Hello managers,
INITIAL QUERY :
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>Context : Digital Unix 3.2A
> AlphaServers 2100 4/275 or DecStation 3000/600
> DEC Migrate (mx + mxr) version 1.2
>Problem : Beginning with 3.2, I have some problems with 2
> programs migrated from MIPS/Ultrix binary code with mx.
>One is the (*SHAME ON DIGITAL*) OSF-forgotten "dxue" and the
>other is home brewed.
>1st problem : NIS (YP) name resolution is not performed
> DNS (BIND) name resolution works well
>I have "hosts : local,yp,bind" in my /etc/svc.conf file.
>Exemple : mx'ed dxue do not work on a X terminal unless this terminal
>is *explicitely* put in local /etc/hosts (it is of course declared
>in NIS hosts file).
>2nd problem : no access to local home directories but ok on
> auto-mounted directories !
>Exemple : 2 machines : alpha and beta and a user : lambda
>lambda's home directory is /usr/alpha/lambda
>When lambda logs from alpha : no access to /usr/alpha/lambda
>(dxue crashes).
>When lambda logs from beta : access ok to /tmp_mnt/usr/joker/lambda
>through the automount mechanism (in NIS passwd file, every user zone
>is declared as /usr/joker/<user name> and the actual zone
>/usr/<home machine>/<user name> is mapped with NIS auto.home file).
>Any help appreciated, I know that CDE's file manager is *THE* solution
>but I was very deceived with 3.5 release of CDE (bundled to 3.2C).
>I think that CDE is still too buggy. I have to wait for 4.0 !
>On this topic : anyone who could give me the list of bug corrected
>from CDE 1.0 ADK (DUNIX 3.2A) to CDE 3.5 ADK (DUNIX 3.2C) is *WARMLY*
>welcome !!! I fear that this list is ... /dev/null :-(
MANY THANKS TO :
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Sam Sarasin <sarasin_at_yosemite.cop.dec.com> -> Point to Xdir
Richard Gorton <gorton_at_amt.tay1.dec.com> -> Send me new mx (1.2-1)
Benoit Maillard <maillard_at_atyisa.enet.dec.com> -> Point to bug list
Jim Belonis <belonis_at_phys.washington.edu> -> Point to VUE product
STATUS :
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-> Problem 1 : completely solved with the new mx which prompt is :
mx version V1.2-1 built Oct 26 1994 09:35:41
now NIS entries are resolved correctly !
If Richard Gorton agrees, I can send the uu-encoded new mx translator.
-> Problem 2 : there are still problems like :
"MXR ERROR: Interpreter attempted to branch to invalid MIPS address 0x0"
or
UE Error pop-up window with :
"Can't set current directory to getwd: can't change back to .:
(alternatively : No such device:)
No such file or directory"
or
Impossible to go down the /usr directory when starting from / for example
When I re-launch dxue, sometimes these errors disappear, sometimes not.
-> CDE
As Benoit stated, it is better to wait for Version 4 which should bring
a more mature and robust CDE version (which is still ADK in 3.2C).
THE COMPLETE REPLIES :
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From: Sam Sarasin <sarasin_at_yosemite.cop.dec.com>
>I do not have the answer to your MX problem but I sent a copy of your message to
>the MX team. I seem to recall a patch for YP/NIS. Let me know if you do not get a
>reply from the MX group. You may want to get a copy of Xdir it does a great job
>and supports remote hosts as well. Check out phoenix.ocf.llnl.gov in the llnlxdir
>directory.
From: Richard Gorton <gorton_at_amt.tay1.dec.com>
>I received a copy of your posting to the alpha-osf-managers mailing
>list describing your mx problem with dxue. I believe that we have
>a version of mx which corrects this problem. The only question
>I have is how would you like me to deliver a new version of the translator
>to you for you to try? I can ftp it to you if you give me access on
>one of your machines, or I can uuencode/email it to you.
>Thanks much,
>Rick
>Richard Gorton Project Leader: mx & FreePort Express
>Alpha Migration Tools Digital Equipment Corp.
From: "Benoit Maillard - Digital France- <maillard_at_atyisa.enet.dec.com>
>Pour la liste des bugs, elle est maintenant livree sur le CD de l'OS,
>dans les repertoire DOCUMENTATION/TEXT/
>Digital_UNIX_V3.2C_CLD_Fixes.txt
>Helas, celle ci ne contient que les patches officiels, et pas les corrections
>des produits "en avance" (ADK). CDE devient standard cet hiver en V4, donc
>garantie d'accroissement de la qualite.
From: belonis_at_phys.washington.edu
>There is now a dxue -equivalent possibly available from DEC.
>We mysteriously received a box containing
>PRODUCT #: VUE-3.0-1/4-RD1
>VUE 3.0 Single User
>QIC Media and Documentation
>for Digital ALPHA OSF 1
>QUANTITY: 1
>The label says it was originally sent to
>Art Mann of the Seattle office of Digital (206)527-2453
>from
>Triteal Corporation
>2011 Palomar Airport Rd
>Carlsbad, CA 92009
>(619)930-2077
>Ship date 10NOV94
>And the documentation indicates it is a Triteal product.
>We have not tried it and do not intend to.
>J.James(Jim)Belonis II, U of Washington Physics Computer Cost Center Manager
>belonis_at_phys.washington.edu Internet University of Washington Physics Dept.
>http://www.phys.washington.edu/~belonis r. B234 Physics Astronomy Building
>1pm to midnite 7 days (206) 685-8695 Box 351560 Seattle, WA 98195-1560
Regards,
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Received on Wed Oct 18 1995 - 18:17:56 NZDT