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Solaris Error Messages (alphabetical)

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1. A command window has exited because its child exited.2. admintool: Received communication service error 43. answer book: XView error: N!! "ointer "assed to xv#set4. Ar$ list too lon$%. Ar$ument out o& domain'. Ar$uments too lon$(. assertion &ailed: variable) &ile variable) line N*. automountd+N,: No network lockin$ on variable:

contact admin to install server chan$e-. automountd+N,: server variable not res"ondin$1.automount+N,: variable: Not a director/

11.0ad address12. 0A 5!6 57i 89N6R7o 867m ;5onnection re&used3(. >onnection timed out3*. console lo$in: GHGGIG?G?G
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3-. core dum"ed4. >ould not initialiFe tooltalk Btt#o"enC: ==#6RR#N841. >ould not start new viewer42. c"io: 0ad ma$ic numberheader.43. >rossJdevice link

"44. data access exce"tion4%. ata &ault4'. eadlock situation detectedavoided4(. evice bus/4*. devrdskvariable: >ANE= >K6>? 5!6 ;L;=6.4-. devrdskvariable: N6X6>=6 5N>8N;5;=6N>LM

RN &sck ANA!!L.%. irector/ not em"t/%1. isc @uota exceeded%2. dum"tm: >annot o"en devrmtvariableE: evice bus/

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the s/stem is connected to the network. ake sure the ethernetcable is connected and the s/stem is con&i$ured to run N5; orN5;P.

answerbook: XView error: N!! "ointer "assed to xv#set

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=he Answer0ook navi$ator window comes u") but the document viewerwindow does not. =his messa$e a""ears on the console) and themessa$e D>ould not start new viewerD a""ears in the navi$atorwindow. =his situation indicates that /ou have an unknown clientor a "roblem with the network namin$ service.

Run the /"matchB1C or nismatchB1C command o determine i& theclient hostname is in the hosts ma". 5& it isnEt) add it to toN5; hosts ma" on the N5; master server. =hen make sure the

etchosts &ile on the client contains an 5 address and entr/&or that hostname &ollowed b/ lo$host Breboot i& /ou chan$ed theetchosts &ileC. >heck that the /"match or nismatch client hostscommand returns the same 5 host address as in the etchosts&ile. inall/) @uit all existin$ Answer0ooks and restart.

or more in&ormation on the N5; hosts ma") see the section on thede&ault search criteria in the N5;P and N; Administration Quide.5& /ou are usin$ the Answer0ook) DN5; hosts ma"D is a $ood searchstrin$.

Ar$ list too lon$77777777777777777

=he s/stem could not handle the number o& ar$uments $iven to acommand or "ro$ram when it combined those ar$uments with theenvironmentEs ex"orted shell variables. =he ar$ument list limitis the siFe o& the ar$ument list "lus the siFe o& theenvironmentEs ex"orted shell variables.

=he easiest solution is to reduce the siFe o& the "arent "rocessenvironment b/ unsettin$ extraneous environment variables. B;eethe man "a$e &or the shell /ouEre usin$ to &ind out how to listand chan$e /our environment variables.C =hen run the "ro$rama$ain.

An ar$ument list lon$er than ARQ#AX b/tes was "resented to amember o& the execBC &amil/ o& s/stem calls.

=he s/mbolic name &or this error is 6205Q) errno7(.


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Ar$ument out o& domain7777777777777777777777

=his is a "ro$rammin$ error or a data in"ut error.

Ask the "ro$ramEs author to &ix this condition)or su""l/ data ina di&&erent &ormat.

=his indicates an attem"t to evaluate a mathematical "ro$rammin$&unction at a "oint where its value is not de&ined. =he ar$umento& a "ro$rammin$ &unction in the math "acka$e B3C is out o& thedomain o& the &unction. =his could ha""en when takin$ the s@uareroot) "ower) or lo$ o& a ne$ative number) when com"utin$ a "owerto a nonJinte$er) or when "assin$ an outJo&Jran$e ar$ument to ah/"erbolic "ro$rammin$ &unction.

=o hel" "in"oint a "ro$ramEs math errors) use the matherrB3C&acilit/.

=he s/mbolic name &or this error is 68) errno733.

Ar$uments too lon$777777777777777777

=his > shell error messa$e indicates that there are too man/ar$uments a&ter a command. or exam"le) this can ha""en b/invokin$ rm in a hu$e director/. =he > shell cannot handle morethan 1(' ar$uments.

=em"oraril/ start a 0ourne shell with sh and run the commanda$ain. =he 0ourne shell d/namicall/ allocates command linear$uments. Return to /our ori$inal shell b/ t/"in$ exit.

assertion &ailed: variable) &ile variable) line N7777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777

A condition in the "ro$ram that was never ex"ected to ha""en hasha""ened.

>ontact the vendor or author o& the "ro$ram to ask wh/ it &ailed.5& /ou have the source code &or the "ro$ram) /ou can look at the&ile and line number where the assertion &ailed. =his mi$ht $ive/ou an idea o& how to run the "ro$ram di&&erentl/.

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a "ro$rammer inserted into the s"eci&ied line o& a source &ile.=he ex"ression that evaluated untrue "recedes the &ile name andline number.

automountd+N,: No network lockin$ on variable:

contact admin to install server chan$e777777777777777777777777777777777777777

;ee D9ARN5NQ: No network lockin$ on variable: contact admin toinstall serverD messa$e &or details. 5& the server is notchan$ed) data loss is "ossible in a""lications that de"end onlockin$.

automountd+N,: server variable not res"ondin$777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777

=his automounter messa$e indicates that the s/stem tried to mounta &iles/stem &rom an N; server that is either down or extremel/slow to res"ond. 5n some cases this messa$e indicates that thenetwork link to the N; server is broken) althou$h that condition"roduces other error messa$es as well.

5& /ou are the s/stem administrator res"onsible &or the nonJres"ondin$ N; server) check it out to see whether the machineneeds re"air or rebootin$. 6ncoura$e /our user communit/ tore"ort such "roblems @uickl/ but onl/ once. 9hen the N; serveris back in o"eration) the automounter will be able to access there@uested &ile s/stem.

or more in&ormation on N; &ailures) seethe section on N;troubleshootin$ in the N; Administration Quide. 5& /ou are usin$the Answer0ook) a $ood search strin$ is DN; ;ervice.D

automount+N,: variable: Not a director/777777777777777777777777777777777777777

=he &ile s"eci&ied a&ter the &irst colon is not a valid mount"oint because it is not a director/.

6nsure that the mount "oint is a director/) and not a re$ular&ile or a s/mbolic link.

0ad address77777777777

=he s/stem encountered a hardware &ault in attem"tin$ to access a


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"arameter o& a "ro$rammin$ &unction.

>heck i& the bad address resulted &rom su""l/in$ the wron$ deviceor o"tion to a command. 5& that is not the "roblem) contact thevendor or author o& the "ro$ram &or an u"date.

=his error could occur an/ time a &unction that takes a "ointerar$ument is "assed an invalid address. 0ecause "rocessors di&&erin their abilit/ to detect bad addresses) on some architectures"assin$ bad addresses can result in unde&ined behaviors.

=he s/mbolic name &or this error is 6A!=)errno714.

0A 5!6 57i 89N6R7o 867m ;5!6ARO

9hile checkin$ anode link counts durin$ "hase 4) &sckB1C &ound a

&ile Bor director/C that either does not exist or existssomewhere else.

=o clear the anode o& its re&erence to this &ile or director/)answer /es. 9ith the J" B"reenC o"tion) &sck automaticall/ clearsbad or du"licate &ile re&erences) so answerin$ /es to this@uestion seldom causes a "roblem.

0ad &ile number777777777777777

Qenerall/ this is a "ro$ram error) not a usa$e error.

>ontact the vendor or author o& the "ro$ram &or an u"date.

6ither a &ile descri"tor re&ers to no o"en &ile) or a read BorwriteC re@uest is made to a &ile that is o"en onl/ &or writin$Bor readin$C.

=he s/mbolic name &or this error is 60A) errno7-.

N 0A 57N777777777

"on detectin$ an outJo&Jran$e block) &sckB1C "rints the badblock number and its containin$ inode Ba&ter 57C.

