Sun Microsystems SMCC Release Note
SMCC Release Notes Supplement Solaris™2.6
Includes Additional Release Notes and
End-of-Support Statements for Korean, Simplif ied
Chinese, and Traditional Chinese Localizations of
Solaris 2.6 Running on Sun Hardware Products
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Contents
1. Late Breaking News 1
Open Issues Available on the Web 1
PostScript Files Available on SMCC Supplement CD 2
docs.sun.com Web Site 2
Netscape Navigator — Available on CD 3
Ultra Systems — Serial Port Support 3
SBus Systems 3
PCI Systems 4
Power Management — Invoking Screen Saver 4
Using the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) 4
Using OpenWindows 4
Fortran Compiler — Large File Support 5
Solaris Web Start — Some Software Products Not Handled 5
2. End-of-Support Products 7
Current End-of-Support Products 7
SPARCserver 600 Series 7
Direct Xlib 8
SPARCstorage Array — ssacli(1M)
Command Obsolete 8
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NeWSprint and NeWSprint-Based Printers 8
SX Compute Acceleration in XIL 9
SBus Expansion Subsystem (SES/C - X1072A) 9
Future End-of-Support Products 9
Graphics Devices — Discontinued Frame Buffers 9
Network Devices — BEC Device and be Driver 10
3. Open Issues 11
dtmail — Portion of Messages Following LATIN-1 Characters not
Displayed in Some Locales (4073017) 11
dtmail — Multi-Byte Characters in a Message Can Cause Mail Program to
Die (4071959) 11
Prestoserve 2.4.2 — Patch Required 12
Adobe Photoshop 3.0.1 — Motif Patch 12
Netscape Navigator 3.03 — Installation Instructions Incorrect for Localized
Versions 13
Netscape Navigator 3.03 — Crashes with Web Pages using LiveConnect 13
Booting From Partitions Greater Than 2-GBytes (1234177) 13
SPARC PCI Systems — panic: BAD TRAP During Boot (4065612) 14
SPARC PCI Systems — Panic on SPARCstorage Multipack Units
(4061277) 14
Graphics — X Server Crash While Running PEX Applications on PGX
(103566-18) 15
Graphics — PEX Does Not Operate Correctly on PGX (4007975) 15
Graphics — Threads Created by the leo driver Do Not Adhere to cpr
Callback Protocol (4052466) 16
Graphics — Screen Can Fail to Return From Screensaver Mode (4062599) 16
SunVideo — Documentation Errata 16
ISDN and ATM — Power Management Not Supported (4046689) 17
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Solstice SyMON 1.4 — Config Reader Does Not Handle Device Multipathing
(4009934) 17
Solaris 2.6 Server Upgrade — sun4m Clients May Fail to Boot (1248447) 18
SPARCcenter 2000 — Spurious ISP Timeout
Errors (1220275) 18
SPARCcenter 2000 — Does Not Boot Through SunSwift Card (4064212) 19
Networking — External Third Party MII Networking Devices May Not
Operate Correctly (4062714) 20
Veritas Software — vxinstall Error With Volume Manager (4055822) 20
Sun MediaCenter One Issues 21
Documentation Errata — Sun MediaCenter One Software Guide 21
Troubleshooting Sun MediaCenter Java Client Software 22
Sun MediaCenter Java Client — Prevents Suspension When Playing
Video 22
SunVTS 2.1 Issues 23
Solstice DiskSuite or Disk Management Software Users 23
disktest Option Format has Changed 23
vtsui.ol Causes System Core Dump (4051010) 24
System Core Dump if SunVTS Kernel is Terminated Prematurely
(4063453) 24
enatest FATAL: Could Not Communicate With the Enclosure
(4065417) 24
socaltest FATAL: Failed ioctl FCIO_DIAG_XRAM (4065420) 24
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CHAPTER
1
Late Breaking News
This manual provides the following information:
■ Late breaking news (this chapter)
■ End-of-support statements (chapter 2)
■ Open Issues (chapter 3)
This manual supplements the SMCC Hardware Platform Guide Solaris 2.6 and the
Solaris 2.6 Installation Notes. These manuals are provided as hardcopy documents
with the Solaris™ 2.6 software media.
The Solaris 2.6 software environment is delivered on the following CDs:
■ Solaris 2.6 Software CD (called the Solaris CD throughout this manual)
■ Software Supplement for the Solaris 2.6 Operating Environment for Sun Microsystems
Computer Company CD (called the SMCC Supplement CD throughout this manual)
■ Solaris Documentation CD
■ Solaris Server Intranet Extension 1.0 CD
■ Netscape Navigator CD
Open Issues Available on the Web
An online Web page is available that provides additional support for issues that may
arrive late and cannot be printed in this release’s documentation. To access this Web
page, enter the following URL in your Web browser:
http://sunsolve.sun.com
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If you do not have access to the Web or require further information, contact your
authorized Sun support provider.
PostScript Files Available on SMCC Supplement CD
Some documentation provided in printed form in your Solaris kit is also available as
PostScript files on the SMCC Supplement CD in the following directory:
/cdrom/supp_sol_2_6_smcc/Docs
The following documentation is provided as PostScript files:
■ “Supported Hardware” module from the Information Library
■ “Vendor Value-Added Software” module from the Information Library
■ SMCC Hardware Platform Guide Solaris 2.6
The Docs directory contains the English PostScript files as well as directories for
files for the following European locales: de, es, fr, it, sv.
Note – The instructions for accessing these PostScript files published in the
Information Library are incorrect. Do not use the pkgadd command to install or access
the files in the Docs directory.
docs.sun.com Web Site
The docs.sun.comSMweb site allows you to access Sun's technical documentation
archive online. As of the Solaris 2.6 release, docs.sun provides all 2.6 documentation,
as well as a large collection of older documentation: software and hardware. This
collection will continue to expand to include non-English documentation. At the
docs.sun.com web site, you can use Sun's online AnswerBook2 search capabilities
to find documentation and view the book’s complete text.
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To visit our docs.sun.com site, enter the following URL in your Web browser:
http://docs.sun.com
Netscape Navigator — Available on CD
This Solaris 2.6 product includes a Netscape Navigator CD. All installation
instructions are located in this directory on the CD:
/cdrom/netscape/Netscape_Navigator/common/Docs
Start by reading the readme.txt file in this directory.
Note – The installation instructions in the Install_Navigator.ps file are
incorrect for installing localized versions of the software. You must install the
English language package too, not only the locale package as documented.
Ultra Systems — Serial Port Support
SBus Systems
Ultra systems conform to the following standards for serial port operation:
■ ANSI/EIA/TIA STANDARD 232-E-1991
■ ANSI/EIA/TIA STANDARD 423-A-1978
All standard asynchronous data rates are supported up to 76.8-KBytes/second (with
the exception of 57.6-Kbytes/second) for cable lengths up to 50 feet. See listed
standards for other restrictions.
All standard synchronous data rates are supported up to 64-Kbytes/second for cable
lengths up to 50 feet. See listed standards for other restrictions.
Chapter 1 Late Breaking News 3
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