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Jon LaBadie | 1 Nov 03:23

Re: OpenSolaris CD in magazine

On Sat, Nov 01, 2008 at 09:19:59AM +1300, Tony Reeves wrote:
> 2008/11/1 Jon LaBadie <jsolx <at> jgcomp.com>:
> > On Sat, Nov 01, 2008 at 08:26:46AM +1300, Tony Reeves wrote:
> >> 2008/11/1 Jon LaBadie <jsolx <at> jgcomp.com>:
> >> > Just got a new copy of Linux User&Developer.
> >> >
> >> > The included monthly software disk is an
> >> > OpenSolaris 2008.05 Live CD.
> >>
> >> Was it the original 2008/05 or a later update? If the former, I don't
> >> think it will win many converts.
> >>
> >
> > What will tell me which it is?
> 
> When it boots, what is the kernel version.  Or what does uname -a
> report after "5.11"?
> 

Nothing, just 5.11.

/etc/release also shows it as "rc3",
presumably release candidate 3 and
gives a build date of April 2X, 2008.
I forget the X digit.

Sounds like the original, correct?

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maybird1776 | 1 Nov 12:16
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Re: Solaris 10 05/08 e1000g problem

This was discussed and fixed in Solaris 10u6.

--- In solarisx86 <at> yahoogroups.com, Michael McKnight
<michael_mcknight01@...> wrote:
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> Hi everyone,
> 
> I have just built a new system and installed Solaris 10 x86 05/08.  The 
> system has an Intel e1000g PCIx1 NIC.
> 
> The system plumbs the interface just fine and the ifconfig and netstat 
> info on the interface look ok, but it will not transmit or receive.
> 
> When using snoop, I can see what looks like packets trying to leave
(ie. 
> DNS query) but if I look at snoop from another system you never
actually 
> see the data hit the wire.
> 
> It's like the OS/driver thinks everything is OK, but the NIC wont 
> put/get anything to the wire.
> 
> If I unplug the cable, the system logs a message that the cable was 
> unplugged.  If I plug it back in, I get a message that states the cable 
> was plugged in an a 100/Full link is made.  But still no traffic ever 
> makes it to the wire.
> 
> So,  any ideas as to why the system seems to configure the interface 
> correctly, can tell when the link is broken/established, but cannot 
> transmit or receive from the wire?
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Stuart Biggar | 1 Nov 23:20
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Any comments on a SunFire X4150?

I need to purchase a server to provide a bit of disk and
SunRay services.  May also run some math intensive (double
precision FP code) in the background. Sun offers a price
of about $4500 (US) to the educational market for a SunFire
X4150 machine:

2 quad-core Intel Xeon X5355
4x146 GB 10K SAS disks
16 GB PC2-5300 667 MHz ECC DDR2 RAM
4 GB ethernet ports (Intel)
3 yr warranty
3 open PCIe x8 slots
5 USB 2.0 ports
ELOM
etc ...

It is in a 1 RU case with 4 disk bays
occupied and 4 empty.  Redundant power
supplies, up to 64 GB RAM, and so on.
Delivered with Solaris 10 but also supports
Windows Server, Linux, and VMware.

Anyone used one and care to comment?
Any experience with 2.5" 10K RPM SAS
disks?

Thanks,

Stuart
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Laurent Blume | 2 Nov 03:40
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Re: Any comments on a SunFire X4150?

Stuart Biggar a écrit :
> I need to purchase a server to provide a bit of disk and
> SunRay services.  May also run some math intensive (double
> precision FP code) in the background. Sun offers a price
> of about $4500 (US) to the educational market for a SunFire
> X4150 machine:

> Anyone used one and care to comment?
> Any experience with 2.5" 10K RPM SAS disks?

So-so.

When it works, it's a good system, fast enough (though I didn't 
benchmark HPC with it).
However, they seem to have some annoying hardware issues, 2 were DOA out 
of 4 received where I work, change of M/B needed. One of the two had 
another change of M/B after the switch from ELOM to ILOM failed.
And the ribbon cable to the PDB broke when the tech unplugged it to 
change the M/B, it seemed to be too fragile.
They also seem to have a known issue with the DVD drive, since support 
changed that first thing without asking, but thar wasn't my problem.

I haven't had time to benchmark the drives, but I could run a bonnie++ 
on them if you want.

Overall, disappointing to spend so much time to get them to work. I hope 
they'll do better in the long run.

Laurent
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Oscar del Rio | 2 Nov 04:02
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Re: Any comments on a SunFire X4150?

Laurent Blume wrote:

> Overall, disappointing to spend so much time to get them to work. I hope
> they'll do better in the long run.

We got one, also an EDU promo.  No problems at all.

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Chris Kern | 2 Nov 18:43
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Mystery 'cpu1 feature mismatch' Diagnostic

I installed Solaris 10 10/08 without difficulty on a Dell 9100 today (on 
the HCL), but am puzzled by the kernel diagnostic

   "WARNING: cpu1 feature mismatch"

which is displayed on the standard output stream at boot time and logged 
to /var/adm/messages.  Neither SunSolve nor Google searches yielded 
anything promising.  Anyone seen this before?  Anyone have a clue what 
it means?

Chris

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Oscar del Rio | 3 Nov 00:19
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Re: Mystery 'cpu1 feature mismatch' Diagnostic

Chris Kern wrote:
> I installed Solaris 10 10/08 without difficulty on a Dell 9100 today (on
> the HCL), but am puzzled by the kernel diagnostic
> 
> "WARNING: cpu1 feature mismatch"
> 
> which is displayed on the standard output stream at boot time and logged
> to /var/adm/messages. Neither SunSolve nor Google searches yielded
> anything promising. Anyone seen this before? Anyone have a clue what
> it means?

The source code might be of some help.
http://src.opensolaris.org/source/xref/onnv/onnv-gate/usr/src/uts/i86pc/os/mp_startup.c

1506 /*
1507 * Do a sanity check to make sure this new CPU is a sane thing
1508 * to add to the collection of processors running this system.
1509 *
1510 * XXX	Clearly this needs to get more sophisticated, if x86
1511 * systems start to get built out of heterogenous CPUs; as is
1512 * likely to happen once the number of processors in a configuration
1513 * gets large enough.
1514 */
1515 if ((x86_feature & new_x86_feature) != x86_feature) {
1516	cmn_err(CE_CONT, "?cpu%d: %b\n",
1517	    cp->cpu_id, new_x86_feature, FMT_X86_FEATURE);
1518	cmn_err(CE_WARN, "cpu%d feature mismatch", cp->cpu_id);
1519 }

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Mike Riley | 3 Nov 06:01
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Re: Solaris 10 10/08 (update 6) available

Oscar del Rio wrote:
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> 
> Anderson, Ryan C (US SSA) wrote:
>  > I hadn't seen anyone post this yet, but I found the new Solaris 10
>  > update is available as of this morning. Get it here:
>  >
>  > http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/get.jsp 
> <http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/get.jsp>
> 
> yay! Just in time: "end of october" as promised :)

Is it a trick, or a treat?

Mike

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Laurent Blume | 3 Nov 09:54
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Re: Solaris 10 10/08 (update 6) available

Mike Riley a écrit :
> Is it a trick, or a treat?

Both :-)

It installs smoothly, but some weird things still.
/tmp was set to 755 and owned by 59001:staff a short time after install,
and I couldn't know what happened to it.

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jitin | 3 Nov 12:09
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password rest for local as well as NIS

HI Group,

Please suggest How to reset password of local user as well as NIS in
single command. 

Every time I restart my open sol 11 machine (test Machine),

I have to go to system -> network and select the default gateway device.

Can you please give me solution

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