This chapter describes known runtime problems.
The name of this product is Solaris 8 4/01, but code and path or package path names may use Solaris 2.8 or SunOS 5.8. Always follow the code or path as it is written.
A problem occurs when compiling a Motif program in the Solaris 8 operating environment when you link to a shared library that has been compiled in the Solaris 2.4, 2.5, 2.5.1 or 2.6 operating environments and the older library also uses the Motif Application Programming Interface (API).
The Motif program uses Motif version 2.1 and the old shared library uses Motif version 1.2. A core dump occurs. This is not a binary compatibility problem for applications compiled in the Solaris 2.4, 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.6 operating environments, which should run correctly in the Solaris 8 operating environment.
Workaround: If you have an older shared library that links directly to the Motif library, and if you want to compile a program in the Solaris 8 operating environment that links to both Motif and that older shared library, use a line like this to compile:
cc foo.c -o program -DMOTIF12_HEADERS -I/usr/openwin/include -I/usr/dt/include -lXm12 -lXt -lX11 |
If you insert a diskette into its drive on a system with SCSI removable media devices and then select Check for Floppy from the File menu in OpenWindowsTM File Manager, File Manager mounts the diskette in the /floppy directory, but fails to display a File Manager view listing the disk contents. The Format Floppy and Eject Floppy options do not appear in the File menu of File Manager.
Workaround: Choose one of the following workarounds.
To view the contents of a diskette, follow these steps:
Click on the / folder in the File Manager Iconic Path.
Double-click on the floppy folder in the / display window.
Double-click on the floppy0 folder in the /floppy display window.
To format a diskette, follow these steps:
Unmount the diskette.
% volrmmount -e floppy0 |
Format the diskette.
% fdformat floppy0 |
To create a new file system on a diskette, follow these steps:
If you have already unmounted the diskette, go to step 2 of this workaround.
Unmount the diskette.
% volrmmount -e floppy0 |
Create the appropriate file system on the diskette.
To create a new UFS file system on the diskette, use the newfs command:
% newfs /vol/dev/aliases/floppy0 |
To create a PCFS file system on the diskette, use the mkfs command:
% mkfs -F pcfs /vol/dev/aliases/floppy0 |
Mount the diskette.
% volrmmount -i floppy0 |
To eject the diskette, use the eject command.
% eject floppy0 |
To prevent this problem, apply patch 109464-01.
After deleting the last item from the desktop (for example, the last appointment in your Calendar or the last address in the Address Manager), it is restored from the handheld device to the desktop when you synchronize your handheld device.
Workaround: Manually delete the last entry from the handheld device prior to synchronization.
If you exchange multibyte data between a PDA device and Solaris CDE, the data may be corrupted in both environments.
Workaround: Back up your data on your personal computer with the PDA backup utility before you run the PDASync application. If you accidentally exchange multibyte data and corrupt that data, restore your data from the backup.
If you run the flarcreate command with both the -e and -E options an error is encountered. The following message is displayed:
ERROR: Options -D and -f are mutually exclusive |
The message should read:
ERROR: Options -E and -e are mutually exclusive |
Workaround: Ignore the error message. Do not use the -e and -E options together.
After selecting Help -> Information from the Front Panel, a list of obsolete files is returned. The correct file is S8FCSreleasenotes.
The following error message is displayed when memory is low:
CIM_ERR_LOW_ON_MEMORY |
Workaround: To reset the CIM Object Manager Repository:
Become superuser.
Stop the CIM Object Manager.
# /etc/init.d/init.wbem stop |
Remove the JavaSpaces log directory.
# /bin/rm -rf /var/sadm/wbem/log |
Restart the CIM Object Manager.
# /etc/init.d/init.wbem start |
You will lose any proprietary definitions in your datastore. You must recompile the MOF files that contain those definitions using the mofcomp command. For example:
# /usr/sadm/bin/mofcomp -u root -p root_password your_mof_file |
If a read is made to a removable media drive when no media is present, the read fails. A warning is written to the console and the log file. The warning will look similar to:
scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING: /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/sd@2,0 (sd30): i/o to invalid geometry |
The path that appears in the warning message is the device path for the removable media.
