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From: matt@crawfish.math.tulane.edu (Matt Hopkins)
Subject: PostScript problems...
Organization: Mathematics dept., Tulane University
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 18:42:25 GMT
Nntp-Posting-Host-[nntpd-807]: crawfish.math.tulane.edu

I'm having some problems printing some PostScript documents.  I'm using our  
local (Sun) network's Apple LaserWriter. I have it in /etc/printcap correctly,  
have it setup on the servers /etc/hosts.lpd, etc...  I can print normal  
(ASCII) documents, so I think everything is OK.  When I print PostScript  
stuff, though, I get errors like this from ehandler.ps:

----
ERROR: typecheck
OFFENDING COMMAND: get

STACK:

/Encoding
/findfont
/findfont
/
/Helvetica
/_NXHelvetica
----

I ran "fontloader Helvetica | lpr -Pnetlw" (netlw is my local name for the  
laserwriter), and figured that would fix it.  Well, it didn't.  I've tried  
printing it straight from WriteNow, and also saving it to a .ps file and  
printing it from there.  Neither way worked.  I've pretty much run out of  
ideas so any help would be greatly appreciated!

Matt

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From: istewart@pyrian.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
Subject: Nextdefaults.D & L
Date: 9 Sep 92 23:52:25 GMT
Organization: Pyrian, Inc.

How do I remove an applications entries in these files. I had a problem with  
an app and I had to delete both files to get it to work. Needless to say, all  
my preferences for every app the user uses need to be redone. Any help is  
appreciated.

Ian
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From: andrew@cubetech.com (Andrew Loewenstern)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
Subject: Re: Integrating NeXT and Novell with 3.0.
Date: 12 Sep 92 00:44:49 GMT
Organization: Cube Technologies, Inc.

In article <1992Sep10.142055.24373@Princeton.EDU> tvz@zandtwerk.Princeton.EDU () writes:
>  The network at our institute uses a so-called Arcnet interface
>  to connect the server with the workstations, with simple
>  telephone wires and standard U.S. telephone plugs.
>
>Can anyone tell me what will be involved in connecting the
>NeXTStation to the network, under NeXTStep 3.0?

You will need an ArcNet<->EtherNet bridge.  ArcNet is electrically and
logically different from ethernet, so you cannot plug it into the en
port.  However, I have never heard of ArcNet running over twisted pair
lines, so your friend could be mistaken.  If he is mistaken, then it
is most likely 10baseT ethernet.  In that case, just plug in and go!

If it is really ArcNet, I am not entirely sure it will work with a
bridge (ArcNet is also a lot slower than ethernet).


andrew
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From: magnus@Fisher.Stanford.EDU (Magnus Nordborg)
Subject: Re: Rebooting (was Re: help! /private/vm/swapfile 44MB. How to shrink it?)
Organization: DSO, Stanford University
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 19:07:21 GMT

In article <BOB.92Sep8095726@volitans.MorningStar.Com> bob@MorningStar.Com  
(Bob Sutterfield) writes:

Deleted stuff

> An ever-growing swap file is a bug that no user should tolerate, and
> that any vendor should be embarassed to let out the door, even on its
> first limited-circulation alpha prerelease of a new OS version.
> Frequent rebooting is not an acceptable solution to an OS bug.

The swapfile is *not* "ever growing" if you specify a maximum size in  
/etc/swaptab. Of course, doing so will not stop the system from running  
out of swapspace, but the alternative seems to be what one does on many  
other Unix machines: pre-allocate a couple of hundred megabytes for a swap  
partition.  Then you will not have to see virtual memory eating your disk  
because, in essence, it already has!

This is not to say that it wouldn't be nice if the swap file could shrink  
dynamically as well, but only to claim that it isn't as horrible as some  
postings seem to indicate. :-)
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		Stanford University
		magnus@fisher.stanford.edu (NeXT mail preferred)
From: pitakc@ursula.ee.pdx.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
Subject: Swapdisk
Date: 9 Sep 92 16:35:45 GMT
Article-I.D.: pdxgate.6083
Reply-To: pitakc@ursula.ee.pdx.edu ()
Distribution: usa


I will be getting a new drive for my station and like to turn my internal drive 
into a swapdisk and boot from the external drive. What is a procedure for 
turning the internal drive into a swapdisk ? I could not find the info in the 
Network & Sysadmin manual that came with the machine or else where.

Please respond by e-mail to  pitakc@ee.pdx.edu

Thank you in advance.  

Pitak Chenkosol
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From: rrbk50@email.sps.mot.com (Rick Cottle)
Subject: NFS Under 3.0
Organization: SPS
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 19:25:20 GMT

I was disappointed when I got my Next's that under NS2.2 the 
implementation of automounting was so different from SUN's.
Since I have a mixed environment, it would be very useful if
the automounting worked the same on both.

Does anyone know if they have fixed this under NS3.0?

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From: dillon@overload.Berkeley.CA.US (Matthew Dillon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
Subject: Re:  Mounting a MS-DOS floppy
Distribution: world
Date: 12 Sep 92 18:28:22 PST
Organization: Not an Organization

>In article <1992Sep11.140337.15360@next.cambridge.ma.us> simsong@next.cambridge.ma.us (Simson L. Garfinkel) writes:
>>In article <PPOH.92Sep10095358@amethyst.tcs.tufts.edu>
>ppoh@amethyst.tcs.tufts.edu (Paul B. Poh) writes:
>>
>> Anyone know how I can read a MS-DOS disk on a NeXT if I'm not at the
>> console or if I'm not running the NeXT window manager.
>
>altos> /usr/filesystems/DOS.fs/DOS.util
>usage: /usr/filesystems/DOS.fs/DOS.util action device [[mount_point] removable
>writable]
>action:
>	-p (Probe)
>..

    Yes, and an excellent way to crash your NeXT if you aren't careful.

    I could not find any documentation on how to use these filesystems with
    workspace other then what you get when you run the command with no
    arguments.	My NeXT (running 3.0) recognizes DOS disks just fine but
    when it comes to *formatting* it's at a loss.

					    -Matt

>................................................................simson

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From: willr@.wedge.nt.com (Will Raymond)
Subject: Hitachi DK515C Disktab - Setup
Organization: Northern Telecom Inc., RTP, NC
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 02:32:37 GMT

Anyone know how to setup a Hitachi DK515C ?

Here is the info from scsimodes:

SCSI information for /dev/rsd1a
Drive type: HITACHI DK515C
512 bytes per sector
70 sectors per track
14 tracks per cylinder
1361 cylinder per volume (including spare cylinders)
1 spare sectors per track
28 alternate tracks per volume
0 usable sectors on volume

Thank-you.

Will
 
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From: neil@ms.uky.edu (Neil Greene)
Subject: Re: Chances of a 3.1 (was: Re: 3.0 SimpleNetworkStarter)
    <Bu7yH7.KwD@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 03:22:48 GMT
Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences

jeffo@uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson-Owens) writes:

>Simson L. Garfinkel writes
>> It's a new app.  Lots of bugs.  See the release notes.

>And someone said there probably wouldn't be a 3.1...somehow, I don't think  
>so.  What other apps are buggy?  Is there a definate chance or need for  
>3.1 or are there workarounds that NeXT is telling it's users to use  
>instead?

I have had D-Librarian die on me.  There are some bugs in SNS and UserManager
also, none of which cannot be avoided.  I am sure there will be a 3.1 release
to fix those documentated bugs, but all in all, I was happy with the upgrade.
-- 
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		Director, Kentucky NeXT User Group
		Email: deepthought!neil@ms.uky.edu
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From: szatezal@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Shane M Zatezalo)
Subject: booting problems -- unexpected kernal page fault failure
Keywords: kernel failure
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 15:05:31 GMT


We are having problems booting one of our NeXTStations. It stops during
the boot process when "Checking System Disk" is displayed in the
message box.

The problem is not consistent, in that it boots up roughly 40% of the
time.

If the cpu does hang, and we try rebooting a few more times (via
command-command-~) we can successfully boot the machine. (after
a few tries)

When we bootup with the monitor screen up, we've had two things happen:

1. the error message "unexpected kernal page fault failure" 
2. panic: (Cpu 0) MMU invalid descriptor during table walk

I would venture to "guess" that the kernal has gone bad, and we have to
rebuild the hard drive, but then again, I'm no NeXT god. Any ideas?

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From: Mark-Tarbell@suite.com
Subject: Re: FIX: Losing Preferences
Reply-To: suite!tarbell@uunet.uu.net
Organization: Suite Software, Anaheim CA.
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 21:17:29 GMT

The problem with Preferences is more than that stated.
If you'll notice, the only Preferences which DON'T
stick are the first four in the Preferences app:
- Mouse Preferences
- Keyboard Preferences
- Display Preferences
- General Preferences
(Actually, in the General Preferences, the Font selection
sticks, but the System Beep does not.) It is not an NFS or
protection problem. If it were, you would be able to
write Preferences from the server/console. That doesn't work.
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From: lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson)
Subject: Re: FIX: Losing Preferences
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 00:13:58 GMT

shawn@monitor.com writes:

>Sorry if this is a rehash for some of you.

>A number of folks have had problems with folks on their network losing their  
>Preference settings (or rather, not having them stay changed) when they log  
>out and back in.

>This generally will happen when a user's home directory is on an network NFS  
>mounted drive.  The problem is that Preferences runs SUID root and expects  
>root access to the device it is writing to.

But I have changed my Preferences to mode 755 so that no one but
root can change the clock time.  Why should Preferences need to be
suid in order to write to the home dir of the person logged in?
(I have been noticing this problem as well, keyboard preferences
aren't getting saved)

>The fix is to export the server volume with root access to the machines that  
>need it, or you can export it to the world with root access (obvious security  
>issues here).  In your /etc/exports file:
>     /Users -root=machine1:machine2:machine3 etc.......
>to allow certain machines root access to /User and:
>     /Users -anon=0
>to allow the world root access to /User.

No way, not going to open up security holes like that... I want a
better answer... :-)

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From: jypai@ccnext.csie.nctu.edu.tw
Subject: looking for vmstat equivalent
Keywords: vmstat
Reply-To: jypai@ccnext.csie.nctu.edu.tw
Organization: Computer Science & Information Engin., Chiao-Tung U, Taiwan, ROC
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 08:34:44 GMT

On SunOS 4.1.2, there's an utility called 'vmstat' which  reports virtual  
memory statistics. 
Is there such an utility on NeXT?
I've checked NeXT's electronic
NeXT User manual
UNIX Manual Pages
FAQ
NeXTAnswer.
But didn't find anything about 'vmstat'.


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From: stabl@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (Robert Stabl)
Subject: Re: How do I enable 10baseT
Reply-To: stabl@informatik.uni-muenchen.de
Organization: Leibniz-Rechenzentrum, Muenchen (Germany)
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 12:17:03 GMT

In article <BuFMw1.3GB.2@cs.cmu.edu> rwb@alexander.VI.RI.CMU.EDU (Robert  
Berger) writes:
> Is there some magic incantation I have to do to switch the machine
> from thinnet to 10baseT? Or was it supposed to automatically detect
> the 10BaseT?

We are using 10baseT to connect our NeXT's. The machine automatically detects  
the right interface.

> If I use 10BaseT am I supposed to terminate the thinnet BNC connector?

No.

Regards
 Robert Stabl.
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From: andrew_abernathy@wire.gwinnett.com (andrew abernathy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.advocacy
Subject: Re: OBJECT Query:  NeXTstep QuickTime Object Developer Interest
Date: 12 Sep 92 20:14:04 GMT
Organization: or lack thereof

In article <1992Sep12.050609.454@liveware.com> todd@liveware.com writes:
> Dear Netland Programmers,
> 
> Liveware is seriously considering developing a QT 3.0 Object
> for developers.  We have contacted the Developer of QT and
> Apple (one of the same these days) and have begun discussions
> about bringing QT to NeXTstep.

Am I the only person who feels strongly that this technology
belongs at the system level?  I don't mind Liveware doing the
work, but if they do it and it's not bundled with NeXTSTEP,
NeXT will probably be hesitant to compete with it, and we
simply won't be able to assume it's presence, which I feel
is very important.  If it IS done as a third-party product,
I really hope that it doesn't cost more that one hundred
dollars; even then many people won't buy it.
-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.advocacy
From: marcu@leland.Stanford.EDU (Marc Albert Ullman)
Subject: Re: EMACS bindings
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 00:54:37 GMT

In article <1992Sep13.235946.22798@cube.handheld.com> jmd@cube.handheld.com (Jim De Arras) writes:
>I class it along with folks that must have EMACS key bindings, etc, on their  
>NeXT editors, and other examples of an inflexible unix mindset on a platform  
>that is able to rise above all the little grey memory based clicisms that
>haunt unix.
>
>I'm too old to learn which keystroke does what in which package.  NeXTSTEP
>ALL THE WAY!

Your objections to NeXT's inclusion of emacs bindings to many aspects of
their Window/OS system are totally off base.  One of NeXT's strengths is
how nicely they have integrated both mouse-based actions and keyboard
actions.  You sound like Steve Jobs 10 years ago when he claimed no
computer of his would have cursor keys (or something along those lines).
He saw the light (as evidenced by both the NeXT and the newer Mac keyboards).
Maybe someday you will too.  In the meantime, while you have to reach for
a mouse to move your cursor to the beginning a line, etc. those of us
"young" enough to know how to type will use simple simple EMACS
shortcuts like <CTRL-A>.  Furthermore, you complain that different keystrokes
do different things in different packages--that's the beauty of the basic 
EMACS command set.  It is a nearly universal standard, and NeXT, true
to their claim of advocating and supporting standards, has done the best
job in the industry in following this one.

--Marc Ullman
  Stanford University

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From: kris@coyote.fdn.org (Christophe Janot)
Subject: Re: Avoid RightBrain (was: Re: PasteUp vs PageMaker vs Quark...)
Reply-To: kris@coyote.fdn.org (Christophe Janot)
Organization: RNuG
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 16:35:46 GMT

In article <Bu3B8w.2u1@news.cso.uiuc.edu> jeffo@uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson-Owens)  
writes:
> Jack Reynolds writes
> [a bunch of RTF advertisement crap]
> 
> Can't you folks at RightBrain, or at least Jack Reynolds, get it through  
> your collective thick heads that advertisements are not welcome?
> 
> Yes, it is true, that although you did label it as RTF, you didn't label  
> it as an advertisement (which USENET rules ask you to do).  Ever consider  
> that people might *NOT* enjoy paying to read advertisements?

I agree with this opinion, but avoiding RighBrain is a little exagerate. Just  
wait for the real capacities of PasteUp to do this or not...

Kris
-- 
When will RightBrain stop filling the netnews
with their advertising or marketing posts ?
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.advocacy
From: songer@lexmark.com (Christopher Songer)
Subject: Re: Nextstep on NT
X-Disclaimer: These views are the poster's and not necessarily those of Lexmark
Organization: Lexington, KY
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1992 16:01:41 GMT

jbone@splat.dell.com (Jeff Bone) writes:

>
[Lots of UNIX romps on NT stuff. :) ]
>

My feeling is that NT offers enough of the functionality of UNIX
to destroy UNIX's bid for the desktop. NT will never replace UNIX -- no
proprietary system could do that, but it could relgate UNIX to the role 
of a niche player. 

To bring the topic back to nexts... There is no question that NT is a 
monumental improvement over the current OS being used by the majority
of PC users. NT will probably have good sales, and completely independent
of its technical merits, will probably garner a large market share. The
mere fact that it is from MicroSoft, offers all the networking of UNIX,
offers the OS functionality of UNIX and requires fewer system resources 
dictates this. One would almost wonder if in the first year it will 
exceed UNIX's market share.

Also worth mentioning is that NT seems to offer an OS base that provides
much of the functionalty Nextstep requires. (If can be ported to AIX,
it can be proted anywhere :)

So the question is NeXT should port to NT? Certainly if they want to go for
market share they should. NeXT is primarily a desktop company. NT is probably
going to be a desktop OS. I don't know the answer, but if they want to go
for impact on the software world, NT may be the place to be.

-Chris

PS:
Jeff had lots of good points (and certainly so many points that to address 
them would make this so long no one but Jeff would read it ... :) but I would 
like to comment on two of them.
>
>I'm going to totally ignore the issue of threads, as comparing UNIXy
>thread mechanisms -w- NT threads is like comparing apples and oranges.
>
The point is: Comparing various UNIX threads is like comparing Apples 
and Oranges -- that's the problem.

>
>I offer the reverse perspective.  Given some UNIX experience, one aquires
>a "feel" for what command line options are going to be and which are going
>to make sense.  ...
>
While I somewhat agree with this statement, examining my own motives for
agreeing and reading it objectively; I do have to catagorize it into the 
realm of UNIX religion. I've heard the exact same comments from VM and 
VMS lovers ... with a minor modification.  :) :) :)
From: jbone@splat.dell.com (Jeff Bone)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.advocacy
Subject: Re: New idea: forget Open Systems. N(o)T! (was Re: Open...)
Date: 8 Sep 92 01:42:14 GMT
Organization: Dell Computer Co

waltrip@capd.jhuapl.edu writes:
>
>  ...reasons for wanting NeXTStep on NT...
>

Okay, I finally get it:  you don't necessarily want NT, you just want
to run DOS and Windows apps.  You don't need a proprietary, single-
vendor microkernel for that.  SoftPC does a relatively okay job;
why not encourage NeXT to invest in making that better.  You could 
almost certainly get the same result for far less money.  Just turn up
the heat for NeXT to actively pick up, distribute, support, and collab-
oratively enhance SoftPC along -w- Insignia.  The recurring argument I'm
hearing for NT is "PC compatibility";  well, you don't need NT for that!
Why consign the whole industry to a single-vendor hell when a superior
alternative is clearly available?  PC compat. isn't even a good reason
for NT!!  You're going to have a choice of NeXTStep 486 vs. NT, and
I'd wager that both will be have about the same level of DOS compat.
when NT finally ships --- now, if you want a BSD API and all the other
NeXT goodies, why buy NT?

> (re: "the vision" of NeXTStep on NT)
>  Now is that a marketing plan, or what?

For Microsoft, perhaps.

>> Let's just toss this ridiculous idea called "Open Systems" we've
>> all been toying with for the last decade, okay?  What say?  N(o)T.
>							      ^^^^^
>	Clever.  I like it.  We'll adopt it as our logo in the time of the
>	True Awakening after Bill, er, Lucifer is finally consigned to the 
>	pit.

Slogan:  "NT.  Just say NoT."  ;)


Ciao yet again.  Standard Disclaimers.


jb


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From: aberno@godel.questor.wimsey.bc.ca (Anthony Berno)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.advocacy
Subject: How about a demo to popularize NS486?
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 04:28:34 GMT
Reply-To: aberno@godel.questor.wimsey.bc.ca


It would seem to me that it wouldn't be too terribly difficult to make a  
"demo" version of NS486 that could be given away for free/cost of media,  
and would do things like:

-have only cursory documentation, but lots of "about NS486" things.
-not have all the UNIX things, only what was absolutely needed to make it  
function.
-run only one app at a time, or be time-limited, or come up with a window  
saying "Demo Version" every minute, or something to make it of no  
"practical" use
-be small enough that you could install it in only a few meg, then remove  
it when you didn't want it on your PC.

It might be a very good advertising tool, and would probably only require  
modest resources to construct. Perhaps it would just be too complicated  
for a demo, as it would have to be "installed", but it's a thought. 

Any comments?

-Anthony

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