Solaris 9 4/04 Release Notes

Common Desktop Environment (CDE) Bugs

The following CDE bugs apply to the Solaris 9 4/04 OS.

SPARC: Kernel Panics on Sun Blade 1000 and Sun Blade 2000 Systems if Power Management Is Enabled in a Diskless Client Setup (4985416)

In the Solaris 9 4/04 release, if power management is enabled in a diskless client setup on either a Sun Blade^TM 1000 or a Sun Blade^TM 2000 system, the kernel panics. This system panic occurs after a period of idle time.

The following error message is displayed:

/usr/sbin/pmconfig: /etc/power.conf line (18) failed to convert mount
point to prom name.

This message is also recorded in the /var/adm/messages file.

Workaround: To avoid this problem, follow these steps:

Disable power management by editing the /etc/power.conf file. Change the autopm entry from default to disable.
After you edit the /etc/power.conf file, choose from the following options:
- Reboot the system for the changes to take effect.
- Become superuser. Then, run the following command:
  # /usr/sbin/pmconfig

CDE Removable Media Auto Run Capability Removed (4634260)

The Removable Media auto run capability in the CDE desktop environment has been temporarily removed from the Solaris 9 4/04 software.

Workaround: To use the auto run function for a CD-ROM or another removable media volume, you must do one of the following:

Run the volstart program from the top level of the removable media file system.
Follow the instructions that are included with the CD for access from outside of CDE.

SPARC: `dtmail` Crashes When Launched From the Command Line if FontList Option Is Specified (4677329)

dtmail crashes after connecting with the IMAP server if the FontList option is specified when dtmail is launched from the command line. See the following example:

/usr/dt/bin/dtmail -xrm "Dtmail*FontList: -*-r-normal-*:"

The following error message is displayed:

Segmentation Fault

This problem occurs in both the C and ja locales.

Workaround: Do not specify the FontList option when you launch dtmail from the command line.

CDE Mailer Appears to Hang While Displaying Email With Long Lines (4418793)

If you try to read an email message with many long lines in any of the Solaris 9 4/04 Unicode or UTF-8 locales, CDE Mailer (dtmail) appears to hang. The message does not display immediately.

Workaround: Choose one of the following workarounds:

Enlarge the dtmail Mailbox window to accommodate 132 columns.
Disable the Complex Text Layout feature by following these steps:
1. Become superuser.
2. Change directories to your system's locale directory.
  # cd /usr/lib/locale/locale-name
  In the previous example, locale-name refers to the name of your system's Solaris 9 4/04 Unicode or UTF-8 locale.
3. Rename the locale layout engine category.
  # mv LO_LTYPE LO_LTYPE-
  Note –
  Rename the category for the locale layout engine to the original name (LO_LTYPE) before you apply any patches to the locale layout engine.

Solaris PDASync Cannot Delete Last Entry From the Desktop (4260435)

After you delete the last item from the desktop, the item is restored from the handheld device to the desktop when you synchronize your handheld device. Examples of items that you might delete, and then have restored, are the last appointment in your Calendar or the last address in the Address Manager.

Workaround: Manually delete the last entry from the handheld device prior to synchronization.

Solaris PDASync Does Not Support Data Exchange With the Multibyte Internationalized PDA Device (4263814)

If you exchange multibyte data between a PDA device and Solaris CDE, the data might be corrupted in both environments.

Workaround: Back up your data on your personal computer with the PDA backup utility before you run the Solaris^TM PDASync application. If you accidentally exchange multibyte data and corrupt that data, restore your data from the backup.