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From: curt@ekhadafi.austin.ibm.com (Curt Finch 903 2F021 curt@aixwiz.austin.ibm.com 512-838-2806)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: automount daemon
Keywords: NFS automount
Date: 13 Oct 92 14:15:42 GMT
Organization: IBM AWD, Austin

First of all, you need the latest automounter if you don't already
have it.  It is available for 3.2 in PTF U404456.

Secondly you need the docs, which weren't shipped with the PTF.
I've posted them here repeatedly, and will do so again today.

In article <1bd01uINN4q4@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> dirk@cs.ucsc.edu writes:

>What happens now is that /auto gets created with permissions 555, ie.
>dr-xr-xr-x when I try to access /auto/lancelot/a.  Doing an "ls /lancelot/a"
>just ellicits a "/lancelot/a not found" message.

Can you mount it manually without automount?  What does
'iptrace/ipreport -rns' show in the way of NFS or MOUNTD packets?  Can
the server do a 'host 1.2.3.4' on you internet address and resolve your
name ok?

>The documentation leaves a bit to be desired when it comes to automount.
>For instance, the purpose of of the "Directory" commandline argument is
>described as: "members of the Directory variable are made available by using
>a symbolic link to the real mount point withing a temporary directory".
>What kind of a "variable" might this be?  What might its format be?

This sounds like old docs to me.

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Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
From: marc@watson.ibm.com (Marc Auslander)
Subject: Re: How is /etc/nologin removed during reboot?
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 20:30:02 GMT
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Hawthorne, New York

The design is that shutdown removes /etc/nologin. The purpose of the
file is to prevent getty from allowing new logins while shutdown is
running. However, during system test it was noticed that if shutdown
failed while /etc/nologin existed, and the machine was then rebooted,
there was no way to use it!  So the lines you noticed were added to
/etc/rc.

(If you get stuck with an /etc/nologin file, you have to boot the
maintainance system to remove it.)

Why are you trying to keep the file around?

If you really want it, replace the line in /etc/rc with
touch /etc/nologin
but I think you will not like the results!
--


Marc Auslander       (IBM)<marc@marc.watson.ibm.com>      914 784-6699
                     (Internet)<marc@watson.ibm.com>
From: bware@slate.mines.colorado.edu (Bob Ware)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: ksh bug (trap -)
Date: 12 Oct 92 22:23:58 GMT
Organization: Colorado School of Mines

This looks like a ksh bug to me.

Under AIX 3.2.2, the script shown below reports:
...
x = 1 ...
x = 1 ...

BUT, after installing bos.obj U409508 (to fix the 'vi hang' problem),
it reports:
...
x = 1 ...
x = 3 ...

On reading Bolsky and Korn's "The Kornshell" book, it seems to me that the
behavior after installing the fix is wrong.

Am I missing something??? 

................ cut here .....................
#! /bin/ksh
trap 'x=3' ERR
bad_command_name
x=1
echo "x = $x, before 'trap -' command (x should equal 1)"
trap -
echo "x = $x, after  'trap -' command (x should equal 1)"

-- 
Bob Ware, System Administrator 
Computing and Networking, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Co 80401, USA
(303) 273-3987
bware@mines.colorado.edu
From: cliff@austin.ibm.com (Cliff Hoagland)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: aix shared libraries and fortran common blocks
Date: 6 Oct 92 14:05:16 GMT
Organization: IBM Austin
Originator: cliff@shocker.austin.ibm.com


In article <1992Oct5.112651.13057@syma.sussex.ac.uk>, peterk@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Peter J Knowles) writes:
> I wish to create a shared library under AIX 3.2. The routines in the library
> contain common blocks which also appear in those routines which are not in the
> library, but call routines in the library. How can I persuade ld to export
> the common blocks as well as the routine names? It doesn't seem to work
> just adding the common block names to the exports file.
The common block is probably being exported ok from the shared library, but
the definition of the common block in the local fortran program is overiding
the exported name when referenced by the local fortran program.

The easiest way to get it to work is to specify the shared library before any
of the fortran application object files on the command line. This will work
provided that the shared library does not "export" other symbols that  are
also defined in your fortran application (and you want those symbols in the
fortran application to be used). The library can be specified either as
"<libraryname>" or using the "-l" flag. 