5n &sck "hases 2 and 4) /ou will decide whether ornot to clearthese bad blocks. 0e&ore committin$ to re"air with &sck) /oucould determine which &ile contains this inode b/ "assin$ the


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inode number to the ncheckB1C command: b/ "assin$ the inodenumber to the ncheckB1C command:

ncheck Jiinum &ile s/stem

or more in&ormation) see the cha"ter on checkin$ &ile s/steminte$rit/ in the ;/stem Administration Quide) Volume 5.

bad modulechi" at: variable7777777777777777777777777777

=his messa$e &rom the memor/ mana$ement s/stem o&ten a""ears with"arit/ errors) and indicates a bad memor/ module or chi" at the"osition listed. ata loss is "ossible i& the "roblem occursother than at boot time.

Re"lace the memor/ module or chi" at the indicated "osition.Re&er to the vendorEs hardware manual &or hel" &indin$ thislocation.

0A ;6R 0!8>?: variable7777777777777777777777777

=his messa$e &rom &sckB1C indicates that a &iles/stemEs su"erJblock is dama$ed be/ond re"air and must be re"laced. At boot timeBwith the J" o"tionC this messa$e is "re&aced b/ the &ile s/stemEsdevice name. A&ter this messa$e comes the actual dama$ereco$niFed Bsee ActionC. n&ortunatel/ &sck does not "rint thenumber o& the dama$ed su"erJblock.

=he most common cause o& this error is overla""in$ disk"artitions. onot immediatel/ rerun &sck as su$$ested b/ thelines that dis"la/ a&ter the error messa$e. irst make sure that/ou have a recent backu" o& the &ile s/stem involvedM i& not) tr/to back u" the &ile s/stem now usin$ u&sdum"B1C. =hen run the&ormatB1C command) select the disk involved) and "rint out the"artition in&ormation.

&ormat : N S "artition S "rint

Note whether the overla" occurs at the be$innin$ or end o& the&ile s/stem involved. =hen run new&sB1C with the JN o"tion to"rint out the &ile s/stem "arameters) includin$ the location o&backu" su"erJblocks.

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;elect a su"erJblock &rom a nonJoverla""in$ area o& the disk) butnote that in most cases /ou have onl/ one chance to select the"ro"er re"lacement su"erJblock) which &sck soon "ro"a$ates to allthe c/linders. 5& /ou select the wron$ re"lacement su"erJblock)

data corru"tion will "robabl/ occur) and /ou will have to restore&rom backu" ta"es. A&ter /ou select a new su"erJblock) "rovide&sck with the new master su"erJblock number:

&sck Jo b7NNNN devdskdevice

;"eci&ic reasons &or a dama$ed su"erJblock include: a wron$ ma$icnumber) out o& ran$e N>Q Bnumber o& c/linder $rou"sC or >QBc/linders "er $rou"C) the wron$ number o& c/linders) a"re"osterousl/ lar$e su"erJblock siFe) and trashed values insu"erJblock. =hese reasons are $enerall/ not meanin$&ul because a

corru"t su"erJblock is usuall/ extremel/ corru"t.

or more in&ormation on bad su"er blocks) see the sections onrestorin$ bad su"er blocks in the ;/stem Administration Quide)Volume 5. 5& /ou are usin$ the Answer0ook) Dsu"erblockD is a $oodsearch strin$.

0A =RA77777777

A bad tra" can indicate &ault/ hardware or a mismatch betweenhardware and its con&i$uration in&ormation. ata loss is "ossiblei& the "roblem occurs other than at boot time.

5& /ou recentl/ installed new hardware) veri&/ that the so&twarewas correctl/ con&i$ured. >heck the kernel trace back dis"la/ed onthe console to see which device $enerated the tra". 5& thecon&i$uration &iles are correct) /ou will "robabl/ have tore"lace the device.

5n some cases) the bad tra" messa$e indicates a bad or downJrev>.

A hardware "rocessor tra" occurred) and the kernel tra" handlerwas unable to restore s/stem state. =his is a &atal error thatusuall/ "recedes a "anic) a&ter which the s/stem "er&orms a s/nc)dum") and reboot. =he &ollowin$ conditions can cause a bad tra":a s/stem text or data access &ault) a s/stem data ali$nmenterror) or certain kinds o& user so&tware tra"s.


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bad tra" 7 N777777777777

;ee the messa$e D0A =RAD &or details.

binsh: variable: too bi$77777777777777777777777777

=his 0ourne shell messa$e indicates a classic Dno memor/D error.9hile tr/in$ to load the "ro$ram s"eci&ied a&ter the&irstcolon)the shell noticed that the s/stem ran out o& virtual memor/ Bswa"s"aceC.

;ee the messa$e DNot enou$h s"aceD &or in&ormation onrecon&i$urin$ /our s/stem to add more swa" s"ace.

0lock device re@uired777777777777777777777

A raw Bcharacter s"ecialC device was s"eci&ied where a blockdevice was re@uired) such as durin$ a call to the mountB1Ccommand.

=o see which block devices are available) use ls Jl to look indevices. =hen s"eci&/ a block device instead o& a characterdevice. 0lock device modes start with a b) whereas raw characterdevice modes start with a c.

=he s/mbolic name &or this error is 6N8=0!?) errno71%.

0oot device: iommusbusvariablevariablesdT3)7777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777

=his messa$e alwa/sa""ears at the be$innin$ o& rebootin$. 5&there is a "roblem) the s/stem han$s) and no other messa$esa""ear. =his condition is caused b/ con&lictin$ ;>;5 tar$ets &orthe boot device) which is almost alwa/s tar$et 3.

=he boot device is usuall/ the machineEs internal disk drive)tar$et 3. ake sure that external and secondar/ disk drives aretar$eted to 1) 2) or ) and do not con&lict with each other. Alsomake sure that ta"e drives are tar$eted to 4 or %) and > drivesto ') avoidin$ an/ con&lict with each other or with the diskdrives. Lou can set a deviceEs tar$et number usin$ "ushbuttonswitches or a dial on the back near the ;>;5 cables. 5& thetar$etin$ o& the internal disk drive is in @uestion) check it b/


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"owerin$ o&& the machine) removin$ all external drives) turnin$the "ower on) and runnin$ the "robeJscsiJall or "robeJscsicommand &rom the R8 monitor.

0roadcast essa$e &rom root B"tsNC on server +date,

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=his messa$e &rom the wallB1C command $ets transmitted to allusers lo$$ed into a s/stem. Lou could see it durin$ a rlo$in ortelnet session) or on terminals connected to a timesharin$s/stem.

>are&ull/ read the broadcast messa$e. 8&ten this broadcast is&ollowed b/ a shutdown warnin$.

;ee the messa$e D=he s/stem will be shut down in N minutesD &or

details about s/stem shutdown.

or more in&ormation on brin$in$ down the s/stem) see the sectionon haltin$ the s/stem in the ;/stem Administration Quide) Volume5. 5& /ou are usin$ the Answer0ook) Dhaltin$ the s/stemD is a$ood search strin$.

0roken "i"e77777777777

=his condition is o&ten normal) and the messa$e is merel/in&ormational Bas when "i"in$ man/ lines to the head "ro$ramC.=he condition occurs when a write on a "i"e does not &ind areadin$ "rocess. =his usuall/ $enerates a si$nal to the executin$"ro$ram) but this messa$e dis"la/s when the "ro$ram i$nores thesi$nal.

>heck the "rocess at the end o& the "i"e to see wh/ it exited.

=he s/mbolic name &or this error is 656) errno732.

0us 6rror777777777

A "rocess has received a si$nal indicatin$ that it attem"ted to"er&orm 58 to a device that is restricted or that does notexist. =his messa$e is usuall/ accom"anied b/ a core dum") exce"ton readJonl/ &iles/stems.

se a debu$$er to examine the core &ile and determine what


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"ro$ram &ault or s/stem "roblem led to the bus error. 5&"ossible) check the "ro$ramEs out"ut &iles &or data corru"tionthat mi$ht have occurred be&ore the bus error.

0us errors can result &rom either "ro$rammin$ error or device

corru"tion on /our s/stem. ;ome common causes o& bus errors are:invalid &ile descri"tors) unreasonable 58 re@uests) bad memor/allocation) misali$ned data structures) com"iler bu$s) andcorru"t boot blocks.

>annot allocate color ma" entr/ &or DvariableD777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777

=his messa$e &rom libXt BX 5ntrinsics librar/C indicates that thes/stem color ma" was &ull even be&ore the color name s"eci&ied in@uotes was re@uested. ;ome a""lications can continue a&ter this

messa$e. 8ther a""lications) such as 9orks"ace ro"erties >olor)&ail to come u" when the color ma" is &ull.

