HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: vvmbw@sargent.lerc.nasa.gov (Mary Vickerman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Need info on color scanner for Iris
Date: 8 Apr 92 15:48:09 GMT
Article-I.D.: eagle.1992Apr8.154809.7762
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center [Cleveland, Ohio]


 
I need info on a color flatbed scanner to use on an Iris workstation.
The man page for scanner lists a few that are directly supported.
We are particularly interested in the Ricoh color scanner, using the
SCSI connection.

- Does anyone have a Ricoh FS1S color flatbed scanner attached
  to an Iris?
- Does it work with the scanner program?
- Do I need any other software or hardware to get it to work?
- How is the quality of the scans? 
- Do you have a supplier's name, address?

Post or email responses.  Thanks for any info. 
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
From: chawley@sundiver.esd.sgi.com (Christopher J. Hawley)
Subject: Re: xpsview or Xsgi error, core dumped
Keywords: xpsview, AppVersion, resource mismatch
Reply-To: chawley@sundiver.esd.sgi.com
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. / Entry Systems Division
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 92 18:26:34 GMT

    In article <1992Apr16.122028.22431@bernina.ethz.ch>, hoesel@igc.ethz.ch
(Frans van Hoesel) writes:

+ From: hoesel@igc.ethz.ch (Frans van Hoesel)
+ Message-ID: <1992Apr16.122028.22431@bernina.ethz.ch>
+ 
+ after uncompressing chap2.ps.Z from explorer (/usr/explorer/doc) I 
+ started xpsview. In oreder to let Xsgi dump the core:
+ Set the scale factor on xpsview to 2.00 (ignore the message about unstructered
+ documents) and display page 2. Scroll a bit to the right, display page 2
+ again, switch to page 1 again (well, just play around for 20 seconds
+ while the scale factor is 2 and keep displaying page 2 again and again.
+ Xsgi will dump core in /usr/tmp and pandorra starts again!
+ 
+ Ok this bug has been reported a month ago (no reaction by the way) but then
+ I discovered a new version of xpsview on sgi.com. I copied that version, but
+ it complains about not finding any appl. resource file during startup
\ of xpsview. The old version of xpsvie doesn't have that problem.
+ 
+ three questions: why, why and how to solve?

Short answer: mismatch between version of  xpsview  and resource  *AppVersion .

Longer:
    There is a resource called AppVersion which I believe is used to synchro-
nize naming of resources (changed names of some between versions?).  I suspect
that you have the original value in  /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/XPsview :

	$ grep -i version  /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/XPsview
	*AppVersion:					1.2

However, the new version you picked up is version 1.2.1; when  xpsview  reads
the defaults file, it sees the wrong version number, and complains.

I added the following line to my own  .Xdefaults  file, which seems to work:

	XPsview*AppVersion:	1.2.1

Another solution is to simply edit  /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/XPsview  and
change the value "1.2" to "1.2.1".

#include <std/disclaimer.h>
   /*  Employed by SGI in a non-speaking capacity.  All opinions are mine. */

+ -- frans
-- 
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    Silicon Graphics, Inc.   01L-945      PSD   phone:  415 / 335-1621  work
    Mountain View, CA   94039-7311  USA   /             415 / 965-0754  home
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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From: ghc3191@aw2.fsl.ca.boeing.com (Gene H. Caldwell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Doppelganger  (.."mirror" view on VGX?)
Date: 8 Apr 92 18:49:40 GMT
Organization: fsl

We have a requirement to produce both 'normal' looking scenes of
a 3D environment as well as 'mirror' views of the same 3D
environment using a 310VGX.  We basically need to invert the
image x coordinates (in screen space).  The VGX MODELVIEW and
PROJECTION matrices are used to early (I think) in the rendering
process to be of help.  I've tried feeding bogus viewport
values but the result is no image at all.  Doing this on a PI
apparently results in a 'reflected image'..exactly what I want, like
in the movie 'Doppelganger' where the double world was an exact
(but inverted) duplicate of our own.

Does anyone know the trick for doing this on a VGX?

Gene Caldwell		ghc3191@tahoma.uucp
"..plus becomes minus and minus becomes plus."
From: steve@bam-bam.tamu.edu (Steve Rikli)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Irix 4.0.1 - why is gamma setable only by root?
Date: 13 Apr 92 19:22:38 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: College of Architecture, Texas A&M University

One of our grad students asked me about this one, and it took
me completely by surprise.  According to the man page for
/usr/sbin/gamma, only root is allowed to adjust its value.

