse click is interpreted as

Re: [osol-discuss] No gdm login screen in OpenSolaris 2009.06

2009-06-02 Thread Ron Halstead
is problem some time ago. Lots of "check this, how much that" but no fix. --ron > You can check the status of gdm with "svcs -xv gdm" > > Regards, > > Jedy > On Mon, 2009-06-01 at 15:18 -0700, Ron Halstead > wrote: > > Guest OS is OpenSolaris

Re: [osol-discuss] No gdm login screen in OpenSolaris 2009.06

2009-06-01 Thread Ron Halstead
2GB --ron -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] No gdm login screen in OpenSolaris 2009.06

2009-06-01 Thread Ron Halstead
Guest OS is OpenSolaris 2009.06 on VirtualBox 2.2.4 on Opensolaris snv_114 host. After the text login prompts, The following error is displayed: svc.startd[7]: system/avahi-bridge-dsd:default failed fatally: transitioned to maintenance (see 'svcs -xv' for details) The avahi-bridge-dsd log shows

Re: [osol-discuss] Getting Started With OpenSolaris (2009.06) Documentation Posted for Review

2009-04-26 Thread Ron Halstead
In the document, it spells out how to run opensolaris in VirtualBox on Windows, Lu=inux and MacOS but not on OpenSolaris- Nevada. Just a nit. On a related note, I installed OpenSolaris 2009.06 (111a) on VirtualBox 2.2.0 on OpenSolaris nv_112. The installation went well, but it won't boot. The S

Re: [osol-discuss] upgrade to snv_112 - the bar which is have minimize/maximize/close button

2009-04-26 Thread Ron Halstead
coitran , the window manager metacity is not running. Same thing happened to me. The workaround is to start an xterm or gnome terminal and type the folloing in it: /bin/metacity --replace & This will start the window manager and give you the bells and whistles. I even put the command

Re: [osol-discuss] Why "unable to qualify my own domain name" when it is defined?

2009-04-15 Thread Ron Halstead
Try mailx -v -s "should go through" root body . The -v is verbose and will show you what is going on. --ron -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] APIC Error

2009-04-08 Thread Ron Halstead
The Gnome / X not starting and the APIC error are not related. A couple of builds ago (now at 111), Alan C told me that there were some fonts missing in gnome which caused the X problem. I tried his fix and it has been working since then. I understand the fix was in snv_110. The APIC thing is a

Re: [osol-discuss] All builds since 104 crash my system

2009-03-22 Thread Ron Halstead
Bad memory? It happens. Run memtest86+. Let it run for a few hours. --ron -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] APIC Error

2009-03-22 Thread Ron Halstead
I'm getting the following console message during boot on snv_109 and snv_110. Does anyone know what it means, is there a cure, should I even care? APIC Error interrupt on CPU 0. Status 0 = 0, Status 1 = 80 APIC Error interrupt on CPU 1. Status 0 = 0, Status 1 = 80 I tried /etc/system: set pcplus

[osol-discuss] I am impressed with shutdown

2009-03-21 Thread Ron Halstead
To the 'genius' who pared down the shutdown process in snv_110, well done. I read your writeup in the bug report / CR and thought, "if he can only pull this off". My machine now shuts down in 13 seconds, down from > 60 and it doesn't hang up on unmounting automounted zfs file systems. Thank you

Re: [osol-discuss] Shutdown messages

2009-03-20 Thread Ron Halstead
I believe (but am not sure) that it is being worked on. --ron -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Shutdown messages

2009-03-17 Thread Ron Halstead
I have had the same problem on snv_109. I use autofs to mount home directories from a zpool. Last night I tried unmounting the home directory because of what I read on another thread. init 5 worked like it is supposed to and the machine powered off. Log off as yourself. Log in as root. zfs umou

Re: [osol-discuss] /home dir for myself

2008-10-18 Thread Ron Halstead
The above is correct but don't make the mistake a few people make. The entry in /etc/passwd is still /home/username, not /export/home/username. --ron -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@op