6xit the "ro$rams that make heav/ use o& the color ma") thenrestart the &ailed a""lication and tr/ a$ain.

>anEt create "ublic messa$e device Bevice bus/C777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777

=his messa$e comes &rom the l" "rint scheduler) indicatin$ thatit is either extremel/ bus/ or hun$.

5& "rint Uobs are comin$ out o& the "rinter in @uestion) waituntil the/ are &inished and then resubmit this "rint Uob. 5& /ousee this messa$e a$ain) the l" s/stem is "robabl/ hun$.

;ee the messa$e Dl" han$D &or a "rocedure to clear the @ueue.

5& l" is unable to create a device &or "rinter messa$es) themessa$e 58 could be alread/ in use) or locked b/ another "rintUob.

or more in&ormation on the "rint scheduler) see the section onadministratin$ "rinters in the ;/stem Administration Quide Volume55.

>anEt invoke etcinit) error N7777777777777777777777777777777

=his messa$e can a""ear while a s/stem is bootin$) indicatin$


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that the init "ro$ram is missin$ or corru"ted. Note thatetcinit is a s/mbolic link to sbininit.

0oot the miniroot so /ou can re"lace init. Kalt the machine b/t/"in$ ;to"JA or b/ "ressin$ the reset button. Reboot sin$leJuser

&rom >R8) the net) or diskette. or exam"le) t/"e boot cdrom Jsat the ok "rom"t to boot &rom >R8. A&ter the s/stem comes u"and $ives /ou a "rom"t) mount the device corres"ondin$ to theori$inal "artition somewhere) with a command similar to themount command below. =hen co"/ the init "ro$ram &rom the minirootto the ori$inal "artition) and reboot the s/stem.

mount devdskct3ds mnt c" sbininit mntsbininit reboot

5& this doesnEt work) other &iles mi$ht be corru"ted) and /ou

mi$ht need to reinstall the entire s/stem.

=he error number is 2 i& sbininit is missin$) or * i&sbininit has an incorrect executable &ormat. =his is usuall/&ollowed b/ a D"anic:icodeD messa$e. =he s/stem tries to rebootitsel&) but $oes into a loo") because rebootin$ is im"ossiblewithout init.

or more in&ormation on bootin$ the s/stem) see the section onhaltin$ and bootin$ the s/stem in the ;/stem AdministrationQuide) Volume 5.

canEt s/nchroniFe with ha/es7777777777777777777777777777

=his messa$e sometimes a""ears when usin$ a modem that the s/stemre$ards as a DKa/esD t/"e modem) which includes most modemsmanu&actured toda/. =he messa$e can be caused b/ incorrect switchsettin$s) b/ "oor cable connections) or b/ not turnin$ the modemon.

>heck that the modem is on and that the cables between the modemand /our s/stem are securel/ connected. >heck the internal andexternal modem switch settin$s. =urn the modem o&& and then ona$ain) i& necessar/.

cd: =oo man/ ar$uments7777777777777777777777

=he > shellEs cdB1C command takes onl/ one ar$ument. 6ither more


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than one director/ was s"eci&ied) or a director/ name containin$a s"ace was s"eci&ied. irector/ names with s"aces are eas/ tocreate with ile ana$er.

se onl/ one director/ name. =o chan$e to a director/ whose name

contains s"aces) enclose the director/ name in double BDC orsin$le BEC @uotes) or use ile ana$er.

>hannel number out o& ran$e777777777777777777777777777

=he s/stem has run out o& stream devices. =his error results whena stream head attem"ts to o"en a minor device that does not existor that is currentl/ in use.

>heck that the stream device in @uestion exists and was created

with an a""ro"riate number o& minor devices. ake sure that thehardware corres"onds to this con&i$uration. 5& the stream devicecon&i$uration is correct) tr/ a$ain later when more s/stemresources mi$ht be available.

=he s/mbolic name &or this error is 6>KRNQ) errno73(.

chmod: 6RR8R: invalid mode77777777777777777777777777

=his messa$e &rom the chmodB1C command indicates a "roblem in the&irst nonJo"tion ar$ument.

5& /ou are s"eci&/in$ a numeric &ile mode) /ou can "rovide an/number o& di$its Balthou$h onl/ the &inal one to &our areconsideredC) but all di$its must be between and (. 5& /ou ares"eci&/in$ a s/mbolic &ile mode) use the s/ntax "rovided in thechmod usa$e messa$e to avoid the Dinvalid modeD error messa$e:

sa$e: chmod +u$oa,+PJ7,+rwxlstu$o, &ile ...

Note that some combinations o& s/mbolic ke/letters "roduce noerror messa$e but &ail to have an/ e&&ect. =he &irst $rou")+u$oa,) is trul/ o"tional. =he second $rou") +PJ7,) is mandator/&or chmod to have an e&&ect. =he third $rou")+rwxlstu$o,) isalso mandator/ &or e&&ect) and can be used in combination whenthat combination does not con&lict.

>ommand not &ound77777777777777777


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=he > shell could not &ind the "ro$ram /ou $ave as a command.

>heck the &orm and s"ellin$ o& the command line. 5& that lookscorrect) echo "ath to see i& the userEs search "ath is correct.

9hen communications are $arbled) it is "ossible to unset a search"ath to such an extent that onl/ builtJin shell commands areavailable. Kere is a command to reset a basic search "ath:

W set "ath 7 Busrbin usrccsbin usro"enwinbin .C

5& the search "ath looks correct) check the director/ contentsalon$ the search "ath to see i& "ro$rams are missin$ or i&directories are not mounted.

or more in&ormation about the > shell) see cshB1C.

>onnection closed.777777777777777777

=his messa$e can a""ear when usin$ rlo$inB1C to another s/stem i&the remote host cannot create a "rocess &or this user) i& theuser takes too lon$ to t/"e the correct "assword) i& the userinterru"ts the network connection) or i& the remote host $oesdown. ata loss is "ossible i& &iles were modi&ied and not savedbe&ore the connection closed.

Hust tr/ a$ain. 5& the other s/stem has $one down) wait &or it toreboot &irst.

>onnection closed b/ &orei$n host.7777777777777777777777777777777777

9hen a user telnets to another s/stem) this messa$e can a""ear i&the user takes too lon$ to t/"e the correct "assword) i& theremote host cannot create a lo$in &or this user)or i& the remotehost $oes down or terminates the connection. ata loss is"ossible i& &iles were modi&ied and not saved be&ore theconnection closed.

Hust tr/ a$ain. 5& the other s/stem has $one down) wait &or it toreboot &irst.

+>onnection closed. 6xitin$,7777777777777777777777777777


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A&ter usin$ the talkB1C command to communicate with another user)the other "erson enters an interru"t Busuall/ >ontrolJcC) andthis messa$e a""ears on /our screen.

;endin$ an interru"t like this is the usual wa/ o& exitin$ the

talk "ro$ram. =he talk session is over and /ou can return to /ourwork.

>onnection re&used777777777777777777

No connection could be made because the tar$et machine activel/re&used it. =his ha""ens either when tr/in$ to connect to aninactive service or when a service "rocess is not "resent at there@uested address.

Activate the service on the tar$et machine) or start it u" a$aini& it has disa""eared. 5& &or securit/ reasons /ou do not intendto "rovide this service) in&orm the user communit/) "ossibl/su$$estin$ an alternative.

=he s/mbolic name &or this error is 6>8NNR6;6) errno714'.

>onnection timed out77777777777777777777

=his occurs either when the destination host is down or when"roblems in the network cause lost transmission.

irst check the o"eration o& the host s/stem) &or exam"le b/usin$ "in$B1C and &t" B1C) then re"air or reboot as necessar/.5& that doesnEt solve the "roblem) check the network cablin$ andconnections.

No connection was established in a s"eci&ied time. A connect orsend re@uest &ailed because the destination host did not "ro"erl/res"ond a&ter a reasonable interval. B=he timeout "eriod isde"endent on the communication "rotocol.C

=he s/mbolic name &or this error is 6=568=) errno714%.

console lo$in: GHGGIG?G?G777777777777777777777777777

=his usuall/ occurs because 8"en9indows exited abnormall/)leavin$ the s/stemEs ke/board in the wron$ mode. =he characters


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that a""ear when someone attem"ts to lo$in are $arba$etransliterations o& what someone t/"es.

ind another machine and remote lo$in to this s/stem) then runthis command:

usro"enwinbinkbd#mode Ja

=his "uts the console back into A;>55 mode. Note that kbd#mode isnot a windows "ro$ram) it Uust &ixes the console mode.

=he usual reason &or this "roblem occurrin$ is an automatedscri"t run &rom cron that clears out the tm" director/ ever/ soo&ten. 6nsure that an/ such scri"ts do not remove the tm".X11J"i"e or tm".X11Junix directories) or an/ &iles therein.

core dum"ed77777777777

A core &ile contains an ima$e o& memor/ at the "oint o& so&tware&ailure) and is used b/ "ro$rammers to &ind the reason &or the&ailure.

=o see which "ro$ram "roduced a core &ile) run either the &ileB1Ccommand or the adb B1C command. =he &ollowin$ exam"les show theout"ut o& the &ile and adb commands on a core &ile &rom thedtmail "ro$ram.

&ile core core: 6! 32Jbit ;0 core &ile ;AR> Version 1) &romdtmailE

adb core core &ile 7 core JJ "ro$ram dtmailE ;5Q;6QV 11:se$mentation violation G Buse >ontrolJd to @uit the"ro$ramC

Ask the vendor or author o& this "ro$ram &or a debu$$ed version.

;ome si$nals) such as ;5QI5=) ;5Q0;) and ;5Q;6QV) "roduce acore dum". ;ee the si$nalB%C man "a$e &or a com"lete list.

5& /ouhave the source code &or the "ro$ram) /ou can tr/com"ilin$ it with cc J$) and debu$$in$ it /oursel& usin$ dbx or asimilar debu$$er. =he where directive o& dbx "rovides a stacktrace.

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architecture "roduced a "articular core dum") since adb on onet/"e o& s/stem $enerall/ cannot read a core &ile &rom anothert/"e o& s/stem) and will "roduce an Dunreco$niFed &ileD messa$e.Run adb on various machine architectures until /ou &ind the ri$htone.

=he term DcoreD is archaicJJ &errite core memor/ was su""lantedb/ silicon RA in the 1-(s) althou$h s"aceshi"s still em"lo/core memor/ &or its im"erviousness to radiation.

or in&ormation on savin$ and viewin$ crash in&ormation see the;/stem Administration Quide) Volume 55. 5& /ou are usin$ theAnswer0ook) Ds/stem crashD is a $ood search strin$.

>ould not initialiFe tooltalk Btt#o"enC: ==#6RR#N87777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777

Various deskto" tools dis"la/ or "rint this messa$e when thettsessionB1C "rocess is not available. =he =ook=alk service$enerall/ tries to restart ttsession i& it is not runnin$. ;othis error indicates that the =ool=alk service is either notinstalled or is not installed correctl/.

Veri&/ that the ttsession command exists in usro"enwinbin orusrdtbin. 5& this command is not "resent) =ool=alk is notinstalled correctl/. =he "acka$es constitutin$ =ool=alk are theruntime ;N9tltk) develo"er su""ort ;N9tltkd) and themanual"a$es ;N9tltkm. >6 =ool=alk "acka$es have the same names withD.2D a""ended.

=he &ull ==#6RR#N8 messa$e strin$ reads as &ollows: DNottsession is runnin$) "robabl/ because tt#o"enBC has not beencalled /et. 5& this is returned &rom tt#o"enBC it means ttsessioncould not be started) which $enerall/ means =ool=alk is notinstalled on the s/stem.D

>ould not start new viewer77777777777777777777777777

=his messa$e a""ears in the Answer0ook navi$ator window) alon$with an XView error messa$eon the console.

;ee the messa$e Danswerbook: XView error: N!! "ointer "assed toxv#setD &or details.

c"io: 0ad ma$ic numberheader.


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777777777777777777777777777777

A c"ioB1C archive has either become corru"ted or was written outwith an incom"atible version o& c"io.

se the Jk o"tion to c"io to ski" 58 errors and corru"ted &ileheaders. =his mi$ht "ermit /ou to extract other &iles &rom thec"io archive. =o extract &iles with corru"ted headers) tr/editin$ the archive with a binar/ editor such as emacs. 6ach c"io&ile header contains a &ilename as a strin$.

or more in&ormation on ma$ic numbers) see ma$icB4C.

>rossJdevice link77777777777777777

An attem"t was made to make a hard link to a &ile on anotherdevice) such as on another &ile s/stem.

6stablish a s/mbolic link usin$ ln Js instead. ;/mbolic links are"ermitted across &ile s/stem boundaries.

=he s/mbolic name &or this error is 6X6V) errno71*.

data access exce"tion777777777777777777777

=his messa$e can result &rom runnin$ an old version o& theo"eratin$ s/stem that does not su""ort new hardware) or b/runnin$ an o"eratin$ s/stem that is not con&i$ured &or newhardware. 5t can also result &rom incorrectl/ installed ;5s or&rom a disk "roblem.

"$rade /our o"eratin$ s/stem to a version that su""orts the newhardware or machine architecture. or exam"le) u"$radin$ a;AR>station 2 Bwith sun4c kernel architectureC to a ;AR>station2 Bwith sun4m kernel architectureC re@uires an o"eratin$ s/stemu"$rade or recon&i$uration.

or more in&ormation onu"$rades) see the section describin$s/stem and device con&i$uration in the ;olaris 1.x to ;olaris 2.x=ransition Quide.

ata &ault7777777777


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=his is a kind o& bad tra" that usuall/ causes a s/stem "anic.9hen this messa$e a""ears a&ter a bad tra" messa$e) a s/stem textor data access &ault "robabl/ occurred.O 5n the absence o& a badtra" messa$e) this messa$e mi$ht indicate a user text or dataaccess &ault. ata loss is "ossible i& the "roblem occurs other

than at boot time.

ake sure the machine can reboot) then check the lo$ &ilevaradmmessa$es &or hints about what went wron$.

O ;ee the messa$e D0A =RAD &or more in&ormation.

eadlock situation detectedavoided77777777777777777777777777777777777

A "ro$rammin$ deadlock situation was detected and avoided.

5& the s/stem had not detected and avoided a deadlock) a "iece o&so&tware would have hun$. Run the "ro$ram a$ain. =he deadlockmi$ht not reoccur.

=his error usuall/ relates to &ile and record lockin$) but canalso a""l/ to mutexes) sema"hores) condition variables) andreadwrite locks.

=he s/mbolic name &or this error is 66A!?) errno74%.

;ee the section on deadlock handlin$ in the ;/stem 5nter&aceQuide. ;ee the section on avoidin$ deadlock in the ultithreadedro$rammin$ Quide.

evice bus/77777777777

An attem"t was made to mount a device that was alread/ mounted orto unmount a device containin$ an active &ile Bsuch as an o"en&ile) a current director/) a mount "oint) or a runnin$ "ro$ramC.=his messa$e also occurs when tr/in$ to enable accountin$ that isalread/ enabled.

=o unmount a device containin$ active "rocesses) close all the&iles under that mount "oint) @uit an/ "ro$rams started &romthere) and chan$e directories out o& that hierarch/. =hen tr/ tounmount a$ain.

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set this error condition to indicate that a lock is held.

=he s/mbolic name &or this error is 60;L) errno71'.

devrdskvariable: >ANE= >K6>? 5!6 ;L;=6.

77777777777777777777777777777777777777777777

=he s/stem cannot automaticall/ clean B"reenC this &ile s/stembecause it a""ears to be set u" incorrectl/ or is havin$ harddisk "roblems. =his messa$e asks that /ou run &sckB1C manuall/)since data corru"tion mi$ht alread/ have occurred.

Run &sck to clean the &ile s/stem in @uestion. ;ee the messa$eDdevrdskN: N6X6>=6 5N>8N;5;=6N>LM RN &sck ANA!!LD &or"ro"er "rocedures.

devrdskvariable: N6X6>=6 5N>8N;5;=6N>LM RN &sck ANA!!L.7777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777

At boot time the etcrc; scri"t runs the &sckB1C command tocheck the inte$rit/ o& &ile s/stems marked D&sckD in etcv&stab.5& &sck cannot re"air a &ile s/stem automaticall/) it interru"tsthe boot "rocedure and "roduces this messa$e. 9hen &sck $ets intothis state) it cannot re"air a &ile s/stem without losin$ one ormore &iles) so it wants to de&er this res"onsibilit/ to /ou) theadministrator. ata corru"tion has "robabl/ alread/ occurred.

irst run sack Jn on the &ile s/stem) to see how man/ and whatt/"e o& "roblems exist. =hen run &sck a$ain to re"air the&ile s/stem. 5& /ou have a recent backu" o& the &ile s/stem) /oucan $enerall/ answer D/D to all the &sck @uestions. 5tEs a $oodidea to kee" a record o& all "roblematic &iles and inode numbers&or later re&erence. =o run &sck /oursel&) s"eci&/ o"tions asrecommended b/ the boot scri"t. or exam"le:

&sck devrdskct4ds

suall/ the &iles lost durin$ &sck re"air are these that werecreated Uust be&ore a crash or "ower outa$e) and the/ cannot berecovered. 5& /ou lose im"ortant &iles) /ou can recover them &rombacku" ta"es.

5& /ou donEt have a backu") ask an ex"ert to run &sck &or /ou.

or more in&ormation on &ile checkin$) see the section on


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checkin$ &ile s/stem inte$rit/ in the ;/stem Administration Quide)Volume 5.

irector/ not em"t/7777777777777777777

=he director/ o"eration that was attem"ted) such as director/removal with rmdir) can be "er&ormed onl/ on an em"t/ director/.

=o remove the director/) &irst remove all the &iles that itcontains. A @uick wa/ to remove a nonJem"t/ director/ hierarch/is with the rm Jr command.

=he s/mbolic name &or this error is 6N8=6=L) errno7-3.

isc @uota exceeded

7777777777777777777

=he userEsdisk limit has been exceeded on a user &iles/stem)usuall/ because a &ile was Uust created or enlar$ed be/ond thelimit. =his almost alwa/s re&ers to a ma$netic disk) and not toan o"tical disc. An/ data created a&ter this condition occurswill be lost.

=he user can delete &iles to brin$ disk usa$e under the limit) orthe server administrator can use the ed@uotaB1C command toincrease the userEs disk limit.

=he s/mbolic name &or this error is 6I8=) errno74-.

dum"tm: >annot o"en devrmtvariableE: evice bus/7777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777

urin$ &ile s/stem backu") the dum" "ro$ram cannot o"en the ta"edrive because some other "rocess is holdin$ it o"en.

ind the "rocess that has the ta"e drive o"en) and either killB1Cthe "rocess or wait &or it to &inish.

"s Je& $re" devrmt kill J- "rocess5

0A 57i 89N6R7o 867m ;5


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inode number a""ears a&ter 57 Bwith other in&ormationC.

=o remove this &ile or director/) answer /es. 5& /ou end u"removin$ more than a &ew &iles in this manner) data loss willresult) so it mi$ht be "re&erable to restore the &iles/stem &rom

backu" ta"es.

or more in&ormation on checkin$ &iles/stems) see the section oncheckin$ &iles/stem inte$rit/ in the ;/stem Administration Quide)Volume 5.

N 57N777777777

"on detectin$ a block that is alread/ claimed b/ another inode)&sckB1C "rints the du"licate block number and its containin$

inode Ba&ter 57C.

5n &sck "hases 2 and 4) /ou will decide whether or not to clearthese bad blocks. 0e&ore committin$ to re"air with &sck) /oucould determine which &ile contains this inode b/ "assin$ theinode number to the ncheckB1C command:

ncheck Jiinum &iles/stem

or more in&ormation) see the cha"ter on checkin$ &iles/steminte$rit/ in the ;/stem Administration Quide)Volume 5.

E%%. error: ; has not initialiFed or server connection &ailed%'. 6RR8R: missin$ &ile ar$ Bcm3C%(. 6RR8R +;>>;s.variable,: writable variableE exists B$e4C%*. es": data trans&er overrun%-. 6vent not &ound'. 6X>6;;5V6 0A 0!?;57N >8N=5N6O'1. 6X>6;;5V6 0!?; 57N >8N=5N6O'2. 6xec &ormat error#'3. &d: un&ormatted diskette or no diskette in the drive'4. ile exists'%. ile lockin$ deadlock''. &ilem$r: mknod: ermission denied'(. ile name too lon$'*. 5!6 ;L;=6 ;=A=6 5N ;6R0!8>? 5; 9R8NQM 5XO'-. ile table over&low
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(. ile too lar$e(1. R66 0!? >8N=B;C 9R8NQ 5N ;6R0!? ;A!VAQ6O(2. &sck: >anEt o"en devdskvariable(3. &sck: >anEt stat devdskvariable$

(4. $ivin$ u"(%. Qra"hics Ada"terdevice dev&b is o& unknown t/"e('. $rou".or$#dir: N5;P servers unreachable%((. homevariable: No such &ile ordirector/(*. Kost is down(-. host name con&i$uration error*. hosts.or$#dir: N5;P servers unreachable&*1. 5 canEt read /our attachments. 9hat mailer are /ou usin$O*2. ie: 6thernet Uammed

*3. ie: no carrier*4. 5lle$al 5nstruction*%. 5lle$al instruction DxND was encountered at > xN*'. 5lle$al seek*(. 5ma$e =ool: nable to o"en X5! !ibrar/.**. 5na""ro"riate ioctl &or device*-. 5N>8RR6>= 0!8>? >8N= 57N Bshould be NC >8RR6>=O-. inetd+N,: execv usrsbinin.uuc"d: No such &ile or director/-1. inetd+N,: variabletc": unknown service-2. inetd+N,: variableud":unknown service-3. inetd: =oo man/ o"en &iles-4. 5N5=: >annot create varadmutm" or varadmutm"x-%. 5nit8ut"ut: 6rror loadin$ module &or dev&b-'. 5nterru"ted s/stem call-(. 5nvalid ar$ument-*. 5nvalid null command--. 58 error1. 5s a director/'11. kernel read error12. ?illed13. kmem#&ree block alread/ &ree

error "S has not initialized or server connection failed7777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777

=his messa$e a""ears when tr/in$ to run Answer0ook with a $enericX11 window server or on a $eneric X terminal.

Runnin$ Answer0ook re@uires is"la/ ost;cri"t B;C) or a Ne9;
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server) or the Adobe ; N; remote dis"la/ so&tware. 5n addition)a com"lete !aser9riter55 =/"eJ1 &ont set Bincludin$ alatinoCshould be installed on the X server. =o &ind out i& /our X serverhas ;) run xd"/in&oB1C to veri&/ the "resence o& an DAdobeJ;J6xtensionD line. X servers without this line donEt know about

;.

E**+* missing file arg (cm,)77777777777777777777777777777

An attem"t was madd to run some sccsB1C o"eration that re@uires a&ilename) such as create) edit) del$et) or "rt.

;u""l/ the a""ro"riate &ilename a&ter the ;>>; o"eration.

E**+* -S!!S.s/variable0 1S!!S.p/variable2 nonexistent (ut3)

777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777

An attem"t was made to sccs edit or sccs $et a &ile that is not/et under ;>>; control.

Run sccs create on that &ile to "lace it under ;>>; control.

E**+* -S!!S.s/variable0 writable 1variable2 exists (ge3)777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777

An attem"t was made to sccs edit a &ile that is writable)"robabl/ because it is alread/ checked out.

Run sccs in&o to see who has the &ile checked out. 5& it is /ou)$o ahead and edit it. 5& it is somebod/ else) ask that "ersontocheck in the &ile.

es": data trans&er overrun777777777777777777777777777

9hen a user tries to mount a >R8 on a thirdJ"art/ > drive)mountB1C &ails with the above error) &ollowed b/ the Dsr: ;>;5trans"ort &ailedD messa$e. =he > drive "robabl/ comes &rom avendor unknown to the s/stem.

=hirdJ"art/ > drives $enerall/ have an *1-2 block siFe) aso""osed to the %12 block siFe on su""orted ;un drives. >heck withthe vendor to see i& an/ s"ecial con&i$uration is "ossible toallow the drive to o"erate on a ;un workstation.


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Event not found777777777777777

=his > shell messa$e indicates that a user tried to re"eat acommand &rom the histor/ list) but that command or number does

not exist in the list.

Run the > shell histor/ command to dis"la/ recent events in thehistor/ list. 5& a user o&ten tries to run commands that havedisa""eared &rom the histor/ list) make the list lon$er b/settin$ histor/ to a hi$her value.

or more in&ormation about the > shell) see cshB1C.

E4!ESS&5E A" 6'S&78 !+89&8:E;7777777777777777777777777777777777

urin$ "hase 1) &sckB1C &ound more than 1 bad BoutJo&Jran$eCblocks associated with the s"eci&ied inode number.

