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From: steveh@zentronics.ca (Steve Haller)
Subject: Re: Locus PCI "who" strangeness
Organization: Zentronics Head Office, Mississauga, Ontario, CANADA
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 22:59:05 GMT

In article <9211060753.aa25735@dlpco.dlpco.COM> Lee Penn  <lee@dlpco.dlpco.COM> writes:

>SCO nor Locus will admit that this can happen.  "Noone" has this
>problem.  So, I am forwarding this problem to a higher level...
>
>I have ODT 2.0 installed on a DEC 433MP (currently without MPX 
>being installed).  We are actively networked with TCP and PCI and 
>are contemplating the NETCON Novell clone under SCO UNIX.
>
>When I logged in today using PCI, I tried to run a command which 
>requires a proper user ID.  It failed.  I then did a "who" 
>command and it reported that I was "sue" logged onto ttyp1....
>
>Since I had logged in as "lee", this is a bit of a puzzle.
>
>I normally log in using JSB Multiview and this was the case this 
>time as well.  However, logging in using the raw "em2" command 
>from a DOS prompt results in the very same "who" strangeness.

Lee, I had the same problem with ODT 1.1 and users using the em2 
facility to login.  Here is a description of the problem as it was a few
months ago.

	My software configuration at the time was
		ODT 1.1, Update G, X11R4, OP 2.0, PC Interface 4.0 Server

	Here is what is happening:

	I (steveh) am running X on the console and have a number of scoterm
	sessions on the go (ttyp1 ttyp2 ttyp3 ttyp4).  User user1 logs in using
	PCI's em2 and gets ttyp5.

	He types who and gets the following:

	steveh     ttyp1        Apr 28 08:33
	steveh     ttyp2        Apr 28 08:34
	steveh     ttyp3        Apr 28 08:34
	root       ttyp01       Apr 28 08:34
	steveh     ttyp4        Apr 28 09:27
	user1      ttyp5        Apr 28 09:28

	he now issues the following commands

	command                result
	======                 =====
	id           		   uid=257(user1) gid=50(group)
	tty                    /dev/ttyp5
	who am i               steveh     ttyp5        Apr 28 08:21
	logname                steveh


Weird!

Lee, I talked to both SCO and Locus and never got this one resolved.
We are now using Tiny Term and JSB over LAN Manager and running an ODT 2.0
server, and have not seen this "who" strangeness.

My guess is that somehow PCI is causing /etc/utmp and /etc/wtmp to
become out of date or corrupt  - As the tty, who am i, and logname 
commands use these files, that would explain the strange results.

Hope this helps.

-- 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Steve Haller           steveh@zentronics.ca / uunet.ca!zentron!steveh
Systems Engineer,      Zentronics Toronto,  "Authorized SCO APC"
Tel: (416) 507-2600
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From: "SCO Information" <info@sco.COM>
Subject: Get Connected With SCO At Comdex
Organization: XeniTec Consulting Services, Kitchener, ON, Canada
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 18:19:26 GMT
Followup-To: biz.sco.general


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From: jlf@decatl.alf.dec.com (Jeff Finklestein)
Newsgroups: biz.sco.opendesktop
Subject: Strangeness in linking with X11 and sockets
Date: 5 Nov 92 21:40:20 GMT
Reply-To: jlf@alf.dec.com
Organization: digital equipment corporation


We're running ODT V1.1 with the developers kit and having problems
linking with the X11 and socket libraries. For example, the X11 library
appears to contain a version of gethostname(2) and gethostbyname(2) that is not
compatible with what is in the libsocket library. The following code illustrates
this point.

