1 INFO-VAX	Fri, 23 Nov 2001	Volume 2001 : Issue 652       Contents:+ Re: DCL minute of the day: DCL$SMG routines $ Re: DEC/X-Windows, VMS and eXcursion DECnet timeout?  Re: Disk Defragmenters) Re: Gartner hints VMS to be dropped by HP ) Re: Gartner hints VMS to be dropped by HP ) Re: Gartner hints VMS to be dropped by HP ) Re: Gartner hints VMS to be dropped by HP ) Re: Gartner hints VMS to be dropped by HP ) Re: Gartner hints VMS to be dropped by HP ) Re: Gartner hints VMS to be dropped by HP ) Re: Gartner hints VMS to be dropped by HP ) Re: Gartner hints VMS to be dropped by HP ) Re: Gartner hints VMS to be dropped by HP # Re: Installing CC060 on VMS VAX 6.1  Re: Life After Alpha Mounting a disk  Re: Mounting a disk  Re: Mounting a disk  Re: Netware client for OpenVMS Re: NTP under TCPIP V5.1@ Re: Of Bogusity and Benchmarketeering (was Re: Life After Alpha)@ Re: Of Bogusity and Benchmarketeering (was Re: Life After Alpha)@ Re: Of Bogusity and Benchmarketeering (was Re: Life After Alpha)
 Re: Pathworks  Remote connection to pathworks2 Samba 2.0.3 handling of files with no ".extension"6 Re: Samba 2.0.3 handling of files with no ".extension"= StongARM-Outside (was Re: Of Bogusity and Benchmarketeering ) A Re: StongARM-Outside (was Re: Of Bogusity and Benchmarketeering ) A Re: StongARM-Outside (was Re: Of Bogusity and Benchmarketeering )  Re: system performance question  Re: SYSTEM-F-NOLINKS Re: SYSTEM-F-NOLINKS Re: SYSTEM-F-NOLINKSH Re: Terminal emulation quality, was: Re: Installing CC060 on VMS VAX 6.1 RE: tk70 blinking loud3 Trouble with ISO8859-2 character set on VAX VMS 6.2 / Re: Using CMS$LIB to create a list of libraries  Re: Xetra which OS?   F ----------------------------------------------------------------------  % Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 08:16:38 +0100 , From: Didier Morandi <Didier.Morandi@gmx.ch>4 Subject: Re: DCL minute of the day: DCL$SMG routines% Message-ID: <3BFDF7D6.1040508@gmx.ch>    Didier Morandi wrote:    > $! DCL_SMG_DEMO2.COM     $ @dcl_smg_demo2C %DCL$MAIN-E-UNKDISP, Target display does not exist. Check spelling.   A Time is 23-NOV-2001 08:15:38.45 - Symbolic stack dump follows :-)  ../..   H Sorry, this one does not work. I changed the position of the display in 9 the passing parameters order and never updated this demo.   7 So it gives a good example of the debugging feature ;-)    D.   ------------------------------  % Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 09:57:56 -0000 + From: "Tim Jackson" <tim.jackson@amsjv.com> - Subject: Re: DEC/X-Windows, VMS and eXcursion & Message-ID: <3bfe1ae3$1@pull.gecm.com>    Sorry for the delay in replying.  D I thought the 8.3 "limitations" were only to do with file names, butE anyway I tried a username which conforms to 8.3 and that doesn't work 6 either.  My guess is eXcursion is causing the problem.  F Does anyone use a different X server with usernames and a setup of theA form described in my original post.  I'd be most grateful for any 	 feedback.    TIA D ------------------ Purely Personal Opinion -------------------------D Tim Jackson                                    tim.jackson@amsjv.com Air Systems Group  Alenia Marconi Systems Ltd.   2 "Milton" <mbhewitt@optonline.net> wrote in message2 news:t2e7vtcc76d6bikqrjcisflpcfv9l0ocd0@4ax.com...3 > On Thu, 15 Nov 2001 12:11:38 -0000, "Tim Jackson"   > <tim.jackson@amsjv.com> wrote: > ? > >I am running a 2 node Alpha VMScluster VMS V7.3, TCPIP V5.1, 
 DECwindowsF > >1.2-6, Advanced Server V7.3 (as BDC to a WinNT 4 PDC) and Excursion@ > >V7.2.177 (on Windows 95).  I have XDM enabled, configured and running,@ > >userids hostmapped to NT usernames and with XDMCP enabled (in	 eXcursion H > >on the PC) I see the VMS nodes okay.  When I try to logon with a userF > >name of the form "xxx.yyyyy" it always fails, but user names of the form@ > >"xxxxxxx" (i.e.. no period) work fine. Am I missing something obvious? > ; > >Could it be that the period in a username is messing up?  > D > It's not conforming to the 8.3 naming convention that I believe NTF > uses to store the username to the registry or possibly the harddisk. > Does xxxxxxxx.yyy work? - > If it does then, then you have your answer.  > 8 > You may be able to change this behavior by editing the$ > NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation value > H http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q201/1/29.ASP?LN=EN-US&9 SD=gn&FR=0&qry=8.3&rnk=2&src=DHCS_MSPSS_gn_SRCH&SPR=NTS40  > [be aware of word wrapping]  >  > - > >Any help or pointers would be appreciated?  >  > Just a guess.  > 	 > Cheers,  > Milton   ------------------------------  % Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 14:21:13 +0100 , From: Didier Morandi <Didier.Morandi@gmx.ch> Subject: DECnet timeout?% Message-ID: <3BFE4D49.4050605@gmx.ch>   I I'm writing a hack you will like. For the moment, I need to decrease the  F DECnet-PLus timeout when DECnet is not (or no more) reachable. In the G following example, 288 and 306 are DECnet-Plus systems, 285 is running   normal DECnet :-) F DECnet has been shut on 288 (stop/network DECnet) and 285 (mc ncp set B exec state off, i.e. aborted). Now I want to test the connections.  	 288> @a.a 
 $ set noon $ write sys$output f$time()  23-NOV-2001 13:57:36.96  $ open/read ch 285""::login.com 7 %DCL-E-OPENIN, error opening 285""::LOGIN.COM; as input " -RMS-E-ACC, ACP file access failed= -SYSTEM-F-UNREACHABLE, remote node is not currently reachable  $ write sys$output f$time()  23-NOV-2001 13:57:36.96   2 The answer was immediate from the Phase IV system.    	 288> @b.b 
 $ set noon $ write sys$output f$time()  23-NOV-2001 13:55:32.60  $ open/read ch 288""::login.com 7 %DCL-E-OPENIN, error opening 288""::LOGIN.COM; as input " -RMS-E-ACC, ACP file access failed8 -SYSTEM-F-SHUT, remote node no longer accepting connects $ write sys$output f$time()  23-NOV-2001 13:55:32.61   + The answer was immediate (access on itself)     	 306> @b.b 
 $ set noon $ write sys$output f$time()  23-NOV-2001 13:54:10.94  $ open/read ch 288""::login.com 7 %DCL-E-OPENIN, error opening 288""::LOGIN.COM; as input " -RMS-E-ACC, ACP file access failed= -SYSTEM-F-UNREACHABLE, remote node is not currently reachable  $ write sys$output f$time()  23-NOV-2001 13:55:32.13  306>   Timeout = 1:22  > This is what I need to change or bypass or detect differently.