Why is this?  This isn't so in pre-4.0.1 IRIX, and I'm just
curious what was being broken that necessitated the change.

cheers,
sr.
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|| steve@archone.tamu.edu  |||  Texas A&M University            ||
|| (409) 845-5691          |||  College Station, TX  77843-3137 ||
From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: SCSI bus upgrade question
Date: 8 Apr 92 07:14:59 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.  Mountain View, CA

In <1992Apr7.203015.9112@helios.physics.utoronto.ca> manson@bullet.ecf.toronto.edu (Bob Manson) writes:


| Hi.  I have a 4D/140 with the following devices on the SCSI bus:
| 
| 	one internal 130meg drive
| 	one external 1.2Gb Wren VII
| 	one external Exabyte 
| 
| I want to buy more SCSI disks, but I'm wondering what sort of hit the
| machine is going to take, performance wise.  I know that I could go for
| an IO3 upgrade from SGI, but are there 3rd party solutions available
| as well?

Adding more disks won't slow anything down, but you are already max'ed
out in terms of SCSI DMA performance for the IO2; the Wren VII by itself
can run faster than the IO2 can do SCSI DMA.

| p.s. Any idea how much scsi cable is inside the box?

Depends.  For a 140 I would guess about 1.5 - 2 meters.
--
Let no one tell me that silence gives consent,  |   Dave Olson
because whoever is silent dissents.             |   Silicon Graphics, Inc.
    Maria Isabel Barreno                        |   olson@sgi.com
From: lsr-vax!lmo@uunet.uu.net (Lance M. Optican - LMO)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: log function bug ok in 'C'
Date: 15 Apr 92 16:28:32 GMT


        I am also interested in mathematical integrity on the
irises!  I tested your reciprocal log bug under Irix 4.0.1.
I found no problems under "C":

#include <math.h>
main()
{
       float x;

       x = 1.5 * pow(2.0, 126.0);
       printf("x = %20.16g\n", x);
       printf("ln(x) = %20.16g\n", log(x));
       printf("ln(1/x) = %20.16 g\n", log(1.0/x));
}

produces:

x = 1.276058875953519e+38
ln(x) =    87.74200985866128
ln(1/x) =   -87.74200985866128

----------------------------------------------+--------------------------
   Lance M. Optican                           | uunet!lsr-vax!lmo 
   Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research        | lsr-vax!lmo@uunet.uu.net
   National Eye Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD  | (301) 496-3549    
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From: loki@frodo.physics.mcgill.ca (Loki Jorgenson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Ocean v2.2
Date: 13 Apr 92 02:41:42 GMT


	New Release (wow!) of ocean:
	
	The background program "ocean" (available from ftp.Physics.McGill.CA
132.206.9.13) is currently in version 2.2.  It now includes

	- fish swim both directions (left-to-right now too!)
	- a 10 fish image library (2 new submarines!!)
	- fixed corals (disappeared in 2.1 due to bug)
	- mail sign descends with hook
	- IRIXv4.0 point-and-click mail chameleon window autmatically
		disappears if mail is read from another shell
	- fixed "scrub" program
	- five (three new) color schemes 
	- "colorizer" program for choosing your own colorschemes
		(requires FORMS 2.0)
	- makes users conscious of the plight of scanned, tropical fish

	Somehow, I feel that mentioning something this trivial here is
almost a waste of bandwidth; it's certainly not as important as FORMS.
So if you object to this, please tell me.  Otherwise, if you appreciate
hearing about ocean updates (like I have nothing to do in my spare
time), please tell me.  Then I can decide if I'm being a nuisance.

	And if anyone knows the proper insignia for American and Canadian
submarines, I would like to hear about it.  