The other way is to create an "imports" file that contains the list of 
fortran common symbols. Then specify the import file before any of the
fortran application object files on the command line. You must specify
the import file like a regular object file "<import_file_name>" and not 
use the "-bimport:<import_file_name>" flag for ld.
Also, the first line of the import file must contain the name of the
shared library object. The line starts with a "#!" i.e.,
#! shared_library.a(shr_obj.o) 

> Thanks!
> Peter Knowles.
Hope this helps.
-- 
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       (512)-838-3318          VNET: HOAGLAND at AUSTIN
DISCLAIMER: The content is independent of official IBM Position.
From: dls@achilleus.austin.ibm.com (David Skeen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.osf.misc
Subject: Re: DCS ported to Sun platforms by Transarc ?
Date: 6 Oct 92 16:22:27 GMT
Reply-To: David Skeen <dls@dce.austin.ibm.com>
Organization: IBM Austin (PSP)

In article <1992Oct5.215632.4034@ukw.uucp> lupe@ukw.uucp (Lupe Christoph) writes:
   It is true that Transarc has done the port (as well as the port to
   the RS/6000).

A "port to the RS/6000"--IBM recently announced our own AIX/DCE product,
available 18 Dec 92.  From the announce:

         In December 1992, IBM will deliver the core set of DCE
  services based on OSF DCE Version 1.0.1 technology, intended for
  development, prototyping and initial implementation of applications
  using DCE.  These core DCE products can be used to develop
  applications for a diverse range of customer environments,
  configurations  and stress levels.
--
Dave Skeen                     IBM Internal: dls@achilleus.austin.ibm.com
D55/B905  Zip 9541             IBM VNET:     SKEEN at AUSTIN
Austin, TX 78758               Internet:     dls@dce.austin.ibm.com
Newsgroups: comp.unix.osf.misc
From: jet@boxer.nas.nasa.gov (J. Eric Townsend)
Subject: ROSE vs. COFF vs. ???
Organization: Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation, NASA Ames
Date: 15 Oct 92 09:58:36


Could somebody either explain, or point me to a document that
explains, the good, bad and ugly about ROSE and why I should/shouldn't
use it instead of COFF?

thx

--
             J. Eric Townsend --  jet@nas.nasa.gov -- 415.604.4311
                              '92 R100R, DoD# 0378
"I love the iPSC/860.
The iPSC/860 is my friend." (repeat until your code runs...)
Xref: sparky comp.unix.osf.misc:12 comp.unix.osf.osf1:14
From: rsalz@rodan.UU.NET (Rich Salz)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.osf.misc,comp.unix.osf.osf1
Subject: Re: Where to get information about DCE
Followup-To: comp.unix.osf.misc
Date: 9 Oct 1992 15:49:14 -0400
Organization: Open Software Foundation
NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net
Summary: Slight correction

Correction:
 If you are interested in writing DCE applications, O'Reilly, Inc. has
 published "Guide to writing DCE applications" by John Shirley (ISBN
 1-56592-004-X).  They plan to publish a companion book, called
 "Understanding DCE".  Again, if you cannot get it at your local
 bookstore, contact O'Reilly, Inc. at +1 800 338 6887 in the US or
 +1 707 829 0515 for international orders.
Xref: sparky comp.unix.osf.misc:11 comp.unix.osf.osf1:13
From: rsalz@osf.org (Rich Salz)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.osf.misc,comp.unix.osf.osf1
Subject: Where to get information about DCE
Followup-To: comp.unix.osf.misc
Date: 9 Oct 1992 12:32:05 -0400
Organization: Open Software Foundation
NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net

Requests for white papers (DCE and others) may be made to OSF Direct in
the US at +1 617 621 7300 or direct@osf.org.

If you are looking for technical information on DCE, the white papers are
not the best place to get it.  Here is a list of available documentation:

For a fairly light technical introduction (but still much deeper than the
white papers), the best place to look is "Introduction to DCE", published
by Prentice-Hall (ISBN 0-13-490624-1).  If you cannot get it from your
local bookstore, call Prentice-Hall at +1 515 284 6751 for individual
orders.  For bulk orders on a company account, the Prentice-Hall number is
+1 800 223 1360.  For orders outside the US, contact the Prentice-Hall
office nearest you.

For the complete DCE 1.0.1 documentation set, send mail to lisaf@osf.org.
Be forewarned that this is a lot of documentation - 10 big-format books
occupying 30cm of shelf space.

There are also two books by John Shirley, starting with "Understanding
DCE."  If you are interested in writing DCE applications, O'Reilly, Inc.
has published "Guide to writing DCE applications" by John Shirley (ISBN
1-56592-004-X).  Very soon, there will also be another DCE book
distributed by O'Reilly, called "Understanding DCE".  It is a companion
guide to "Developing DCE Applications".  I would think that you could
probably order it today, since it's in final printing now.  Again, if you
cannot get it at your local bookstore, contact O'Reilly, Inc. at +1 800
338 6887 in the US or +1 707 829 0515 for international orders.


Newsgroups: comp.unix.osf.osf1
From: oyakea@vccsouth11.its.rpi.edu (Amalaye Oyake)
Subject: HOW TO INSTALL GWM/TWM
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 20:18:09 GMT


  Hello users, I have some pressing questions which must be answered
 You see at my school we use a combination of Rs 6000's and Suns
They are all configured with Motif. But Lo and Behold 
the very curiouis rpi student just loves to tinker.

 My question is how do you change your window manager safely
and precautions should one take. I would like Gwm or Openlook.

 Most students here change thier window managers at will and thier HAVE
BEEN PROBLEMS ( lockouts, unstable mice etc. )

 What I want to know is how do I install one properly, and 
where can I ftp very nice ones from with all neccessary accessories.

please e-mail @oyakea.rpi.edu
 

Newsgroups: comp.unix.osf.osf1
From: doi@jrd.dec.com (Hitoshi Doi)
Subject: Re: avilable gdb on OSF/1 ?
Organization: DEC Japan Research and Development Center
Distribution: comp
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 03:45:47 GMT

In article <YASODA.92Oct7090141@bouquet.ecs.isl.melco.co.jp>, yasoda@ecs.isl.melco.co.jp (Gyota Yasoda) writes:
# In article <JET.92Oct6120832@win30.nas.nasa.gov> 
# jet@win30.nas.nasa.gov (J. Eric Townsend) writes:
# 
# jet>   Gyota>     Also is there a FTP site which has new GNU binaries for
# jet>   Gyota> OSF/1 ?
# jet>
# jet>   For what CPU?
# 
#     I'm sorry I had left this crucial info out. 
#     I am looking for PMAX (DECstation 3100) stuff. We're currently running
# OSF/1 1.0.4.

I have OSF/1 1.1 and the gdb is 3.94.
So I don't think there is anything newer than what you have.
--
Hitoshi Doi, International Open Systems Engineering        doi@jrd.dec.com
Japan Research and Development Center               decwrl!jrd.dec.com!doi
Digital Equipment Corporation Japan          [from Japan: doi@dec-j.co.jp]
Newsgroups: comp.unix.osf.osf1
From: drmres27@suze.usl.edu (Mejia Pablo)
Subject: OSF/1 a.out format
Organization: Univ. of Southwestern Louisiana
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 00:32:45 GMT

Hi,

I am looking for info on the a.out format that OSF/1 uses.  We are
getting OSF/1 in the next few weeks for our DEC 5000/200 s, but I
would like to know if there is a description of it available for ftp.

The reason I want it is in order to decide if I will be able to use
dld (dynamic link editor), by W. Wilson Ho, under OSF/1.

Thanks in advance,

Pablo Mejia
drmres27@ucs.usl.edu
Newsgroups: comp.unix.osf.osf1
From: hattu@cse.iitb.ernet.in (pradeep hatkanagalekar)
Subject: OSF/1.0 depends on low-addresses ?
Organization: Dept of Computer Science, IIT Bombay
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 08:51:19 GMT

For some reasons we are faced with (approximately) the following
situation:

    1. CPU-0 can access its own physical memory from 0-8Mb and
       also 8-16Mb on an add-on module.
    2. CPU-1 upto CPU-4 can access physical memory 8-16Mb only.
       (All are 80386/486)

We wish to port OSF/1.0 (based on MACH2.5) onto such platform.

One option was to (a) sacrifice the 0-8Mb module, and (b) make
modifications in the kernel so that it comes up directly in the
8-16Mb module.

However we thought of another approach which may turn out to be
less painful ...

On reset, allow the kernel to come-up in the 0-8Mb module upto a
point where it is ready to switch from real to virtual mode.
At this point

    1. copy the kernel code/data in the 8-16Mb module,
    2. Relocate the trap-vector by incrementing the base-adress of
       the vector by 8Mb
    3. doctor the virtual-to-physical mappings incrementing
       the physical addresses by 8Mb to access the new
       memory module, and then
    4. switch to virtual mode

The question is: would such an approach work ?

Specifically,

    a. Once it comes up, does the kernel use bios ?
    b. For any activity after bootstrap, does the kernel
       require 0th physical page or the memory in that
       region (for io ? interrupt handling ? Graphic memory access ?)
    c. If such _relocation_ in physical memory is _feasible_, what
       kind of work is involved in realising it ? Whereall is the
       dependence on physical memory in 0-8Mb region present in
       the code which will have to be changed ?
    d. Are we overlooking something obvious/essential due to which
       this task is not feasible at all ?

Please help ! We need assurence/information _before_ taking the first
step.

-- 
- Pradeep Hatkanagalekar, Research Engineer(Project), -
- Dept of CS&E, IIT Bombay, India. 400-076            -
- e-mail: hattu@cse.iitb.ernet.in                     -


Newsgroups: comp.unix.osf.osf1
From: morse@quark.mpr.ca (Daryl Morse)
Subject: Roadmap for OSF/1 Development?
Organization: MPR Teltech Ltd., Burnaby, BC, Canada.
Distribution: comp
Date: 14 Oct 92 16:10:01


In a recent issue of _digital news & review_, an article entitled
"Expect DEC's OSF/1 Push early next year - OSF says it won't develop
any more standards", describes how OSF will focus on the certification
rather than development of standards. A brief schedule stated that the
current release of OSF/1 is 1.1 and that the next major release is
expected in Q193. Is that version 1.2, 2.0 or what? What new features
are expected? Will that be the last version of OSF/1? Later on in the
article it stated that OSF would deliver version 3.0 of the
microkernel next year. Does version 3.0 imply the third major release
of OSF/1 MK or of OSF/1?

Please reply by email.

Thanks.

--
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MPR Teltech Ltd. 		| Fax    : (604) 293-5787
8999 Nelson Way, Burnaby, BC    | E-Mail : morse@mpr.ca
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From: alext@devil.ece.utexas.edu (Alex Tomlinson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.osf.osf1
Subject: What is the OSF DCE White Paper?
Date: 10 Oct 92 19:20:44 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: ECE Dept, University of Texas at Austin


I've seen several people ask for copies of the OSF DCE White Paper.

Can someone tell me what it is?  I know what OSF and DCE is, I'm just
wondering what the paper is about.

Thanks
Alex Tomlinson
--
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.osf.osf1
From: wws@iscp.bellcore.com (Wayne Scott)
Subject: how are X and Session Manager started on DEC 5000 with osf1?
Organization: Bellcore
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 92 16:19:13 GMT
Keywords: DEC 5000 running osf1

Someone I'm working with is using a DEC 5000 running osf1.
It automatically starts X and something called a Session Manager when the
workstation is booted.  I can't find a ".xinitrc" or any evidence of an xinit
being called.  Can anyone tell me where this is being done?

Thank you,
Wayne Scott
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv286
From: tsw1@Isis.MsState.Edu (Thomas S Wilson)
Subject: Re: 286 Unix
Reply-To: wilson@ee.msstate.edu
Organization: I'm not very organized!
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 00:39:02 GMT

If I only had a dime for every person who asked if there was a free
unix for 286's....


-- 
         
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 . .    wilson@ee.msstate.edu     . .     you are right now, only much,     . .
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From: whou@cbnewsc.cb.att.com (eugene.c.koeppe)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv286
Subject: Drivers? for Bernoilli drives
Keywords: help drivers 6300 plus
Date: 13 Oct 92 17:05:40 GMT
Article-I.D.: cbnewsc.1992Oct13.170540.15603
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T


I've been using a Bernoulli 10+10 box as the only mass storage for my (AT&T)
6300+ since the original Olivetti :-( drive died.

Now I'm the proud owner of UNIX Sys V, rel 2.0 for the 6300+
but find that the installation disk doesn't acknowledge that there's a
(bernoulli) drive out there to partition.

Is special "driver" software required/available?

Gene 

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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                       (708) 713-7324         - genek@ihlpm.att.com


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Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv286
From: dennis@earth (Dennis Cheng-Zen Yang)
Subject: Re: 286 Unix
Organization: Computer System Lab, NTU, Taiwan
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 02:34:46 GMT

crawford@ENUXHB.EAS.ASU.EDU (Brian Crawford) writes:
: What '286 based unix OS are available by ftp?

As I know, there is no such Unix.