 Any ideas?   Thanks,    D.   ------------------------------    Date: 23 Nov 2001 09:40:02 -0800& From: bes@pbsbank.ch (Bernard Straehl) Subject: Re: Disk Defragmenters < Message-ID: <76f61726.0111230940.c772399@posting.google.com>  [ Arne Vajhj <arne.vajhoej@gtech.com> wrote in message news:<3BFBA845.208904E1@gtech.com>...  > Martin Hunt wrote:H > > Has anyone had any experience with Compaq's DFO product? I have usedH > > both Diskeeper and PerfectDisk, but don't know anything about DFO. IJ > > am currently looking at which product would be suitable for some VAXes7 > > which is currently not running any defrag software.  > > F > > Any information, such as CPU utilisation, performance, and general- > > philosophy of operation, would be useful.  >  > [sorry for the late answer]  >  > DFO works. No problems.  >  > Arne   Hi Arne   
 As a hint:F I also installed DFO on my systems and did execute "setfilenomove.com"E an all my disks. Then I had the idea to backup my normal sysdsk (in a E RA8000) to a not used internal disk, boot from this internal disk and " run DFO against the normal sysdsk.  F The result: I could not boot anymore from my normal sysdsk. This was aF real bad idea. The way to resolve this was to restore my normal sysdsk? from this internal disk ( this means trad. VMS defragmentation)    ------------------------------  % Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 09:06:07 +0000 % From: Alan Greig <a.greig@virgin.net> 2 Subject: Re: Gartner hints VMS to be dropped by HP8 Message-ID: <pm3svtgu8e88adq39in21ppp7f29ggcoma@4ax.com>  F On Fri, 23 Nov 2001 04:45:40 GMT, "Bill Todd" <billtodd@metrocast.net> wrote:    M >Can you produce *one* credible piece of evidence - or even the suggestion of M >such evidence - that indicates in any way that Carly and/or the HP board are H >beginning to see as far as the ends of their noses, let alone something  @ No I can't but I have had some private communications that mightD indicate such. I'll bet Carly's heard the word "VMS" far more in theC last couple of months than she expected. As Capellas once allegedly < said "I wish I'd never heard of VMS". If even the thought ofA terminating VMS gives her sleepless nights then that;'s ok by me.   F I would guess there might just have been some contact by now from some+ of Compaq's "very important" VMS customers?   8 > only way VMS is going to get any better treatment thanI >it has gotten from Compaq and DEC is to engineer a radical change in its L >owner.  HP does not constitute such a change:  rather, it is picking up the  C It's possible that convincing HP of the value of VMS and convincing ? them to look for a new owner who'll promote it are not mutually 4 exclusive. I could be fooling myself though I agree.  L >existing Compaq management and running with it - in the same direction.  IfG >you want to minimize your chances of 'going ballistic' (which under HP G >management seems just as likely an outcome as under the current Compaq L >management), don't waste your time and effort the way you've wasted them inJ >the past:  find some way to work on the *problem* (the existing corporateJ >management, whose incompetence has hardly been limited to VMS and appearsJ >absolutely irreversible) rather than keep trying to convince these idiotsI >how wrong they are (since in this case past performance *is* a very good = >indication of likely future effectiveness in this endeavor).  >  >- bill  >  >    -- Alan   ------------------------------  + Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 10:31:12 +0000 (UTC) 9 From: Roar =?iso-8859-1?Q?Thron=E6s?= <roart@nvg.ntnu.no> 2 Subject: Re: Gartner hints VMS to be dropped by HP- Message-ID: <9tl8hg$7ic$1@tyfon.itea.ntnu.no>   & Alan Greig <a.greig@virgin.net> wrote:  H : "As to the root question, I recommend that concerned VMS users look upF : their counterparts who own HP 3000's.  From our vantage point, HP isG : not giving any more support to its own venerable HP 3000 base than it = : is to the Compaq VMS base.  If enough critical customers of C : either/both platforms make enough noise and promise to buy enough D : computers, then the not unintelligent executives at HP will make a : sensible business decision."  C : So again I suggest all concerned parties who have not yet done so > : contact HP through any official channels they might have (orA : otherwise) and point out that they expect HP to honour Compaq's D : apparent commitments to VMS, that they see VMS as the best general@ : purpose operating system on the market and that they intend toB : purchase future systems in line with Peter Kastner's suggestion.  H : It is my belief that Carly and the HP board are not aware of what theyG : will have in OpenVMS but may just be beginning to see the picture. It @ : is best they too come to the conclusion reluctantly (it seems)B : reached by Compaq that killing VMS would incur far more pain andF : financial loss than continuing to port, develop and ****MARKET*****.  = At that high level they mainly understand business and money.   = It might be wise also telling them something in the likes of:   F Just make threats about moving to a competitor, and state reasons like# you have lost confidence in HP etc. L If HP drops VMS, technical (quality) reasons will leave no other alternative& than moving to an IBM non-Unix system.B And if moving to Unix, it will be to a competitor like IBM or Sun.) Say you will buy even PCs from elsewhere.   C That might help in dissuading HP from just having Unix and Windows.    --  
 -Roar Throns    ------------------------------  % Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 07:57:43 -0500 - From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@videotron.ca> 2 Subject: Re: Gartner hints VMS to be dropped by HP, Message-ID: <3BFE47C5.42FB9CFE@videotron.ca>   Alan Greig wrote: E > It's possible that convincing HP of the value of VMS and convincing A > them to look for a new owner who'll promote it are not mutually 6 > exclusive. I could be fooling myself though I agree.  J They are mutually exclusive. HP-Compaq are not about to sell VMS intact toJ some outfit that would not only turn out to compete against HP-Compaq, butJ also constantly remind everyone how Windows isn't ready for prime time andK that any serious company should stay away from that crap. That goes against I the HP-Compaq business plan of  helping Gates convince the world that all $ servers will and should run Windows.  D So if you convince HP management that VMS has a possible future as aG competitor to Windows, then HP won't want to unleash VMS intact to some J potential competitor, they will instead donate VMS to Gates just like they donated Alpha to Intel.   N The trick might be to convince Compaq that VMS is a liability in the long termK (with its DII-COE contracts) and that it should sell it to some third party N while it still has some value.  The 3rd party would initially say that it willK ust put VMS on maintenance and support the existing customer base, but once G the papers are signed sealed and delivered, it would mount an agressive & marketing campaign to destroy Windows.   ------------------------------  # Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 16:20:04 GMT " From: Art Rice <arice@myhouse.org>2 Subject: Re: Gartner hints VMS to be dropped by HP8 Message-ID: <UGuL7.765$gM4.84745@paloalto-snr1.gtei.net>   Alan Greig wrote:    >  >  > Art Rice wrote:  >  >> >> From the above link:  >>I >> "This is a new area for us, said Keith Hodson, a Microsoft Government L >> spokesman. Windows-based products have not traditionally been associated >> > = > Oh no not "Microsoft Government spokesman" again! Shiver...  > C >> with Defense Department-specific mission-critical applications."  >>: >> We already knew that and that is what is so frightning. >>H >> "It takes 1,000 sailors just to get a ship moving, Williamson said.K >> Microsoft software could let the ships crew know when theres a pending A >> failure in a ships engineering system, for example, he said."  >>I >> Now, tell me.  Just what, or who, is going to let the ship's crew know : >> when there is a pending failure in the ship's software? >> > ) > Norton Tools for Battleship Windows :-(   ; I'm not sure that even Norton could help in that situation.   I The two OSs with the highest availability should be used and we all know  % that Microshaft does not market them.    >  >>J >> I also have problems with journalists that do not know how to punctuate >> or D >> the organization that does not proof read before publication.  MyL >> punctuation is terrible but then,   I'm not inviting the world to read my! >> .com website. Just my opinion.  >>
 >> Snipped >> >> >9 >> > --Jerry Leslie     (my opinions are strictly my own)  >> > >> >> --  >> Art Rice, Tandem Admin  >> Special Data Processing Corp  >> ---------------------------- D >> All opinions are my own and do not reflect the views of the above >> mentioned employer. >  > -- > Alan Greig >  >  >    --   Art Rice, Tandem Admin Special Data Processing Corp ----------------------------L All opinions are my own and do not reflect the views of the above mentioned 	 employer.    ------------------------------  # Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 16:49:21 GMT 4 From: LESLIE@209-16-45-102.insync.net (Jerry Leslie)2 Subject: Re: Gartner hints VMS to be dropped by HP) Message-ID: <l6vL7.2864$Oh1.33702@insync>   # Art Rice (arice@myhouse.org) wrote:  : Alan Greig wrote:  : >  : >  : > Art Rice wrote:  : >  : >> : >> From the above link:  : >>K : >> "This is a new area for us," said Keith Hodson, a Microsoft Government N : >> spokesman. "Windows-based products have not traditionally been associated : >> : > ? : > Oh no not "Microsoft Government spokesman" again! Shiver...  : > E : >> with Defense Department-specific mission-critical applications."  : >>< : >> We already knew that and that is what is so frightning. : >>J : >> "It takes 1,000 sailors "just to get a ship moving," Williamson said.M : >> Microsoft software could let the ship's crew know when there's a pending C : >> failure in a ship's engineering system, for example, he said."  : >>K : >> Now, tell me.  Just what, or who, is going to let the ship's crew know/< : >> when there is a pending failure in the ship's software? : >> : >e+ : > Norton Tools for Battleship Windows :-(  :t= : I'm not sure that even Norton could help in that situation.  :pJ : The two OSs with the highest availability should be used and we all know' : that Microshaft does not market them.  :   0 The problem is that neither does Compaq :-(  :-(   ------------------------------  % Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 12:01:31 -0500 - From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@videotron.ca> 2 Subject: Re: Gartner hints VMS to be dropped by HP, Message-ID: <3BFE80E5.F3278EFD@videotron.ca>  I ok.  So one group of analysts emit an opinion that HP will kill VMS soon.   H If you were the owner of VMS and some analyst outfit were to make such aM statement, wouldn't you issue a very public denial ASAP, and try to discredit)= that outfit for making all sorts of unsupported allegations ?h  K If HP or Compaq do not deny that allegation, doesn't that put credence intoe the rumour ?   ------------------------------  # Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 17:10:19 GMTM" From: Art Rice <arice@myhouse.org>2 Subject: Re: Gartner hints VMS to be dropped by HP9 Message-ID: <%pvL7.918$gM4.137154@paloalto-snr1.gtei.net>a   Jerry Leslie wrote:e  % > Art Rice (arice@myhouse.org) wrote:e > : Alan Greig wrote:F > : >S > : >Y > : > Art Rice wrote:T > : >L > : >> > : >> From the above link:  > : >>B > : >> "This is a new area for us," said Keith Hodson, a MicrosoftK > : >> Government spokesman. "Windows-based products have not traditionallyt > : >> been associated > : >> > : > A > : > Oh no not "Microsoft Government spokesman" again! Shiver...- > : >aG > : >> with Defense Department-specific mission-critical applications."i > : >>> > : >> We already knew that and that is what is so frightning. > : >>L > : >> "It takes 1,000 sailors "just to get a ship moving," Williamson said.G > : >> Microsoft software could let the ship's crew know when there's ahF > : >> pending failure in a ship's engineering system, for example, he
 > : >> said.". > : >>H > : >> Now, tell me.  Just what, or who, is going to let the ship's crewC > : >> know when there is a pending failure in the ship's software?i > : >> > : >p- > : > Norton Tools for Battleship Windows :-(- > :-? > : I'm not sure that even Norton could help in that situation.m > :mL > : The two OSs with the highest availability should be used and we all know) > : that Microshaft does not market them.> > :o > 2 > The problem is that neither does Compaq :-(  :-( >  > J Glad that you picked up that key word "market."  Compaq does sell them if  you ask nice though. :>)   --   Art Rice, Tandem Admin Special Data Processing Corp ----------------------------L All opinions are my own and do not reflect the views of the above mentioned 	 employer.b   ------------------------------  % Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 19:27:38 +0100s1 From: John McLean <mcleanj@swissonline.delete.ch> 2 Subject: Re: Gartner hints VMS to be dropped by HP5 Message-ID: <3BFE951A.7CE64886@swissonline.delete.ch>    JF Mezei wrote:t > K > ok.  So one group of analysts emit an opinion that HP will kill VMS soon.. > J > If you were the owner of VMS and some analyst outfit were to make such aO > statement, wouldn't you issue a very public denial ASAP, and try to discredit ? > that outfit for making all sorts of unsupported allegations ?D > M > If HP or Compaq do not deny that allegation, doesn't that put credence into  > the rumour ?    = What ???  You want Compaq to refute some rumour about VMS ???o  5 And what is Santa Claus going to bring you for Xmas ?o    6 I don't think Compaq are even aware that they own VMS.     John   ------------------------------  % Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 19:32:41 +0100m1 From: John McLean <mcleanj@swissonline.delete.ch> 2 Subject: Re: Gartner hints VMS to be dropped by HP5 Message-ID: <3BFE9649.203ECC48@swissonline.delete.ch>i   Roar Thron=E6s wrote:h > =r  ( > Alan Greig <a.greig@virgin.net> wrote: > =   J > : "As to the root question, I recommend that concerned VMS users look u= poH > : their counterparts who own HP 3000's.  From our vantage point, HP isJ > : not giving any more support to its own venerable HP 3000 base than it=  ? > : is to the Compaq VMS base.  