Date: Sun, 11 Apr 99 08:44:09 EST From: Dwight McKay (The Moderator) Reply-To: Suns-at-Home@net-kitchen.com Subject: Suns-at-Home Digest V12 #11 To: Suns-at-Home-List Suns-at-Home Digest Sun, 11 Apr 99 Volume 12 : Issue 11 Today's Topics: aspppd and CompuServe Compiling default pwd on sun386i? FS: IPCs, SS1+, etc HP DeskJet 550C& GS on IPX OpenWin Port question source and prices for used suns Suns-at-Home Digest V12 #10 (2 msgs) TCP/IP / pppd problem? +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Submissions: suns-at-home@net-kitchen.com | | Requests: suns-at-home-request@net-kitchen.com | | WWW Archive access: http://www.net-kitchen.com/~sah | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 05 Apr 1999 09:14:10 -0400 From: "Jan.Klingel" Subject: aspppd and CompuServe To: "Dwight D. McKay" Hi there, for more than a week now I try to connect to CompuServe via the PPP daemon that comes with Solaris 7. I can dial into the CIS network, supply my user ID and my password and switch to PPP. But then the CIS host sends "funnny" characters and my PPP daemon tries to get an IP address back. As a home user you cannot get static IP addresses from CompuServe. What else could I do? Regards Jan -- EDAG, Inc. Phone +1 248 588 3134 31701 Research Park Drive Fax +1 248 588 3259 Madison Heights, MI 48071, USA www.edag-us.com - ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 09:03:47 +1000 (EST) From: Craig Dewick Subject: Compiling > Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 07:08:18 PST > From: "v bender" > Subject: Compiling > To: suns-at-home@tigger.net-kitchen.com > > Hardware: Sun SPARCStation 1+ > OS: SunOS 5.6 Solaris 2.6 (5/98) > > > Problem description: > > I am trying to connect my SPARCStation to the Net via USR X2 and PPP; > therefor, I've tried compiling pppd version 2.3.1 source, modified > for the SPARC architecture / Solaris OS. But when I try to compile > with the make command, I get an error message from cc: > > /usr/ucb/cc: language optional software package not installed > *** Error code 1 > > I am trying to compile this under CDE, logged in as root. > I have installed full Solaris 2.6 distribution + OEM support. > How do I go about this problem, and what steps will be necessary > to get this source to compile? SunOS 5.x (aka Solaris 2.x) does *not* come with a compiler front-end like SunOS 4.x did. All the other pieces are there (linker, assembler, etc.) though. What you need to do is either: - purchase Sun's compiler CD-ROM, which I don't recommend, - download a pre-compiled version of gcc for Solaris 2.6 from somewhere like Metalab (at "http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/packages/solaris/sparc"). Note that this is the site that was formerly knowsn as SunSite. The precompiled gcc packages are in Sun's pkgadd format, so you can use that utility (ie. 'pkgadd') to install the compiler package. Once it's installed, you can set up a symlink in /usr/ucb to point to the 'gcc' binary in /usr/local/bin like this: cd /usr/ucb ln -s ../local/bin/gcc cc That way any software package that still insists on searching for 'cc' will find one. Regards, Craig. -- Craig Dewick. Send email to "cdewick@lios.apana.org.au" Point a web browser at 'http://lios.apana.org.au/~cdewick/sun_shack.html' to access my archive of Sun information and links to other places. For info about Sun Ripened Kernels, go to "http://www.sunrk.com.au" - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 06:24:25 -0400 From: db_computers Subject: default pwd on sun386i? To: Suns-at-home HELP! I've reloaded SunOS 4.0.1 (?) on my 386i, but have no idea what the password is! I thought it defaulted to the hostname or domain or some-such thing, but I've tried both of those.....to no avail. Any suggestions? I know on my sparc I can go in and 'fix' /etc/passwd if I've forgotten the password. I tried this on the 386i but it didn't seem to work. (possibly because I couldn't unmount the partition after making the change?) Any help would be