The warning is invalid. When media is missing from a removable drive, the read should fail silently.
Workaround: Ignore these warning messages in the case of removable media.
Java Plug-in 1.2 is the default plug-in that runs Java 2 applets but not all Java 1.1 applets. If you require the Java Plug-in 1.1, you can download it from http://www.sun.com/solaris/netscape.
If you choose to have both Java Plug-in 1.1 and Java Plug-in 1.2 on the same system, you must follow the instructions for how to install Java Plug-in 1.1 and then configure your environment accordingly.
This procedure is outlined in the “Installing Java Plug-in” section of the Java Plug-in for Solaris Users Guide that is available from http://www.sun.com/solaris/netscape/jpis/usersguide_java_plugin.html.
By default, the Solaris ata device driver has the DMA feature disabled for ATA/ATAPI devices.
This feature has been disabled to avoid problems on some systems that do not properly support DMA on ATA/ATAPI drives. Most of the problems are related to an outdated system BIOS.
To enable (or disable) DMA for the ata driver after an installation of the Solaris 8 operating environment:
Run the Solaris (Intel Platform Edition) Device Configuration Assistant from the boot diskette or the installation CD (if your system supports CD-ROM booting).
When booting with the boot diskette, the new ata-dma-enabled property value will be preserved on the diskette. Therefore, the changed value is in effect when reusing the boot diskette.
Press F2_Continue to scan for devices.
Press F2_Continue to display a list of boot devices.
Press F4_Boot Tasks, select View/Edit Property Settings, and press F2_Continue.
Change the value of the ata-dma-enabled property to 1 to enable DMA (a value of 0 disables DMA):
Select the ata-dma-enabled property from the list and press F3_Change.
Type 1 and press F2_Continue to enable (type 0 and press F2_Continue to disable).
Press F2_Back, then F3_Back to return to the Boot Solaris menu.
Select the device from which you want to install (network adapter or CD-ROM drive) and press F2_Continue.
If any problems occur after enabling DMA, disable DMA (set the ata-dma-enabled property to 0 using the above procedure), update your system with the latest BIOS from your hardware manufacturer, and then re-enable DMA.
If the ab2admin command fails, the error message contains additional information besides command failed. For example, it may also include path not found or invalid ID.
Workaround: If the message command failed is displayed, make sure that the operation failed. For example, if the command you submitted should have deleted a collection from the AnswerBook2 database, type the following command to verify that the collection is displayed in the database.
# ab2admin -o list |
During the startup of an AnswerBook2TM server, the ab2cd script may display the following erroneous error message.
sort: can't read /tmp/ab1_sort.XXX: No such file or directory |
This error message states that the ab2cd script has not located any of the AnswerBook (Display PostScriptTM) collections on the CD.
Workaround: Ignore the error message.
Perform the following steps to print from any non-ISO8859-1 locale using the Font Downloader.
Log in to CDE.
Type fdl at the command line to start the Font Downloader.
Specify the printer by selecting Add from the Printer menu.
Select Font Bundle from the Download menu.
The font bundles are then downloaded to the specified printer, depending on what codeset is needed for printing.
The European SMC toolbox does not display all of the tools when loaded. You may receive the following error message:
** Parsing error, line 1, uri http://fubar:898/toolboxes/smc/smc.tbx com.sun.xml.parser/P-076 Malformed UTF-8 char -- is an XML encoding declaration missing? |
Workaround: Run smc edit and either modify the default localized toolbox or create a new toolbox.
The Euro is not accessible in any UTF-8 locale using the standard key sequence ALTGr+E.
Workaround: Login to any ISO8859-15 locale and use Alt+E to access the Euro.
LucidaSansLat4 font aliases are not available so related error messages might appear when launching a Java application from any UTF-8 locale.
Workaround: Log into the ISO-1 equivalent of the locale and launch the Java application from there.
Some dead-key combinations do not work correctly in CDE. Also, names for months do not function correctly in the Calendar Manager in the Greek locale.
If you attempt to print extended characters when using Calendar Manager in a partial locale, the extended characters do not print correctly.
