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From: pky@pluto (Peter Kyllesbeck)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: AIX 3.2 assembler double consts gcc.2.2.2
Date: 30 Sep 92 08:55:14 GMT
Organization: Computer Resources International A/S
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5


I have the folowing code which I compileon a IBM RS6000 AIX 3.2 with
GNU gcc 2.2.2 as:
gcc -S pip.c
	static const double pip = 1e-4;
	main()
	{
		double pop;
		pop = pip;
	}

This gives the following assempler code:

	.toc
gcc2_compiled.:
	.csect _pip.rw_c[RO]
	.align 2
pip:
	.double 0d1.00000000000000000000e-04
	.extern .__main
	.toc
LC..0:
	.tc pip[TC],pip
csect [PR]
	.align 2
	.globl main
	.globl .main
	.csect main[DS]
main:
	.long .main, TOC[tc0], 0
	.csect [PR]
main:
	mflr 0
	st 31,-4(1)
	st 0,8(1)
	stu 1,-72(1)
	oril 31,1,0
	bl .__main
	cror 15,15,15
	l 9,LC..0(2)
	l 0,0(9)
	st 0,56(31)
	l 0,4(9)
	st 0,60(31)
L..1:
	l 1,0(1)
	l 0,8(1)
	mtlr 0
	l 31,-4(1)
	br
LT..main:
	.long 0
	.byte 0,0,32,97,128,1,0,1
	.long LT..main-.main
	.short 4
	.byte "main"
	.byte 31
_section_.text:
csect .data[RW]
	.long _section_.text

Now running gcc pip.c gives:
	Assembler:
	/tmp/ccOrADFW.s: line 6: 1252-142 Syntax error.
Why can't IBM's assembler handle double or float contstants as any other
assembler? Is it a bug and/or is there a fix?

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From: jdr@wang.com (Joe Rolfe)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: New IBM move to 4mm DAT SCSI tape
Date: 29 Sep 92 16:12:47 GMT
Article-I.D.: wang.bvcl1c.1xw
Organization: Wang Labs, Lowell MA, USA

bowman@csrp.tamu.edu (Kenneth P. Bowman) writes:

>>IBM just announced (9/23/92) that they were going to move from using
>>the 8mm (Exabyte) SCSI tape drive for the RS/6000 backup device to the
>>4mm DDS/DAT SCSI tape drive made by Hewlett-Packard. Shows that IBM is
>>smart enough to realize how unreliable 8mm technology is. (I know I'll get
>>replies over that comment... `gulp')

>I would expect that IBM will support both media as long as there is demand
>for both.  A more interesting question is whether the drivers will support
>third-party DAT drives.

from what i have tested (Archive Python - 4mm DAT) it works fine as 
the infamous "Other Scsi Tape"

jdr
dov
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Weird calloc core dump
From: dov@menora.weizmann.ac.il (Dov Grobgeld)
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 10:56:24 GMT
Organization: Weizmann Institute of Science, Computation Center.
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

My system is IBM/RS 6000, 320h, running AIX 3.1.5 .

Consider the following fragment from dbx inside the function get_vec():

(dbx) n
stopped in get_vec at line 177 in file "zmemory.c"
  177           if ((vector->ve=(double *)calloc(size, so)) == (double *)NULL )
(dbx) print so
8
(dbx) print size
8
(dbx) n

segmentation violation in malloc at 0xd00020ac
0xd00020ac (malloc+0x1ac) 801c0000          l   r0,0x0(r28)
(dbx) where
malloc(0x4) at 0xd00020ac
calloc(0x4, 0xfffffff8) at 0xd0020b0c
get_vec(size = 8), line 177 in "zmemory.c"
Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Date: Thursday, 1 Oct 1992 20:32:30 PST
From: <CALT@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: automount

Hello --
Has someone had automount working on RS6000's?
If so, any suggestions? Thanks!
Ching Shih
shih@cithex.bitnet
shih@cithex.caltech.edu
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
From: stuart@fawlty.towers.oz.au (Stuart Walker)
Subject: NFS write errors
Organization: Tower Technology, Sydney
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 01:18:47 GMT
Keywords:  NFS

We have a problem with NFS write errors reported on the console, which I have no
idea how to interpret. The syntax of the errors is:

  NFS write error 13 on host fawlty fh 1016 1 A0000 F982 7D583C2A A0000 2 3449CA70

Now these are probably due to permissions problems on one of the filesystems.

