SUN-Spots Digest, v4n31.2
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Tue Dec 2 02:48:48 AEST 1986
SUN-SPOTS DIGEST October, 24 Oct 1986 Volume 4 : Issue 31.2
Today's Topics:
biff with NFS mounted /usr/spool/mail
new data communications packages from SUN
Need undump for Tex82 on Sun3?
D/A driver needed for Sun?
1/2 inch 1600/6250 bpi tape drives for Sun-3's?
netstat funny?
Problems with mmdfII on SUN workstations (3)?
Query: adding mouse and keyboard to Sun serial ports?
Magic on Sun-3/110?
mods to ttysw to allow boldfacing/underlining/reverse video
Network connections seem to lock up...?
Color windows running in suntools?
Eagle, 3rd party, installation problems?
iobus level 3 interrupt not serviced?
Query: getting carrier-detect status from zs0?
typesetting previewers for Sun workstations?
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Date: 21 Nov 86 13:36:30 1986 (Fri)
From: Vicky Riffle <sun-spots-request at Rice.edu>
Subject: Administrivia
As you all know - v4n31 was truncated. Here is part 2.
My apologies for not getting Sun Spots issues out on a more regular basis.
We have experienced many problems over the past month, especially with our
net connection. The next several issues will be fat and frequent.
After that I hope to send out one issue per week.
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Date: Fri, 17 Oct 86 16:23:56 EDT
From: budd at BU-CS.BU.EDU (Philip Budne)
Subject: biff with NFS mounted /usr/spool/mail
We run timesharing on a cluster of three SUN-3/180s. All three
machines share a single mail queue. Here are changes to make biff
work in this environment.
The first problem is that /bin/mail only sends udp packets to the
comsat on localhost. Here is a change so that /bin/mail will send
packets to each host named biffhost-1 .... biffhost-N
****************************************************************
mail.c
****************************************************************
sendmail(n, name, fromaddr)
if( sp )
sprintf(buf, "%s@%d\n", name, ftell(malf));
copylet(n, malf, ORDINARY);
fclose(malf);
if (sp) {
char biffname[100];
int i;
f = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0, 0);
if( f >= 0 ) {
for( i = 1; ; i++ ) {
biffname[0] = '\0';
sprintf(biffname, "biffhost-%d", i);
if( !trybiff(f, buf, biffname, sp ) )
break;
}
if( i == 1 )
trybiff(f, buf, "localhost", sp);
close(f);
} /* f */
} /* sp */
unlock();
return(1);
}
trybiff(s, buf, host, sp) /* budd */
int s;
char *buf, *host;
struct servent *sp;
{
struct hostent *hp = NULL;
if( (hp = gethostbyname( host )) == NULL )
return( 0 );
biffaddr.sin_family = hp->h_addrtype;
bcopy(hp->h_addr, &biffaddr.sin_addr, hp->h_length);
biffaddr.sin_port = sp->s_port;
sendto(s, buf, strlen(buf)+1, 0, &biffaddr, sizeof (biffaddr));
return( 1 );
} /* trybiff */
****************************************************************
****************************************************************
The second problem is that comsat on machines that had NFS mounted
/usr/spool/mail could not read the user's mail files to print the new
messages.
****************************************************************
in.comsat.c
****************************************************************
jkfprintf(tp, name, offset) /* BUDD... */
register FILE *tp;
{
struct stat stb;
if( stat( name, &stb ) == 0 ) {
dprintf("seting euid to %d\n", stb.st_uid );
setreuid( -1, stb.st_uid ); /* become mail file owner */
}
_jkfprintf(tp, name, offset);
setuid( 0 );
} /* ...BUDD */
_jkfprintf(tp, name, offset) /* BUDD */
real jkfprintf here
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Date: Fri, 24 Oct 86 10:55:22 PDT
From: bcraig at sun.com (Brian Craig - SunLink Product Marketing)
Subject: new data communications packages from SUN
Sun Microsystems has announced new data communications packages.
Earlier this month, Sun announced the following additions to its SunLink
data communications product family:
SunLink VT100*-type Terminal Allows a Sun workstation to bring up
Emulator VT100 emulation in a window.
SunLink DNA*-type Protocols Allows a Sun workstation to connect
to DECnet environment. Includes
VT100*-type Terminal Emulator.
DECnet Phase IV protocols that
run Ethernet; TCP/IP is allowed
to run concurrently on same Ethernet.
SunLink OSI Enhanced to include MAP support,
in addition to TOP. Allows Sun
Workstations to communicate via
an 802.4 broadband token bus.
SunLink X.25 Enhanced to include X.29 and X.3
support in addition to X.25. Allows
a Sun Workstation access to a public
data network. X.29 and X.3 provide
virtual terminal capability.
SunLink DDN Allows a Sun Workstation to serve
as a gateway between a Sun network
and the Defense Data Network
(eg. ARPANET, MILNET, etc.).
Existing SunLink products:
SunLink SNA 3270 Provides IBM 3278 terminal emulation
in an SNA environment. Allows a Sun
Workstation to be a gateway server
providing 3278 terminal sessions (in
a window) to other workstations on
the local Ethernet or an
Internetwork. File transfer
capability provided.
SunLink BSC 3270 Provides IBM 3278 terminal emulation
in a non-SNA environment. Allows a
Sun Workstation to be a gateway
server providing 3278 terminal
sessions (in a window) to other
workstations on the local Ethernet
or an Internetwork. File transfer
capability provided.
SunLink BSC RJE Provides IBM 2780, 3780 and HASP
station emulation in a batch-
communication environment. Allows a
Sun Workstation to be a gateway
server providing an IBM RJE host
connection to other workstations on
the local Ethernet or an
Internetwork. File transfer
capability provided.
SunLink Internetwork Router Extends Sun network communications
beyond local Ethernet across a
wide area. Allows local Ethernet
resources to be shared across the
Internetwork.
SunLink Communication Processor Optional board which improves
performance by offloading protocol
handling from the Sun workstation
processor. Provides additional
communications ports (RS232, RS449).
The SunLink product family is designed to facilitate implementation of
multi-vendor and wide area networks. Different SunLink packages can run
concurrently on the same workstation, different protocols can run
concurrently along the same Ethernet, and SunLink gateway products can be
shared across a wide area network, allowing access to gateways residing
on remote Ethernets. SunLink products are standalone software packages
which require no special hardware; the SunLink Communication Processor
is optional and can be used to improve performance.
Your local Sun sales representative can provide you with additional
information on SunLink products.
Brian Craig
Sun Microsystems
Mountain View, Ca.
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Date: Fri, 24 Oct 86 12:51:53 EDT
From: mlandau at Diamond.BBN.COM (Matt Landau)
Subject: Need undump for Tex82 on Sun3?
Can anyone provide sources for/a pointer to the Sun 3 version
of undump that supposedly appeared on the net some time ago,
and that is necessary to bring up the Tex82 distribution on a
Sun 3?
Thanks.
[[A version of undump that will work on a Sun 3 is available via anonymous
FTP from host "dione.rice.edu" in the shar file "public/undump.shar". The
new version that (presumably) will be appearing on subsequent copies of
the Unix-TeX tape is available via anonymous FTP from host
"ward.cs.washington.edu" in the file "<tex.xfer>sun3-undump.sh". I believe
these versions are different, but they both work with ZMAGIC files. --ed.]]
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Date: Thu, 23 Oct 86 17:38:22 cdt
From: ihnp4!laidbak!bob at ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Bob Van Valzah)
Subject: D/A driver needed for Sun?
A client of mine needs to do D/A conversion on a VME bus Sun workstation.
I know that suitable boards are available from Data Translation and other
companies, but I haven't been able to find anyone with a Unix device
driver for their board. I'd like to contact anyone who has any sort of
D/A converter device driver for Sun workstations.
Bob Van Valzah Lachman Associates, Inc. ..!ihnp4!laidbak!bob 800-LAI-UNIX
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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 86 12:52:51 EDT
From: hull%buffalo.csnet at CSNET-RELAY.ARPA (Jon Hull)
Subject: 1/2 inch 1600/6250 bpi tape drives for Sun-3's?
If you have experience with a 1/2 inch 1600/6250 tape drive on a Sun-3,
please mail me a description of your configuration, the controller and driver
you use, any comments you have on their reliability, etc., and where you
purchased them. I am going to purchase a drive and controller and would like
to get some advice from others that have done this already.
I have looked at a Fujitsu 2442 and a Fujitsu 2444 as well as a Cipher 990.
I received some negative comments on the 990 and thus am leaning toward one
of the Fujitsu's. The controller would be an Interphase 3209.
Any comments on these drives or any others you have experience
with would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Jon Hull
hull at buffalo.csnet
hull%buffalo at CSNET-RELAY.arpa
P.S. Buying from Sun is out of the question because of their
exorbitant prices.
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Date: Tue, 14 Oct 86 14:51:33 BST
From: jim%cs.heriot-watt.ac.uk at Cs.Ucl.AC.UK (Jim Crammond)
Subject: netstat funny?
If I do a netstat I get a number of RPC connections showing up in TIME_WAIT
state. Typically I get 4 of these the first time I do a netstat. If I
then immediately run netstat again I get 20+. Repeat this a couple more times
and netstat will give up printing connections after say 150 (usually without
getting to the"interesting" processes).
After a short while, all these connections disappear and we're back to 4.
Has anyone else seen this strange behavior?
-Jim Crammond.
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Date: Tue, 14 Oct 86 12:02:27 MET
From: jochen%germany.csnet at CSNET-RELAY.ARPA (Jochen Grobholz)
Subject: Problems with mmdfII on SUN workstations (1)
I have problems to install the mmdfII-software on a sun-workstation.
The first bug was a nil-pointer in the file ap_util.c, but this bug I
had removed. Now I get the error message ,,Problem in do_an_address [EOF]''
when put a name in the field ,,To''. During the address check the program
made a mistake. Do anyone have experience with this problem, please
write to
jochen at germany.csnet
Thanks
jochen
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Date: Tue, 14 Oct 86 08:10:49 -0700
From: mrose at nrtc-gremlin (Marshall Rose)
Subject: Problems with mmdfII on SUN workstations (2)
The [EOF] message says that submit is still exiting prematurely. You might
contact CSnet-CIC at sh.cs.net to find out how your version of MMDF compares to
the one they are currently distributing.
/mtr
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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 86 14:25:08 -0500
From: long at SH.CS.NET (Daniel Long)
Subject: Problems with mmdfII on SUN workstations (3)
There is a mailing list "mmdf2 at relay.cs.net" that discusses MMDF2 issues
including porting to various machines. I'll reply in detail to you there.
Dan Long
MMDF2B Co-coordinator
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Date: 15 Oct 1986 18:04-EST
From: Ralph.Hyre at ius2.cs.cmu.edu (Ralph Hyre)
Subject: Query: adding mouse and keyboard to Sun serial ports?
I'd like to add an extra mouse and keyboard to some of our Sun-3 workstations.
These suns already have an extra color monitor attached, so I can set up
another user running suntools on the second monitor. The obvious solution
would to be to attach them to the two serial ports on the CPU board.
The mouse and keyboard share one Zilog serial chip, and the two serial ports
share another. What I'm lacking are details, what do I need to know about
the following?
- the flags byte on zs0 (same as on zs1? (0x103?))
- changing the device numbers and names on the serial ports
(I suppose eventually I'll change MAKEDEV to do this)
- matching signal levels (do I need a 1488/29SL26 between
mouse or keyboard TXD lines and RS-423A RXD lines?)
Any help would be appreciated, especially from someone with experience trying
to do this.
- Ralph
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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 86 17:06:01 EDT
From: cadre.uucp!pitt!don at sun.UUCP (Don Chiarulli)
Subject: Magic on Sun-3/110?
Does anyone know what modifications (if any) will be required to port Magic
4.10 and other Berkeley tools to the new Sun-3/110 workstation. I would like
to know if it is realistic to consider this configuration for the spring
semester.
Don Chiarulli
Computer Science Dept.
University of Pittsburgh
don at pitt
P.S. Even if you aren't running magic, if you have a 3/110 and are willing
to answer some questions, please contact me.
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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 86 22:12:27 EDT
From: bzs at BU-CS.BU.EDU (Barry Shein)
Subject: mods to ttysw to allow boldfacing/underlining/reverse video
Thanks for the offer. I'd be interested in your diffs (we are a source
site.) If anyone else from BU asks (others read this list) just tell
me who you sent it to although I would be the right person.
-Barry Shein, Boston University
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Date: Fri, 17 Oct 86 09:50:41 PDT
From: gerolima at Ford-wdl1.ARPA (Mark Gerolimatos)
Subject: Network connections seem to lock up...?
(
First, I'd like to complain about Sun's service policy. Seems to me that
if this is indeed a Sun problem (ie: not our fault), then Sun should not
require service contracts to fix it. If it's clear that my transmission
was defective from the day it was installed in my car, no matter WHAT the
warranty, there's no way on earth I'm goning to pay to fix it. I
shouldn't have to pay for fixing THEIR mistakes, if they are indeed theirs.
