HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: walter@regina.cs.uregina.ca (Jason)
Subject: slip/ppp on aux
Reply-To: walter@regina.cs.uregina.ca (Jason)
Organization: University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 18:34:15 GMT

Has anyone successfully run slip or ppp on AUX.  I have no experience
with this operating system but a client wishes to connect to our network
using such a machine.  Please respond via e-mail as I do not read this
group.  Any help would be appreciated.

Jason Walters                           University of Regina
Network Services Manager                Regina, Saskatchewan,Canada
Computing Services                      (306)585-4305
walter@regina.cs.uregina.ca             regina!walter

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Computing Services                      (306)585-4305
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From: mm5l+@andrew.cmu.edu (Matthew Mashyna)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Printer Help
Date: 14 Sep 92 18:07:04 GMT
Organization: Psychology, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

I want to be able to lpr files to other printers on Appletalk besides
the one I selected in the chooser. I tried to copy the definition for
the AppleTalk lp and rename it to something else but it doesn't seem to
use the name or the filtering.

Any clues ?


Matt


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Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Configure Sendmail for local mail
From: R.Singh@massey.ac.nz (R. Singh)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 21:26:28 GMT
Organization: Massey University
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

I can use sendmail for sending mail to the internet, but sending it to a
local user on the machine is rejected with

RSingh... User unknown: Not a typewriter

Can't seem to figure out what I am doing wrong. Any help.

Raminder Singh
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
From: jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski)
Subject: Re: XRN and AUX Problem 
Reply-To: jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski)
Organization: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 10:16:52 GMT

root@macdfv.dfrf.nasa.gov () writes:

>I asked this question before and lost some of the answers so here it
>is again:

> I am running AUX on a IIfx and am using xrn to read the net.  I have xrn
> set up to use the vi editor for posting....but when I try to post...
> I get the message..."unable to open editor(too many processes)....

>here is one of the answers: 

>>It's possible that you've run into a proc table problem...
>>Increase MAXUP (see kconfig(1m)) to something like 40 or 50.

>Well I checked MAXUP it is set to 100.....now what?

How many processes for your user ID are running when this happens?
-- 
    Jim Jagielski               | "This is supposed to be a happy occasion.
    jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov   |  Let's not bicker and argue about who
    NASA/GSFC, Code 734.4       |  killed who."
    Greenbelt, MD 20771         |
From: alexis@panix.com (Alexis Rosen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: Slip for A/UX
Date: 12 Sep 92 23:21:38 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC

dswartz@redondo.sw.stratus.com (Dan Swartzendruber) writes:
>Well, my problem getting slip to work from my Q700 at home turned out to
>both simple and obscure, like I thought might be the case.  A co-worker
>who had his Mac working mailed me all of his shell scripts and config
>files and I pawed through them all.  Apparently my problem was that I
>have to do the ifconfig BEFORE the slattach.  None of which was mentioned
>in any of the man pages or manuals I had.  None of the people who looked
>at my bogus slipup script noticed anything wrong either.  Well, it does
>work now, so I guess that's a victory.  Sigh...

This is seriously bogus. In other words, A/UX is broken.

On a similar note, I've had slip running nicely on Panix (a IIfx) for quite
a while with 3.0. However, don't count on it ever working on a Quadra 950.
Apparently, it provokes the serial-port bug where the driver gets into a funny
state and all incoming characters are dropped. You may or may not ever be
able to use it, but _most_ of the time, if not all, you can successfully ping
a host over SLIP _once_ (ie, one packet's worth) and then the port locks up.

I don't know if this affects a Q900. Apparently, the Q700 is different, but
that's no big surprise since the port architecture is entirely different.

--
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PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC.
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
From: jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski)
Subject: Re: Rebuilding Desktop under AUX 3.0
Reply-To: jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski)
Organization: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 17:19:31 GMT

duffiem@wl.com (Mark Duffield) writes:

>I've been trying to rebuild the desktop from a non-root account under AUX 3.0
>without success.  My method has been to hold down the command and option keys
>during the login process.  This does not seem to work from a non-root account.
>It DOES seem to work from a root account.  However, when logging in as a
>non-root user after the desktop has been rebuilt from root, I do not see
>a new desktop (no new fancy icons).

