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Solaris 10 10/08 Release Notes
Book Information
Preface
Chapter 1 Installation Issues
General Information
New Memory Requirements
Changes in Upgrade Support for Solaris Releases
Support for Products Not Part of the Solaris OS
Before You Begin
Solaris Live Upgrade and Solaris Zones
Solaris Live Upgrade Restrictions
Using Solaris Live Upgrade With a Zone Root on a ZFS File System
Upgrading a Solaris Trusted Extensions System That is Configured with Labeled Zones
Patching Miniroot on SPARC and x86 Machines
Solaris Data Encryption Supplement on Solaris 10 Updates
Additional Procedures Required When Installing GNOME Display Manager Patches for Solaris 10 10/08 Release
x86: Systems With elx or pcelx NICs Fail Network Configuration
Default Size of /var File System Inadequate
x86: Do Not Upgrade Hewlett-Packard (HP) Vectra XU Series Systems With BIOS Version GG.06.13
SPARC: Older Firmware Might Need Boot Flash PROM Update
Solaris Management Console 2.1 Software Is Not Compatible With Solaris Management Console 1.0, 1.0.1, or 1.0.2 Software
x86: Failure of BIOS Device Utility Prevents Installation or Upgrade From Being Completed (6362108)
Cannot Create a Solaris Flash Archive When Solaris Zones Are Installed (6246943)
x86: Sun Java Workstations 2100Z Might Panic When Booting From Solaris 10 Operating System DVD (6214356)
x86: Serial Consoles of Some Sun Fire Systems Do Not Work (6208412)
Solaris Installation GUI Program Might Fail on Systems With Existing x86 fdisk Boot Partitions (6186606)
Installation Bugs
Localized Installation Note
SPARC: WAN Boot Installation Fails for Solaris 10 10/08
x86: Solaris Flash Archive Installation Fails on Releases Before the Solaris 10 10/08 Release (6735181)
SPARC: Using WAN Boot Program to Directly Boot From Installation Media Fails (6734066)
Some Asian Locales Cannot Be Used for Custom JumpStart (6681454)
PRODRM Has Problems Deleting prodreg Entry For Solaris Trusted Extensions (6616592)
x86: NVidia SATA Controllers Do Not Support ATAPI Devices (6595488)
Sun Upgrade Detailed Patch Analysis Panel Not Scrollable (6597686)
Panic in PCIe as dev_info Node Has No Parent Data (6517798)
The Linux Partition Does Not Display on the GRUB Menu After Installing the Solaris OS (6508647)
x86: Install Hangs on Systems With 512 Mbyte of Memory (6423854)
x86: Invalid /sbin/dhcpinfo Error During Installation (6332044)
x86: Installation From CD Media Appears to Hang After Reboot Selection (6270371)
x86: System Fails to Boot After Custom JumpStart Installation (6205478)
x86: GUI Interactive Installation From DVD Fails if boot-device Variable Is Not Set (5065465)
x86: USB Keyboards Might Freeze During Install on Some Dell Precision Workstations (4888849)
SPARC: Network Download Performance on hme Is Very Slow (4704616)
Warnings Might Occur When a File System Is Created (4189127)
Upgrade Issues and Bugs
SUNWsmbar Removes the /etc/services and /etc/inet/services Files During Upgrade (6756546)
shutdown Command Might Cause the System to Hang After Upgrade (6751843)
lucreate and lumake Commands Fail on Non-Global Zones (6659451)
SPARC: Upgrading with Solaris Live Upgrade From Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 Releases Fails (6638175)
Incorrect Permissions on /tmp in Non-Global Zones After Solaris Live Upgrade (6619278)
Issues With DSR Upgrade With Zones (6616788)
Solaris Trusted Extensions Upgrade Issues (6616585)
System Cannot Communicate With ypbind After Upgrade (6488549)
Upgrade Fails on System With Zones That Have Been Installed But Not Booted