)
Every once in a while, tty windows to foreign (rsh) hosts seem to "lock up."
No characters are echo'd, and "~." doesn't seem to get you out, which makes
me think that the problem is on the local side.
Usually seems to happen when I hit a signal character (^C, ^Z, etc) on
a job that blathering out to a window (ie: catting a long file, or grep'ing
a vowel from a source directory).
Normally, I would assume it was a full input buffer, but I don't get
that cutesy "tty hung?" menu (note: I use the walking menus). Of course,
the only recourse is to kill the window (gak!).
Anyone else seen this problem?
"For almost a quarter of a century..."
Mark Gerolimatos
ARPA: gerolima at ford-wdl1.{arpa,com} "Let's take our neighbor for a ride!
UUCP: {sun,fortune}!wdl1!gerolima Would you like to go for a ride!?"
AT&T: (415) 852-4105 "Uuhhhh...no thanks."
USPS: c/o Ford Aerospace "No what!?" "No, I wouldn't like to go."
3939 Fabian Way "Go Where!?" "Uuhh...for a ride..."
Palo Alto CA 94303 "GOOD IDEA!!! LET'S GO FOR A RIDE!!!"
Mail Stop X20
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Date: Sun, 19 Oct 86 13:22:18 EDT
From: sean at cadre.dsl.pittsburgh.edu (Sean McLinden)
Subject: Color windows running in suntools?
I have an application which requires the full 256 colors for a display
running under Suntools (Release 3.0 of the OS). I have tried everything
from putattributes to setting the CMS and can get no more than two
colors in a window (foreground and background). The application is
running on a 3/160C with GP/GB. Interestingly, when I call the
program and specify a color device (cgtwo or gpone), it exits without
doing anything. If I leave it to the default, the foreground and background
colors become the 255th and 256th colors in the array while the pointer
is in the application window, but revert to black on white when the pointer
is outside the application window.
Does anyone have a clue as to what is happening? I still can't believe
that SunView does not allow you to do all this as options to window_create,
but that would be too obvious a feature to provide in a user level
environment.
Sean McLinden
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Date: Mon, 20 Oct 86 11:32:12 edt
From: cincotta at ICST-SE (Cincotta)
Subject: Eagle, 3rd party, installation problems?
I have been trying to install a third party Eagle drive on a
SUN Model 150U Workstation with an upgraded 450 XYLOGICS controller.
Looking for some insight on the following two problems.
1. SUN provides four bulkhead connectors on my 150U for hooking
up to four drives (B channel cables) to the disk controller.
On my 150U only port 0 appears to be working. Is this the
norm or am I missing something?
2. Attempts to format the Eagle drive result in strange diagnostic
messages for about half of the sectors tested:
"n/n Format Failed #D, sector switches wrong ... ".
The format board on the Eagle is correctly jumpered.
The "diag" utility "Format" appears to provide the same diagnostics
as "diag's" "fix".
Does a means exist to ignore the data that currently exists on
the drive and write new address tags?
Thanks for any advice.
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Date: Mon, 20 Oct 86 14:19:38 EDT
From: ted at braggvax.arpa (Ted Nolan)
Subject: iobus level 3 interrupt not serviced?
We have recently started seeing this message
iobus level 3 interrupt not serviced
on the consoles of our sun2's (both 2/50 clients and 2/120 fileservers).
It doesn't seem to have any harmful effect on the system at all, so we
haven't done much about tracking it down yet, other than seeing that it
does come from the kernel. Does anyone know what this signifies, before we
go digging? (We are running 2.2).
Thanks
Ted Nolan
ted at braggvax
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Date: 21 Oct 1986 09:19-EDT
From: Ralph.Hyre at ius2.cs.cmu.edu (Ralph Hyre)
Subject: Query: getting carrier-detect status from zs0?
Need to be able to read the state of the carrier-detect bit on ttya or ttyb.
I see IOCTLS for setting and resetting DTR, bu no mention of CD.
- Ralph
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Date: Thu 23 Oct 86 04:18:48-PDT
From: Bryan at SU-SIERRA.ARPA (Doug Bryan)
Subject: typesetting previewers for Sun workstations?
I'm looking for a TeX previewer for Sun-3 workstations. If anyone out there
knows of a previewer for TeX, DVI, Scribe, Impress, or PostScript, please
let me know.
Please reply to me directly since I am not on all of these mailing lists.
My apologies to those of you who are on more than one of the above mailing
lists.
doug
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