9ith this man/ bad blocks) it mi$ht be "re&erable to restore the&iles/stem &rom backu" ta"es.

or more in&ormation on bad blocks) see the section on checkin$&iles/stem inte$rit/ in the ;/stem Administration Quide) Volume5. 5& /ou are usin$ the Answer0ook) Dbad blocksD is a $ood searchstrin$.

E4!ESS&5E ": 6'S &78 !+89&8:E;7777777777777777777777777777777777

urin$ "hase 1) &sckB1C &ound more than 1 du"licate B"reviousl/claimedC blocks associated with the s"eci&ied inode number.

9ith this man/ du"licate blocks) it mi$ht be "re&erable torestore the &iles/stem &rom backu" ta"es.

or more in&ormationon blocks) see the section on checkin$&iles/stem inte$rit/ in the ;/stem Administration Quide) Volume5. 5& /ou are usin$ the Answer0ook) Dbad blocksD is a $ood searchstrin$.

Exec format error77777777777777777

=his o&ten ha""ens when tr/in$ to runso&tware com"iled &or


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di&&erent s/stems or architectures) such as when executin$;olaris 2.x "ro$rams on a ;un8; 4.1.x s/stem) or when tr/in$ toexecute ;AR>Js"eci&ic "ro$rams on an x*' machine. 8n a ;olaris2.x s/stem) it can also occur i& the 0inar/>om"atibilit/ acka$ewas not installed.

ake sure that the so&tware matches the architecture and s/stem/ouEre usin$. =he &ileB1C command can hel" /ou determine thetar$et architecture. 5& /ouEre usin$ ;un8; 4.1.x so&twareon a;olaris 2.x s/stem) make sure that the 0inar/ >om"atibilit/acka$e is installed. Lou can check &or it usin$ this command:

"k$in&o $re" ;N9bc"

A re@uest was made to execute a &ile that) althou$h it has thea""ro"riate "ermissions) does not start with a valid &ormat.

=he s/mbolic name &or this error is 6N86X6>) errno7*.

;ee the a.outB4C man "a$e &or a descri"tion o& executable &iles.

fd


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!ook at the names o& &iles in the director/) then tr/ a$ain witha di&&erent name or a&ter renamin$ or removin$ the existin$ &ile.

=he s/mbolic name &or this error is 66X5;=) errno71(.

#ile locking deadlock777777777777777777777

=his is a "ro$rammin$ "roblem) in some cases unavoidable.

All a user can do is restart the "ro$ram and ho"e deadlock doesnot reoccur.

5nthe &ile lockin$ subs/stem) two "rocesses tried to modi&/ somelock at the same time. 5n the multithreadin$ subs/stem) twothreads became deadlocked and could not continue. 9hen a "ro$ram

usin$ the threads librar/ encounters this error) it shouldrestart the deadlocked threads.

=he s/mbolic name &or this error is 66A!8>?) errno7%'.

filemgr mknod ermission denied777777777777777777777777777777777

ile ana$er issues this messa$e and &ails to come u" wheneverthe tm".removable director/ is owned b/ another user and is not1((( mode. =his can ha""en) &or exam"le) when multi"le usersshare a workstation.

Kave the ori$inal owner chan$e the mode BBchmodB1CC o& this &ileback to 1((() its de&ault creation mode. Rebootin$ theworkstation also resolves this "roblem.

=his is a known "roblem that was &ixed in ;olaris 2.4.

#ile name too long777777777777777777

=he s"eci&ied &ile name has too man/ characters.

5& a &ile name or "ath name com"onent is too lon$) devise ashorter name. 5& the total"ath name is lon$er than A=K#AXcharacters) &irst chan$e to an intermediate director/) thens"eci&/ a shorter "ath name. Newl/Jcreated data will be lostunless written to another &ile with a shorter name.


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5n a ; or N;Jmounted ; &iles/stem) the len$th o& a "ath namecom"onent exceeds AXNA!6N B2%%C characters) or the total len$tho& the "ath name exceeds A=K#AX B124C characters. 5n a ;/stemV &iles/stem) the len$th o& a "ath name com"onent exceedsNA6#AX B14C characters while noJtruncation mode is in e&&ect.

=hese values are de&ined in the usrincludelimits.hB4C &ile.

=he s/mbolic name &or this error is 6NA6=88!8NQ) errno7(*.

#&6E S=S9EM S9A9E &8 S:E*6+!' &S >*+8$? #&4;7777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777

=he &sckB1C command has Uust checked a &iles/stem) and hasdetermined that the &iles/stem is clean. =he &iles/stemEssu"erblock) however) still thinks the &iles/stem is Ddirt/D insome wa/.

5& /ou believe that the &iles/stem is ade@uatel/ re"aired) answer/es to mark the &iles/stem as clean.

i&&erent Ddirt/D &iles/stem t/"es are listed inusrincludes/s&su&s#&s.h) and include ;A>=5V6) ;0A) ;5X);!8Q) and ;;;6N.

or more in&ormation on su"erblocks) see the section oncheckin$&iles/stem inte$rit/ in the ;/stem Administration Quide) Volume5. 5& /ou are usin$ the Answer0ook) Dbad su"erblockD is a $oodsearch strin$.

#ile table overflow7777777777777777777

=he kernel &ile table is &ull because too man/ &iles are o"en onthe s/stem. =em"oraril/) no more &iles can be o"ened. New datacreated under this condition will "robabl/ be lost.

;im"l/ waitin$ o&ten $ives the s/stem time to close &iles.Kowever) i& this messa$e occurs o&ten) recon&i$ure the kernel toallow more o"en &iles. =o increasethe siFe o& the &ile table in;olaris 2.x) increase the value o& maxusers in the etcs/stem&ile. =he de&ault maxusers value is the amount o& main memor/ in0) minus 2.

=he s/mbolic name &or this error is 6N5!6) errno723.

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=he &ile siFe exceeded the limit s"eci&ied b/ ulimitB1C) or the&ile siFe exceeds the maximum su""orted b/ the &ile s/stem. Newdata created under this condition will "robabl/ be lost.

5n the > shell) use the limit command to see or set the de&ault&ile siFe. 5n the 0ourne or ?orn shells) use the ulimit Jacommand. 6ven when the shells claim that the &ile siFe isunlimited) in &act the s/stem limit is >KR#AX Busuall/ 1$i$ab/teC.

=he s/mbolic name &or this error is 605Q) errno72(.

#*EE 6' !+:89(S) >*+8$ &8 S:E*6' SA65A$E;777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777

urin$ "hase %) &sckB1C detected that the actual number o& &reeblocks in the &iles/stem did not match the su"erblockEs &reeblock count.=he d&B1C command accesses this &ree block countwhen measurin$ &iles/stem ca"acit/.

Qenerall/ /ou can answer /es to this @uestion without harmin$ the&iles/stem.

or more in&ormation on su"erblocks) see the section on checkin$&iles/stem inte$rit/ in the ;/stem Administration Quide) Volume5. 5& /ou are usin$ the Answer0ook) Dbad su"erblockD is a $oodsearch strin$.

fsck !an2t open .dev.dsk.variable7777777777777777777777777777777777

=he &sckB1C command cannot o"en the disk device) becausealthou$h a similar &iles/stem exists) the "artition s"eci&ieddoes not.

Run the mountB1C or the &ormatB1C command to see what&iles/stems are con&i$ured on the machine. =hen run &sck a$ain onan existin$ "artition.

fsck !an2t stat .dev.dsk.variable7777777777777777777777777777777777

=he &sckB1C command cannot o"en the disk device) because thes"eci&ied &iles/stem does not exist.


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Run the mountB1C or the &ormatB1C command to see what&iles/stems are con&i$ured on the machine. =hen run &sck a$ain onan existin$ &iles/stem.

giving up777777777

=his messa$e a""ears in the ;>;5 lo$ to indicate that a read orwrite o"eration has been retried until it timed out. 9ith ;>;5disk the timeout "eriod is usuall/ 3 secondsM with ta"e the"eriod is usuall/ 2 attem"ts. =imeout "eriods are $enerall/coded into the drivers.

>heck that all ;>;5 devices are connected and "owered on. akesure that ;>;5 tar$et numbers are correct and not in con&lict.

Veri&/ that all cables are no lon$er than six meters) total) andthat all ;>;5 connections are "ro"erl/ terminated.