/*
** ipaddr.c
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <netdb.h>

void main(void)
{
	char hostName[MAXHOSTNAMELEN];
	struct hostent *hostEntry;
	struct timeval timeValue;

	if (gettimeofday(&timeValue,NULL) < 0) {
		perror("gettimeofday failed");
		exit(1);
	}
	
	printf("Time: %x\n",timeValue.tv_sec);

	if (gethostname(hostName,MAXHOSTNAMELEN) < 0) {
		perror("gethostname failed");
		exit(2);
	}

	printf("Host Name: %s\n",hostName);

	if (!(hostEntry = gethostbyname(hostName))) {
		perror("gethostbyname failed");
		exit(3);
	}

	printf("IP Addr: %x\n",*((unsigned long *) (hostEntry->h_addr)));
}

-----

# Makefile

all:	works noworks

works:	ipaddr.o
	cc -o works ipaddr.o -lsocket

noworks: ipaddr.o
	cc -o noworks ipaddr.o -lX11 -lsocket

ipaddr.o: ipaddr.c
	cc -c ipaddr.c

------

output:

$ works
Time: 2af7d5cd
Host Name: ryhope.alf.dec.com
IP Addr: 5a09384

$ noworks
Time: 2af7d5e1
Host Name: ryhope
gethostbyname failed: Host name lookup failure

-----

Has anyone seen this before? Or am I doing something really silly?

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customer support center           | etc, etc, etc...
Newsgroups: biz.sco.opendesktop
From: sheldon@iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon)
Subject: Re: Cannot Access Physical Dos Partition
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 20:49:21 GMT

In <BxDtrD.DnG@NeoSoft.com> rohit@NeoSoft.com (Rohit Mehrotra) writes:

>Hi,

>I installed SCO-ODT2.0 and as part of the installation created the
>dos and Unix partitions.

>Everything seemed to have gone fine, however I am facing the following problem:

>When I run the command "dos", and change drives to "E:", then doing a directory
>listing gives me the error: 'Error Reading Drive E'. However if I say 
>dosdir C: it shows me the files which are on the dos partition.

>The manual says that if I have a physical dos partition on the same disk I 
>should be able to access it as E:

>I know I do have a physical dos partition as I can boot dos by saying 'dos' on
>the boot prompt.

>Am I missing something obvious.

>Thanks in advance for any kind of tips etc.

 It's not obvious.  It's not covered in the paper documentation.  It's only
in the online help library.

 as root type:

 /usr/lib/merge/part_set.sh

 You must have already formatted the DOS partition by booting from floppy.

 Access the online help library from the ? icon on the X desktop.  There is
a lot of answers to questions in there.  I would never have found this if
I hadn't been playing around one day.  This should have been in the
install notes.

-- 
sheldon@iastate.edu                Steve Sheldon
This space left intentionally      ICSS Resource Facility
blank.                             Iowa State University

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From: mklein@dis.com (Mark Klein)
Subject: DOS Communications under ODT 2.0
Organization: DIS International, Ltd.  Novato, California
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 04:31:00 GMT

I just updated my box to ODT 2.0 and my terminal emulator under DOS is 
giving me fits.  The package is Reflection by WRQ.  I had no problems under
ODT 1.0 and ODT 1.1 with flow control and throughput.  However, under
ODT 2.0, every other character displayed on the screen when I'm typing is
a pad character.  The host computer seems to be getting all of the
characters correctly (at least it responds to my commands) as if the pad
characters are not transmitted.

In past adventures, the pad characters have shown up when I've had flow
control problems.  But that doesn't seem to be the case here.  I can slow
everything down to 1200 baud and still see em.

Any kind soul able to enlighten me?

Thanks in advance.
-- 
============================================================================
Mark Klein                                                   415-892-8400
DIS International, Ltd.
mklein@dis.com
Newsgroups: biz.sco.opendesktop
From: rohit@NeoSoft.com (Rohit Mehrotra)
Subject: Cannot Access Physical Dos Partition
Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 05:25:56 GMT

Hi,

I installed SCO-ODT2.0 and as part of the installation created the
dos and Unix partitions.

Everything seemed to have gone fine, however I am facing the following problem:

When I run the command "dos", and change drives to "E:", then doing a directory
listing gives me the error: 'Error Reading Drive E'. However if I say 
dosdir C: it shows me the files which are on the dos partition.

