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SMG bug correction for VAX V7.2 and others

by gerry77＠mail.com

I think I've found a solution for the infamous SMG bug on releases for which actually HP does not (still) provide a patch: I've discovered that the official published patch for OpenVMS VAX V7.3 works apparently flawlessy even on V7.2 and maybe also on older releases like V7.1 and so on. Obviously it cannot be installed via VMSINSTAL because the kit does check for the correct version and release, but it's always possibile to extract the new SMGSHR.EXE file from the kit and put it in place. To be safe, I've copied it to the specific portion of my system root (e.g. DKA0:[SYS0.SYSLIB]) instead of the better common one, but I do not have a cluster and SYS$SHARE does point to both locations, so I've achieved the same result. After that I've just typed INSTALL REPLACE SYS$SHARE:SMGSHR.EXE/OPEN/HEADER/SHARED and that's it! I've done the same for my OpenVMS Alpha V7.2 system by using the V7.3-2 patch, but in that case a newer release is temporarily needed to extract SMGSHR.EXE from the PCSI kit because it's in the new compressed form that's not supported by V7.2 (I do not know when it was introduced, I used a V8.2 to extract). In the next few days, if I'll see that everything works without any problems, maybe I'll rename the original SMGSHR.EXE file and replace it with the new one so to have just one of it and in the right place. Hope this helps! G.

17 years, 5 months

Node rename

by christine.caulfield＠googlemail.com

I'm going to be a pest now, sorry. My old node ZAPHOD died over a year ago. However I now have a new node so I'm reusing the name. This next bit might sound slightly anal but bear with me. The old Zaphod was an Alpha so it had a node number 3.33. The new one is a macmini running Linux (and I hope to replace fentib) so has a node number of 3.55. My numbering scheme (as if you cared) goes 01-19 PCs 20-30 hmm, I forget now. I'm sure I had some once though. 30-39 DEC systems 40-49 HP systems 50-59 Apple systems 60-69 Sun systems So, anyway the point is that can you please renumber ZAPHOD from 3.33 to 3.55. Sorry. -- Chrissie

17 years, 5 months

dnprogs 2.46 for Linux released (NEW FEATURES!)

by christine.caulfield＠googlemail.com

I'm very pleased to announce the new dnprogs release. With not one, not two, but FOUR new programs - you lucky people :-) The first two were contributed by Philipp 'ph3-der-loewe' Schafft and consist of two command-line utilities: dnetstat is a version of netstat for DECnet, it reformats the /proc file output in a more user-friendly manner. dnetcat is a DECnet version of netcat, an invaluable utility for all network nerds. Philipp has offered to update the wiki to show how to use this utility to run SSH over DECnet! And finally, I have also been busy. I have done something I said I'd write years ago and that's an Network Management Listener program. Yes, finally you can go into NCP on a VMS or RSX system (yes, I tested it on RSX, thanks Johnny) and type in "TELL LINUX SHOW ADJACENT NODES". It only supports a subset of commands at the moment, but I will probably add more. It currently will do: SHOW/LIST KNOWN NODES SHOW ADJACENT NODES SHOW EXEC CHAR To make this work you'll need to add a new line to dnetd.conf - see the sample file shipped with the package for the details. There's also a client side version of that, well partly. dncopynodes allows a Linux user to pull a node list off a remote VMS or RSX system and build up a full decnet.conf file. It will fill in the current exec details too so that the file it generates can simply be copied to /etc. WARNING ... DO NOT do 'dncopynodes > /etc/decnet.conf' as it will overwrite the file before it gets a chance to use it to make the initial connection! http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=4993&package_id=5032&… -- Chrissie

17 years, 5 months

Upcoming PDXVAX/MONK Outage Notice

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

It looks like I'll be going off-line next weekend, probably either the 6th or 7th. I don't know how long PDXVAX and MONK will be down. I don't even know when I'll be back back on the Internet. We just found out that we're moving yesterday and that we're to move on the 6th and 7th (we thought it was the middle of September). Worse, I'm trying to get our phone and internet access sorted out as I was told this morning that FIOS is the only option (I should be able to get DSL), which means I need a Verizon business line to continue getting the level of service I've had. That will cost over twice what I'm paying now. I suspect this is such short notice that no mater what happens I'm going to be without phone and Internet service for a while. This hasn't been a good day. Zane -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh at aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | MONK::HEALYZH (DECnet) | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |

17 years, 5 months

NOTES installed

by fcoffey＠misernet.dyndns.org

On Thu, 28 Aug 2008, Zane H. Healy wrote: How long has your node been online? I just updated the list of known nodes on MONK. How about trying again? Perhaps a week or two? I'll reply to my test post and see what happens ... Fred

17 years, 5 months

NOTES installed

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

At 8:34 AM -0400 8/28/08, Fred wrote: On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Zane H. Healy wrote: Notes> open/nonotebook MONK::TEST It started working once I did this. I don't claim to understand. Also, I just upgraded to "HP Notes T2.6" on MONK. I'm wondering if the upgrade somehow fixed it. It did not seem to. Trust me, I did a lot of testing last night from PDXVAX. Tried the open/nonotebook monk::test - worked! Out of curiousity, I then tried to open an entry I had already added yesterday - that previously showed an error. Worked! That was the result I had from PDXVAX, except I already had all of the notes conferences under my account there. I simply had to do the open/nonotebook monk::test and then everything worked, and the /nonotebook option was no longer needed. The one thing I don't know is what would have happened if I'd used that option when talking to "DEC Notes V2.5" prior to the upgrade. I was able to successfully post into the TEST conference, although my node shows up as decimal, not the actualy node name ... :-/ How long has your node been online? I just updated the list of known nodes on MONK. How about trying again? Zane -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh at aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | MONK::HEALYZH (DECnet) | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |

17 years, 5 months

NOTES installed

by fcoffey＠misernet.dyndns.org

On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Zane H. Healy wrote: Notes> open/nonotebook MONK::TEST It started working once I did this. I don't claim to understand. Also, I just upgraded to "HP Notes T2.6" on MONK. I'm wondering if the upgrade somehow fixed it. Tried the open/nonotebook monk::test - worked! Out of curiousity, I then tried to open an entry I had already added yesterday - that previously showed an error. Worked! I was able to successfully post into the TEST conference, although my node shows up as decimal, not the actualy node name ... :-/ Fred

17 years, 5 months

NOTES installed

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

Fred, Try this. Notes> open/nonotebook MONK::TEST It started working once I did this. I don't claim to understand. Also, I just upgraded to "HP Notes T2.6" on MONK. Zane -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh at aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | MONK::HEALYZH (DECnet) | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |

17 years, 6 months

NOTES installed

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

At 7:12 PM -0700 8/27/08, Zane H. Healy wrote: At 9:25 PM -0400 8/27/08, Fred wrote: Good evening ... Got NOTES installed. However, after adding the couple of conferences I saw at the nodes listing on avanthar:8080/nodes ... (specifically MONK::VMS for starters) trying to open that conference reveals: Notes> Login information invalid at remote node Looks like the owner of MONK doesn't have NOTES set up for "remote" or HECNet access. :( Let me take a look at it, something must be wrong. If anyone has any ideas on this, I'd love to hear them. I've been looking and have been unable to find anything. I had it working so you could read NOTES conferences from PDXVAX, but that gives the same error now. I am able to read them from MONK. I don't see any sign of any management manual either. Of course I have no idea when this last worked... Zane -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh at aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | MONK::HEALYZH (DECnet) | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |

17 years, 6 months

NOTES installed

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

At 9:25 PM -0400 8/27/08, Fred wrote: Good evening ... Got NOTES installed. However, after adding the couple of conferences I saw at the nodes listing on avanthar:8080/nodes ... (specifically MONK::VMS for starters) trying to open that conference reveals: Notes> Login information invalid at remote node Looks like the owner of MONK doesn't have NOTES set up for "remote" or HECNet access. :( Let me take a look at it, something must be wrong. Zane -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh at aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | MONK::HEALYZH (DECnet) | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |

17 years, 6 months

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