If enough critical customers of&E > : either/both platforms make enough noise and promise to buy enoughtF > : computers, then the not unintelligent executives at HP will make a  > : sensible business decision." > =   E > : So again I suggest all concerned parties who have not yet done son@ > : contact HP through any official channels they might have (orC > : otherwise) and point out that they expect HP to honour Compaq'sdF > : apparent commitments to VMS, that they see VMS as the best generalB > : purpose operating system on the market and that they intend toD > : purchase future systems in line with Peter Kastner's suggestion. > =s  J > : It is my belief that Carly and the HP board are not aware of what the= ynJ > : will have in OpenVMS but may just be beginning to see the picture. It=  B > : is best they too come to the conclusion reluctantly (it seems)D > : reached by Compaq that killing VMS would incur far more pain andH > : financial loss than continuing to port, develop and ****MARKET*****. > =a  ? > At that high level they mainly understand business and money.  > =r  ? > It might be wise also telling them something in the likes of:n > =r  H > Just make threats about moving to a competitor, and state reasons like% > you have lost confidence in HP etc.2J > If HP drops VMS, technical (quality) reasons will leave no other altern= ativeo( > than moving to an IBM non-Unix system.D > And if moving to Unix, it will be to a competitor like IBM or Sun.+ > Say you will buy even PCs from elsewhere.  > =   E > That might help in dissuading HP from just having Unix and Windows.  > =8   > -- > -Roar Thron=E6sI    E Personally I'm inclined to extend on the idea of early last week (?),aG viz, to lobby various people about what Compaq have been doing with VMSr< and how they have neglected it in their desire to push their money-losing PC products. =I    F If there is a No-confidence vote in the BoD of Compaq, then the merger@ could easily disappear and the board be replaced with people whoB recognise where there is money to be made - VMS, Tru64 and Tandem.     John   well   ------------------------------  % Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 19:52:35 +0100n& From: Michael Joosten <joost@c-lab.de>2 Subject: Re: Gartner hints VMS to be dropped by HP$ Message-ID: <3BFE9AF3.4DAA@c-lab.de>   Roar Throns wrote:r >   IthB > : is best they too come to the conclusion reluctantly (it seems)D > : reached by Compaq that killing VMS would incur far more pain andH > : financial loss than continuing to port, develop and ****MARKET*****. > ? > At that high level they mainly understand business and money., > ? > It might be wise also telling them something in the likes of:s > H > Just make threats about moving to a competitor, and state reasons like% > you have lost confidence in HP etc.ON > If HP drops VMS, technical (quality) reasons will leave no other alternative( > than moving to an IBM non-Unix system.D > And if moving to Unix, it will be to a competitor like IBM or Sun.+ > Say you will buy even PCs from elsewhere.  >   ; Just like what I read in a German IT mag about MPE's users?  Losely translated:  D Some customers openly demand a boycott of HP products: " This is notF only the end of HP3000, but also of HP." Apparently in a serious mood,H Tim O'Neill, system admin in the computing center of the DOD, commented:E "If the HP guys think that we'll replace our 3000s by 9000s, they aresD dead wrong." He threatened: "If HP elminates the 3000 series, we are+ going to eliminate our current 9000 boxes".r  G Sadly, the article does not reveal at what 'decision-capable' level Mr. 
 O'Neill is...g  E > That might help in dissuading HP from just having Unix and Windows.t >   ( Looks like a two-front war, doesn't it ? -- s* Michael Joosten, SBS C-LAB, joost@c-lab.de* Fuerstenallee 11, 33094 Paderborn, Germany, Phone: +49 5251 606127, Fax: +49 5251 6060658 C-LAB is a cooperation of University Paderborn & SIEMENS   ------------------------------    Date: 23 Nov 2001 05:01:59 -0800! From: soterro@yahoo.com (Soterro)h, Subject: Re: Installing CC060 on VMS VAX 6.1= Message-ID: <d5440555.0111230501.4163c8ac@posting.google.com>t  D Well, as long SET TERM didn't change much of the situation (at least@ the 101 combinations I tried) I changed the terminal emulator et. voila! I guess it was the compatibility issue.  
 Thanks a lot,i Sorin Costea   ------------------------------  # Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 18:31:16 GMTn3 From: Tim Llewellyn <tim.llewellyn@cableinet.co.uk>a Subject: Re: Life After Alpham/ Message-ID: <3BFE9547.688D0229@cableinet.co.uk>t  
 Madman wrote:s  .N > I stopped flying United some time ago because it was obvious that profit wasJ > much more important than customer satisfaction - which brings us back to> > Compaq!  I knew I could steer this back on topic....  -- Ian  D Did you read John McLeans recent post? It doesn't really appear that  Compaq are interested in profit.   regardst   --   Tim.Llewellyn@cableinet.co.uk  w  C Standard disclaimer applies. My views in no way represent those of e! my employers or service provider.S   ------------------------------  % Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 14:16:04 +0100 9 From: "John Jenniskens" <j.jenniskens@HumanInference.com>p Subject: Mounting a disk# Message-ID: <x_rL7.1$AX1.49@client>c   Hello,   I'm a OpenVMS novice.-F Our system had to little disk space for installing an Oracle database.@ I've managed to mount a new Disk, and I've got space enough now.C The only trouble is, the device is lost whenever I boot the system.d  I On Unix I know there is a /etc/mntab, where you describe which devices to. mount. How do I do that on OpenVMS.   Thank you very much in advance.c   John Jenniskensl   ------------------------------  % Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 13:34:58 +0000 ( From: Nic Clews <sendspamhere@127.0.0.1> Subject: Re: Mounting a disk) Message-ID: <3BFE5082.514BFCF2@127.0.0.1>g   John Jenniskens wrote:   > I'm a OpenVMS novice.e  : Welcome to OpenVMS, hope you don't find it too unfriendly.  H > Our system had to little disk space for installing an Oracle database.B > I've managed to mount a new Disk, and I've got space enough now.E > The only trouble is, the device is lost whenever I boot the system.r  F VMS (the Open is silent) has a 'global' startup, which the commands toD configure the system are either scripted into, or this startup calls similar scripts.  C The file should be referred to by the following file specification:n   SYS$STARTUP:SYSTARTUP_VMS.COMt  > This is the same for VAX or Alpha, but they are unique to each architecture by default.  3 If on V5 of VMS, it is SYS$MANAGER:SYSTARTUP_V5.COMr  H The COM means a command file, and it is text. It may be worth you tryingD to find an editor program under VMS that you are familiar with underC UNIX so as not to give you too many things to try to learn at once!   F Go to http://www.openvms.compaq.com/ and follow the links for the FAQ,? this will help in locating software, and also answer many otherk$ questions, online documentation etc.  G However, to answer your original question, assuming you have mastered a H text editor under VMS, or have successfully got another you can use, youE need to insert a line in the start-up command file to mount the disk.cH You can also follow it with other startup command files for Oracle. I'llH assume you're using the native Oracle rather than RDB, in which case theG installation will have told you about a start up file, you can put this F in the same startup command file after the mount. Look at the existingD command file, print it out, the template has a few example commands.  H I can't recommend the FAQ or indeed the basic user documentation enough.A The general user guide will help you through the concepts, as thew> management documentation does assume some prior VMS knowledge.  D HELP is another good command, for example it is context sensitive inH that you can precede any VMS command with HELP (e.g. HELP MOUNT /SYSTEM)C and it will tell you all about it. It is the VMS equivalent of MAN.e --  ( Regards, Nic Clews CSC Computer Sciences nclews at csc dot coma   ------------------------------  % Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 15:55:23 +0000e% From: Alan Greig <a.greig@virgin.net>w Subject: Re: Mounting a disk8 Message-ID: <53ssvtc9i16gu9aecg3ekta1mv2qbdo9kg@4ax.com>  5 On Fri, 23 Nov 2001 14:16:04 +0100, "John Jenniskens"w( <j.jenniskens@HumanInference.com> wrote:   >Hello,  >e >I'm a OpenVMS novice.G >Our system had to little disk space for installing an Oracle database. A >I've managed to mount a new Disk, and I've got space enough now.tD >The only trouble is, the device is lost whenever I boot the system. >sJ >On Unix I know there is a /etc/mntab, where you describe which devices to >mount.h >How do I do that on OpenVMS.t  0 Simplest answer (assuming recent version of VMS)  9 Place the MOUNT command in SYS$MANAGER:SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM.u   eg   $ MOUNT/SYSTEM disk: volumet  B where disk: is the disk name (ex DKA200:) and volume is the volume$ label you initialized the disk with.    >Thank you very much in advance. >n >John Jenniskens >o   -- Alan   ------------------------------  % Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 08:41:02 -0500e- From: "John Eisenschmidt" <jeisensc@aaas.org>o' Subject: Re: Netware client for OpenVMS + Message-ID: <sbfe0ba1.041@AAASMTA.aaas.org>G  L It depends on the version of Netware you're running. Netware 6 has support =I for native everything - NFS, AFS, SMB, etc. If you're running that your =r> best bet it to load NFS support and use VMS's support for NFS.  L If you're not running 6 (which most people aren't yet) you might be stuck. =G I'm pretty sure there is NFS support in earlier versions, but I doubt =iH you'll get VMS to speak directly to Netware. The client for the Mac is = even pretty marginal.=20  
 Best of luck,s John  C >>> "Mike Scott" <mscott_NOSPAM@axys.com> 11/22/2001 1:04:11 PM >>>oI Here's a crazy one.  I'm looking for a Netware client that will run on my J OpenVMS 7.1 workstation.  All my research has turned up so far is a freaky9 solution for making a VMS box look like a Netware server.    ------------------------------  % Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 08:40:01 +0100 = From: Oswald Knoppers <Oswald.Knoppers@contrastmediagroep.nl>e! Subject: Re: NTP under TCPIP V5.1n5 Message-ID: <3BFDFD51.ADCE230C@contrastmediagroep.nl>h   Martin Hunt wrote: > F > I have recently upgraded a VAX from TCPIP services V4.2 to V5.1 (ECO= > 3). NTP was working fine before, but now is having problems B > synchronising with an NTP server. The log file doesn't give muchG > information compared with the old version, but when I set the logicall? > TCPIP$NTP_LOG_LEVEL to 6, I get heaps of messages, including:o  F In V5.1 you get a newer version of NTP. One of the differences is thatG this version refuses to synchronize on a stratum 16 server. So i expectA  your server is not synchronized.   Regards,   Oswald   ------------------------------    Date: 23 Nov 2001 09:39:08 -0000= From: Doc.Cypher <Use-Author-Supplied-Address-Header@[127.1]> I Subject: Re: Of Bogusity and Benchmarketeering (was Re: Life After Alpha)e6 Message-ID: <20011123093908.24231.qmail@gacracker.org>  7 On 23 Nov 2001, peter@abbnm.com (Peter da Silva) wrote: , >In article <3BFD2635.561B567E@ecubics.com>,+ >emanuel stiebler  <emu@ecubics.com> wrote:  >> David Froble wrote:I >> > Why, when it comes to Intel and Microsoft, we're suppost to wait for,< >> > some promised wonder, when everybody else 'has it now'? > I >> Because you have to wait until THEY "invent" it . (VLIW, multitasking,t	 >> ....)   >k4 >Any day now they'll have something like security...  G I thought they had something like security. Unfortunately for them it'sw* nothing like VMS (i.e. real) security. :-)     Doc. -- k6 The bigger the humbug, the better people will like it. ~ Phineas Taylor Barnum.   ------------------------------  % Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 07:45:25 -0500i- From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@videotron.ca>sI Subject: Re: Of Bogusity and Benchmarketeering (was Re: Life After Alpha)i, Message-ID: <3BFE44E4.66156F47@videotron.ca>   Joann Difrancesco wrote:M > Compaq can make that claim all they want, but note that IBM is probably theeF > world's largest captive fabber right now, and they appear to have noG > intention of exiting the market any time soon. I suspect IBM can keepfL > fabbing (and cranking the Power architecture) for as long as it so chooses' > regardless of what Compaq has to say!a  N And worse, when Compaq makes all sorts of bogus claims to support its decision> to go intel-only, Compaq loses credibility with its customers.  I If the wintel brainwahsing inside of Compaq-HP is such that they *really* K believe the crap they say, then they may have a very serious problem in the V medium/long term. Underestimating or ignoring a competitor is very often quite deadly.   ------------------------------  # Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 18:34:14 GMTe3 From: Tim Llewellyn <tim.llewellyn@cableinet.co.uk>aI Subject: Re: Of Bogusity and Benchmarketeering (was Re: Life After Alpha)-/ Message-ID: <3BFE95FA.6931F737@cableinet.co.uk>    Peter da Silva wrote:c > - > In article <3BFD2635.561B567E@ecubics.com>,e, > emanuel stiebler  <emu@ecubics.com> wrote: > > David Froble wrote:t > > > Why, when it comes to Intel and Microsoft, we're suppost to wait for some promised wonder, when everybody else 'has it now'? > J > > Because you have to wait until THEY "invent" it . (VLIW, multitasking,	 > > ....)  > 5 > Any day now they'll have something like security....   optimist :-)  d -- h Tim.Llewellyn@cableinet.co.uk  e  C Standard disclaimer applies. My views in no way represent those of k! my employers or service provider.    ------------------------------  % Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 08:59:10 +0100 : From: Karl Rohwedder <extern.karl.rohwedder@volkswagen.de> Subject: Re: Pathworks, Message-ID: <3BFE01CE.7030801@volkswagen.de>  ! It is called NETBIOS$DEVICE, e.g.o  ) $ ASSIGN/SYSTEM/EXEC EWB0: NETBIOS$DEVICEe   David McKenzie wrote:i  