>Am I doing something wrong?  My non-root users login to /users/<username>.  I
>haven't done anything wierd to the file systems (as far as I know).  Any help
>would be appreciated.  Thanks in advance. 

You may have to rebuilt the Desktop from a root account and then copy the
specific files (Desktop D?) over to the user account. Does the user have
their own personal System Folder... sounds like it.
-- 
    Jim Jagielski               | "This is supposed to be a happy occasion.
    jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov   |  Let's not bicker and argue about who
    NASA/GSFC, Code 734.4       |  killed who."
    Greenbelt, MD 20771         |
From: urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: Finder crashes
Date: 12 Sep 1992 19:34:42 +0200
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG
NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1

In comp.unix.aux, article <1086@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov>,
  jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski) writes:
> R.Singh@massey.ac.nz (R. Singh) writes:
> 
> >Disk write c4d0s31 Error: Unit Attention
> >Disk write c4d0s31 Error: Unit Attention
> >Disk read c4d0s31 Error: SCSI timeout
> >Logical block 98, physical block 98
> >Disk read c4d0s31 Error: Unit Attention
> >Logical block 98, physical block 0
> >Disk read c4d0s31 Error: Unit Not Ready
> >Logical block 98, physical block 98
> >Disk read c4d0s31 Error: Unit Not Ready
> >Generic Disk c4d0s31 retry limit exceeded: Logical block 98, physical block
> >98
> >Disk read c4d0s31 Error: Unit Not Ready
> >Logical block 98, physical block 98
> 
> The Mac requires that all SCSI devices have Unit Attention disabled. This

That doesn't apply to A/UX.

> is either done via setting some SCSI Mode Pages on the disk or with a
> small jumper on the disk's controller board. Unit Attention is entered
> during a SCSI bus reset.
> 
And it is exited as soon as the Unit Attention is transmitted to the Mac.
Thus, it's a major mystery why the Unit Attention shows up more than once,
above; it shouldn't.

Why is that A/UX system talking to the CD-ROM in the first place? And why is
it crashing when it can't talk to it, instead of just making a disgusted face?
;-)

-- 
My computer can beat up your computer.
- karl
-- 
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From: jlee@cs.umd.edu (Jyehoon Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Harddisk on IIci -> Quadra 950 ?
Date: 16 Sep 92 01:12:35 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742

Hi netters!!

I am running A/UX on Mac IIci now.
Since I expect to receive Quadra 950 in 2 weeks, I have a 'simple' question.

If I just move the internal harddisk from IIci to Quadra 950, can I run
A/UX right out of the disk. If I can't, what should I do for running A/UX
on Quadra 950 without re-installing for CD-ROM?

Thanks in advance.

jlee@cs.umd.edu
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
From: alexis@panix.com (Alexis Rosen)
Subject: Re: User limit under A/UX (and weird ps)
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 07:14:58 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC

tinsel@uiuc.edu (Thomas Aaron Insel) writes:
>ejbehr@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Eric Behr) writes:
>> Another question: since upgrading to 3.0 ps in csh seems to be broken --
>> without options, it only prints the header. Something like ps -ef still
>> works fine, but when I want to see just my processes, it doesn't show
>> anything... Is this a feature? Sorry if it's in FAQ -- I must have missed
>> it.

>This only happens, I think, when you log in from a serial line (& perhaps
>the console).  I just checked that A/UX does show your processes when you 
>telnet in.  It's probably related to the fact that A/UX show processes 
>related to your current tty, where in BSD-derived Unixes, ps is usually 
>equivalent to ps -u $user.

It happens because there are alternate device nodes for tty0 and tty1, known
as "modem", and "printer" and "iw2". Get rid of those and all will be OK.

This bug was reported in 1.1.1...

--
Alexis Rosen   Owner/Sysadmin,
PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC.
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
From: thomas@mathematik.uni-Bremen.de (Thomas Eberhardt)
Subject: Re: csh is screwed up
Organization: Univ. Bremen, Informatik
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 19:52:10 GMT

Following is a little patch to /bin/csh that should cure the problems with
the compatiblity flags (especially regarding uninterruptable system calls).
It simply changes the csh to do a setcompat(0) at startup.

To patch your csh (A/UX 3.0 ONLY) do the following as root:

Save this little adb patch file in /tmp/csh-patch:
----- cut here -----
17c?w e032
e032?w 7000 2f00 4eb9 47f0 2396 588f 4e75
$q
----- cut here -----

cd /bin
mv csh csh.orig
cp csh.orig csh
adb -w csh < /tmp/csh-patch

Now the offending script should work all the times.
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From: dswartz@redondo.sw.stratus.com (Dan Swartzendruber)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Slip configuration for A/UX
Date: 14 Sep 92 02:01:53 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer, Software Engineering

Since my last posting on this subject, I've received e-mail from at least
six people, wanting me to either mail or post my scripts/configs.  So here
they are:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

/etc/NETADDRS

0	134.111.104.17	134.111.104.255	0xffffff00

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

/etc/hosts

127.0.0.1 riva.uucp riva loop localhost
134.111.104.17 riva.hqsl.stratus.com riva-slip
134.111.104.200 nbii.hqsl.stratus.com nbii

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

/etc/resolv.conf

nameserver	134.111.18.9
domain		sw.stratus.com

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

/usr/local/bin/slipdown

#!/bin/sh
kill `ps -ef | grep slatt | grep -v grep | cut -c9-16`
route delete net default nbii

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

/usr/local/bin/slipup

cu nbii
slattconf +c /dev/tty0 19200 riva-slip nbii netmask 0xffffff00
route add net default nbii 0

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I had previously been using the ifconfig & slattach pair (in that order!),
but as someone pointed out in email, slattconf should work as well.  I tried
it and it does, so the slipup script reflects that.

-- 

Dan S.
From: time@ice.com (Tim Endres)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: HELP: SLIP connection worked once, but not now...
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92 02:44:44 EST
Organization: ICE Engineering, Inc.
Reply-To: time@ice.com (Tim Endres)
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.6v1


I had my slip connection working once, but now it does not work.
I do not know what I changed, but I have tried to work through every
permutation of the steps involved and can not get things to work.

What I do:

o I have added entries for "myhost" and "server" in /etc/hosts.

o I dial the server, login, see the slip server start.

o I run the "slattach /dev/tty0 myhost server 19200" command.
  It starts correctly and shows the right response.

o I run the "ifconfig sl0 netmask 0xffffff00" command, which seems to run
  fine.

o I run the "route add default server 2" to route stuff out the
  slip connection.

The "netstat -r" command seems to show the proper things (from memory):

	loop        loop        UH         lo0
	myhost      loop        UH         lo0
	server      myhost      UH         sl0
	default     server      UG         sl0

The problem:

pings to any host beyond "myhost" (e.g. server, hosts on server's net,
other hosts) return "Host is unreachable". pings to "myhost" or "loop"
work fine.

Further, when slip *was* working, I would get errors for hosts that
didn't exist or had no route, but at least the modem lights (SD RD)
would show data exchanges.

Now, the modem is never hit!! It is like something local (routed?) is
deciding the host is unreachable and not even considering the route
for "default" through "sl0" via "server".

Anyone have any ideas on what might be causing this problem.

Do I need a "/etc/gateways" file? If so, what should it look like?

thanks,

tim.


tim endres - time@ice.com  -or- tbomb!time
ICE Engineering, Inc - 8840 Main St, Whitmore Lake, MI 48189
Phone (313) 449 8288 - FAX (313) 449-9208
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From: MATLEVAN@EKU (Jerry LeVan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: 4 meg sims in a mac II
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 16:54:01 -0400
Organization: Listserv to Netnews Gateway at pucc.Princeton.EDU

Hello,

I just installed 4 four meg simms (in bank b) into my mac II. The
mac does not have the high density floppy drive.