appreciated! Thanks, David - ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Apr 1999 10:44:11 -0500 From: Jon Saulsgiver Subject: FS: IPCs, SS1+, etc To: suns-at-home@tigger.net-kitchen.com For sale: IPC 24M ram 207 HD with 4.1.3_U1 for testing floppy monochrome framebuffer serial cable, audio dongle Synoptics 508 10baseT MAU deskset books (3) in box $50 IPC 24M ram 207 HD with 4.1.3_U1 for testing floppy cg-3 color framebuffer serial cable, audio dongle Synoptics 508 10baseT MAU deskset books (3) in box $60 SparcStation 1+ 24M ram 207 HD with 4.1.3_U1 for testing floppy cg-3 color framebuffer serial cable Synoptics 508 10baseT MAU $70 Type 4 keyboard, optical mouse, mouse pad: $25 Sun GDM-1604 (16") color monitor, video cable: $75 Sun 19" monochrome monitor (analog and ECL available): $35 monochrome framebuffer SBus card: $10 cg-6 GX framebuffer (two-slot) $45 cg-3 color framebuffer: $30 Sbus SparcPrinter board: $30 Archive Viper 150M QIC tape drive, in Sun 411 case: $75 Sun3/140 system, 8M ram, 3-slot enclosure, SCSI card, vertical stand: $35 Sun 3/140 system, 12M ram, 6-slot enclosure, SCSI card, $45 Sun 3/140 system, 16M ram, 6-slot enclosure, SCSI card, color board: $50 Sun3 type "shoeboxes" 60M tape, 147M HD: $35 Sun3 keyboard, mouse, pad: $20 Various SCSI cables: email me! CDROM drive, Toshiba 4101b, 2x, not Sun bootable, in 411 case: $50 IPC deskset reference books, boxed set of 3: $10 CenterCom 210 10baseT MAUs, narrow-nose type: $15 each, 5 for $50. SynOptics 508 10baseT MAUs, AUI cable type: $5 each SIMMs for above, 30 pin: 1M: 4 for $20 4M: 4 for $40 207M hard drives: $20 (may have 4.1.3_U1 installed for testing) terms: UPS-COD. surplus equipment: has been cleaned up, tested, and inspected. purchaser pays shipping or picks up at my home in Rochester, NY. within a 400 mile radius of Rochester, however, I may agree to deliver equipment, especially the monitors. (no, I'm not a dealer, I'm a pilot, have plane, looking for any excuse to fly somewhere) Hardware is as-is, but guaranteed against DOA. purchaser agrees to test equipment within ten days of receipt and notify seller within 14 days of receipt of any problems. - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 18:46:28 +0100 From: jon@eoin.demon.co.uk (Jon Laughton) Subject: HP DeskJet 550C& GS on IPX To: Suns-at-Home@tigger.net-kitchen.com I would welcome some help in getting an HP DeskJet 550C working via the Ghostscript driver on a SPARCstation IPX. Has anybody got this combination to work? After searching the web, asking in newsgroups, etc, I thought I might have more luck here. I'm using a basic null-modem cable, GS 4.03 (bit old I know) and Solaris 2.6. Serial port is set to 19200,8,n,1,h...and intialize only with software carrier via admintool. The best I can do is to echo text to the serial port, surrounded by lots of line end characters (the reversed "P" thingy) and printing won't start until I press the paper feed button. Trying to cat a text file to the serial port has the same effect. Trying to print a file via GS piped to lp just sits in the queue going nowhere, with no error messages. Any help greatly appreciated, as this is wasting far too much of my time for what should be a simple task. TIA, Jon Laughton - ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 04 Apr 1999 18:15:16 -0800 From: "jc bernardo" Subject: OpenWin To: suns-at-home@tigger.net-kitchen.com greetings, i'd like to know how some of you install solaris 2.5.1 without placing a trace of open windows on the disk? i'd like to use my own window manager. thanks, jc bernardo get your free gURLmAIL at http://www.gURLmAIL.com - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 17:54:15 -0600 From: "Internet" Subject: Port question To: "Suns at Home" I find a perl chat script server for unix (ecserver.pl) and this script need configure the next items $servername = 'http://www.epasa.com'; GV[0] ||= 'localhost'; $servername .= $ARGV[0]; $ARGV[1] ||= '8080'; $servername .