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From: oberman@ptavv.llnl.gov
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Problems w/ creating print queue on terminal server
Date: 19 Nov 92 19:42:12 GMT

In article <BxvruC.1I8@world.std.com>, reuber@world.std.com (kent b reuber) writes:
> I'm having a problem creating a print queue on a terminal server. We have
> a VAX 8350 and 2 MicroVAX II's clustered. This isn't the first device
> configured this way--we have two other LN03's on a terminal server port.
> I'm trying to follow that COM file and the instructions in the _Maintaning
> a VMS manual, but it doesn't seem to work.
> 
> [gory details skipped]
> 
> We've also tried unspooling the printer and copying a file directly to the
> device, which also fails. This leads me to believe that there's some sort
> of connetion or cabling problem, but we've changed cables, etc. Is there
> something in this startup procedure that we're doing wrong?

Everything looks OK, so I suspect the problem is with the server. The inability
to copy to the device makes me even more suspicious.

Did you set the device /nospool before copying? If not, the copy really still
just uses the queue.

1. Is the port on the server set up as ACCESS REMOTE? Is is AUTOeverything
DISABLED?

2. Is another system accessing this printer? Are they releasing the port or
keeping the link open. Connect to the TS (TSM, NCP CONNECT, or a physical
connection) and SHOW SESSION PORT 8. If there is a session, someone (or
something) has already grabbed the port.

R. Kevin Oberman			Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Internet: koberman@llnl.gov		(510) 422-6955

Disclaimer: Don't take this too seriously. I just like to improve my typing
and probably don't really know anything useful about anything.
From: Mark.Berryman@Mvb.Saic.Com (MUMPS Wizard)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Q: .tar.Z files that won't unpack under VMS
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 21:12:28 GMT
Organization: Science Applications Int'l, Corp. - Computer systems operation

mathog@seqvax.caltech.edu (David Mathog) writes:
>I frequently run into .tar.Z files that were put together on Sparcs that will
>not unpack and untar correctly under VMS.  They go through lzdcmp without
>posting any error mesages, but then blow up in tar.  Either I'm throwing the
>wrong switches or there is some bug/incompatibility in my copy of lzdcmp or
>tar. 
>
>If you can get the following test file unpacked and untarred on your system
>please let me know how you did it! 
>
>The test file:
>
>   FTP site:  cs.arizona.edu
>   directory: agrep
>   file:      agrep-2.04.tar.Z   (only 62kbytes)
>
>Transfer this to your system (binary) and do:
>
>  $ lzdcmp -x 2 agrep.tarz agrep.tar
>  $ tar extract/archive=agrep.tar
>
>[rest deleted]
 
It works for me but we apparently use different tar packages (I use VMSTAR).
I found that the following combinations worked:
 
FTP> binary
FTP> get agrep_2.04.tar.Z agrep.tar_z
 
$ lzdcmp -B -X 2 agrep.tar_z agrep.tar
$ tar xvf agrep.tar
        .
        .
(display of all of the files begin created)
        .
        .
 
The following also works:
 
$ compress -d agrep.tar    (note that this version of compress automatically
                            appends "_Z" to the name of the specified file
                            to use for input and creates an output file using
                            the name without the "_Z".  It then deletes the
                            input file.)
$ tar xvf agrep.tar
        .
        .
(same result as above)
 
For me, any other combination of switches on lzdcmp created a file that tar
could not read all the way through (it consistenly bombed after the 2nd file).
Note that I tend to use compress when retrieving files from un*x systems and
only use lzdcmp when it is likely that there is VMS file information included
in the compressed file.
 
Mark Berryman
Mark.Berryman@Mvb.Saic.Com
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
From: steffens@skcla.monsanto.com
Subject: logical table search lists 
Organization: Searle, Skokie, IL
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 22:56:12 GMT

I would like to add a logical name table to the set of tables that are
automatically searched whenever a logical is used in a command.  Specifically,
I want the members of several VMS groups to add the group logical name table to
their search list; e.g. I need the members of groups 160, 165, 170 175 to
include the logicals in group 150 in their search list.  But the people in
groups 160 - 175 also need the rest of the search list unaffected.

It seems like I should be able to redefine FILE_DEV or some such logical which
defined the list of tables to be searched?

Thanks in advance!