The manual says that if I have a physical dos partition on the same disk I 
should be able to access it as E:

I know I do have a physical dos partition as I can boot dos by saying 'dos' on
the boot prompt.

Am I missing something obvious.

Thanks in advance for any kind of tips etc.

Rohit
-- 
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From: drupp@cs.washington.edu (Douglas Rupp)
Newsgroups: biz.sco.opendesktop
Subject: ODT2.0 program under ODT1.1
Date: 11 Nov 92 04:04:22 GMT
Organization: Computer Science & Engineering, U. of Washington, Seattle

I'm trying to run a program compiled and linked under ODT2.0 on a
machine running ODT1.1.  The program was linked with the ODT2.0 shared
libraries (libX11_s.a, libXtXm_s.a, etc).  I've copied the ODT2.0
libraries over and now I get the following warnings, after which the
program freezes up:

Warning: No type converter registered for '(null)' to 'StringOffset' conversion.
Warning: No type converter registered for 'Font' to 'StringOffset' conversion.
Warning: No type converter registered for '(null)' to 'Callback' conversion.
Warning: No type converter registered for '(null)' to 'initialResourcesPersisten
t' conversion.
Warning: No type converter registered for '(null)' to 'Foreground' conversion.
Warning: No type converter registered for '(null)' to 'Btn2Down' conversion.
Warning: No type converter registered for 'Font' to 'Int' conversion.
Warning: No type converter registered for 'String' to 'Btn2Down' conversion.
Warning: No type converter registered for '(null)' to 'Btn2Down' conversion.
Warning: No type converter registered for 'Font' to 'Int' conversion.
Warning: No type converter registered for 'Font' to 'StringOffset' conversion.
Warning: No type converter registered for 'String' to 'StringOffset' conversion.

I thought it might require the new XKeysymDB in /usr/lib/X11, but that didn't
help.

Any ideas for a quick solution? (Not including upgrading to ODT2.0).

Thanks,
drupp@cs.washington.edu

(temporarily sig-less)
From: dlucy@sandr.COM (Doug Lucy)
Subject: HW questions for new ODT 2 install
Organization: S&R Software, Inc.
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 18:32:52 GMT

I'm putting together the design for a new development machine that
will be running SCO ODT 2 and supporting less than 8 users directly.
I'd like to explore some new h/w configurations with this machine
(I'll be working with it constantly and initial downtime due to
re-config and problems is acceptable).

I'm considering the Everex Step Cube to try out EISA and keep the
possibility of adding MPX in the future.

1. Any big problems or limitations with the Cube?

2. Which model of the Cube can take multiprocessors?

Since this is my first experience in designing around the EISA bus,
I'm worried about which cards will work and play well with EISA and
SCO.

3. Which EISA SCSI cards work well with ODT 2? (yes, I've got the h/w
   compatibility guide). Performance is not the biggest issue; I'm
   willing to trade 20% performance for ease of installation and
   configuration.

The machine will be on an existing coax ethernet with other machines
running SCO Unix 3.2.2 and DOS PC/TCP.

4. Which Ethernet EISA card is well supported (by vendor or SCo,
   preferrably SCO) in ODT 2? The Racal-Interlan looks good, but if
   SMC's card is as easy to config and install as the WD80x3 line...

Thanks in advance.
-- 
| Doug Lucy        |   I feel sorry for those people who don't drink    |
| S&R Software Inc |      'cause when they wake up in the morning       |
| dlucy@sandr.com  |    that's the best they're gonna feel all day.     |
|                  |                               -Dean Martin         |
From: warren@nysernet.org (Warren Burstein)
Newsgroups: biz.sco.opendesktop
Subject: cv hangs system on ODT 2.0
Date: 8 Nov 92 10:56:08 GMT
Reply-To: warren@nysernet.org
Organization: Mail to News Gateway at Wang Labs

I decided to check out CodeView on ODT 2.0.  At one point my program
got into an infinite loop.  DEL wouldn't stop it.  Maybe they
preferred ^C?  Nope.  No problem, I'll just go to another multiscreen
and kill it.  Well pressing Alt-F keys printed capital letters on the
screen.

