Solaris for ISPs Installation Guide

Host Configuration Error Messages

At times, you may receive an error message from the host configuration software. These are listed below for easy reference and recovery.

It appears that a session of this program is already running. You may not start a new sessionuntil the other session has completed or is terminated.If you know that a session is not running, remove the files:/tmp/hcstartup.running/tmp/hcbi.running

Ensure that no other legitimate host configuration session is running. Then delete the files listed and run hcstartup again.


Note -

You will get this error message if, during the last time you started the host configuration process,

  • You closed the browser window. Or,

  • The browser crashed.

To exit an installation, always click on Exit and do not close the browser window.

To reenter the host configuration process:

  1. Start the browser.

  2. Access the host configuration software user interface. To access, type URL: http://hostname:8000/cgi-bin/splash, where hostname is the name of the host where another session is running, and please specify port number if you installed on a port other than the default, 8000.


Not enough disk space.You may enter a different directory toinstall a working copy of this software.

By default, hcstartup installs a temporary Web server in /tmp. If there is not enough disk space in /tmp, it will prompt you to specify another directory for it to use. Please ensure that the directory you specify has at least 10MB of free space available.

DISPLAY environment variable is not set.To continue the configuration process, you will need to open thefollowing URL in a web browser:http://host:port/cgi-bin/splashDo you want to continue?

To continue with the configuration process for installing Solaris for ISPs, type y and press Return. Open the URL in a browser.

To exit the installation process, type n and press Return. If you exit the installation process, the Web server will be automatically shut down and the temporary files will be removed.

Cannot find hotjava in /usr/dt/bin. You will need to bring the following URL up in another browser:http://host:port/cgi-bin/splash

The hcstartup script has completed its background tasks. Start a Web browser and access the URL listed. The host is the machine where the host configuration software is running and the port the one you specified to hcstartup.