=he scsi#lo$B-C routine usuall/ dis"la/s messa$es on the s/stemconsole and in the varadmmessa$es &ile. Run the dmes$B1Ccommand to see the most recent messa$e bu&&er.

$raphics Adapterdevice .dev.fb is of unknown type77777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777

=he dev&b driver is either missin$ or corru"ted.

;ee D5nit8ut"ut: 6rror loadin$ module &or dev&bD &or details.

group/org@dir 8&S servers unreachable777777777777777777777777777777777777777

=his is the second o& three messa$es that an N5;P client "rintswhen it cannot locate an N5;P server on the network.

;ee the messa$e Dhosts.or$#dir: N5;P servers unreachableD &ordetails.

.home.variable 8o such file ordirectory77777777777777777777777777777777777777777

An attem"t was made to chan$e to a userEs home director/) buteither that user does not exist or the userEs &ileserver has notshared Bex"ortedC that &iles/stem.


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=o check on the existence o& a "articular user) run the/"matchB1C or nismatchB1C command) s"eci&/in$ the user name andthen the "asswd ma".

=o ex"ort &iles/stems &rom the remote &ileserver) become

su"eruser on that s/stem and run the shareB1C command with thea""ro"riate o"tions. 5& that s/stem is sharin$ Bex"ortin$C&iles/stems &or the &irst time) also invokeetcinit.dn&s.server start to be$in N; service.

or more in&ormation on sharin$ &iles/stems) see theshare#n&sB1C man "a$e.

%ost is down777777777777

A trans"ort connection &ailed because the destination host wasdown. or exam"le) mail deliver/ was attem"ted over several da/s)but the destination machine was not available durin$ an/ o& theseattem"ts.

Re"ort this error to the s/stem administrator &or the host. 5&/ou are the "erson res"onsible &or this s/stem) check to see i&the machine needs re"air or rebootin$.

=his error results &rom status in&ormation delivered b/ theunderl/in$ communication inter&ace. 5& there is no knownconnection to the host) a di&&erent messa$e usuall/ results. ;eeDNo route to hostD &or details.

=he s/mbolic name &or this error is 6K8;=89N) errno714(.

host name configuration error77777777777777777777777777777

=his is an old sendmail messa$e) which re"laced D5 re&use to talktom/sel&D and is now re"laced b/ the D!ocal con&i$uration errorDmessa$e.

;ee the messa$e D%%4 variable... !ocal con&i$uration errorD &ordetails.

hosts/org@dir 8&S servers unreachable777777777777777777777777777777777777777

=his is the third o& three messa$es that an N5;P client "rints


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when it cannot locate an N5;P server on the network.

5& other N5;P clients are behavin$ normall/) check the 6thernetcablin$ on the workstation showin$ this messa$e. 8n ;AR>machines) disconnected network cablin$also "roduces a series o&

Dno carrierD messa$es. 8n x*' machines) the N5;P messa$es mi$htbe /our onl/ indication that network cablin$ is disconnected.

5& man/ N5;P clients on the network are $ivin$ this messa$e) $oto the N5;P server in @uestion and reboot or re"air it) asnecessar/. 9hen the server machine is back in o"eration) N5;Pclients will $ive an DN5; server &or domain 8?D messa$e.

& can2t read your attachments/ >hat mailer are you using;777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777

=he ;unView mailtool and"reJ3.3 8"en9indows mailtool "roducethis messa$e when the/ cannot co"e with an attachment. =heattachment is "robabl/ in 56 Bulti"ur"ose 5nternet ail6xtensionsC &ormat) usin$ base'4 encodin$.

=o read a mail messa$e containin$ 56 attachments) usemailtoolB1C &rom ;olaris 2.3 or later. 5& /ou are runnin$ anearlier version o& ;olaris) rlo$inB1C to a later version o&;olaris) set the 5;!AL environment variable back to the &irsts/stem) and run mailtool remotel/. 5& those o"tions "roveim"ossible) ask the ori$inator to send the messa$e a$ain usin$mailtool) or usin$ the >6 dtmail com"ose ileJS;endAsJS;unail=ool o"tion.

;tandard 56 attachments with base'4 encodin$) &or exam"le)"roduce this messa$e and &ail to dis"la/ in older mailtools.

!ook into usin$ metamail) available on the 5nternet) which allows/ou to send and receive 56 attachments.

ieservers or x*' machines with an5ntel *2%*' 6thernet chi". 5t indicates that 1' successivetransmission attem"ts &ailed) causin$ the driver to $ive u" onthe current "acket.

5& this error occurs s"oradicall/ or at bus/ times) it "robabl/means that the network is saturated. 9ait &or network tra&&ic to


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clear. 5& bottlenecks arise &re@uentl/) think about recon&i$urin$the network or addin$ subnets.

Another "ossible cause o& this messa$e is a noise sourcesomewhere in the network) such as a loose transceiver connection.

se snoo"B1Cor a similar "ro$ram to isolate the "roblem area)then check and ti$hten network connectors as necessar/.

ieservers or x*' machines with an5ntel *2%*' 6thernet chi". 5t indicates that thechi" has lostin"ut to its carrierdetect "in while tr/in$ to transmit a"acket) causin$ the "acket to be dro""ed.

>heck that the 6thernet connector is not loose or disconnected.8ther "ossible causes include an o"en circuit somewhere in thenetwork and noise on the carrier detect line&rom thetransceiver. se snoo"B1C or a similar "ro$ram to isolate the"roblem area) then check the network connectors and transceivers)as needed.

&llegal &nstruction7777777777777777777

A "rocess has received a si$nal indicatin$ that it attem"ted toexecute an instruction that is not allowed b/ the kernel. =hisusuall/ results &rom runnin$ "ro$rams com"iled &or a sli$htl/di&&erent machine architecture. =his messa$e is usuall/accom"anied b/ a core dum") exce"ton readJonl/ &iles/stems.

5& /ou are bootin$ &rom >R8 or &rom the net) check R6A6 &ilesto make sure /ou are usin$ an ima$e a""ro"riate &or /our machinearchitecture. Run d& to make sure there is enou$h swa" s"ace onthe s/stemM too little swa" s"ace can cause this error. 5& /ourecentl/ u"$raded /our > to a new architecture) re"lace /ouro"eratin$ s/stem with one that su""orts the new architecture Bano"eratin$ s/stem u"$rade mi$ht be re@uiredC.

;ometimes this condition results &rom "ro$rammin$ error) such aswhen a "ro$ram attem"ts to execute data as instructions. =hiscondition can also indicate device &ile corru"tion on /ours/stem.

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=he machine is tr/in$ to boot &rom a nonJboot device) or &rom aboot device &or a di&&erent hardware architecture.

5& /ou are bootin$ &rom the net) check R6A6 &iles to make sure/ou are usin$ a boot ima$e &or that architecture. 5& /ou arebootin$ &rom disk) make sure the s/stem is lookin$ at the ri$htdisk) which is usuall/ ;>;5 tar$et 3. ailin$ these solutions)connect a > drive to the s/stem and boot &rom >R8.

&llegal seek777777777777

sin$ a "i"e BDDC on the command line doesnEt work here.

Rather than usin$ a "i"e on the command line) redirect the out"uto& the &irst "ro$ram into a &ile and then run the second "ro$ramon that &ile.

A call to lseekB2C was issued to a "i"e. =his error condition canalso be &ixed b/ alterin$ the "ro$ram to avoid usin$ lseekBC.

=he s/mbolic name &or this error is 6;56) errno72-.

&mage 9ool :nable to open 4&6 6ibrary/777777777777777777777777777777777777777

=his messa$e &ollows multi"le multiJline DXile&ault6rroruncDerrors) indicatin$ that 5ma$e=ool could not locate the X 5ma$in$!ibrar/. an/ 8"en9indows and >6 deskset "ro$rams re@uire X5!.

Run "k$in&oB1C to determine what "acka$es are installed on thes/stem. 5& the &ollowin$ "acka$es are not "resent) install them&rom >R8 or over thenet: ;N9xild$) ;N9xiler) ;N9xilow) and;N9xilrt.

&nappropriate ioctl for device777777777777777777777777777777

=his is a "ro$rammin$ error.

Ask the "ro$ramEs author to &ix this condition. =he "ro$ram needsto be chan$ed so it em"lo/s a device driver that can acce"ts"ecial character device controls.