Fortunately there's still a power switch.

-- 
/|/-\/-\       The entire kitchen		Jerusalem
 |__/__/_/     is a very *** hamantasch.
 |warren@      But the okra
/ nysernet.org is not all that paranoid.
Newsgroups: biz.sco.opendesktop
From: doug@goodall.com (Douglas Goodall)
Subject: Windows under Unix
Submit-To: scoodt@xenitec.on.ca
Organization: [resent by] The SCOODT gateway and Propagation Society
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 00:20:47 GMT
Resent-By: mmdf@xenitec.on.ca
Precedence: bulk

What products are out there anyway?  I am looking for products which
allow Microsoft Windows programs to execute on Unix machines, either
source-ported, or emulated.  If anyone knows about or sells such a thing,
please contact doug@goodall.com with info.  Thanks.
Newsgroups: biz.sco.opendesktop
From: mknewman@blkbox (Marc Kraker Newman)
Subject: Re: Windows under Unix
Organization: The Black Box, PO Box 591822 Houston, TX 77259-1822 
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1992 23:10:29 GMT

doug@goodall.com (Douglas Goodall) writes:

>What products are out there anyway?  I am looking for products which
>allow Microsoft Windows programs to execute on Unix machines, either
>source-ported, or emulated.  If anyone knows about or sells such a thing,
>please contact doug@goodall.com with info.  Thanks.

Look at Desqview/X, by Quarterdeck.  You will have to dedicate a PC as a
server, but it will shoot DOS applications out onto the net (WHY?!)

Marc

-- 
Marc K. Newman (N5SLG)			Is UNIX pronounced 
mknewman@blkbox.com 			"UNIQUES" or
PO BOX 591822				"EUNICHS"?
Houston, Texas 77259-1822
Newsgroups: biz.sco.opendesktop
From: leo@elmail.co.uk ("E.J.Leoni-Smith")
X-Mailer: SCO System V Mail (version 3.2)
Subject: MS Mail and PC-NFS
Cc: biz.sco.opendesktop@gate.demon.co.uk
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 19:02:36 +0000


Well. The subject line indicates a state of affairs I rather HOPED 
would exist. In fact it doesn't work.

I toss this into the network to see if anyone has any ideas why.

SETUP
-----

Server: SCO ODT1.1 update g.

Client: PC-NFS version 4.0a, SMC WD8003 10BaseT hardware. Windows 3.1

Seems reasonably stable.


Problems:-

	Microsoft Mail runs correctly as a DOS client. But the Windows
	version (3.0) doesn't run correctly.

	(i) It insists on having 'SHARE' running - so the first question
	is - does SHARE interfer with PC-NFS? If so in what way?
	(Geoff?_)

	(ii) Running SHARE seems to get it past first base, and various 
	users can attach themselves to the mail database BUT.
		-	sometimes they don't see messages
		-	sometimes they messages are corrupted
		-	sometimes they can't create new messages.
		-	sometimes it complains about bad mmf files.
	It looks like massive file corruption: Any attempt to do anything
	under Windows results in a database that the DOS clients can't read.
	
Tests:
	I tried another PC with similar but not identical hardware. Same 
	trouble.
	
	I have tried every combination of write size and sharing option on the
	database drive.

	I have lots of NFS file handles (99).

Other paranoias. 

	I have been having trouble with other applications apparently
	behaving oddly. Does any of this sound familiar?


Are there any known problems with any of these combinations - 

Leo Smith
ElectricMail ltd
leo@elmail.co.uk

Newsgroups: biz.jobs.offered,misc.jobs.contract,misc.jobs.offered,
From: tretech@well.sf.ca.us (Tretech Solutions Inc)
Subject: Firmware development job in NJ
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 16:36:33 GMT


Tretech Solutions Inc, is a NJ based consulting firm, servicing the
computing and engineering needs of Fortune 500 companies. We offer 
highly competetive compensation, a full line of benefits, and will sponsor.