-- 
'gards,
                               .   .         
Loki Jorgenson                 |_O_|     _      node:  loki@Physics.McGill.CA
Grad/Systems Manager            \_/  -+__O      BITNET: PY29@MCGILLA
Physics, McGill University      / \     _|_     fax:   (514) 398-6526
Montreal Quebec CANADA        _/   \_ _/  |_    phone: (514) 398-7027

                         -*  Morally incensed  *-
From: walsh+@pitt.edu (Alan M Walsh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: 1 MB SIMMS
Keywords: free
Date: 14 Apr 92 19:50:48 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

<standard disclaimer for first time post to this group>

greetings,

     does anyone out there happen to have 4 1MB simms lying around from
an upgrade of their 4d/25 to 32MB of RAM that they would be willing to
give away (or sell very cheaply?)  we have a 4d/25 with 12MB and with the
recent OS release our (relatively small) applications are running into
noticeably more paging.  *THANKS* in advance.

preferred email address is walsh@theory.chem.pitt.edu

alan
From: wes@uf.msc.edu (Wes Barris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: Image Examination Tool Wanted
Keywords: tool, image
Date: 15 Apr 92 18:03:08 GMT
Article-I.D.: uc.1992Apr15.180308.14590
Reply-To: wes@msc.edu
Organization: AHPCRC

In article <1992Apr15.080554.24356@odin.corp.sgi.com>, blythe@sgi.com (David Blythe) writes:
|> In article <1992Apr15.023632.1568@parc.xerox.com> glassner@parc.xerox.com (Andrew Glassner) writes:
|> >I would like to interactively learn the values of pixels on my
|> >Iris.  Specifically, I'd like to put up an image using any standard
|> >image display program (so the pixels are in the frame buffer).  Then
|> >I'd invoke the program I seek, point at individual pixels on the
|> >screen, and see (perhaps in a shell) the x,y coordinates of the
|> >pixel, and its RGB values.  Pixel zooming and relative coordinates
|> >would be a plus, but I could get a lot of mileage out of a simple
|> >tool like this.  Is there a public-domain tool of this sort available?
|> >Any suggestions or paths will be appreicated.
|> 
|> a handy program indeed - /usr/demos/bin/snoop:
|> 

Or, if you are displaying an SGI image file, you could use "scope".
I find scope more usable that snoop mainly because it provides the RGB
values in decimal instead of hex.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
From: fsfacca@zoso.lerc.nasa.gov (Tony Facca)
Subject: Re: One for the FAQ
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center [Cleveland, Ohio]
Distribution: comp.sys.sgi
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 13:01:00 GMT

In article <BENEDICT.92Apr6125138@bowen.utexas.edu> benedict@bowen.utexas.edu (Thomas Benedict) writes:

>I realize this is one for the FAQ, and probably one I should know the
>answer to, but after I did the upgrade to 4.0.1, none of our PIs seem
>to be able to ftp much of anywhere.  For example:
>
>	ftp export.lcs.mit.edu
>	ftp: connect: Network is unreachable
>	ftp> quit
>
>is a typical session for me now.  My 4D/80 wasn't affected, though.
>How do I get the network reachable again?
>

It is hard to tell exactly what the solution is without knowing the details
of your network, but if it used to work and doesn't anymore, chances are
you have a "default gateway router" which you have forgotten to tell the
system about?

If you know the address of the router, try this:

	/usr/etc/route add default xx.xx.xx.xx 1

To make this happen when you boot up, create a file like this:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
#! /bin/sh
#
# Initialize/Shutdown the local routers and things.  This script is
# called with one argument, "start" or "stop"

#
# Change the LOCAL_ROUTER variable below to the router address in your area
#

LOCAL_ROUTER=139.88.60.1                # Default Router 

mode=$1
case $mode in

     start)   echo "Add static routes: "
              /usr/etc/route add default $LOCAL_ROUTER 1
              echo "\n"
              ;;

     stop)    /usr/etc/route delete default $LOCAL_ROUTER 
              echo "static routes removed"
              ;;

     *)       echo "usage: network.local {start|stop} " ;;

esac
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Call the file /etc/init.d/network.local and create these links:

  ln -s /etc/init.d/network.local /etc/rc0.d/K39network 
  ln -s /etc/init.d/network.local /etc/rc2.d/S31network

For more info, read the information in the /etc/init.d/network script.
Well hidden, but useful.

 
PS:  Say hello to "Email" when he gets in ;-) 


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 NASA Lewis Research Center   | sympathy, have some taste.                    
 fsfacca@lerc.nasa.gov        |                                      - Stones
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From: brust@i5120q.nrl.navy.mil (Joe Brust)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: serial printers
Date: 8 Apr 92 19:30:41 GMT
Organization: NRL


Has anyone successfully used any of the following printers, or anything
similar, on an SGI SERIAL port?
                   ------
Tektronix Phaser II PXi
HP Laserjet III D
NEC Silentwriter

They seem to work fine on the parallel ports, but I've run out of parallel
ports.