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5& /ou do not want to start this service) edit the s/stemEsetcinetd.con& &ile and delete the entr/ that tries to start itu".

or more in&ormation about N5;P) see the N5;P and N;

Administration Quide.

inetd-80 variable.udpunknown service777777777777777777777777777777777777777

=his messa$e indicates that the 5nternet services daemoninetdB1C could not locate the service s"eci&ied a&ter the&irst colon.

;ee the messa$e Dinetd+N,: variabletc": unknown serviceD &orasolution.

inetd 9oo many open files77777777777777777777777777

=his messa$e can a""ear when someone runs a command &rom theshell or uses a thirdJ"art/ a""lication. =he sarB1C command doesnot indicate that the s/stemJwide o"en &ile limit has beenexceeded.

=he "robable cause &or this is that the shell limit has beenexceeded. =he de&ault o"en &ile limit is '4) but can be raised to2%'.

;ee the messa$e D=oo man/ o"en &ilesD &or a solution.

&8&9 !annot create .var.adm.utmp or .var.adm.utmpx777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777

=his console messa$e indicates that initB1C cannot write in thevar director/) which is usuall/ "art o& the BrootC &iles/stem.;ome other messa$es &ollow) andthe s/stem usuall/ comes u"sin$leJuser. =he "roblem is o&ten that or var is mountedreadJonl/. ;ometimes a brie& "ower outa$e leaves the s/stembelievin$ that man/ &iles/stems are still mounted.

5& var is a se"arate &iles/stem on the machine) andis not /etnot mounted) mount it now. 5& the &iles/stem containin$ var ismounted readJonl/) remount it readJwrite with a command similarto this:


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this error condition) so the "ro$ram mi$ht exit with an incorrecterror messa$e.

=he s/mbolic name &or this error is 65N=R) errno74.

&nvalid argument7777777777777777

An invalid "arameter was s"eci&ied that the s/stem cannotinter"ret. or exam"le) tr/in$ to mount an uncreated &iles/stem)"rintin$ without su&&icient s/stem su""ort) or "rovidin$ anunde&ined si$nal to a si$nalB3cC librar/ &unction) can all"roduce this messa$e.

5& /ou see this messa$e when /ou are tr/in$ to mount a&iles/stem) make sure that /ou have run new&sB1C to create the

&iles/stem. 5& /ou see this messa$e when /ou are tr/in$ to read adiskette) make sure that the diskette was "ro"erl/ &ormatted with&d&ormatB1C) either in 8; &ormat B"c&sC or as a ; &iles/stem.5& /ou see this messa$e while /ou are tr/in$ to "rint) make surethat the "rint service is con&i$ured correctl/.

=he s/mbolic name &or this error is 65NVA!) errno722.

&nvalid null command77777777777777777777

=his > shell messa$e results &rom a command line with two "i"esBCin a row or &rom a "i"e without a command a&terwards.

>han$e the command line so that each "i"e is &ollowed b/ acommand.

&.+ error777777777

;ome "h/sical 5n"ut8ut"ut error has occurred. 5& the "rocess waswritin$ a &ile) data corru"tion is "ossible.

irst &ind out which device is ex"eriencin$ the 58 error. 5& thedevice is a ta"e drive) make sure a ta"e is inserted into thedrive. 9hen this error occurs with a ta"e in the drive) it islikel/ that the ta"e contains an unrecoverable bad s"ot.

5& the device is a &lo""/ drive) an un&ormatted or de&ectivediskette could be at &ault. ormat the diskette) or obtain a


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5& the device is a hard disk drive) /ou mi$ht need to run&sckB1C and "ossibl/ even re&ormat the disk.

5n some cases this error mi$ht occur on a call &ollowin$ the oneto which it actuall/ a""lies.

=he s/mbolic name &or this error is 658) errno7%.

&s a directory77777777777777

An attem"t was made to read or write a director/ as i& it were a&ile.

!ook at a listin$ o& all the &iles in the current director/ andtr/ a$ain) s"eci&/in$ a &ile instead o& a director/.

=he s/mbolic name &or this error is 65;5R) errno721.

kernel read error77777777777777777

=his messa$e a""ears when savecoreB1C) i& activated) tries toco"/ a debu$$in$ ima$e o& kernel memor/ to disk but cannot readvarious kernel data structures correctl/. Qenerall/ this occursa&ter a s/stem "anic has corru"ted main memor/. ata corru"tionon the s/stemis "ossible.

!ook at the kernel error messa$es that "receded this one to tr/to determine the cause o& the "roblem. 6rror messa$es such asD0A =RAD usuall/ indicate &ault/ hardware. ntil the "roblemthat caused the kernel "anic is resolved) a kernel core ima$ecannot be saved &or debu$$in$.

'illed777777

=his messa$e is "urel/ in&ormational. 5& the killed "rocess waswritin$ a &ile) some data mi$ht be lost.

>ontinue with /our work.

=his messa$e &rom the si$nal handler or various shells indicatesthat a "rocess has been terminated with a ;5Q?5!!. Kowever) i&


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/ou donEt see this messa$e and cannot terminate a "rocess with a;5Q?5!!) /ou mi$ht have to reboot the machine to $et rid o& that"rocess.

kmem@free block already free

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=his is a "ro$rammin$ error)"robabl/ &rom a device driver.

etermine which driver is $ivin$ this messa$e and contact thevendor &or a so&tware u"date) as this messa$e indicates a bu$ inthe driver.

=his messa$e is &rom the 5 "ro$rammin$ &unction kmem#&reeB-C)which releases a block o& memor/ at address addr o& siFe siF thatwas "reviousl/ allocated b/ the 5 &unction kmem#allocB-C. 0oth

addr and siF must corres"ond to the ori$inal allocation. 5& /ouhave source code &or the driver) &ollow kmem#allocBC andkmem#&reeBC in the code to make sure the/ allocate and &ree thesame chunk o& memor/.

614. last messa$e re"eated N times1%. ld.so.1: variable: &atal: relocation error: s/mbol not &ound:

variable1'. ld.so.1: variable: &atal: variable: canEt o"en &ile: errno721(. le: emor/ errorY1*. le: No carrierJJ cable disconnected or hub link test disabledO1-. le: No carrierJJ transceiver cable "roblemO11. !5N? >8N= 5!6 57i 89N6R7o 867m ;58N=... AH;=O111. !!1%9: rotocol error detected.112. ln: cannot create dev&b: ReadJonl/ &ile s/stem113. lockd+N,: create#client: no name &orinet address xN114. !o$in incorrect11%. l" han$M11'. mailtool: >anEt create dead letter: ermission denied11(. mailtool: >ould not initialiFe the >lassin$ 6n$ine11*. ail =ool is con&used about the state o& /our ail ile.11-. mail: Lour mail&ile was &ound to be corru"tedB>ontentJlen$th mismatchC.12. emor/ address ali$nment121. memor/ leaks122. mount: devdskvariable is alread/ mounted) variable is bus/)
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or...123. mount: $ivin$ u" on: variable124. mount: mountJ"oint variable does not exist.12%. mount: the state o& devdskvariable is not oka/8

12'. netvariable: No such &ile or director/12(.Network is down12*.Network is unreachable12-.N; $etattr &ailed &or server variable: R>: =imed out13. n&s mount: >ouldnEt bind to reserved "ort131. n&s mount: mount: variable: evice bus/132.N; mount: variable mounted 8?133.N; read &ailed &or server variable134. n&s#server: bad $etar$s &or NN13%.N; server variable not res"ondin$ still tr/in$13'.N; server variable ok

13(. n&s umount:variable: is bus/13*.N; write error on host variable: No s"ace le&t on device.13-.N; write &ailed &or server variable: R>: =imed out14.N5;P authentication &ailure141.No bu&&er s"ace available142.No child "rocesses143.No de&ault media available144.No director/Y !o$$in$ in with home714%.No messa$e o& desired t/"e14'.No reci"ients s"eci&ied14(.No record locks available14*.No route to host14-.No shell >onnection closed1%.No s"ace le&t on device1%1.No such device1%2.No such device or address1%3.No such &ile or director/1%4. no such ma" in serverEs domain1%%.No such "rocess1%'.No such user as variableJJ cron entries not created1%(.Not a director/1%*.Not enou$h s"ace1%-. not &ound1'.N8=5>6: variable: out o& inodes1'1.Not lo$in shell1'2.Not on s/stem console1'3.Not owner1'4.Not su""ortedlast message repeated 8 times77777777777777777777777777777
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