- Book Information
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Installation
Issues
- General Information
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Issues While Running Debugger
- 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
- 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
- Service Management Facility
- Smart Card
- 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
- Login Issues
- Help System
- Mozilla Browser
- System-Level Issues
- 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)
- Common Desktop Environment
- Chapter 3 System-Specific Issues
- 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
- Features That Might Be Removed in a Future Release
- 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
- Solaris 10 Start Here and Solaris 10 Installation Guides
- Solaris 10 Documentation and Man Pages
- Appendix A Table of Integrated Bug Fixes in the Solaris 10 Operating System