[osol-discuss] winlock: NOTICE: Process 7456 timed out on lock 8192

2008-10-07 Thread Ron Halstead
Any idea what this is? I'm seeing it on it on nv98 and 99. The process number varies but the lock is always 8192. --ron -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] No entry for BE in GRUB menu

2008-10-04 Thread Ron Halstead
> Ron Halstead wrote: > > In opensolaris snv_98 and snv_99, lucreate does not > put an entry for the new BE in menu.lst. > > > > What about luactivate? > > Ian > > ___ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list >

[osol-discuss] No entry for BE in GRUB menu

2008-10-03 Thread Ron Halstead
In opensolaris snv_98 and snv_99, lucreate does not put an entry for the new BE in menu.lst. lucreate -c snv_99 -n snv_100 (I'm optimistic). This happened in 98 when I wanted to Live Upgrade to 99. I had to do a fresh install. I tried it in 99 and the same problem. I hope this gets fixed as I ha

Re: [osol-discuss] migrators question: virtual terminals?

2008-09-30 Thread Ron Halstead
"Not now, but: http://opensolaris.org/os/community/on/flag-days/pages/2008092402/"; The xorg.tar.gz, when gunzipped and untared results in "tar: directory checksum error" --ron -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailin

Re: [osol-discuss] upgrading from 91 to 95

2008-08-12 Thread Ron Halstead
I assume the zpool is on a second disk(s). If so, zpool export pool, do the installation of _95 and zpool import pool. Your data will be safe even if you don't export the pool, but, I'm paranoid. I used to do it that way before I decided to try Live Upgrade. --ron This message posted from o

Re: [osol-discuss] I don't get it....

2008-05-21 Thread Ron Halstead
I love a good GUI. Web browsing looks better than lynx, and I can open up multiple xterms and work on multiple command lines at the same time. The only GUI tool I use is printmgr because lpadmin syntax sucks. I've been a SysAdmin since before the GUI and really would not miss it if it went away.

Re: [osol-discuss] B85 CIFS issues

2008-03-27 Thread Ron Halstead
palace:$ uname -r 5.11 palace:$ sudo pkgchk -l -p /usr/lib/smbsrv/libsmb_passwd.so palace:$ --ron This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Any news on the new release? snv_85/86?

2008-03-26 Thread Ron Halstead
oops! my bad. thanks. --ron This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Any news on the new release? snv_85/86?

2008-03-26 Thread Ron Halstead
> Dennis Clarke wrote: > >> FYI - Build 85 is supposed to be released in the > next few hours. > > > > Do you know if there has been any change to the > SDLC ? > > If you don't know ... that's cool. Just asking. > > Regarding 'wget'? It's still no there. > > They reviewed a number of potential

Re: [osol-discuss] Tab auto-completion doesn't work?

2008-01-30 Thread Ron Halstead
ux-admin wrote: "Should the root's shell be changed to bash? Definitely not. ksh, fine, if it must be; ksh93, fine; tcsh, fine; zsh, fine. But can we please kill the bash abomination on Solaris, and wean users off of it?" This 'my shell is better than your shell' flame war has been going on for

Re: [osol-discuss] need equivalent for some linux commands.

2007-12-26 Thread Ron Halstead
waynel, try http://bhami.com/rosetta.html dennis, no, not too much. I just loved the detail. --ron This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] need equivalent for some linux commands.

2007-12-26 Thread Ron Halstead
Dennis, I must remember not to ask you the time. ; ) Nice response. --ron This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Cisco VPN Client for Solaris x86, anyone?