GCS
From: WATZE@RULLF2.LEIDENUNIV.NL (Hoekstra)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: signon info_vax
Date: 23 Nov 92 10:33:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: The Internet

signon info_vax
watze hoekstra
Medical Informatics
RijksUniversiteit Leiden


Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
From: drkhoe@nmt.edu (ONID)
Subject: Survery - Research
Organization: New Mexico Tech
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 03:12:12 GMT

                              QUESTIONNAIRE
                         TO EXAMINE CAFFEINE USE
                        AMONG COMPUTER SCIENTISTS
                         AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS
                                     
Most of us enjoy consuming caffeine in one form or another. The purpose of
this questionnaire is to examine how much caffeine is being consumed, what
form the caffeine is being consumed in, and who is consuming it.

Please answer these questions with email to: bob@jupiter.nmt.edu
with the subject 'survey'.

**Please do not post your answers, that will waste bandwidth**

You don't have to quote the whole article, just use 6 lines or so:
EXAMPLE
	1 CS
	2 85 cans
	3 Jolt
	4 5 pots
	5 none (gives me a headache)
	6 45 Vivarin/hr.

Thank you!

1. What is your field of work/study?
    EE       CS        BothNeither

2. How much soda do you consume per day (average)?
    ________

3. What kind of soda do you drink?
    ________

4. How much coffee do you consume per day (average)?
    ________

5. How much tea?
    ________

6. Do you take any caffeinated pills? If so, how many?
    Vivarin  NoDoze    Maximum Strength Excedrin
    ______   ______    ______

bob@jupiter.nmt.edu
Bob "Chunkstyle" Broilo
-- 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Moshing - the number one dance in America.  Kill the preacher hang the pope.
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From: anderson@funyet.enet.dec.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms,comp.sys.vms
Subject: Re: Grep for VMS
Keywords: help, please
Date: 18 Nov 92 21:51:33 GMT
Reply-To: anderson@funyet.enet.dec.com ()
Followup-To: comp.os.vms
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


Thom,

grep is part of OpenVMS POSIX.  This is a layered product that runs on any
version of OpenVMS starting with V5.5.  To see if it's installed on your system,
type POSIX at the DCL prompt.  If it's not, have the system manager install it.
The license to run POSIX is included with the OpenVMS license, and the software
kit is on the CD.

Paul
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
From: cobarruvias@asd2.jsc.nasa.gov
Subject: DECSET classes wanted
Organization: NASA/JSC
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 19:47:15 GMT

Anyone know if Digital has classes on the use of the DECSET tools? I will be
attending the seminar on Saturday at DECUS, but I would rather have a full week
in depth class. Anyone know if a class like this exists? And do you have
comments on it?

*****************************************************************
John R. Cobarruvias, Texas A&M Class of '78, 
NASA Johnson Space Center Houston Tx.
(713)483-9357

"And to think..................I hesitated" (Hellraiser II)
*****************************************************************

Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
From: scanlan@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (B. Scanlan)
Subject: DECterm and resources
Organization: UTCS Public Access
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 17:14:19 GMT

Hi

I am having a problem getting DECterm applying the resource "title"
when the DECterm first creates itself and appears on the DISPLAY crt. 

It appears that in order for the resource to be applied, the window must have 
focus applied to explicitly by positioning the pointer over the window and 
clicking the right mouse button. The title then changes. 

In contrast to this, the application xterm, started from ultrix will apply
the "title" resource as soon as the window appears. this is all happening on 
same Xserver.

This appears to be a deficiency in the way DECterm works, but since there seems
to be little documentation, it may actually be an "enhancement".

If anyone has an explanation, a cure, or documentation on this matter I would
greatly appreciate a posting or email.

Thanks in advance

Bruce Scanlan
scanlan@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca
From: ninja@willard.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.os.misc
Subject: 3b2 idtools/maintenance disk....
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 20:23:23 EST
Organization: Willard's House BBS, Atlanta, GA -- +1 (404) 664 8814

 
  I'm looking for a 3B2 idtools/utils/maintenance disk version
1.XX unix in order to rebuild a crashed 3B2 300/310 hard disk.
 The machine runs AT&T Unix version 2.04 and I'm looking for other
alternatives to purchasing a newer update version of AT&T Unix to
install on the machine since I can repair the harddisk if I had
the utility floppy.....and also, I'm not looking to pay AT&T's
price of $170 for a disk and manual...I may be desperate, but not
yet insane....
 
  can anybody help me....
 
                     internet:       Eudoh@sct.edu
                         UUCP:       Ninja@willard.waffle.atl.ga.us



-- 
ninja@willard.UUCP (Sonic Druid)
Willard's House BBS, Atlanta, GA -- +1 (404) 664 8814
Newsgroups: comp.os.misc
From: duzan@tweety.cis.udel.edu (Gary D. Duzan)
Subject: Re: capability references?
Organization: Your Organization Could Be Here!
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 12:25:54 GMT

In article <BxxB6K.4wo@beach.csulb.edu> werts@grover.cecs.csulb.edu (Michael Werts) writes:
=>I am working on a survey of recent research for my operating
=>systems course. My preferred topic is capabilities in operating
=>systems. However I have had difficulty finding any references
=>within the last five years, other than to Amoeba. I do have a
=>pretty good set of reference prior to that, including the Levy
=>book which has a bibliography.
=>
   Capabilities seem to have gone out of fashion, for the most part. I
understand that OS/400 for the IBM AS/400 system is a capability based
object system, but I haven't gotten that deep into it myself.

=>{ By the way, is comp.os.research moderated? I have been totally
=>unable to post there. }
=>
   Yes, it is.

                                   Gary D. Duzan
                                   Network Administrator
                                   Delaware State Hospital



-- 
                             duzan@cis.udel.edu
   _o_                       ------------------                         _o_
 [|o o|]       Virtual Reality? No thanks, I've already got one.      [|o o|]
  |_O_|       Disclaimer: I have no idea what I am talking about.      |_O_|
From: 870086t@dragon.acadiau.ca (Shannon Tremblay)
Newsgroups: comp.os.misc
Subject: write-protected hard disk ( follow up )
Date: 23 Nov 92 14:12:07 GMT
Organization: Acadia University



To all those interested.

I posted earlier that I had a disk that was telling me that it was 
write-protected and that I could not read or write files to or 
from thsi disk.
The disk drive was a Caviar 2200 WesternDigital (IDE).

using attrib I found a file on the disk I had not placed there.
The file was called 386spart.par 

Anyone have any ideas where the file came from, what its function is,
and how to remove it without doing a low-level format of the entire
disk.

Thanks in advance

Shannon

shannon.tremblay@acadiau.ca
Newsgroups: comp.os.misc
From: "Ron Blair" <blair@orion.ssdc.honeywell.com>
Subject: AFS query
To: comp.os.misc
Posted-Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 09: 37:00 CST
Cc: dan@texmemsys.com
Organization: Honeywell Systems & Research Center
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 15:37:00 GMT
Received-Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 09: 41:57 CST

In response to a request from my friend, I pass on this question. If
this is not the best news group, would someone suggest a better one?

"I have just gotten word of an academic file system called the Andrew
file system (AFS).  This file system is supposedly mountable by UNIX
OS.  If the source is available this would be a major leap forward for
me as for as implementing a multiported File System.  I would be
forever greatful if you would request information (out on UUNET)
regarding this file system & forward the info to me."

Please respond to dan@texmemsys.com (Dan Blair).

Thanks,

--rb
Newsgroups: comp.os.misc
From: Lyle_Seaman@transarc.com
Subject: Re: AFS query
Organization: Mail to News Gateway at Wang Labs
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 18:19:16 GMT

blair@orion.ssdc.honeywell.com (Ron Blair) writes:
> "I have just gotten word of an academic file system called the Andrew
> file system (AFS).  This file system is supposedly mountable by UNIX
> OS.  If the source is available this would be a major leap forward for
> me as for as implementing a multiported File System.  I would be
> forever greatful if you would request information (out on UUNET)
> regarding this file system & forward the info to me."

AFS3 has been "product-ized" and has been being sold (and supported,
enhanced, documented, etc.) by Transarc since 1989.   It is available
in binary form for most Unix workstations. Source licenses (or any
other kind of license you want to negotiate) are available as well.
For more information contact: 

afssales@transarc.com

BTW, what do you mean by "multiported"?

Lyle		Transarc		707 Grant Street
412 338 4474	The Gulf Tower		Pittsburgh 15219

Newsgroups: comp.os.misc
From: sm13@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de (Michael Schulz)
Subject: >Help : informations about DDOS ???
Keywords: DDOS, diskformat
Organization: Techn. University of Berlin, Germany
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 17:04:09 GMT

Who can help

I search for any information about DDOS.
Who can give me same informations of
		the history, 
		the company who maked it, 	
		any implementation, 
		and any literature of the OS DDOS

Most important for me are op. to read a DDOS-disk with MSDOS or WINDOWS
From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
Newsgroups: comp.os.misc
Subject: A Sinclair QL game upload at Garbo
Date: 23 Nov 92 09:05:52 GMT
Organization: University of Vaasa, Finland

Thu 19-Nov-92: Made the following game available for the general
edification of the bemused Sinclair QL clientele :-). Have fun!
 /ql/basprog
 linegame.bas    A line drawing game for calculus education

"If you do not know how to go about getting this material, users are
welcome to email me for the prerecorded garbo.uwasa.fi instructions
(long, circa 29Kb).  If you do not receive my reply within five
days, please ask your own site's system manager to construct a
returnable mail path for you".

The instructions are for MsDos files, but the information is
directly applicable to the QL files too.

..................................................................
Prof. Timo Salmi
Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous FTP archives 128.214.87.1
Faculty of Accounting & Industrial Management; University of Vaasa
Internet: ts@uwasa.fi Bitnet: salmi@finfun   ; SF-65101, Finland
Newsgroups: comp.os.misc
From: khaw@eagle.sangamon.edu (Thiam Khaw)
Subject: Help Bugs in DOS 
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Organization: Sangamon State University
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 21:52:25 GMT

It was brought to my attention from a friend of mine that there were some bugs when using the ATSPEED.COM.
	Apparently, instead of speeding up the repeat keystroke of the PC, the corrupted program (ATSPEED.COM) will delete the Config.sys file in the PC. The next time the PC is started, normal application such as windows does not work. By making the Config.sys read only does not help at all too.
	The following changes has been noted externally:
i) the attribute of ATSPEED.COM has been changed to make is Read-Only and Hidden.
ii)The size of the file has increase from 214 to 342 bytes and the date/time created from 06-12-88 5.54 p.m. to 01-01-99 12:59p.


Well, I need your help to solve this.
	Any ideas? If you do, Please e-mail to me directly.


Thanks.

khaw@eagle.sangamon.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.misc
Subject: capability references?
From: werts@grover.cecs.csulb.edu (Michael Werts)
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 17:56:43 GMT
Organization: Cal State Long Beach

I am working on a survey of recent research for my operating
systems course. My preferred topic is capabilities in operating
systems. However I have had difficulty finding any references
within the last five years, other than to Amoeba. I do have a
pretty good set of reference prior to that, including the Levy
book which has a bibliography.

Any pointers to recent work in the area would be greatly appreciated --
books, articles, journals, etc.

Thanks in advance.

{ By the way, is comp.os.research moderated? I have been totally
unable to post there. }

--

MICHAEL WERTS -- werts@csulb.edu
Computer Engineering Computer Science
California State University Long Beach
Newsgroups: comp.os.misc
From: forkin@catull.uni-passau.de (Christopher Forkin)
Subject: looking for MIX-interpreter
Organization: University of Passau, Germany
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 13:11:16 GMT

Hi,
I've just started reading D. Knuth's book "The Art of Computer
 Programming Vol.1" and wondered if someone has written a interpreter 
for MIXAL or MIX and could pass it on to me . I'm using an Apple Mac
 IIfx with A/UX 3.0 (AT&T SysV compatible ?!?). If possible as source 
in c (ANSI), maybe with a grammar for yacc and lex ?
 Thanks in advance 
-- 
Christopher Forkin
forkin@kirk.uni-passau.de
From: rlcarr@animato.network23.com (Rich Carreiro)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: searching for C68 and 1.5->1.6.23 diffs
Distribution: world
X-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16f (10.17.92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith
Date: 20 Nov 92 18:36:11 EDT
Organization: The Other Side of Life

Hello.
 I am looking for a couple of things, and am hoping that a few, kind
net.souls can help me out...

(1) I'm looking for the C68 compiler.  I found a dist on 
    plains.nodak.edu:/pub/minix/ftp_contrib, but it is not
    at all complete.
    Where is the current, most up-to-date, official distribution of
    C68?

(2) I'm also looking for the 1.5->1.6.23 upgrade stuff, both the base
    PC upgrade and the Atari-specific stuff, as I am going to be working 
    with some people in an effort to get 1.6.23 on the Amiga.  Again,
    plains seems to be rather deficient, but then again, it might be
    hidden in some ungodly directory path there. :-)

Pointers to FTP sites (or offers to email me the stuff) will be GREATLY
appreciated.

Thank you very much!


-- 
Rich Carreiro                                  Home: (401)841-8514
rlcarr@animato.network23.com
uunet.uu.net!animato!rlcarr
From: mather@sees.bangor.ac.uk (Paul Mather)
Subject: TNET: pty's with virtual consoles patch anyone?
Summary: Want patch for TNET pty patch against virtual consoles.
Organization: University of Wales, Bangor
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 17:56:52 GMT

I am currently attempting to install the TNET package posted recently.
During the installation of the pty os-patches however, the tty.c.cd
cdiff in the os-patches/pty/kernel subdirectory failed badly for me.
This is most likely due to my having applied the virtual consoles patch
ages ago.