But, I'd like to know how I can directly relate this information to the actual
file in question.  I cannot seem to find anything directly related to this
type of message in the info database.

We are running AIX 3.1.5

Thanks,

Stuart
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From: rmwise@mcigate.apdev.mci.com (Bob_Wise)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: Software Configuration/Version Control Tools
Date: 5 Oct 92 20:18:51 GMT
Organization: MCI

In article <25889@oasys.dt.navy.mil> air4114a@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Steve Carr) writes:

>  ...(lots of questions about source control)...

RCS and SCCS are probably your most common and available source
control engines.  They are fine for versioning files, but lack a lot
when it comes to complete configuration/build management.  As far as
these two systems go, IMHO RCS is superior.

There are a couple versions of a freely available package that runs on
top of RCS called CVS.  I think that the latest versions are CVS 1.3
and CVS 3.0.  One is C based, and the other is script based.  I have
used both versions successfully.  If cheap is your goal, then I
recommend one of these.

IMHO IBM's CMVC is the best of its commercial kind available out for
the RS/6000 right now.  It has a truly wonderful integrated bug
tracking system.  It also has excellent tracebility features.

It's major drawback is that it does not support the copy-modify-merge
model of software development.  That support is supposed to be coming.
I highly recommend CMVC.

I have some other pros/cons of CMVC if I am requested to post.

-Bob
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From: kraemerf@franvm3.VNET.IBM.COM (Frank Kraemer)
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 12:31:53 CET
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: gateway-test
Reply-To: kraemerf@franvm3.VNET.IBM.COM
Organization: IBM BO-89 ACIS Germany
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not those of IBM
News-Software: UReply 3.0

Sorry folks,
due to the lack of a direct connection I must use a VM gateway,
so just ignore this test.  thanks frank


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Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
From: shujaat@ferrari.raleigh.ibm.com ()
Subject: How to make installp backups.
Originator: shujaat@ferrari.raleigh.ibm.com
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1992 21:56:38 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: IBM, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

Hi aixgurus,
	Could anyone of you please tell me how to make a backup file to 
be used with installp command.  I am using AIX 3.2, and the man pages
do not talk about how to make the installp format backups.  I remember
in AIX 3.1.5 there was an option in smit that allowed the user to make
the backup format to be used with intallp.  Could someone please help
me with this.

					Shujaat.

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Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
From: drewo@dcatlas.dot.gov (Andrew R. Orndorff)
Subject: Re: size of temporary files created by 'vi'
Organization: U.S Dept. of Transportation
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 12:15:47 GMT

	We've noticed similar problems - if they are that. We have users
with 28 Mb input decks for a modelling package and whenever they try to
edit the decks using vi (I know, I should get them to use something else)
we end up running out of space on the default /tmp filesystem.

	As a curiousity I set up vi to use another space as work space (one
with a few hundred Mb free) and set about to edit a 28 Mb deck - it seems
that vi created this monstrous 118 Mb temporary file - why????

	We can't afford to have a 300 Mb /tmp partition just so people can
edit with vi (and that would probably only allow 2 people to edit at any
one time)...and user space is already at a premium.

	Anyone know what's going on here?

	Andrew Orndorff

	NHTSA Data Center

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From: bowman@csrp.tamu.edu (Kenneth P. Bowman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: New IBM move to 4mm DAT SCSI tape
Date: 27 Sep 92 16:35:05 GMT
Article-I.D.: bowman.bowman-270992113141
Followup-To: comp.unix.aix
Organization: Texas A&M University

>IBM just announced (9/23/92) that they were going to move from using
>the 8mm (Exabyte) SCSI tape drive for the RS/6000 backup device to the
>4mm DDS/DAT SCSI tape drive made by Hewlett-Packard. Shows that IBM is
>smart enough to realize how unreliable 8mm technology is. (I know I'll get
>replies over that comment... `gulp')

I would expect that IBM will support both media as long as there is demand
for both.  A more interesting question is whether the drivers will support
third-party DAT drives.

