Mark Allam wrote: > Hi Quaker, > > Thank you very much. Sorry but I am a beginner in opensolaris.Can you > confirm if thats what needed to be done. > I saved state.d in a folder called unixfiles and typed the commands > below but the prompt didnt come back. This is correct, there will be no output until you wireless connection lose. > Please take me through this on a > slower step by step command line because i dont know how to run the > script file state.d > See what i did. > > mark at BlackHP:~$ uname -a > SunOS BlackHP 5.11 snv_86 i86pc i386 i86pc Solaris > mark at BlackHP:~$ > > mark at BlackHP:~/unixfiles# chmod +x state.d > mark at BlackHP:~/unixfiles# ./state.d > > > Now the issue that i have is when i try to update solaris through the > command below it will stop and the wireless link will disconnect as msg > below. > > > mark at BlackHP:~$ pfexec pkg image-update > DOWNLOAD PKGS FILES XFER > (MB) > openoffice 10/636 141/64530 > 1.40/878.58 > pkg: An unexpected error happened while preparing for image-update: > pkg: An error was encountered while attempting to retrieve package or > file data for the requested operation. > pkg: Could not retrieve filelist from > 'http://pkg.opensolaris.org/release' > URLError reason: (8, 'node name or service name not known') I am not expert of image-update, but I think this is not caused by your wireless driver. If there is any disconnection, the dtrace script window will print some messages.
-- Quaker > > mark at BlackHP:~$ > > > > Quaker Fang wrote: >> Mark lovens wrote: >>> I have a problem with my internet which would not stay on for more >>> that a minute. My wireless link stays on for about 120 secs and will >>> disconnect. I know my wireless ADSL router is not the issue because >>> i have 2 other laptops with windows and work fine. >>> >>> Each time i try to download something, it will stop halfway because >>> the wireless link died. >>> >>> How do I fix the internet disconnection problem? >>> >> What wifi driver do you use? and your Solaris version by "uname -a"? >> Please try attached dtrace script when you start downloading, and >> return output message here when it disconnects. >> >> -- >> Quaker >> >>> Cheers >>> Mark >>> >> > >