--
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Computer System Lab.                     Tel  : 886-2-3630231 ext 3236 or 3016
Dep. of Computer Sci. and Info. Eng.        ___  ___      ,   __  .  
National Taiwan University                 /    <__      /    __> |__
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From: crawford@ENUXHB.EAS.ASU.EDU (Brian Crawford)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv286
Subject: 286 Unix
Date: 14 Oct 92 22:23:25 GMT
Article-I.D.: enuxhb.9210142223.AA02299

What '286 based unix OS are available by ftp?
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
From: scotty@gagetalker.com (Scott Turner)
Subject: Re: public S3 design (Was: Free software and ... Diamond products)
Organization: L5 Computing
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 08:07:45 GMT

In article <1992Oct4.154227.15530@netcom.com> hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty  
Jr) writes:
|> Is the above mentioned chipset the S3?
Nope, the WD chip practically ate X primitives directly.

|> Tnks Scotty for the info on the advantages of using the hardware cursor.
|> 
|> First off, I found an S3 svga card by Actix which I can set the dot 
|> clock values. Actix's telephone number is 408-986-1625.
|> You may also obtain the GraphicsEngine, the S3 card, from Palo
|> Alto Computers. They are located in Palo Alto, Ca. I don't have 
|> my dealers number. Palo Alto Computers sells the GraphicsEngine
|> for less than $250, and if you obtain the card  from Actix they 
|> will sell it for the list price of $300. All technical questions
|> about the GraphicsEngine should go to Actix. 
|> 
|> The GraphicsEngine comes with 1 MB of VRAM and there is no
|> S3 8C911 DRAM version.
|> 
|> Now on the X server side of things, I have modified an 8514/A
|> X server to work with the S3 chipset. The server seems
|> to work and it is fast. For instance moving a window around
|> an releasing the mouse button, the server draws the window
|> as soon as I release the button. The impression that I have 
|> is that it feels faster than a Sun Workstation IPX!
8514's are fast, I can still recall firing up the MetroLink server
on my SVR4 system. It was almost as fast as my BLIT sserver. :)

Unbanked access to the buffer is good stuff.

On the good stuff topic, I've got a pair of motherboards here. They're
both 50MHz 486 with local buss video. One is EISA and the other is ISA.
The EISA vidspeeds at 12,400,000+bps to the ET4000 based local buss video
card (they have a S3 card on the way.) And, it has the ET4000's linear
address stuff hooked up!

Only fly in the oinment is that 386bsd doesn't boot on the EISA MB.
I'm about to try the ISA MB. If I can get this stuff to work I'll get an
instant near 50% boost in performance on the XFree server. Then I should get
another bit by throwing out the banking code.

|> The major problem that I have is that the server seems to draw half
|> of the characters. 
Hmm, how half? You're drawing half the characters or drawing every other
character?

|> The 8514/A X server was developed under Linux and the S3 X 
|> server is being developed under 386bsd. The work to get the
|> GraphicsEngine working started on Tuesday and on Saturday I was
|> enjoying  graphics with a resolution of 1024x768 interlaced.
|> I had previously modified the 8514/A server to work with the
|> S3 chipset. The new work was related to initializing the 
|> S3 properly,e.g., setting the dot clocks and the Horizontal and
|> Vertical Timing values, etc.
So this isn't the IBM 8514 driver? Is it hanging out on a anon-FTP
site someplace? I have one of the local buss S3's on order (picture an
S3 going mano-y-mano with a 50MHz 486, just a 74F244/74F245 between
them, the pixels could fly...)

Scotty
From: RLM@MAINE.MAINE.EDU (Robert L. Metcalf NV1A)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: question about: extract src01
Date: 13 Oct 92 14:09:56 GMT
Organization: University of Maine System

Hi..  I have installed the bin01 distribution successfully on my pc, but
I have having a problem with the src01 distribution.  After typing:

extract src01

extract goes through most of the installation process.  Finally, extract
says:

Final installation:
/tmp/install.src01:  Can't open /tmp/install.src01
extract:  cannot execute installation script of distribution, failed

I checked, and '/tmp/install.src01' does not exist.  Does anyone know
what could be causing this?

One thing that could be causing problems is that I installed the binaries
a few weeks ago, but I tried to install the source yesterday.  I had to
get the 'extract' executable from the Tiny 386BSD disk - do I need to get
anything else from this disk to install stuff?

I do have one suggestion.  Maybe 'extract' should be copied to
/usr/local/bin after the binaries are installed.  Leaving it in
/tmp causes it to be erased when the system is rebooted and /tmp
is cleared.

Thanks.
Robert
RLM@Maine.Maine.edu
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd