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Hi,

I have several questions, one of which I already posted once, but never got
an answer that worked.
I have a Sparc 10/30 running Solaris 2.2.

1) Using the Openwindows File Manager:  find has never worked.  I can do all my
find files from the command prompt, but I would like to get this working for
users moving from PC's.  Has anyone ever had this work for 2.2?  Do I need
patches?

2) Trying to get Openwindows Calendar Manager to write to calendars I moved
from 4.1.3.  I can browse my old calendars fine, but when I try to insert
new appointments I get a 'You do not have insert access to calendar' message.
I have followed all the trouble shooting guides in the anserbook, i.e. checking
to see file permissions are correct, etc..., all to no avail.  Any help would be
abbreviated.

3) Screenblank: I am using Jef Poskanzer's newest screenblank (Aug25) and
it works great.  My only question is where to put the command so that it is
automatically restarted on reboot.  I have tried to read through the FAQ lists,
but am getting confused.  It seems like I should put a file called S##screenblank
with the command screenblank as its contents.  Is this correct?  What should
## be.  Also what directory(directories?) /etc/rc#.d should this be linked to?

Thanks,
Robert Mentle
Applied Physics Laboratory

Quote:>Hi,

>I have several questions, one of which I already posted once, but never got
>an answer that worked.
>I have a Sparc 10/30 running Solaris 2.2.

>1) Using the Openwindows File Manager:  find has never worked.  I can do all my
>find files from the command prompt, but I would like to get this working for
>users moving from PC's.  Has anyone ever had this work for 2.2?  Do I need
>patches?

        I have no patches on my system(yet) but find works  in the Openwindows
        File Manager. No problem.

Quote:

>2) Trying to get Openwindows Calendar Manager to write to calendars I moved
>from 4.1.3.  I can browse my old calendars fine, but when I try to insert
>new appointments I get a 'You do not have insert access to calendar' message.
>I have followed all the trouble shooting guides in the anserbook, i.e. checking
>to see file permissions are correct, etc..., all to no avail.  Any help would be
>abbreviated.

        Check your /etc/nsswitch.conf file.  The hosts line must have
        files as the first entry or the calendar manager will not work.

                        hosts:      files dns

        I don't know if this is your problem, but it fixed all of our
        Solaris2.2 systems.

Quote:

>3) Screenblank: I am using Jef Poskanzer's newest screenblank (Aug25) and
>it works great.  My only question is where to put the command so that it is
>automatically restarted on reboot.  I have tried to read through the FAQ lists,
>but am getting confused.  It seems like I should put a file called S##screenblank
>with the command screenblank as its contents.  Is this correct?  What should
>## be.  Also what directory(directories?) /etc/rc#.d should this be linked to?

        There are README files in /etc/init.d and /etc/rc[2,3,S].d that
        might give you some hints as to where to put your screenblank
        startup script.

Quote:

>Thanks,
>Robert Mentle

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Quote:>3) Screenblank: I am using Jef Poskanzer's newest screenblank (Aug25) and
>it works great.  My only question is where to put the command so that it is
>automatically restarted on reboot.

You might try something like the following script.

#!/sbin/sh
# /etc/init.d/initblank - Start/Stop screenblank

# This shell script starts screenblank after Solaris 2.x reboots.

# Fix this INSTDIR definition if necessary.
INSTDIR=/usr/local/bin # replace this with where you installed screenblank

# Do the following to install:
#
#       cp thisfile /etc/init.d/initblank
#       chmod a=rx /etc/init.d/initblank
#       rm -f /etc/rc[012].d/[KS]A.initblank
#       ln /etc/init.d/initblank /etc/rc0.d/KA.initblank
#       ln /etc/init.d/initblank /etc/rc1.d/KA.initblank
#       ln /etc/init.d/initblank /etc/rc2.d/SA.initblank

PATH=$INSTDIR:/usr/bin

command=$1
case $command in
start|stop) [ ! -x $INSTDIR/screenblank ] && exit
esac

pslines=`ps -e | grep screenbl`

case $command in
start)
        case $pslines in
        '') screenblank
        esac;;
stop)
        pid=
        IFS='
'
        for psline in $pslines
        do
                IFS=' '
                set x $psline
                kill $2
        done;;
*)
        echo "$0: usage: $0 {start|stop}"
        exit 1
esac