a problem about swinstall

[Ryan Gu]

ENV: HP-UX v11.00 L1000
Desc: a software depot in /tmp/depot

When I use swlist,it display these:
hostA# swlist -s /tmp/depot
# Initializing...
# Contacting target "hostA"...
#
# Target: hostA:/tmp/depot
#

#
# Bundle(s):
#

SNMPAgntHP11man B.11.01.00 Emanate SNMP simple Agent Man Pages
SNMPAgntHPUX11x B.11.01.00 Emanate SNMP Agent

But when I use swinstall,it seems not work correctly.
l === SD Install - Target Selection (hostA) (1) k
xFile View Options Actions Help x
x Press CTRL-K for keyboard help. x
xHighlight targets on which to install software. x
xThen choose the 'Mark For Install' item in the Actions menu. x
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xTargets 0 of 1 selectedx
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x Marked? Hostname Type Path Hardware Operating System x
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xx hostA Root ^

What's the reason?How could I resolve this problem?

[Norman_21]

Hello,

Are you trying to install,

Here is how to select the bundle with the swinstall:

swinstall -s \*

I hope I understood your question.

Good luck.

[Ravi_8]

Hi

#swinstall -s /tmp/depot
is the command to install.

can you post the error if any.

[T G Manikandan]

check /var/adm/sw/swagentd.log file for any problems with the swinstall session

[Gopa]

hi,

It looks like your system is not resolving the hostname properly hence it is asking for the target.

Check for hostname,resolv.conf ,/etc/hosts


regds
GK

[Balaji N]

hi,
what is the exact error you are getting. could you please be a bit more specific.

is the swinstall window appearing properly. or is that the problem. is your display set.
-(a confused)balaji

[Ryan Gu]

/var/adm/sw/swinstall.log shows that:
======= 03/19/03 13:56:42 EAT BEGIN swinstall SESSION (interactive)
(jobid=gs6-0045)

NOTE: The interactive UI was invoked, since no software was
specified.

* Session started for user "root@gs6".

* Beginning Selection

======= 03/19/03 13:56:47 EAT END swinstall SESSION (interactive)
(jobid=gs6-0045)

I found another way to use it.And it seems work well but the interactive UI will not come out.
The first article I paste include the screen of swinstall UI.It only show the target selection UI but not interactive UI.

Another thing,syslog say that "sendmail[16200]: unable to qualify my own domain name (hostA) -- using short name"

[Ryan Gu]

I have no nsswitch.conf file.And my hosts file has no wrong enteries.

[SGUX · Accepted solution]

Jason,

to solve the message about sendmail in the syslog place an alias at the line where your localhostname is with the "localhostname." (the dot is the important part here) in /etc/hosts like;
IP hostname hostname.

After this the message should not appear in the syslog anymore

[Norman_21]

Hello again,

In regard of your swinstall issue. If you issued the following command to avoid the interactive mode.
#swinstall -s \*

Or when you go to the interactive mode you should select the software by hiting the space bar to highlight the bundle you want to install :
#swinstall -s
then click on Space Bar to highlight the bundle, then
Actions Menu>Install

It sould work.
Good luck.

[Ryan Gu]

Thanks all.