I am successfully using a DEC LN03 and a DEC LA50 on serial ports.  These call
for an RS-232C interface, but apparently only need the TD, RD, and SG lines of
the ttyd devices, which, I believe, are RS-232D.

It seems from their documentation that the above printers also only need these
three lines, but they ain't woikin'.

Any input would be appreciated.  Thanks.		Joe
-- 
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Joe Brust                              /
Applied Ocean Acoustics Branch        /// 
Naval Research Lab, Code 5124          /
Washington, D.C. 20375                /
brust@wave.nrl.navy.mil 202-767-2493 /          if you get confused...
From: absinthe@topo.chem.washington.edu (User Account)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Mathematica on the Indigo
Keywords: Mathematica Indigo
Date: 14 Apr 92 15:30:20 GMT
Reply-To: absinthe@u.washington.edu
Organization: University of Washington

Does anyone know how to suppress the plot, plot3d, and associated-function
graphical output in Mathematica?

The standard trailing semicolon fails miserably..

thanks,
--
Daniel Faken          /          absinthe@u.washington.edu
From: schuette@roadkill.nrl.navy.mil (Larry Schuette)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: kerberos anyone?
Keywords: kerberos, Irix 4.0.%
Date: 16 Apr 92 12:26:43 GMT
Organization: Naval Research Lab, Physical Acoustics, Washington, DC

Hi,
	Is anyone running kerberos on their SGI Workstations?  We
are contemplating setting up a kerberos server to cut down on the number
of unencrypted passwords being passed around our LAN.
	
Thanks, Larry
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	"..suprise, make your attack and disappear.."	Galland

Lawrence C. Schuette			  schuette@roadkill.nrl.navy.mil
Code 5133				  (202)767-2739  
Naval Research Laboratory		  	
Washington D.C.	20375-5000
From: mslater@mpr.com (Michael Slater)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: SGI enhanced R4000?
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 92 09:39:55 PST
Organization: Microprocessor Report
Reply-To: mslater@mpr.com (Michael Slater)
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.5v4

SGI has acknowledged that it is developing a version of the R4000
with faster floating-point, but I haven't been able to get any details
at all. Does anyone know what this chip will add to the R4000?  Presumably
it will do more than just decrease the FP latencies and increase the
issue rate.

Michael Slater, Microprocessor Report              mslater@mpr.com
P.O. Box 2438, Sebastopol CA 95473  707/823-4004  fax 707/823-0504
From: Tim.Buxton@um.cc.umich.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: PD Man Page Formatting
Date: 13 Apr 92 05:19:31 GMT


 
This briefly describes my solution to the problem of how to
view your nroff source man pages if you have not yet bought
the Documenter's Workbench option from SGI.  It requires
Internet access to get a PD "nroff" substitute, and perhaps
20 minutes of time on your machine logged in as root
creating and enabling execution of 3 brief script files.
The strategy is basically:
 
  1. Get a program which can execute the formatting
instructions in common Unix man pages.  In my case it was
"awf" by Henry Spencer from cs.utoronto.edu, mentioned 2
weeks ago or so on comp.sys.sgi.
 
  2. Feed the SGI "man" command the executables it is
hardwired to expect, as determined from the "man -p"
command.
 
Problems are that the resulting capability is probably
slower and less capable than the purchased version.  You see
errors during the display of the nroff man pages that I
judge to be harmless, but also indicate that something is
not being displayed properly...
 
But, it's way better than nothing, and otherwise useless man
pages such as those from InterViews, Mathematica, Kermit or
BRL/CAD can now be both displayed, and incorporated in your
"man -k"/apropos keyword database.
 
To see what "man" wants, you can view output from the man -p
option used on any unformatted man page:
 
% man -p awf
neqn /usr/pub/eqnchar /pi/man/man1/awf.1 | tbl | nroff -i
/usr/lib/tmac/tmac.an | col| ul | more -s -f
 
This can be made to work if you write the three following
scripts in some directory which is included in your
execution path, in this case /usr/local/bin, and make each
script executable with a command such as "chmod 777 neqn"
for instance.  (If you later install dwb, delete these 3
files of course.)
 