If I run MODE32 with system 7.01 the finder shows (as it should)
twenty megabytes of memory. If I attempt to launch A/UX 3.0 with
MODE32 on the launch hangs. When I launch with MODE32 off, A/UX
comes up with only knowledge of 8 meg total memory (at least that
is what the startup screen claims).

I have tried autoconfig and launched newunix but to no avail.

I have set MAXPMEM to 16 million with kconfig but the system still
booted with only knowledge of 8 meg.

I have a similiar problem with A/UX 2.01 running on a 6.08 system.

Can anybody tell me how to get A/UX to recognize the extra memory?

Thanks
Jerry LeVan (matlevan@eku.bitnet or levan%eagle@eku.bitnet)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
From: dba3k@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Daniel Burton Avery)
Subject: Sendmail Help!
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 06:59:16 GMT

I am having a problem with my sendmail.  First of all, i have
recently changed my address to felix.async.vt.edu, when it was
previously mozart.async.vt.edu.  The problem si that when other
machines attempt to send mail to mine, they keep getting it
(the mail) returned.  here is an example of a returned mail
header:

From root Sat Sep  5 00:22:07 1992
Received: from felix.async.vt.edu by faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU
(AIX 3.1/UCB 5.61
/1.34)
        id AA47610; Sat, 5 Sep 92 00:22:01 -0400
Received: from uvaarpa.Virginia.EDU by mozart (5.64/A/UX-2.01)
        id AA00127; Sat, 5 Sep 92 00:23:19 EDT
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 92 00:23:19 EDT
From: MAILER-DAEMON@mozart (Mail Delivery Subsystem)
Subject: Returned mail: Service unavailable
Message-Id: <9209050423.AA00127@mozart>
To: <dba3k@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU>

   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
>>> HELO mozart
<<< 553 Local configuration error, hostname not recognized as
local
554 <root@felix.async.vt.edu>... Service unavailable: Invalid
argument

   ----- Unsent message follows -----
Received: from uvaarpa.Virginia.EDU by mozart (5.64/A/UX-2.01)
        id AA00125; Sat, 5 Sep 92 00:23:19 EDT
Received: from faraday.clas.virginia.edu by
uvaarpa.Virginia.EDU id aa11042;
          4 Sep 92 22:20 EDT
Received: by faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (AIX 3.1/UCB 5.61/1.34)
        id AA47373; Fri, 4 Sep 92 22:20:31 -0400
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 92 22:20:31 -0400
From: Daniel Burton Avery <dba3k@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU>
Message-Id: <9209050220.AA47373@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU>
X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.3 5/22/91)
To: root@felix.async.vt.edu
Subject: who?what?


Another test

(End of Message)
Now, for some reason, the 
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 92 00:23:19 EDT
From: MAILER-DAEMON@mozart (Mail Delivery Subsystem)
Subject: Returned mail: Service unavailable
Message-Id: <9209050423.AA00127@mozart>
To: <dba3k@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU> 

is referring to mozart, when I am not.  I am known as felix to
my own machine, as is seen by hostname (I'm in the hostname
file, etc).  The only instance of mozart I could find in my
directories (asside from old message logs, etc) was the file
"sendfile.fc" which I'm told is a "frozen configuration".  
If sendfile.fc is the likely culprit, then I'll need
sendfile.m4, which, for some reason, I don't have (deleted, I
suppose).  In that case, I'd love for someone to send me the
sendfile.m4 (assuming I'll need it).

Any ideas?

Thanks!
D
From: jrh@de.deere.com (John R. Howell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Change Default Text Editor
Date: 14 Sep 92 13:08:15 GMT
Followup-To: comp.unix.aux
Organization: Deere & Company

When a text file (without a reource file) is double-clicked in A/UX 3.0,
the program TextEdit is launched by default.  Is there a way to change this
so BBEdit gets launched instead?

Thanks.

John Howell
Deere & Company
(The Big Green Tractor People)
jrh@de.deere.com
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
From: jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski)
Subject: Re: tar
Reply-To: jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski)
Organization: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 09:52:21 GMT

dpassage@eden.CS.Berkeley.EDU (David Paschich) writes:

>But I do want to speak to this:

>In article <1095@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov>, 
>	jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski) writes:

>   The answer is that if you want the owner/group ID's to be that of
>   the running process and _not_ that of the original archive, you must
>   add the '-o' option... Think about it; if tar always reset the UID/GID to
>   the running process, using it for system backup _and recovery_ would
>   be a royal pain in the butt... after restoring files root would need to
>   completely restore all the UIDs/GIDs if he/she even knew what they were...

>On BSD-type systems I've used (including DEC's Ultrix, Sequent's
>Dynix, and even (shudder) Apollo's Domain/OS), on extraction tar
>creates the files with the UID of the current process _unless_ that
>current process is running as root, in which case it creates them with
>the UID and GID given in the tar file.

The big reason for the non-BSD=type behavior is to make it easier for
a non-root user (like an "operator") to perform system-wide backups and
restores.

>And actually, now that I think about it the ability to give away files
>isn't all that bad a thing...
-- 
    Jim Jagielski               | "This is supposed to be a happy occasion.
    jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov   |  Let's not bicker and argue about who
    NASA/GSFC, Code 734.4       |  killed who."
    Greenbelt, MD 20771         |
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
From: chrism@col.hp.com (Chris Magnuson)
Subject: Re: free upgrade to 3.0
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 20:04:30 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division

Actually, if your dealer is as bad as mine was then don't bother with them.
Call Apple and get them to send you a free upgrade coupon.  Don't hang up 
until they promise to send you one.  They cost me about 6 weeks of no-3.0
time because I was referred to their clearing house in Denver that handles
the distribution (who referred me back to Apple, etc.).

Get that coupon and send it in.  ANy other route is a gamble.

chrism@col.hp.com
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
From: danm@watson.ibm.com (Dan McCabe)
Subject: Re: Daystar Powercache
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 18:16:40 GMT
Reply-To: danm@grumpy.watson.ibm.com (Dan McCabe)
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM TJ Watson Research


In article <BuL9EH.Ms@news.udel.edu>, johnston@me.udel.edu (Bill
Johnston) writes:
|> There were a few grumbles about Daystar's older PowerCARD accelerator 
|> not working with A/UX 3.0, but it was also pointed out that Daystar 
|> offers a fairly liberal upgrade policy to the current PowerCache series.
|> -- 
|> -- Bill Johnston (johnston@me.udel.edu)

I don't consider $450 to be a **LIBERAL** upgrade cost. For that price, I
get no increase in functionality or performance. I do get two bug fixes (i.e., 
the upgrade lets me run A/UX 3.0, and the ability to boot my Mac II from 
floppies after the FDHD upgrade has been installed; I can't do either 
with a PowerCard).

DayStar has let its customers down in the past as well. When I bought the
PowerCard, DayStar touted its RamCard as a way to increase the memory
capabilities of the old Mac II line by virtue of a direct (i.e., non-NuBus)
connection between the RamCard and the PowerCard. This was one of my
reasons for going to the PowerCard rather than getting a IIfx upgrade. Well,
they couldn't get this direct bus to work, so now they sell the RamCard
as only a Ram disk, rather than as real system memory.

Don't get me wrong. In general, the PowerCard has been compatible and
useful. However, it isn't aging gracefully. May your DayStar purchases
fair better.

Cheers,
danm
From: levan%eagle@EKU (Jerry LeVan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: 4 meg simms
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 18:44:59 -0400
Organization: Listserv to Netnews Gateway at pucc.Princeton.EDU

Thanks to the people who responded to my problem. The answer
seems to be: Get the High Density Drive and Roms upgrade.

I have developed a weird problem. My Mac II (with the 4 meg sims)
won't do a cold start to boot system 7.01. The system hangs, however
I can almost always get going by hitting the reset switch, ie the
restart key starts a reboot which properly completes.

Seems like there might be some worts in MODE32, My copy of
versaterm pro croaks in 32 bit mode under system 7.01 but works
fine under the A/UX 3.0 finder!

Jerry