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Preface

1.  License Updates

2.  Installation Issues

3.  Oracle Solaris Runtime Issues

General Information

Recommended Adoption of SHA-256 and SHA-512 crypt Plug-ins for Password Encryption

File System Issues and Bugs

System Might Encounter Data Integrity Issues (15825389)

System Reboots Continuously Because of a ZFS-Related Panic (15809921)

ZFS and UNIX/POSIX Compliance Issues

fdisk -E Command Can Sweep Disk Used by ZFS Without Warning (15325067)

BrightStor ARCserve Backup Client Agent for UNIX (Solaris) and ZFS Support Issue

ZFS GUI Should Check for /usr/lib/embedded_su Patch at the Beginning of Each Wizard (15287937)

Upgrading From Some Oracle Solaris 10 Releases Requires Remounting of File Systems

NFSv4 Access Control List Functions Might Work Incorrectly

Hardware-Related Issues and Bugs

SPARC: Dynamic Reconfiguration Operations Fail on an OPL Platform (15725179)

x64: PCI Subsystem ID Changes in ConnectX Firmware 2.6.0 From Mellanox (15544691)

The ZFS ARC Allocates Memory Inside the Kernel Cage Preventing DR (15377173)

Certain USB 2.0 Controllers Are Disabled

Supported USB Devices and Corresponding Hub Configurations

x86: Limitations Exist With Certain Device Drivers in the Oracle Solaris 10 OS

DVD-ROM/CD-ROM Drives on Headless Systems

x86: Manual Configuration Required to Specify Non-U.S. English Keyboards

Compiler Related Issues

Programs Compiled With Some Options of Oracle Solaris Studio Do Not Run (16237300)

Localization Issues

Firefox and Thunderbird Hang in the Hangul Input Method (16043053)

Swedish Software Translations Note

Multiple Input Method Switcher Applications Appear in Trusted Java Desktop System

Wnn8 Japanese Input Method

x86: Arabic Text Not Appearing in ar Locales

Migration Note for UTF-8 Locales

Emails Saved as Portable Format

Plain Text Files

File Names and Directory Names

Launching Legacy Locale Applications

Hardware for Some Keyboard Layouts Type 6 and 7 Not Available

Networking Issues

System Domain of Interpretation Is Not Configurable (15283123)

IP Forwarding Is Disabled by Default in the Oracle Solaris 10 OS

Oracle Solaris Commands and Standards

Changed Man Pages for Trusted Extensions Are in Reference Manual Only

New ln Utility Requires -f Option

New tcsh Version Rejects setenv Variable Names That Use a Dash or an Equal Sign

STDIO getc Family EOF Condition Behavior Change

Output Columns of the ps Command Have Been Widened

Solaris Volume Manager Bugs

Solaris Volume Manager Does Not Remove Devices Correctly If fdisk Does Not Have Valid Entries

Solaris Volume Manager metattach Command Might Fail

Java Desktop System Issues

Email and Calendar Application

Problem With Changing Authentication Type (15256650)

Login Issues

Login Error Message

System-Level Issues

User Preferences Not Fully Compatible

Problem With Sound Recorder

x86: Cannot Configure Full-Screen Magnification on Systems With One Video Card

System Administration Issues and Bugs

Oracle VTS fputest Fails on Fujitsu M10 Systems (15989998)

Oracle VTS testprobe_ramtest Fails on Fujitsu M10 Systems (15955560)

Oracle VTS testprobe_l3sramtest Fails on Fujitsu M10 Systems (15955589)

Crash Dump Is Saved in the /var/crash Directory (15767302)

Using DISM Might Cause the System to Hang (15807808)

x86: Running the ludelete Command Can Delete Shared Datasets Not Related To the OS (15817477)

Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 Clock Stops on Oracle VM 2.2 (15643194)

SPARC: FKU 137137-xx Patch Does Not Support Third-Party Volume Manager Software

Oracle Solaris Is Unable to Handle Mode Switches Between Legacy and AHCI Modes for the SATA Controller (15376093)

32-bit: Possible Error With Applications When Obtaining the File System State on Large File Systems (15349751)

Sun Patch Manager Tool 2.0 Incompatible With Previous Versions of the Tool

4.  End-of-Software Support Statements

5.  Documentation Issues

A.  Previously Documented Bugs That Were Fixed in the Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 Release

Solaris Volume Manager Bugs

The following Solaris Volume Manager bugs apply to the Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 release.

Solaris Volume Manager Does Not Remove Devices Correctly If fdisk Does Not Have Valid Entries

The bcm_sata SATA HBA driver supports SATA disks and SATA ATAPI devices. The driver supports RD1000, which is a removable SATA ATAPI device. The volume manager (vold) does not create a node when the media in RD1000 does not have valid entries in fdisk. Therefore, the rmformat command does not perform as expected.

Workaround: Use the following workaround:

  1. Turn off the volume manager (vold).

    # /etc/init.d/volmgt stop
  2. Run the following commands as needed:

    • fdisk

    • rmformat

    • format

    • newfs

    • mount

  3. Restart the volume manager.

    # /etc/init.d/volmgt start

Solaris Volume Manager metattach Command Might Fail

If you have a Solaris Volume Manager mirrored root (/) file system in which the file system does not start on cylinder 0, all submirrors that you attach must also not start on cylinder 0.

If you attempt to attach a submirror starting on cylinder 0 to a mirror in which the original submirror does not start on cylinder 0, the following error message is displayed:

can't attach labeled submirror to an unlabeled mirror

Workaround: Choose one of the following workarounds:


Note - By default, the JumpStart installation process starts swap at cylinder 0 and the root (/) file system somewhere else on the disk. Common system administration practice is to start slice 0 at cylinder 0. Mirroring a default JumpStart installation with root on slice 0 but not cylinder 0 to a typical secondary disk with slice 0 that starts at cylinder 0 can cause problems. This mirroring results in an error message when you attempt to attach the second submirror. For more information about the default behavior of the Oracle Solaris installation programs, see the Oracle Solaris 10 Installation Guides.