You cannot cut or paste Arabic text between an application or window running under en_US.UTF-8 in Arabic input mode and one running under ar_EY.ISO8859-6 in Arabic input mode.
When you right-click in any CDE application for a European locale, the CDE Extras drop-down menu does not display any options.
Complex Text Language (CTL) support for entering Hebrew, Arabic, or Thai has been implemented in en_US.UTF-8 and European UTF-8 locales, but is not supported in ja_JP.UTF-8, ko.UTF-8, also known as ko_KR.UTF-8, zh.UTF-8, which is also known as zh_CH.UTF-8, and zh_TW.UTF-8 locales.
Workaround: Use the en_US.UTF-8 locale if you need to enter Thai, Arabic, or Hebrew using CTL. If you want to enter those languages in Asian and Japanese UTF-8 locales:
Create a symbolic link to common CTL modules. In the case of ja_JP.UTF-8:
# cd /usr/lib/locale/ja_JP.UTF-8 # mkdir LO_LTYPE ; cd LO_LTYPE # ln -s ../../common/LO_LTYPE/umle.layout.so.1 ja_JP.UTF-8.layout.so.1 # mkdir sparcv9 ; cd sparcv9 # ln -s ../../../common/LO_LTYPE/sparcv9/umle.layout.so.1 ja_JP.UTF-8.layout.so.1 |
Edit the /usr/openwin/lib/locale/ja_JP.UTF-8/XLC_LOCALE file by commenting out the load_option delay_nocheck line from Thai, Arabic, or Hebrew entries. For example, in the case of Thai:
# fs14 class (Thai) fs14 { charset TIS620.2533-0:GR font { # load_option delay_nocheck <--- comment out primary TIS620.2533-0:GR }} |
The Add, Modify, and Remove User screens are blank in the Greek locale of the Solstice AdminTool software.
Workaround: In superuser mode, copy the following file :
# cp /usr/openwin/lib/locale/C/app-defaults/Admin /usr/openwin/lib/locale/el_GR.ISO8859-7/app-defaults/Admin |
When you are in the Italian locale using the Font Downloader, both the Add and Cancel buttons in the Add Printer dialog box are incorrectly labeled; they are both labeled A ....
The left button should be labeled Aggiungi (Add).
The right button should be labeled Annulla (Cancel).
The following table describes the differences between the Sun Solaris Arabic keyboard and the Microsoft Arabic keyboard.
Table 2–1 Differences Between Sun and Microsoft Arabic Keyboards
Key |
Sun Keyboard Layout |
Microsoft Keyboard Layout |
---|---|---|
T |
T |
Arabic Lam_alef with Hamza below |
U |
U |
Right single quotation mark |
I |
I |
Arabic multiplication sign |
O |
O |
Arabic division sign |
A |
; |
Arabic Kasra |
S |
S |
Arabic Kasratan |
Z |
Z |
Tilde |
X |
X |
Arabic Sukun |
C |
Arabic Kasratan |
Left curly bracket |
V |
Arabic Kasra |
Right curly bracket |
M |
Sukun |
Single low quotation mark |
< |
< |
Arabic comma |
The Euro currency symbol is not generated when pressing AltGr+E in the UTF-8 locale.
Workaround: Perform the following steps to enter the Euro currency symbol in the UTF-8 locale:
Select Lookup in the UTF-8 Input Mode Selection window.
Select Currency Symbols.
Select the Euro symbol.
In the Greek locale type dumpcs at the console prompt. Then copy and paste the Euro currency symbol.
Sorting in the European UTF-8 locales does not work properly.
Workaround: Before you attempt to sort in a FIGGS UTF-8 locale, set the LC_COLLATE variable to the ISO1 equivalent.
# echo $LC_COLLATE > es_ES.UTF-8 # setenv LC_COLLATE es_ES.IS08859-1 |
The following applications are not fully localized. Some parts will not be fully translated.
Context sensitive help in Solaris Management Console and Web-Based Enterprise Management (4391781, 4389039)
Smart Card application (4304495)
SEAM application messages (4306619)