= ":$ARGV[1]"; $ARGV[2] ||= 'c:chat.log'; $ARGV[3] ||= 'Prueba de salita de chat para EPASA'; The script run when i type: perl ecserver.pl & And i in in the chat room when i type the next url www.epasa.com:8080 but when i do that the server send a next error bildin soket is lready in use ecserver.pl line 45 - ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 4 Apr 1999 09:55:54 +0200 (MET DST) From: Toerless Eckert Subject: source and prices for used suns To: Suns-at-Home@tigger.net-kitchen.com Hi Can someone give me a clue as to where i could find used suns in northern california, and how much they would approximately cost ? I am looking for a SS10 or SS20. Thanks -- Toerless Eckert Tel.: +49 172 821 6908 Toerless.Eckert@Informatik.Uni-Erlangen.DE /C=De/A=D400/P=Uni-Erlangen/OU=Informatik/S=Eckert/G=Toerless/ - ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 19:12:24 -0500 (EST) From: dbell Subject: Suns-at-Home Digest V12 #10 To: Suns-at-Home-List@tigger.net-kitchen.com > I am trying to connect my SPARCStation to the Net via USR X2 and PPP; > therefor, I've tried compiling pppd version 2.3.1 source, modified > for the SPARC architecture / Solaris OS. But when I try to compile > with the make command, I get an error message from cc: > > /usr/ucb/cc: language optional software package not installed > *** Error code 1 > > I am trying to compile this under CDE, logged in as root. > I have installed full Solaris 2.6 distribution + OEM support. > How do I go about this problem, and what steps will be necessary > to get this source to compile? The problem is that Solaris 2.x does not come with a C compiler. You can either purchase the unbundled one from Sun (IMO, it's not a great compiler...), or you can pick up a prebuilt distribution of gcc (Gnu C Compiler), which is free. There are other free compilers available, too, you'll just have to dig a little. A pre-compiled gcc is available at: http://www.sun.com/solaris/freeware.html, along with a lot of other pre-compiled stuff. I hope this helps. -- Daniel Bell Heuer's Law: Any feature is a bug unless it can be turned off. - ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 14:12:48 +0100 From: "Richard M Davis" Subject: Suns-at-Home Digest V12 #10 To: Hi there, I wonder if someone can offer some advice? I'm using a Sun 3/60 with Solaris 4.1.1 and want to connect it to the Internet. I have a PC connected and I can use the Sun over Ethernet but I was wondering what files I needed to alter to get the Sun to look at my PC as I have Wingate running for my PC Proxy. Any advice would be welcome. Many Thanks, Richard --- Richard M Davis | A1200 68040 | Sun 3/60 Work Station http://www.rmdavis.demon.co.uk | IRC rickymd - ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 22:58:35 PST From: "v bender" Subject: TCP/IP / pppd problem? To: suns-at-home@tigger.net-kitchen.com HW: SPARCStation 1+ OS: Solaris 2.6 SunOS 5.6 I've compiled pppd-2.3.1 for Solaris using gcc. Two problems bug me though: 1. I have a USR X2. However, pppd won't connect if I set the speed in ppp_start script to 57600, and if I set it to 50666 it connects at 9600 (!?!) baud. pppd will connect ONLY if the modem speed is set to 38400. 2. When I connect to my ISP (which dynamically assigns me an IP), I can telnet to say, jagor.srce.hr, but if I try to telnet or rlogin to austin.ccia.com (which is my ISP's machine), I end up connecting to the localhost, i.e. I telnet to MYSELF instead of austin. Why? DNS works, WWW works (connected to Hotmail the other day with HotJava for Solaris). But when I telnet, it says connected to (my ISP's machine IP, and, GET THIS, a correct one), but instead connects to itself (loopback, i.e. localhost, i.e. 127.0.0.1). I have the netmask for ppp0 set to #$ffffff00. I tried setting it to #$00000000 but that didn't help. Now what do I do, and what's this all about??? -- Vedran Bender Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - ------------------------------ End of Suns-at-Home Digest ******************************