2007-12-12 Thread Ron Halstead
+1. Please add me to the list. We use Cisco VPN access in my company and I do hate to haul a Windows XP laptop home just to use that version of VPN client. I have 2 x86 Solaris boxes at home that I would prefer to use. Ron Halstead This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] new installer - less features

2007-10-24 Thread Ron Halstead
I have to agree with Andrew. I've been doing this for many years. While I do not dislike change, I do like options, particularly the option to lay out the disk the way I like it. You have many good reasons to use a whole disk root, but should your reasons dictate my options? I think not. -ron

Re: [osol-discuss] enabling samba on b70a

2007-10-02 Thread Ron Halstead
In the smb.conf file, did you change the workgroup = MYGROUP to the domain that the Mac is in? -ron This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] -nolisten tcp

2007-09-17 Thread Ron Halstead
We have had the same problem. This is what I found via google: The following command allows access from remote clients. Show properties svcprop svc:/application/x11/x11-server Turn on tcp listen svccfg -s svc:/application/x11/x11-server setprop options/tcp_listen = true Then restart the X server

[osol-discuss] WARNINGs during boot

2007-09-03 Thread Ron Halstead
I'm running build 70 but this has been happening since build 68(?). During boot, I get the following: WARNING: out of I/O resources on bridge: bus 0x0, dev 0x1c, func 0x0, for secondary bus 0x2 WARNING: devices under bridge bus 0x0, dev 0x1c, func 0x0 will not be assigned I/O ports WARNING: c

Re: [osol-discuss] [indiana-discuss] OpenSolaris Developer Summit

2007-08-24 Thread Ron Halstead
I like the Las Vegas idea ; -) ron This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Re: Sun to make Solaris more Linux like

2007-05-10 Thread Ron Halstead
Casper said "Let me add that if colorls becomes the default and needs to be undone, I will hunt down and kill the person responsible." I'll hold him while you hit him. Ron This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing lis

[osol-discuss] Re: SXCE Build 60 available

2007-03-26 Thread Ron Halstead
Where? This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Re: Video Problem in SX59

2007-03-21 Thread Ron Halstead
I had a problem with video on NV_59 also. I fixed it by downloading and installing the driver from Nvidia. Can you please provide a link to the "svccfg command per Alanc's tutorial". Thanks, Ron Halstead This message posted from

[osol-discuss] Where is SXCR Build 55?

2007-01-18 Thread Ron Halstead
The subject says it all. Its been a month since the last one and I can't wait to get my printer working again. Ron Halstead This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Re: config problem: solaris 10 as ldap client]

2006-09-28 Thread Ron Halstead
ry of the steps. Your description of what is needed to solve Ulrich's problem caught my eye and triggered this request. I can be reached at rdhalstead at comcast dot net. Thank you. Ron Halstead This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ o

[osol-discuss] Pentium D Dual Core 64-bit kernel problem

2006-09-25 Thread Ron Halstead
one. Ron Halstead This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Re: ZFS Boot and Install Opensolaris Project Proposal

2006-06-29 Thread Ron Halstead
You get my vote. Thanks. Ron This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Re: Another background image

2006-06-09 Thread Ron Halstead
Sorry, Dennis, not David (long day!) Ron This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Re: Another background image

2006-06-09 Thread Ron Halstead
Thanks David, I hope you don't mind, I "borrowed" it for my desktop. Looks very kool. Ron Halstead This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Re: Re: Resolver is sleeping

2006-06-03 Thread Ron Halstead
th an upgrade. Thanks to all for your interest and commenst. Ron Halstead This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Re: Resolver is sleeping

2006-06-01 Thread Ron Halstead
"Often, slow response time is a symptom of broken name servers -- missing IN PTR records for the addresses in use, for instance. Using nslookup or dig to probe those out might be helpful" As I said in my original post, I am pinging a host, sol10, which is on my local LAN and is in /etc/hosts. Why

[osol-discuss] Resolver is sleeping

2006-05-28 Thread Ron Halstead
, 0x, 0x) = 0xFFBFFEFF [0x] lwp_sigmask(SIG_SETMASK, 0x, 0x) = 0xFFBFFEFF [0x] sol10 is alive write(1, " s o l 1 0 i s a l i".., 15) = 15 alarm(0) = 0 _exit(0

[osol-discuss] Re: Re: Re: Project proposal: GUI SMF Tools

2006-04-26 Thread Ron Halstead
Can the SMF GUI tool be incorporated into the current Java Web Console that allows GUIized ZFSadministration? One tool - many uses. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org