Ken Bowman
From: rob@dinner.asrc.albany.edu (Robert D. Seals)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: TAR ACROSS NET DYSFUNCTIONAL
Keywords: tar network
Date: 2 Oct 92 16:14:43 GMT
Article-I.D.: sarah.1992Oct2.161443.19876
Organization: SUNYA - ASRC, Albany, NY

In article <whatever> jfh@greenber.austin.ibm.com (John F Haugh II) writes:
>In article <whatever> rick@groo.msc.cornell.edu (Rick Cochran) writes:
>>Unfortunately "tar cBf - netinst | rsh leah '(cd /a; tar xpBf -)'"
>>yields the same results.
>
>As a work-around you can use the following -
>
>	"tar cBf - netinst | rsh leah '(cd /a ; cat | tar xpBf -)'"


Or use Gnu tar.

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From: bdh@eff.org (Brian D. Howard)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Stupid Questions:  Sun 8mm dump tape =>AIX 8mm dump tape
Summary: How?
Date: 4 Oct 92 05:55:30 GMT
Organization: The Electronic Frontier Foundation
Originator: bdh@eff.org

Ok, I'm sure this is a RTFM type question but I don't have the time
or access.

I have an 8mm tape dumped using an Exabyte on a Sun and I'd like to
read it on an RS6000 also with an Exabyte 8mm drive.  I tried
to restore -i on rmt1 to see if I could read the tape at all.  Of course
I don't remember the error message I got but it was something like
"..is not a dump tape", e.g. 'I don't know what the f*ck this is but
its not a tape format I can read'.
From: pky@csd.cri.dk (Peter Kyllesbeck)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: REPOST AIX 3.2 assembler double consts gcc.2.2.2
Date: 1 Oct 92 16:47:16 GMT
Organization: Computer Resources International A/S
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]


 REPOST with correct mail address.

Why can't IBM's assembler handle double or float contstants as any other
assembler? Is it a bug and/or is there a fix?
I have the folowing code which I compile on a IBM RS6000 AIX 3.2 with
GNU gcc 2.2.2, where I have installed fix A22829 for the aasembler, as:

gcc -S pip.c
	static const double pip = 1e-4;
	main()
	{
		double pop;
		pop = pip;
	}

This gives the following assempler code:

	.toc
gcc2_compiled.:
	.csect _pip.rw_c[RO]
	.align 2
pip:
	.double 0d1.00000000000000000000e-04
	.extern .__main
	.toc
LC..0:
	.tc pip[TC],pip
csect [PR]
	.align 2
	.globl main
	.globl .main
	.csect main[DS]
main:
	.long .main, TOC[tc0], 0
	.csect [PR]
main:
	mflr 0
	st 31,-4(1)
	st 0,8(1)
	stu 1,-72(1)
	oril 31,1,0
	bl .__main
	cror 15,15,15
	l 9,LC..0(2)
	l 0,0(9)
	st 0,56(31)
	l 0,4(9)
	st 0,60(31)
L..1:
	l 1,0(1)
	l 0,8(1)
	mtlr 0
	l 31,-4(1)
	br
LT..main:
	.long 0
	.byte 0,0,32,97,128,1,0,1
	.long LT..main-.main
	.short 4
	.byte "main"
	.byte 31
_section_.text:
csect .data[RW]
	.long _section_.text

Now running gcc pip.c gives:
	Assembler:
	/tmp/ccOrADFW.s: line 6: 1252-142 Syntax error.
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
From: jlorimer@ppoc.com (John D. Lorimer (PPOC systems administrator))
Subject: Re: PC-NFS from FTP, Inc.
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 15:00:16 GMT
Organization: Plains Petroleum Operating Company
Keywords: PC-NFS, Interdrive
X-Disclaimer: The views expressed in this message are those of an
        individual at Plains Petroleum, and do not necessarily
        reflect those of the company.
From: bli@diamond.rutgers.edu (Bin Li)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Looking for X terminal
Date: 29 Sep 92 18:45:38 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

We are looking for X terminal for the RS/6000. We have RS/6000-320. Another
RS/6000-560 and RS6000-580 are coming up. Our plan is to use these machine 
as server and to have the X terminal hooked on  it. Does anybody know
what kind of terminal we can buy. Can the used sun3-50 be hooked on the 
RS/6000?  Also, we would like to know where to buy and  how much it is.

Thanks in advance

Bin Li
From: jpe@ee.egr.duke.edu (John P. Eisenmenger)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Xload using monitor's getloadavg library available.
Date: 1 Oct 92 19:21:28 GMT
Organization: Duke University EE Dept.; Durham, NC

I diddled around with xload the other day to incorporate the getloadavg
call from the monitor-1.05.1 package into it.  The change is very minor
and I've made the result available for anonymous FTP as

 ftp.egr.duke.edu[128.109.156.35]:archives/X11R5/xload-rs6k-getloadavg.tar.Z

My motivation for doing this was the number of xloads running on my central
machine (a model 350 which suppoorts 15+ X terminals and typically has 30+
sessions active).  It seemed a waste that each xload was computing its own
load average, so I decided to use the routines provided in the monitor
package.  Anyway, feel free to grab a copy and enjoy!

-John

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From: IMAGING.CLUB@OFFICE.WANG.COM ("Imaging Club")
Subject: Re: Wang OPEN/image AIX client server imaging starts shipments
Organization: Mail to News Gateway at Wang Labs
Date: 06 Oct 92 13:39:15 EST

Regarding that posting which you may have happened to notice, we
can confirm that we are now in volume shipping of our new Wang Labs
client-server RS/6000-based document imaging.  Please feel free to
send in any questions to our worldwide Imaging Club network, and I'll
broadcast them.  Let's keep the discussion on that network.  Thanks!

----------------------Michael.Willett@OFFICE.Wang.com-------------------

The Wang Integrated Imaging System (recently ranked as the number one
document imaging system by Computerworld) has been ported to AIX, with
equivalent or better functionality, and named OPEN/image for AIX.
Customer shipments began in September.

While "many vendors have been mimicking WIIS...., Wang has stayed ahead
by adding color and gray-scale support.  Wang is the only major
document imaging vendor to have achieved this," said Rich Barrett, manager
of the client/server component of the product.   The development group
also significantly improved the speed of black and white images.

Full information and demonstrations are now available from any
Wang office or Wang imaging business partner worldwide.

Michael.Willett@OFFICE.Wang.com
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: 3rd party install kits
From: graeme@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz ( Graeme Moffat)
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 07:57:33 GMT
Organization: University of Auckland, New Zealand.

rice@rab.enet.dec.com () writes:

>Do third party installation kits use the installp and updatep functionality?
>Do they use something else on AIX?
>Anyone have any examples?

CATIA updates use a script called instptf. This uses /etc/inurest to do the
dirty work, and does not update the ODM, nor (presumably) do much
prerequisite level checking. I recently applied some patches, at least two of
which replaced the same file, and I could not work out which one to apply
last, or whether it mattered.

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From: afx@muc.ibm.de (Andreas Siegert)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix,bit.listserv.aix-l
Subject: Re: AIXTIPS NEWS 92286 (misinformation)
Date: 1 Oct 92 10:14:15 GMT
Reply-To: afx@ibm.de
Followup-To: comp.unix.aix
Organization: IBM AIX Field Support Center, Munich