Upgrading a Solaris 10 System with Non-Global Zones to the Solaris 10 10/08 Release Might Cause the Local File System Service to Fail (6428258)
Device ID Discrepancies After Upgrading From Solaris 9 9/04 OS
Solaris Live Upgrade luupgrade Command Missing the Progress Bar (6239850)
Obsolete Uninstallers Not Removed When You Use Solaris Live Upgrade to Upgrade From Previous Solaris Releases (6198380)
Configuration File pam.conf Not Automatically Updated After an Upgrade (5060721)
Installer Text Display Problem When Using Solaris Live Upgrade (4736488)
SPARC: Removal of SUNWjxcft Package Records Error During Upgrade (4525236)
Upgrading to Solaris 10 Release Might Disable Existing Secure Shell Daemon (sshd) (4626093)
Upgrade Fails if /export Directory Is Near Capacity (4409601)
Upgrading Diskless Client Servers and Clients (4363078)
Additional Installation Issues
smosservice add Command Does Not Install Designated ARCH=all Packages (4871256)
StarOffice and StarSuite Software Cannot Coexist in the Same System
Additional Related Locales Might Be Installed
Chapter 2 Solaris Runtime Issues
Common Desktop Environment
Trusted Stripe Disappears From the Screen After Resolution Change (6460624)
x86: kdmconfig Command Does Not Create System Identification Configuration File for Xorg X Server (6217442)
CDE Removable Media Auto Run Capability Removed (4634260)
Solaris PDASync Cannot Delete Last Entry From the Desktop (4260435)
File Systems
Taking the Primary Disk Offline in a Mirrored ZFS Root Pool
lucreate Fails When Destination File System Is ZFS and Locale Is Japanese EUC (6750725)
boot -L Does Not Work After Converting UFS to ZFS (6741743)
x86: Unable to Use reboot Command to Boot 32-Bit Kernel (6741682)
zpool attach Might Create an Illegal Root Pool (6740164)
SPARC: Solaris Live Upgrade Does Not Create a menu.lst File (6696226)
zpool attach Command Does Not Copy bootblock Information (6668666)
x86: ata Timeouts During Boot (6586621)
zoneadm install Fails With a ZFS Legacy Mount (6449301)
ZFS and UNIX/POSIX Compliance Issues
fdisk -E Can Sweep Disk Used by ZFS Without Warning (6412771)
ZFS and Third-Party Backup Product Issues
BrightStor ARCserve Backup Client Agent for UNIX (Solaris) and ZFS Support
ZFS GUI Should Check For /usr/lib/embedded_su at the Beginning of Each Wizard (6326334)
Fails to Sync File System on Panic (6250422)
Upgrading From Some Solaris Express or Solaris 10 Releases Requires Remounting of File Systems
NFSv4 Access Control List Functions Might Work Incorrectly
Access Problems Between Solaris NFSv4 Clients and NFSv4 Servers
Using mkfs Command to Create File System Might Fail on Very Large Disks (6352813)
System Crash Dump Fails on Devices Greater Than 1 TByte (6214480)
Using smosservice Command to Add OS Services Results in Insufficient Disk Space Message (5073840)
Hardware–Related Issues and Bugs
x86: i86_mwait Work Does Not Function as Designed (6736444)
L2ARC is Disabled in the Solaris 10 10/08 Release (6730309)
Issues With HP NC326i Adapter and bge Driver (6691658)
SPARC: 19.55% Performance Regression for the NCP Device Driver (6660074)
USB Floppy Drive Fails to Mount (6650724)
Error Message Is Displayed When Disconnecting USB Storage Devices (6624786)
The (ZFS) ARC Allocates Memory Inside The Kernel Cage Preventing DR (6522017)
mpathadm Does Not Display Load-Balance Setting Specific to Device
Registration Tool Prevents Power Management on Some Framebuffers (6321362)
SPARC: Sun Crypto Accelerator 4000 Board Versions 1.0 and 1.1 Not Supported in Solaris 10 OS
Certain USB 2.0 Controllers Are Disabled