1.  /usr/local/bin/neqn is 1 line to send the man page file
on down the line:
 
cat $2
 
2.  /usr/local/bin/tbl is 1 line to call Your Filter:
 
awf -man
 
3.  /usr/local/bin/nroff is a 1-line "do-nothing":
 
nawk '{print}'
 
If you download "awf" and place the executable in
/usr/local/bin as well, you can put awf.1 (the man page
file) in directory /usr/man/man1, type "man awf" and
actually get a bolded, underlined man page after the
"Formatting, Please Wait.." message.  Note that nroff format
man pages still must be placed in a directory that "man"
expects nroff man pages to be in, for instance under
/usr/man/....   See the "man" man page for details.
 
You can now (as root, still) run "/usr/lib/makewhatis &" to
bring these new man pages into the Known Universe of keyword
searches.  Since this filter is slow, this process will take
awhile, and some error messages will appear as
untranslatable format codes are encountered, but basically,
it works.
 
I have tried this for a week or so, and I am happy with the
results.  If you try it, let me know of your
successes/failures.
 
-Tim Buxton                   "The reason that nothing will
OptiMetrics, Inc.              ever be foolproof is that
Ann Arbor, MI                  fools are so ingenious."
                                                    -Murphy
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
From: mosh@apollo.uucp ( Moshe Shemesh)
Subject: yppasswd bug under IRIX 4.0.1 (?)
Organization: ROBCAD Software Ltd. Herzelia - ISRAEL
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 20:10:38 GMT

Hello Netlanders,

    It seems that yppasswd under IRIX 4.0.1 wasn't compiled with NIS libraries
    support (-lsun). The program fails with "Unknown host" indication. I get
    the following scenario When running yppasswd under IRIX 4.0.1:

        2 pasta> yppasswd
        Changing NIS password for mosh on <my NIS master machine name>.
        Old password: <here I type my old password>
        New password: <here I type my new password>
        Retype new password: <here I type it again>
        Unknown host
        couldn't change passwd
        3 pasta>


    Adding an entry for the NIS master in /etc/hosts on the local machine
    solves the problem.

    Yppasswd runs fine under IRIX 3.3.[1-2].

Moshe Shemesh
Just another System Administrator
ROBCAD software Technologies Ltd - Herzelia - Israel

INTERNET:mosh%robcad@uunet.uu.net
UUCP:uunet!robcad!mosh

Beware of machines with big reset buttons in front - It means You will have to 
use it.
From: rdargahi@wilkins.iaims.bcm.tmc.edu (Ross Dargahi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: X11R5
Date: 13 Apr 1992 20:19:03 GMT
Reply-To: rdargahi@wilkins.iaims.bcm.tmc.edu (Ross Dargahi)
Organization: Baylor College of Medicine
Originator: rdargahi@wilkins.iaims.bcm.tmc.edu


Anyone at SGI know when an X11R5 server will be available for the INDIGO's

thanx in advance 

Ross Dargahi
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
Subject: Re: Paging Monitor
Organization:  Silicon Graphics, Inc.  Mountain View, CA
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 92 04:50:46 GMT

In <1992Apr9.154929.6018@doug.cae.wisc.edu> seaney@engr.wisc.edu (Steve Seaney) writes:
| We are considering adding memory to our 4D/20 before we upgrade to
| 4.0.1 (we have 8Meg now).  Is there a way that I can monitor swap
| space usage to get an idea how much memory I should add.  One of the
| vendors (Impediment) said that he had seen greatly improved response
| time with more memory.
| 
| The `software` we are trying to improve is a 3D path planning
| simulator coded in our lab.  

osview is the most usable, in my opinion, for short term info.

Also see the assorted 'sar' options.

gr_osview can be moderately helpful, espicially in strip chart mode.
--
Let no one tell me that silence gives consent,  |   Dave Olson
because whoever is silent dissents.             |   Silicon Graphics, Inc.
    Maria Isabel Barreno                        |   olson@sgi.com
From: chuckb@milton.u.washington.edu (Chuck Bass)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: How About a Word Processor with IRIX 4.0.X?
Date: 13 Apr 92 21:43:07 GMT
Organization: University of Washington

davis@bedlam.asd.sgi.com (Tom Davis) writes:

>Showcase does support centering -- check out the text
>ruler gizmo.  What else is missing?

What version of showcase? Showcase 2.0 has center justification
in the text ruler gizmo.  Also look at the alignment gizmo for
centering text with objects in many different ways.

Chuck Bass
   
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi