Problem:

On Asianux Server 3 and Asianux Server 3 SP1, after installing SYBASE ASE-15, it is impossible to enter anything in the dialog box when running asecfg tools in GUI.


Reason:

This happens because some symbolics are missing.


Solution:

In a terminal, do as follows:

#mkdir /usr/...

Problem:

Impossible to enter the password during the verification process when the DB2 client is connecting to the DB2 server.


Reason:

This is a focus problem.


Solution:

Refresh the interface or change focus.
Another solution is to paste the password from another file.

Problem:

At the end of Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise Suite 15.0, the following messages appear:

Unable to log in to Adaptive Server `IP xxx`.
Can`t install full-text search SDS scripts.
Server `IPxxx_TEXT` was not created.

Followed by the `Product configuration failed` message.



Reason:

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Problem:

On machines based on ppc64 platform (IBM blades for example), if AIX was used before, the installation of Asianux Server 3 will fail with the followingerror message:

RAMDISK: ran out of compressed data
invalid compressed format (err=1)
No filesystem could mount root, tried:  ext2 iso9660
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to ...

Solution:

A) Host operating system is Asianux Server 3 SP1:
when installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 as a guest OS, please choose English when installing.

B) host operating system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1
Please use the ftp protocol as the other protocols combined with paravirtualisation will fail.


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You must start the service portmap BEFORE running SANsurfer in order to use it.

Problem:

The following error message shows when loading 2nd kernel with kdump: "irq 169: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option)"

Solution:

Problem:

To use dbmail with mysql, the user must uninstall postgresql then install mysql. But then the user can not setup dbmail with mysql.

Reason:

dbmail can not create/modify the configuration file correctly.
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Problem:
When booting, the iSCSI (Internet SCSI) initiator is unable to login to all targets upon boot.

Reason:
This happens because the NIC (network interface card) is not ready when the iscsi scripts starts.

Solution:
insert a `sleep 30` into the start() in /etc/init.d/iscsi

Problem:
In Chinese environment (locale: simplified Chinese, gb18030), when sharing some files or folder with Chinese characters (smb://ip_of_shared_folder), they cannot be accessed  through the network.
This happens because the coding is different.

Solution:
Create a configuration file named smbshared-lang.conf in /etc/samba/, and, if you use GB18030, w...