Supported USB Devices and Corresponding Hub Configurations
x86: Limitations Exist With Certain Device Drivers in Solaris 10 OS
DVD-ROM/CD-ROM Drives on Headless Systems
x86: Manual Configuration Required to Specify Non-US English Keyboards
SPARC: jfca Driver for Certain Host Bus Adapters That Are Connected to Tape Devices Might Cause Errors (6210240)
Contention Exists Between Certain Devices That Share the Same Bus (6196994)
hat_getkpfnum() DDI Function Is Obsolete (5046984)
Some DVD and CD-ROM Drives Fail to Boot Solaris (4397457)
iPlanet Directory Server 5.1 Issues
Installing Directory Server 5.1
Migrating to the Sun Java System Directory Server 5 2005Q1
Issues While Running Debugger
System Might Loop When Master CPU Is Changed (4405263)
Localization Issues
Swedish Software Translations Note
Multiple Input Method Switcher Applications Appear in Trusted Java DS
Wnn8 Japanese Input Method
Input Method Cannot Be Enabled With Primary Administrator Rights (6475081)
New ChuYin Input Method Not Supported in Upgrade to IIIMF rev.12 (6492129)
AltGr Does Not Work As Mode Switcher in Some Russian Locales (6487712)
Arabic Text Not Appearing in ar Locales
Solaris PDASync Does Not Support Data Exchange With the Multibyte Internationalized PDA Device (4263814)
Several Arabic Fonts Do Not Work in GNOME (6384024)
Unable to Switch Input Language on Session-Saved Applications (6360759)
Keyboard Shortcuts in Mozilla in ES Locale Are Unusual and Ambiguous (6288620)
Migration Note to UTF-8 locales
Microsoft Office Files
HTML Files
Fixing Broken HTML File
Emails Saved As Portable Format
Plain Text Files
File Names and Directory Names
Launching Legacy Locale Applications
Hardware for Some Keyboards Layouts Type 6 and 7 Not Available
Sort Capability in the European UTF-8 Locales Does Not Function Correctly (4307314)
Networking Issues
x86: bnx Driver Does Not Support Broadcom NetXtreme II 5709 Chipset (6637053)
SPARC: NFS/RDMA Connection Errors (6229077)
Login Fails on iSCSI Target With Two Portals and One Bad Portal (6476060)
System Domain of Interpretation Is Not Configurable (6314248)
IP Forwarding Disabled by Default in Solaris 10 OS
Zone Not Booting When IP Address Belongs to a Failed IP Network Multipathing Group (6184000)
Intermittent Errors Might Occur With the Use of DataDigests (5108515)
Configuring Multiple Tunnels Between Two IP Nodes With Filtering Enabled Might Result in Packet Loss (4152864)
Security Issues
Nonpassword Logins Fail With pam_ldap Enabled (6365896)
Incorrect Parameters Might Cause Panic in Sun StorEdge T3 (4319812)
Service Management Facility
Login Prompts Sometimes Appear Before File Systems Are Mounted (5082164)
Smart Card
System Does Not Respond to Smart Card (4415094)
Solaris Commands and Standards
SPARC: Applications Noncompliant With 8–byte Aligned Mutexes Fail (6729759)
winbind Fetches Only the First 1000 Active Directory Users
PgAdmin III 1.6 Does Not Support PostgreSQL version 8.3
Changed Man Pages for Solaris Trusted Extensions Are in Reference Manual Only
Bash 3.00 No Longer Sets Some Environment Variables
New ln Utility Requires -f Option
New tcsh Rejects setenv Variable Names That Use a Dash or an Equals Sign
STDIO getc Family EOF Condition Behavior Change
Output Columns of the ps Command Have Been Widened
Command ping -v Does Not Work on IPv6 Addresses (4984993)
Solaris Volume Manager
Solaris Volume Manager metattach Command Might Fail
Solaris Volume Manager metassist Command Fails in Non-English Locales (5067097)
Volume Creation Fails in Systems With Unformatted Disks (5064066)
Hot Spares Do Not Work Correctly When Solaris Volume Manager RAID-1 (Mirror) or RAID-5 Volumes Are Created in Disk Sets Built on Soft Partitions (4981358)
Solaris Volume Manager metadevadm Command Fails if Logical Device Name No Longer Exists (4645721)
Solaris Volume Manager metarecover Command Fails to Update metadb Namespace (4645776)
Sun Java Desktop System
Email and Calendar
Problem With Changing Authentication Type (6246543)
Incomplete List of Contacts in Contact Folder (5088514)
Login Issues
Login Error Message
Help System
Wrong Help Window Opened For Volume Control (6253210)
Online Help Freezes (5090731)
Mozilla Browser
Cannot Print Certain Documents From the Mozilla Browser
System-Level Issues
User Preferences Not Fully Compatible
Problems With Online Registration of StarOffice Software (6208829)
Problems With Sound Recorder
Nautilus ACL MASK is Not in Sync With Group Permissions (6464485)
strftime(3c) Should Support GNU Extension in %-m And %-d (6448815)
x86: Cannot Configure Full-Screen Magnification on Systems With One Video Card
Certain View Options Might Cause File Manager to Fail (6233643)
Problems Creating Certain Types of Archives (5082008)
System Administration
SPARC: Solaris Volume Manager GUI Fails to Start (6671736)
SPARC: FKU 137137-xx Does Not Support Third-Party Volume Manager Software
Do Not Use patchadd -M to Install Patches on a System With Non-Global Zones
::findleaks Command Fails (6720107)
Solaris 10 10/08 DVD Media Might Not be Automatically Mounted by vold (6712352)
Cannot Log In to Solaris Management Console After Enabling Solaris Trusted Extensions (6639493)
zoneadm attach Command Might Fail (6550154)
Solaris is Unable to Handle Mode Switches Between Legacy and AHCI Modes for the SATA Controller (6520224)
Deferred Activation Patching (6486471)
Possible Error With 32-bit Applications Getting File System State on Large File Systems (6468905)
Using patchadd With the -R Option To Specify an Alternative Root Path From Systems That Are Not Zones Aware Should Be Restricted (6464969)
Sun Patch Manager Tool 2.0 Not Compatible With Previous Versions
Cannot Delete Existing Diskless Clients From the System (6205746)
SPARC: smosservice delete Command Does Not Successfully Remove All Directories (6192105)
kill -HUP Does Not Always Cause the Agent to Reread the snmpd.conf Configuration File (4988483)
x86: Pressing the F4 Key During BIOS Bootup Fails to Boot the Service Partition (4782757, 5051157)
Some com.sun Application Programming Interface Method Invocations Fail Under XML/HTTP Transport Protocol (4497393, 4497399, 4497406, 4497411)
Chapter 3 System-Specific Issues
Dynamic Reconfiguration on Sun Fire High-End Systems
Known Software and Hardware Bugs
Deleteboard Shows Leakage Error (4730142)
GigaSwift Ethernet MMF Link Fails With CISCO 4003 Switch After DR Attach
Dynamic Reconfiguration on Sun Fire Midrange Systems
Minimum System Controller Firmware
Known DR Software Bugs
Network Device Removal Fails When a Program Is Holding the Device Open (5054195)
Cannot Unconfigure cPCI Board With a Disabled Port 0 (4798990)
Sun Enterprise 10000 Release Notes
System Service Processor Requirement
Dynamic Reconfiguration Issues
DR Model 3.0
DR and Bound User Processes
Network Device Removal Fails When a Program Is Holding the Device Open (5054195)
InterDomain Networks
OpenBoot PROM Variables
Dynamic Reconfiguration on Sun Enterprise Midrange Systems
Supported Hardware
Software Notes
Enabling Dynamic Reconfiguration
Quiesce Test
Disabled Board List
Disabled Memory List
Unloading Detach-Unsafe Drivers
Self-Test Failure During a Connect Sequence
Known Bugs
Network Device Removal Fails When a Program Is Holding the Device Open (5054195)
cfgadm Disconnect Fails When Running Concurrent cfgadm Commands (4220105)
Chapter 4 End-of-Software Support Statements
Features That Might Be Removed in a Future Release
Inbound Open Source and Third Party Vendor Supplied Open Source Components Policy Change
Mozilla 1.X Support
x86: sbpro Driver
CacheFS
sdtudctool
SPARC: cg6 Driver for SBus Graphics Cards
ctlmp and ctlconvert_txt
genlayouttbl Utility
Mobile IP
Gnopernicus
Xsun Server
Common Desktop Environment
CDE Image Viewer
Sun Java System Calendar Server Client Applet
DARPA Trivial Name Server
I2O Intelligent I/O
GNOME Viewer for PDF and PostScript Files
The Graphical Smartcard Admin Interface
iButton Smartcard
Cyberflex Smartcard
PAM Smartcard
OCF/SCF Smartcard Framework
SCF Smartcard APIs
Remote Program Load Server Functionality
Transition From ipge to e1000g NIC Driver as the Default Ethernet Driver for Sun4V Systems
Solstice Enterprise Agents Support
32-bit x86: Extended Memory File System Support
Standard Type Services Framework Support
SPARC: jfca Driver Support
zic -s Option Support
Removable Volume Management Support
32-bit x86: Controller Devices and Drivers
64-bit SPARC: Dual Basic Rate ISDN Interface and Multimedia Codec Chips
SPARC: Certain Drivers Might Not be Supported in a Future Solaris Release
Automated Security Enhancement Tool Support
Asian Short dtlogin Names
Audit Daemon Interfaces
Cfront Runtime Support Library
Configuration Assistant's fp Plug-in Hardware Options
Device Allocation Interfaces For the Basic Security Module
Obsolete Device Driver Interfaces
Device Management Entries in power.conf
Device Support and Driver Software
Form and Menu Language Interpreter
Host Files in /etc/net/ti*
Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition 1.4
Kerberos Ticket Lifetime Parameters in krb5.conf
Korean CID Fonts
Legacy or Traditional Non-UTF-8 Locales
Functions in the CPU Performance Counters Library (libcpc)
libXinput Library
Network Information Service Plus (NIS+) Name Service Type
nstest Test Program
Perl Version 5.6.1
Solaris Management Console Patch Tool (Patch Manager)
Solstice Enterprise Agents
Standalone Router Discovery
Sun Fire Link Interfaces
Sun Java Desktop System Applications
Token Ring and Fiber Distributed Data Interface Device Types
WBEM-based Dynamic Reconfiguration
XIL Interface
xetops Utility
x86: Xsun DDX Modules, Library, and Related Files
Chapter 5 Documentation Issues
Solaris 10 10/08 Patch List
man pages section 1M: System Administration Commands
System Administration Guide: IP Services
System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (NIS+)
Discontinuation of Swedish Documentation
Application Server Documentation Refers to Derby Database Instead of Java DB
Documents on the Software Supplement CD
System Administration Guide: Basic Administration
Managing Diskless Clients (Tasks)
Solaris 10 Start Here and Solaris 10 Installation Guides
Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Basic Installations
Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Network-Based Installations
Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Solaris Live Upgrade and Upgrade Planning
Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Custom JumpStart and Advanced Installations
Solaris 10 Start Here
Solaris 10 Documentation and Man Pages
Appendix A Table of Integrated Bug Fixes in the Solaris 10 Operating System
Fixed and Integrated Bugs
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