Category: Solaris

How to compile Bluefish 1.3.x under OpenSolaris or Solaris Nevada

  1. Get intltool package (for example, from blastwave)

    If you use the bundled intltool, you will get the following error:

    Undefined first referenced
    symbol in file
    libintl_bind_textdomain_codeset bluefish.o
    libintl_gettext bf_lib.o
    libintl_textdomain bluefish.o
    libintl_bindtextdomain bluefish.o
    libintl_ngettext file.o
    ld: fatal: symbol referencing errors. No output written to bluefish-unstable
    collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
    gmake[3]: *** [bluefish-unstable] Error 1
    gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/bluefish-unstable-1.3.2/src’
    gmake[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
    gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/bluefish-unstable-1.3.2/src’
    gmake[1]: *** [all] Error 2
    gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/bluefish-unstable-1.3.2/src’
    gmake: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
  2. Set the LIBS variable:
    export LIBS=”-lsocket -lnsl -L/usr/csw/lib -lintl”
  3. Put /usr/gnu/bin directory in the first place in PATH. For example:
    export PATH=/usr/gnu/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/openwin/bin:
    /sbin:/usr/dt/bin:/usr/sfw/bin:/usr/csw/bin:/usr/local/bin

    The reason is two different xgettext programs. The configure script wants the GNU version:

    checking for xgettext… (cached) /usr/bin/xgettext
    checking for msgmerge… /usr/bin/msgmerge
    checking for msgfmt… (cached) /usr/bin/msgfmt
    /usr/bin/xgettext: illegal option — version
    Usage: xgettext [-a [-x exclude-file]] [-jns][-c comment-tag]
    [-d default-domain] [-m prefix] [-M suffix] [-p pathname] files …
    xgettext -h
    ERROR: Cannot open file –version.
    configure: error: GNU gettext tools not found; required for intltool

Compiling Wine 1.1.14 for OpenSolaris or Solaris Nevada

Update 15.02.2009 @ 14:04: Same for wine 1.1.15…

The following error:

ipstats.c: In function `getInterfaceStatsByName’:
ipstats.c:279: error: called object is not a function
ipstats.c: In function `getICMPStats’:
ipstats.c:472: error: called object is not a function
ipstats.c: In function `getIPStats’:
ipstats.c:641: error: called object is not a function
ipstats.c: In function `getTCPStats’:
ipstats.c:778: error: called object is not a function
ipstats.c: In function `getUDPStats’:
ipstats.c:862: error: called object is not a function
ipstats.c: In function `getNumWithOneHeader’:
ipstats.c:985: error: called object is not a function
ipstats.c: In function `getRouteTable’:
ipstats.c:1255: error: called object is not a function
ipstats.c: In function `getTcpTable’:
ipstats.c:1607: error: called object is not a function
gmake[2]: *** [ipstats.o] Error 1
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/wine-1.1.14/dlls/iphlpapi’
gmake[1]: *** [iphlpapi] Error 2
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/wine-1.1.14/dlls’
gmake: *** [dlls] Error 2

Is caused by redefinition of the ERR function in the wrong place. To fix move #include “wine/debug.h” behind all includes in dlls/iphlpapi/ipstats.c:

From (line 24):
. . .
#include “config.h”
#include “wine/port.h”
#include “wine/debug.h”

#include
#include
. . .

to (line 126):

. . .
#include “windef.h”
#include “winbase.h”
#include “iprtrmib.h”
#include “ifenum.h”
#include “ipstats.h”
#include “wine/debug.h”
. . .

Upgrade x (Solaris + SqueezeCenter)

Here’s a quick way to upgrade one or both Solaris (tested with Nevada snv_107) and SqueezeCenter (tested with SC 7.4 24827).

  1. Remove the CPAN directory in the SC root directory
    # mv CPAN CPAN.orig
  2. Install missing CPAN modules
    # perl -MCPAN -e shell
    cpan> install Bundle::CPAN
    . . .
    cpan> reload CPAN
    cpan> install I18N::LangTags
    cpan> force install Scalar::Util
  3. Disable Encode::Detect::Detector module in Slim/Utils/Unicode.pm (line 40). The module can’t be compiled for Solaris.
    # vi Slim/Utils/Unicode.pm
    . . .
    #use Encode::Detect::Detector;

Jumbo frames on Solaris

For e1000g (Solaris):
Change /kernel/drv/e1000g.conf to:

MaxFrameSize=3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3;
# 0 is for normal ethernet frames.
# 1 is for upto 4k size frames.
# 2 is for upto 8k size frames.
# 3 is for upto 16k size frames.
# These are maximum frame limits, not the actual ethernet frame
# size. Your actual ethernet frame size would be determined by
# protocol stack configuration (please refer to ndd command man pages)
# For Jumbo Frame Support (9k ethernet packet)
# use 3 (upto 16k size frames)

For rge (Solaris):
Maximum MTU supported by rge is 7000.
Change /kernel/drv/rge.conf to:

default_mtu = 7000;

Then reboot.

The result:

xeon# ifconfig -a
. . .
e1000g1: flags=201000843 mtu 9000 index 2
inet 10.0.10.1 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 10.0.10.255
ether 0:18:f3:ef:2a:d1

Short script for searching mail logs

Today I had to search through dozens of mail logs (syslog) located on several mail relays and find all entries related to a particular user.

Given:

  • All servers are managed via a remote tty console,
  • The ksh-script must be copy&pasteable
  • All logs are gzipped
  • I need all entries with the same message number (the ninth field) as the found log entry

This is what I came up with:

Continue reading “Short script for searching mail logs”

CPU power management

Some CPU’s and system boards allow you to change operating voltage and frequency, resulting in a corresponding change in performance, and power consumed.

To test what frequencies are supported:

# kstat -m cpu_info -s supported_frequencies_Hz
module: cpu_info instance: 0
name: cpu_info0 class: misc
supported_frequencies_Hz 2000000000:2667000000module: cpu_info instance: 1
name: cpu_info1 class: misc
supported_frequencies_Hz 2000000000:2667000000module: cpu_info instance: 2
name: cpu_info2 class: misc
supported_frequencies_Hz 2000000000:2667000000

module: cpu_info instance: 3
name: cpu_info3 class: misc
supported_frequencies_Hz 2000000000:2667000000

In this example (Xeon x5355), two frequencies are supported: 2.000 and 2.667 GHz

What is the current frequency:

# kstat -m cpu_info -s current_clock_Hz
module: cpu_info instance: 0
name: cpu_info0 class: misc
current_clock_Hz 2000000000module: cpu_info instance: 1
name: cpu_info1 class: misc
current_clock_Hz 2000000000

module: cpu_info instance: 2
name: cpu_info2 class: misc
current_clock_Hz 2667000000

module: cpu_info instance: 3
name: cpu_info3 class: misc
current_clock_Hz 2667000000

In this example, two cores are running at 2.00GHz and two at 2.667GHz

To enable CPU power management add the following lines to /etc/power.conf and let pmconfig reread the config:

# vi /etc/power.conf
...
cpupm enable
cpu-threshold 1s
...
# pmconfig
#

Or download and install powertop. When you start it, press “p” to enable CPU power management.

Using dtpower:

To be able run dtpower as a superuser (only) edit /etc/default/power:

# vi /etc/default/power
. . .
PMCHANGEPERM=-
CPRCHANGEPERM=-
. . .
#

ATTENTION: If you have an ASUS DSBF motherboard you need to upgrade the BIOS to AT LEAST version 1004. Older revisions do not support multiple frequencies.

Additional information: