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4 SMCC Release Notes Supplement Solaris 2.6 • September 1997PCI SystemsPCI systems conform to specific standards for serial port operation.All standar

Chapter 1 Late Breaking News 5Fortran Compiler — Large File SupportThe v4.2 (or earlier) of FORTRAN77 and v1.2 (or earlier) of Fortran 90 do notsuppor

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7CHAPTER2End-of-Support ProductsThis chapter contains a list of the end-of-support products for Solaris 2.6 andforthcoming Solaris releases.Current En

8 SMCC Release Notes Supplement Solaris 2.6 • September 1997Direct XlibDirect Xlib™ is obsolete and is not included in this Solaris 2.6 release.Use th

Chapter 2 End-of-Support Products 9SX Compute Acceleration in XILSupport for SX compute acceleration in XIL™ is being discontinued and is notincluded

10 SMCC Release Notes Supplement Solaris 2.6 • September 1997Network Devices — BEC Device and be DriverThe BEC device and be driver will no longer be

11CHAPTER3Open IssuesThis chapter contains a list of the open issues for Solaris 2.6.dtmail — Portion of Messages FollowingLATIN-1 Characters not Disp

12 SMCC Release Notes Supplement Solaris 2.6 • September 1997Prestoserve 2.4.2 — Patch RequiredThe Prestoserve™ 2.4.2 release will not function proper

Chapter 3 Open Issues 13Netscape Navigator 3.03 — InstallationInstructions Incorrect for Localized VersionsThe online instructions in the Install_Navi

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14 SMCC Release Notes Supplement Solaris 2.6 • September 1997Note – All sun4u architectures support booting from larger partitions.One related bug (40

Chapter 3 Open Issues 15Graphics — X Server Crash While Running PEXApplications on PGX (103566-18)Applications using PHIGS, XGL, or PEX may cause the

16 SMCC Release Notes Supplement Solaris 2.6 • September 1997Graphics — Threads Created by the leo driverDo Not Adhere to cpr Callback Protocol(405246

Chapter 3 Open Issues 17 Change /opt/SUNWits/Graphics-sw/xil/man/man3to /opt/SUNWrtvc/man/man3 Page 14 Change /etc/opt/SUNWrtvc/bin/rtvc-verifyto /

18 SMCC Release Notes Supplement Solaris 2.6 • September 1997Solaris 2.6 Server Upgrade — sun4m Clients MayFail to Boot (1248447)After upgrading the s

Chapter 3 Open Issues 19SPARCcenter 2000 — Does Not Boot ThroughSunSwift Card (4064212)Booting Solaris 2.6 on a SPARCcenter 2000 through a 100BASE-T S

20 SMCC Release Notes Supplement Solaris 2.6 • September 19976. Include the name field for the SunSwift card.7. Back up to the top level directory.8.

Chapter 3 Open Issues 21Note – If root is mirrored, there is currently no workaround for this problem.Contact your authorized Sun support provider for

22 SMCC Release Notes Supplement Solaris 2.6 • September 1997 The example commands on page 2-8 of the Software Guide are in error. TheSMChotjava scri

Chapter 3 Open Issues 23SunVTS 2.1 IssuesThe following issues apply to the SunVTS 2.1 product.Solstice DiskSuite or Disk Management SoftwareUsersCauti

Contents iiiContents1. Late Breaking News 1Open Issues Available on the Web 1PostScript Files Available on SMCC Supplement CD 2docs.sun.com Web Site 2

24 SMCC Release Notes Supplement Solaris 2.6 • September 1997vtsui.ol Causes System Core Dump (4051010)The vtsui.ol user interface gets stuck in a loo

iv SMCC Release Notes Supplement Solaris 2.6 • September 1997NeWSprint and NeWSprint-Based Printers 8SX Compute Acceleration in XIL 9SBus Expansion Su

Contents vSolsticeSyMON1.4—ConfigReaderDoes NotHandleDevice Multipathing(4009934) 17Solaris 2.6 Server Upgrade — sun4m Clients May Fail to Boot (12484

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1CHAPTER1Late Breaking NewsThis manual provides the following information: Late breaking news (this chapter) End-of-support statements (chapter 2)

2 SMCC Release Notes Supplement Solaris 2.6 • September 1997If you do not have access to the Web or require further information, contact yourauthorize

Chapter 1 Late Breaking News 3To visit our docs.sun.com site, enter the following URL in your Web browser:Netscape Navigator — Available on CDThis Sol