So, would anyone be so kind as to supply me with a pty patch as supplied
with TNET for /usr/src/kernel/tty.c *relative* to the virtual consoles
patch, as is the case with the nonblocking patch in the os_patches
directory of TNET.

(As an aside, which of these os-patches supplied with TNET are
intrinsically present in 1.6.23?  Is it more worth my while upgrading to
1.6.23 and then installing TNET instead?)

FYI my setup is MINIX/PC 1.5, running in protected mode on a 1MB 286
PC/AT clone.

Cheers,

Paul.
--
e-mail: p.mather@sees.bangor.ac.uk

If your mailer can't reach me, I'm obviously not worth talking to.
From: flebbe@wega.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de (Olaf Flebbe)
Subject: Bug in fs Minix1.6.23
Organization: TAT (Theoretical Astrophysics Tuebingen), U. of Tuebingen, FRG
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 19:56:49 GMT

Hi,

I discovered a bug in the 1.6.23 fs, while using test21. Here a quote
from source of do_rename() in fs/link.c

do_rename() {
[...]
  struct inode *old_dirp, *old_ip;	/* ptrs to old dir, file inodes */
[ ...]
  if ( (old_ip = advance(old_dirp, old_name)) == NIL_INODE) r = err_code;
[ ... (no return statements) ...]
  odir = ((old_ip->i_mode & I_TYPE) == I_DIRECTORY);  /* TRUE iff dir */

The source describes how to get a pointer to the inode of file
old_name and how to test, whether it is a directory. But suppose
advance fails, then advance will return a NIL_INODE, which fs tries to
derefence. ->Crash. 

This will happen, when the old_name is located in a directory with no
read permissions, because advance uses the function search_dir in
order to determine the inode #. The comments in search_dir state that
this function checks the permissions unless the filename is "." or "..".

I'm too lazy to decide which of the described features is a bug, but
a fs crash is definitly a bug.

Is there already a "official" patch around?

greetings
   olaf
--
  Olaf Flebbe,  Theoretische Astrophysik Tuebingen
  Internet:     flebbe@tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de
From: bi136@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Michael Temari)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: TNET (0/12)
Date: 15 Nov 92 20:01:54 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


Here it comes as promised: TNET 3.0

It is tar compressed uuencoded file in 12 parts.  Name each of the 12
parts tnet3.uaa - tnet3.ual and run uud.  Then compress -d on tnet3.tar.Z
file and then tar xvf tnet3.tar.

Send any comments, bugs, etc.. to temari@temari.ae.ge.com

Have fun,

Michael Temari                                 temari@temari.ae.ge.com
From: fpp@minor.UUCP (Frank Pursel)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Distribution: world
Subject: Progress on 1.6.16, 1.6.23??
Keywords: MINIX, upgrade, ftp
Organization: UUCP
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 01:17:21 +0100

Hello net people,

I've made headway on my upgrade to 1.6.16.  The reason build was not
finding the kernel data space magic number was that the size of my
bootblok was wrong.  I doctored the Makefile for bootblok and now things 
seem OK.  However, in the interest of completeness I must note that I did
not get the same eight words at the start of the bootblok specified in the
Makefile.  They were almost the same, but I had a 31 where a 33 was specified.
I'm hoping that this is not a fatal problem.

Alas, now I have a new problem.  Build now tells me it cannot find the 
data segment magic number for the memory manager.  An octal dump has 
deepened the mystery; I can't locate 0xDADA, O332 O332, anywhere!  This has 
me stumped.  I'm using the ANSI compiler.  Can anyone give me a reason why
the memory manager and file system would compile sucessfully with an I&D 
space but not have 0xDADA anywhere?  Just because I'm dumb, I'll also
ask what part of the code causes the magic number assigned to the kernel to
be different from the one used in mm and fs?  One thing I haven't looked at 
yet, strange word splits.  Could 0xDADA be split into xyDA DAyz?

On a totally new note.  Someday I'd like to complete an upgrade to 1.6.23.
Where can I get it.  Will it soon be on plains.nodak.edu?  If not, I know
someone will suggest ftp from somewhere.  OK, I'll bite, I have access to 
UUCP and therefore the internet, but have no idea how to ftp something without
and interactive internet connection.  Any suggestions?  Is there a way to 
use 'uux' to obtain ftp'ed files?

I hope the solution to my old problem helps someone else.

Thanks,
Frank Pursel peora!jwt!minor!fpp