Immediate Consulting Positions in Central NJ:

Firmware Developer for Optical Character Recognition application.
Must have experience writing DSP32 assembly code on a Sun 
development platform. Exposure to neural networks a plus.
MSCS and 3 years+ work experience required.

Qualified candidates only, FAX your resume immediately to 908-946-4175,
and follow up with either Email copy or DOS compatible floppy (with 
paper copy) to Tretech Solutions, Inc., PO Box 44, Holmdel, NJ 07733.

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From: tretech@well.sf.ca.us (Tretech Solutions Inc)
Subject: Digital Signal Processing job in NJ
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 21:08:15 GMT


Tretech Solutions Inc, is a NJ based consulting firm, servicing the
computing and engineering needs of Fortune 500 companies. We offer 
highly competetive compensation, a full line of benefits, and will sponsor.

Immediate Consulting Positions in Central NJ:

Development Engineer for high speed modem algorithm design
and implementation on a fixed point DSP. Experience with
DSP algorithm design in speech, image, or wireless processing
required. Experience with V series standards (V.32, V.32bis,
V.17, or V.FAST) a big plus. BSEE/MSEE.

Qualified candidates only, FAX your resume immediately to 908-946-4175,
and follow up with either Email copy or DOS compatible floppy (with 
paper copy) to Tretech Solutions, Inc., PO Box 44, Holmdel, NJ 07733.
From: kmaguire@tri.com (Kevin Maguire)
Newsgroups: biz.jobs.offered
Subject: contract position
Summary: contractor 6 months - testing an asic utilizing static
Date: 12 Nov 92 21:47:06 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: The Registry Inc.  Wellesley, MA  02181

Keywords: asic, motive, veritime, ldel

in the Boston area: require a sr-principal engineer to test an asic
utilizing CAE tools (i.e. Verilog, LSI Logic, etc) to run thru the
asic for "Static Timing Analysis". absolute requirement is having
done "Static Timing Analysis" in the past utilizing Motive,
Veritime or LDEL.
immediate opening, but waiting for the right candidate. 
please contact:
Kevin Maguire
The Registry, Inc
42 Washington Street
Wellesley, MA 02181

617-237-9119
Fax: 617-237-0723
From: Conrad_Geiger@NeXT.com (Conrad Geiger - Manager, International NeXT User Groups)
Newsgroups: biz.jobs.offered
Subject: NeXT Hardware Design Engineer Opening (Redwood City, California)
Date: 6 Nov 92 19:25:59 GMT
Reply-To: user_groups@next.com

NeXT Hardware Design Engineer Opening (Redwood City, California)

Title: Hardware Design Engineer - NeXT Computer - Redwood City

Position:        Hardware Design Engineer
Department:      Design Engineering Hiring
Manager:         Glen Miranker  (415) 780-4677

Participate in the design of low-cost workstation products
including design of complex boards and ASICs. Job will
involve working closely with NeXT manufacturing, test
engineering, PC board, materials, software, and marketing
groups.   Must understand the detailed operation of such
products and assist with the transfer of them into
manufacturing. The ideal candidate will:

     * Participate or lead the design of low-cost
       workstation products.
     * Manage all technical issues involved in the design
       of these products.
     * Exhibit exemplary system and logic design skills.
     * Facilitate the resolution of issues between hardware
       design, software, manufacturing, and test engineering.
     * Lead product strife testing as well as support
       manufacturing during design maturity testing.

Position requires:

     * BSEE (or equivalent) with 3-5 years of experience or
       MSEE with 2-3 years of technical experience in the
       computer/workstation environment.
     * ASIC design experience in a modern ECAD environment
       (use of simulation and logic synthesis tools).
     * Knowledge of PC board design, programming languages
       such as C, and Unix experience.  Experience with
       simulation and synthesis tools such as Verilog and
       Synopsys are important.
     * Lab experience and analytical problem-solving skills.
     * Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
     * Self-motivation.
     * Leadership.

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