In article <1992Sep29.143059.13200@awdprime.austin.ibm.com>, matt@giskard.austin.ibm.com (Matthew S. Cronk) writes:
>In article <1992Sep28.173413.23797@muc.ibm.de> aixtips@ibm.de writes:
>>This is AIXTIPS NEWS for customers released at Mon the 28. Sep 1992.
>>======================================================================
>>>92303. You can't use a 320 or 32H as a /usr client
>>
>> Most people know that a 32x machine can't be used as a diskless machine.
>> But it also can't be used as a normal /usr client because it still would 
>> need some rom that fetches things from a remote /usr before it can mount 
>> /usr.
>
>NOT! There is no reason why a 320 or 32H cannot be used as a remote /usr
>client.  It is true that a 320 or a 32H cannot be a diskless client, and
[more info deleted]

Red Face on:
I am terrbibly sorry for the 92302 entry in the recent AIXTIPS NEWS posting.
Various sources led me to believe that a /usr client on the 32x boxes 
does not work. The next news will have a summary on what is needed to get 
it working (one of the infos I received now says it works straigt out of the
box).

Red Face is still on....
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From: bkr@drdhh.hanse.de (Bjoern Kriews)
Subject: Termcap entry for RS-6000 console ?
Summary: need termcap for rs6000 console
Keywords: termcap, rs6000, searched
Organization: Digital Island
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 03:57:33 GMT

I have to install MicroEmacs at our University on
a RS6000 - people want to use it and I'm doing
someone a favour (I know real EMACS would do better).

Since I don't want to spend much time on this task,
I'd be glad if anyone could help me out with a termcap
entry for the RS6000 console ?

Thanks a lot for your efforts and please mail responses
since I don't consider them to be of much interest to
the readership of this group.

regards, Bjoern

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From: guy@accept.ec.bull.fr (Guy Collombat)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Xcycle
Keywords: Xcycle
Date: 30 Sep 92 13:21:53 GMT
Reply-To: guy@accept.frec.bull.fr (Guy Collombat)
Followup-To: comp.unix.aix
Organization: Bull S.A. Echirolles

I succefully port the demo Xcycle under AIXWindow
But I got ; (BAD_FORM) A malformed FORM ILBM.
for all files.
Any Idea?
ThanX for your help


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Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
From: keithd@versyss.com (Keith Doyle)
Subject: Re: WWV receiver for AIX 3.2/RS6K
Reply-To: keithd@versyss.UUCP (Keith Doyle)
Organization: VERSYSS Incorporated, Torrance, California
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 17:38:52 GMT

In article <30@shady.UUCP> kevin@shady.UUCP (Kevin Smith) writes:
>Seems to me Heathkit sold a digital clock slaved to the time broadcast.
>Are they still in business?  Do I have an old catalog?  Did it have a
>computer interface?

Sorry, I believe Heathkit bought the farm in the last year or so.

Keith
From: ianm@icsbelf.co.uk (Ian Moran)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Zmodem over cu
Date: 6 Oct 92 10:49:07 GMT
Organization: ICS Computing Group Ltd., Belfast
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Hello

How can the zmodem binary rz be used over a cu connection. I find that
using the tilde escape sequence ~. to escape back to the local host
will cause the connection to be terminated. I have tried setting
AT&0 ie DTR override to no avail.
The system is an RS6000 running AIX 3.1.

Regards

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From: jpe@ee.egr.duke.edu (John P. Eisenmenger)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: Can a desktop sized RS6000 be booted headless?
Date: 1 Oct 92 14:12:18 GMT
Distribution: usa

johng@informix.com (John Galloway) writes:

>More specifically, with no keyboard, mouse, or tube, but just a dumb
>termnal on one of its serial ports (or something emulateing a dumb
>terminal) will an RS600 boot?  Will it do so out of the box? (or given
>that I might look for a used one, can it be configured so that it will
>not boot in this configuration?).  The RS6000 will have a private disk
>and ethernet of course.  Any comments/problems?

Yes, I have four RS/6000s (all 3XX series) booting with vt100-like terminals
as their consoles.  When booting for the first time (i.e. when installing)
AIX will prompt on all serial ports "Type 1 if this is to be your console"
or somesuch.  From then on that's your console until you specify differently
(in SMIT or via some incantation -- I haven't done this so I don't know).

-John

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