 > Ahh, yes > E > More than one interface? There is a logical to tell pathworks which>N > interface to use for broadcast NETBIOS calls. I just can't recall it now. IfJ > someone else doesn't jump on this, send me a mail and I will look it up. >  > -- > David McKenzie > Charon Consulting (Australia)o* > david.mckenzie@mig.spitfire0.demon.co.uk >  > (But who wants a Mig?) >  > !t6 > "Chatelard" <piper.lyon@wanadoo.fr> wrote in message! > news:9tj55r$n2q$1@wanadoo.fr...  >  >>Hi,o >>J >>I'm trying to set up  a remote connection to an alpha server running VMS' >>7.1-2 Tcp/IP 5.0 and Pathworks V6.0B. I >>I can't see or map the print and directory shares.I can just log on then >>system ( via PPPD).n< >>Is there any parameters to set up ( multiple interfaces )./ >>The same PC connected via the lan works fine.e >> >>Thanks >> >>Eric >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >  >      -- 0  - mit freundlichen Gruessen | with best regardsi   Karl RohwedderB iT-Ingenieurteam     | Ellernbruch 11       | D-38112 BraunschweigA Telefon: 0531/515521 | Telefax: 0531/515531 | Mobil: 0172/5434843 E   E-Mail: rohwedder@decus.decus.de           | iT-IngTeam@t-online.deo,           karl.rohwedder@it-ingenieurteam.de DATEX-P: 4505018005::ROHWEDDER   ------------------------------  % Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 11:52:45 +0100t) From: "Chatelard" <piper.lyon@wanadoo.fr>s' Subject: Remote connection to pathworks % Message-ID: <9tl9sj$q1f$1@wanadoo.fr>t   Hi,e  H I'm trying to set up  a remote connection to an alpha server running VMS% 7.1-2 Tcp/IP 5.0 and Pathworks V6.0B. G I can't see or map the print and directory shares.I can just log on the  system ( via PPPD). : Is there any parameters to set up ( multiple interfaces ).- The same PC connected via the lan works fine.r   Thanks   Eric   ------------------------------  % Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 09:29:17 +0000d- From: Roy Omond <Roy.Omond@BlueBubble.UK.Com>i; Subject: Samba 2.0.3 handling of files with no ".extension"g1 Message-ID: <3BFE16ED.8A3BA190@BlueBubble.UK.Com>e  D (already posted on the samba-vms mailing list, as yet with no reply)   Gentle colleagues,  , 2 x DS10s clustered, VMS 7.2-1, TCP/IP v5.0A  : I am attempting to get Samba 2.0.3 running such that files. on the VMS side with no ".extension" e.g. ABCD5 are visible on the Weendoze side.  This works withoutm4 problems using Samba 1.9.17p4 on a small VAXcluster.  8 I'd really like to get 2.0.3 to work, since it has other features that I need.n  2 Weird thing is, in a DOS window I can successfully/ create a file with no extension (COPY X.X ABCD)t3 and the file appears correctly on the VMS side, but(/ the new file is invisible on the Weendoze side.   6 I'd be really appreciative of any help in getting this5 working since I have an archive of way over 5,000,000t2 files on the VMS side, almost all of which have no .extensions in their names.l  3 I'm presently at a site where there's no C compiler 3 otherwise I'd not be averse to getting in there andf changing the source.  1 Eckart, ich waere sehr dankbar fuer Deine Hilfe !h   Thanks in advance,  	 Roy Omondt Blue Bubble Ltd.   ------------------------------  # Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 13:50:58 GMTu- From: "John E. Malmberg" <wb8tyw@qsl.network>t? Subject: Re: Samba 2.0.3 handling of files with no ".extension"t* Message-ID: <3BFE5B0A.8050803@qsl.network>   Roy Omond wrote:  F > (already posted on the samba-vms mailing list, as yet with no reply)    K I saw it, but I have never run SAMBA 2.0.3, so was waiting for someone more   I familiar with it to respond.  The filename handling is one of the things r5 that is done completely differently with SAMBA 2.0.6.n     > Gentle colleagues, > . > 2 x DS10s clustered, VMS 7.2-1, TCP/IP v5.0A > < > I am attempting to get Samba 2.0.3 running such that files0 > on the VMS side with no ".extension" e.g. ABCD7 > are visible on the Weendoze side.  This works withouto6 > problems using Samba 1.9.17p4 on a small VAXcluster.    G The filename handling in 1.9.17p4 had some problems that were real bad v; for me.  So I rewrote the routines for 2.0.6.  Eckart also i& simultaneously rewrote them for 2.0.3.  = It looks like some bug may have been accidentally introduced.C  C Note that the file name handling in 2.0.6 also has a few problems, dI mainly with some of the UNICODE characters in filenames.  I have not had d time to chase them down.    -: > I'd really like to get 2.0.3 to work, since it has other > features that I need.     E The major differences that I am aware of is the 2.0.3 supports mixed PF case filenames by using special escape characters, and 2.0.6 does not.  I Samba 2.0.6 though supports encrypted passwords, and oplocks.  It is bug c- and feature compatable with the UNIX version.m  . It can also handle file structure translation.  K All versions of SAMBA below 2.0.7 will have intermittant problems with W2K.r     4 > Weird thing is, in a DOS window I can successfully1 > create a file with no extension (COPY X.X ABCD)k5 > and the file appears correctly on the VMS side, butn1 > the new file is invisible on the Weendoze side.f > 8 > I'd be really appreciative of any help in getting this7 > working since I have an archive of way over 5,000,000 4 > files on the VMS side, almost all of which have no > .extensions in their names.y    5 See the SAMBA-VMS FAQ on the OpenVMS freeware CD-ROM.a+ It has some tips that apply to SAMBA 2.0.3.a    e5 > I'm presently at a site where there's no C compileru5 > otherwise I'd not be averse to getting in there and  > changing the source.    D Samba 2.0.6 binaries for ALPHA 7.2-1 are on the Freeware 5.0 CD-ROM.    n3 > Eckart, ich waere sehr dankbar fuer Deine Hilfe !0     -John, wb8tyw@qsl.network Personal Opinion Only    ------------------------------  # Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 13:32:34 GMT 5 From: "Joann Difrancesco" <joanndifrancesco@home.com>'F Subject: StongARM-Outside (was Re: Of Bogusity and Benchmarketeering )> Message-ID: <SdsL7.111151$pb4.66712766@news2.rdc2.tx.home.com>  A "Andrew Swallow" <andrew.swallow@baesystems.com> wrote in messages( news:3BFD4AE7.820CEA30@baesystems.com... > JF Mezei wrote:: > >5 > > David Froble wrote: J > > > Why, when it comes to Intel and Microsoft, we're suppost to wait for7 some promised wonder, when everybody else 'has it now'?0 > >mJ > > Yes because companies such as Compaq and Digital under Palmer strongly believe-L > > that both Intel and Microsoft are tidal waves that cannot be stopped and thatL > > the only way to survive is to follow them instead of being against them. >e@ > There is a third tidal wave - ARM microprocessors.   More ARMs> > are sold than X86s.  (More mobile phones are sold than PCs.) >-? > It would therefor be advisable for Compaq to start making ARMy: > microprocessors.   Since ARMs are optimized for very low; > power a faster version will be needed when selling to thea > consumer market.  L While Compaq's iPAQ Pocket PC is StrongARM-based, it's a bit late for CompaqI to get into the StrongARM manufacturing business. Not only doesn't Compaq K have a fab in which to produce the microprocessor, the firm doesn't have anJ architectural license.  J Digital Equipment Corporation had both, they sold both to Intel as part of the Fab-6/Alpha deal.a   ------------------------------    Date: 23 Nov 2001 08:43:10 -0600- From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)vJ Subject: Re: StongARM-Outside (was Re: Of Bogusity and Benchmarketeering )3 Message-ID: <Pb6VqXx+PfzJ@eisner.encompasserve.org>f  v In article <SdsL7.111151$pb4.66712766@news2.rdc2.tx.home.com>, "Joann Difrancesco" <joanndifrancesco@home.com> writes:  N > While Compaq's iPAQ Pocket PC is StrongARM-based, it's a bit late for CompaqK > to get into the StrongARM manufacturing business. Not only doesn't CompaqcM > have a fab in which to produce the microprocessor, the firm doesn't have an  > architectural license. > L > Digital Equipment Corporation had both, they sold both to Intel as part of > the Fab-6/Alpha deal.   A As I recall it, Intel had to negotiate their own license with ARM0? after the settlement with DEC.  They may have bought the rightsn? to the StrongARM modifications, but I believe the basic licensei to ARM was not DEC's to sell.    ------------------------------  % Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 15:14:28 +0000 4 From: Andrew Swallow <andrew.swallow@baesystems.com>J Subject: Re: StongARM-Outside (was Re: Of Bogusity and Benchmarketeering ). Message-ID: <3BFE67D4.8F3AFA65@baesystems.com>   Larry Kilgallen wrote: > x > In article <SdsL7.111151$pb4.66712766@news2.rdc2.tx.home.com>, "Joann Difrancesco" <joanndifrancesco@home.com> writes: > P > > While Compaq's iPAQ Pocket PC is StrongARM-based, it's a bit late for CompaqM > > to get into the StrongARM manufacturing business. Not only doesn't CompaqaO > > have a fab in which to produce the microprocessor, the firm doesn't have ano > > architectural license. > >SN > > Digital Equipment Corporation had both, they sold both to Intel as part of > > the Fab-6/Alpha deal.o > C > As I recall it, Intel had to negotiate their own license with ARMiA > after the settlement with DEC.  They may have bought the rightswA > to the StrongARM modifications, but I believe the basic licensee > to ARM was not DEC's to sell.   < Time to sell VMS to Intel?  Or possible a marketing licence? -- t7 _______________________________________________________e Andrew Swallow   ------------------------------  # Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 17:18:43 GMTn7 From: trevor.osatchuk@nospam.pscl.com (Trevor Osatchuk)k( Subject: Re: system performance question5 Message-ID: <3bfe8092.261665104@news.telusplanet.net>   F I'd like to thank everyone for their input on my question.  I took all> of the advice given and have determined that the VMS server isE actually NOT the problem.(I am sure none of you would be surprised toiF hear that)  There was plenty of idle clock and nowhere were any of theA values in Monitor indicating a signifigant load or malfunction.     F It seems that there was also an increased load on a Tru64 server, thatC did not result in an increase in cpu usage, where it most certainlyeE should have.  The system isn't scaling up.  If this is a problem witheC the proprietary driver we have developed, or a system parameter, it < has yet to be determined.  But thanks to your input I am now! troubleshooting the real problem!c   Warmest regards,   Trevor Osatchuk-  ? Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.  ?           - J. Robert Oppenheimer, speaking of Albert Einstein i   ------------------------------    Date: 23 Nov 2001 04:57:32 -0800! From: soterro@yahoo.com (Soterro)  Subject: Re: SYSTEM-F-NOLINKSa= Message-ID: <d5440555.0111230457.1e190588@posting.google.com>   I > Some more details are needed.  Ok, OpenVMS 7.2, what version of TCP/IP vF So it's about OpenVMS (TM) Alpha Operating System, Version V7.2-1, and) TCPIP V5.0-10. The >TCPIP SHOW COMM says: 4                      Maximum     Current        Peak Proxies                   20 Remote Terminalu   Large buffers:           0   UCBs:                    0   Virtual term:     disabled" and the >TCPIP SHOW COMM/MEM says: 58 mbufs in use:!         1 mbufs allocated to data:.         5 mbufs allocated to socket structures5         11 mbufs allocated to protocol control blocksh3         15 mbufs allocated to routing table entries 1         12 mbufs allocated to interface addresses-1         1 mbufs allocated to OpenVMS kernel table09         2 mbufs allocated to OpenVMS ip multicast addressc?         1 mbufs allocated to OpenVMS interface multicast addessS4         1 mbufs allocated to OpenVMS IFNET structure3         1 mbufs allocated to OpenVMS DWAB structuree:         1 mbufs allocated to OpenVMS Kernel VCRP structure;         3 mbufs allocated to OpenVMS LAN VCI VCIB structure <         1 mbufs allocated to OpenVMS LAN MCAST_REQ structureA         3 mbufs allocated to OpenVMS ACP allocated SERV Structurel That doesn't say much to me.C On the other hand I notice something: each time the client tries tosF start the server program and communicate with it, the TCPIP NETSTAT -PF TCP shows an increased by one number of connections closed (not drops,A and absolutely no other modifications in other statistics for any.D other thing). Heh, by trying all this I even noticed NETSTAT causingD an access violation (from my typo, I said NETSTAT -P RS ) but that's not my concern.-  E I modified the system parameters from the defaults to the suggestions.D from TCP/IP Tuning And Troubleshooting (OK, that manual is for TCPIPE 5.1 but I did nothing wrong I guess, I know what TCP/IP is about) andr> nothing improved (nor broke). No errors on the net, no packetsB transmitted, the thing happens before anything. I would complain a@ little bit about the documentation here, since they modified the: DETACHED right name, why the docs still mention it and not IMPERSONATE...  K > Are you expecting the TCP/IP Auxiliary server to to start it up, or does  B I'm not sure what you are talking about here, as I didn't find anyD documentation saying what an auxiliary server is. Anyway, my program8 is not using system servers as far as I know. There is aC TCPIP$INET_ACP process hibernating (so what) that the documentation88 says it should be there but doesnt say WHAT is that one.  I > programming problem, or a problem in how you configured the startup of tD So again a programming problem :) This puts me in an even more lousy@ situation, I got this on my neck for a small product that nobodyB complained about for years, and now I have to support it :)) looks) like I'm not even able to get it running.>  A > Is DECNET even running?  If not, the commands would be ignored.,D Ok, that would explain it. DECnet is not running (I was wrong when ID said it is) but at least it tries something and eventually timeouts,E correct behaviour in my opinion since it's not configured. TCPIP just. complains and aborts.s  D > Look in TCPIP$EXAMPLES: for a simple Server program and client to F So I'll have to get into programming... ok I can get the sources and ID bet they will not compile since theyre untouched from 96 (I rememberB the problems I already had with the compilers, even posted on thisE list) then I'll have to figure out a simple way to debug a program...h? *sigh* I'll better do this now before VAXC disappears for good.6  E But before, I will still wait (a while) for a solution to my questionc :)   Thanks a lot to all, Sorin Costea   ------------------------------  % Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 15:10:06 +0100o2 From: "Ren Schelbaum" <rene.schelbaum@datakom.at> Subject: Re: SYSTEM-F-NOLINKS G Message-ID: <3bfe5708$0$19298$5039e797@newsreader01.highway.telekom.at>s  4 "Soterro" <soterro@yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag7 news:d5440555.0111211208.1c32d421@posting.google.com...  > Hello, > E > When I try to start a server program, I get the known message aboute) > maximum network logical links exceeded:  > %SYSTEM-F-NOLINKSy > G > That wouldn't be very bad by itself, I can start NCP and SET EXECUTORhE > MAXIMUM LINKS something. Actually when I checked the current value,oB > (SHOW EXECUTOR CHAR) the value was printed as 0. I find it quiteE > weird, as most of the values printed with this command are 0 (STATEc  > appears to be ON nevertheless)D > When I try to set, the command apparently succeeds, but absolutelyE > nothing happens with the volatile or saved databases. SHOW and LISTeH > give both the same 0 value. I noticed then that everything I do in NCP  > is ignored, even STATE ON/OFF. > H > I checked the privileges, they seem to be already all that I could setG > through SET PROC/PRIV or AUTHORIZE, all but the DETACHED privilege. I H > get no complain anyway when trying to do something about it. It simplyE > doesn't do anything, so I cannot get this DETACHED privilege, which)G > the documentation says is essential for restarting the net system ande4 > probably also for modifying what I want to modify. >oH > I also wonder, why do I have to dig into DECnet while the program usesF > TCPIP (runs on Alpha VMS 7.2). Are these networks somehow internallyF > mixed? In TCPIP configuration I didn't see any parameter pointing to > network links limits...T >S > Any hints about this?N >S  > Thanks a lot (again and again) > Sorin Costea   Hello!  9 I had a similar problem with a small self-written server. L It worked perfect under UCX 4.2, but after migration to 5.0 it stopped after a while.F With UCX SHOW SERVICE xxx /FULL i found out, that the number of active@ sessions did not decrease, despite the correct terminaton of the server-program. L Update to 5.1 didnot help either, but the latest TCPIP-patch (to be found atG http://ftp1.support.compaq.com/patches/public/vms/axp/v7.2-1/tcpip/5.1/5 solved that problem    regardso   Ren   ------------------------------  # Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 18:57:20 GMT 3 From: Tim Llewellyn <tim.llewellyn@cableinet.co.uk>e Subject: Re: SYSTEM-F-NOLINKSy/ Message-ID: <3BFE9B53.5ABE13D9@cableinet.co.uk>P   Soterro wrote: > J > > Some more details are needed.  Ok, OpenVMS 7.2, what version of TCP/IPH > So it's about OpenVMS (TM) Alpha Operating System, Version V7.2-1, and+ > TCPIP V5.0-10. The >TCPIP SHOW COMM says: 6 >                      Maximum     Current        Peak > Proxies                   20 > Remote Terminal  >   Large buffers:           0 >   UCBs:                    0 >   Virtual term:     disabled$ > and the >TCPIP SHOW COMM/MEM says: > 58 mbufs in use:# >         1 mbufs allocated to data-0 >         5 mbufs allocated to socket structures7 >         11 mbufs allocated to protocol control blocks 5 >         15 mbufs allocated to routing table entrieso3 >         12 mbufs allocated to interface addressesa3 >         1 mbufs allocated to OpenVMS kernel tablen; >         2 mbufs allocated to OpenVMS ip multicast addressPA >         1 mbufs allocated to OpenVMS interface multicast addess.6 >         1 mbufs allocated to OpenVMS IFNET structure5 >         1 mbufs allocated to OpenVMS DWAB structurea< >         1 mbufs allocated to OpenVMS Kernel VCRP structure= >         3 mbufs allocated to OpenVMS LAN VCI VCIB structure1> >         1 mbufs allocated to OpenVMS LAN MCAST_REQ structureC >         3 mbufs allocated to OpenVMS ACP allocated SERV Structure3 > That doesn't say much to me.  < No, seems the output from those commands has changed in v5.     E > On the other hand I notice something: each time the client tries toPH > start the server program and communicate with it, the TCPIP NETSTAT -PH > TCP shows an increased by one number of connections closed (not drops,C > and absolutely no other modifications in other statistics for anyXF > other thing). Heh, by trying all this I even noticed NETSTAT causingF > an access violation (from my typo, I said NETSTAT -P RS ) but that's > not my concern.i >   G OK, you need to track down more detailed error info on VMS. Try lookingeD in the operator log or REPLY/ENABLE=NETWORK and try the application.B Sometimes TCP/IP Services will throw error there.  Maybe there is F debug capability in INET_ACP, I don't know. There is always TCPIPTRACE- if you want to get down to the nts and bolts.'  5 That is, if the patch mentioned by Ren doesn't work.w   regards   a   -- o Tim.Llewellyn@cableinet.co.uk  t  C Standard disclaimer applies. My views in no way represent those of n! my employers or service provider.B   ------------------------------  % Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 10:10:27 +00000, From: Paul Williams <flo@uk.thalesgroup.com>Q Subject: Re: Terminal emulation quality, was: Re: Installing CC060 on VMS VAX 6.1g1 Message-ID: <3BFE2093.E06D15B@uk.thalesgroup.com>r   Simon Clubley wrote: > = > Running vttest on the various emulators available is a verytD > revealing experience; even xterm itself is not a 100% VT emulator.  D Is this just the support for double width, double height characters?  C > At times, I have wondered just how long it would take me to writet& > a GPLed 100% accurate VT emulator...  G I imagine the return on the investment would be low. Although there aregG some mistakes in xterm's parser tables, I don't know of any that affect G real applications. How many applications do not run correctly on xterm?a   ------------------------------  % Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 08:58:51 -0500 * From: WILLIAM WEBB <WWEBB1@email.usps.gov> Subject: RE: tk70 blinking loud0- Message-ID: <0033000042490600000002L002*@MHS>    =0ABlinking LOUD?s Are you hung over?  . Seriously- is there a pattern to the blinking?  0 Some drives use blink patterns to report errors.8 I don't know if this drive does so, but thought I'd ask.   WWWebb   -----Original Message-----/ From: Info-VAX-Request@Mvb.Saic.Com at INTERNET ) Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 6:02 AM B To: Webb, William W Raleigh, NC; Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com at INTERNET Subject: tk70 blinking louds     Hi, ' I just got a used MV3300. It runs fine.   H Only trouble is the TK70. I feeded a tape and the tape drive is constan= tlycH blinking rapidly. Pressing unload brings the orange light to blink slow= ly@ for some time, until all lights start blinking frequently again.   What's up? Broken?   Many thanks for your help.   -- CR mailto: cr@null.net=   ------------------------------  % Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 11:31:41 +0100i& From: "adam" <aweber@hutapokoj.com.pl>< Subject: Trouble with ISO8859-2 character set on VAX VMS 6.2& Message-ID: <9tl8j8$hnb$1@news.tpi.pl>   Hello! Let me describe the problem:D  In TDMS v.1.7  aplications I try  to input national characters fromI keyboard. Character with codes (10/6)=A6 hex,  (10/12)=AC hex, (10/15)=AF H hex causing error message in TDMS: "Non-displayable character". TDMS useI standard DEC Multinational Character SET where codes 10/6,10/12,10/15 arew "reserved".eI Is there any method to "inform" VMS or Tdms  that I want to use ISO8859-2i% standard characters ? Please help me!aF Product involved: VAXcluster OVMS 6.2, TDMS v1.7, VT510 terminals with 8859-2 national character set.   Any help greatfully received.-       Adam Weber   ------------------------------  % Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 13:37:13 -0000 , From: "Bob Knowles" <bob.knowles@compaq.com>8 Subject: Re: Using CMS$LIB to create a list of libraries3 Message-ID: <eisL7.1900$RL6.59985@news.cpqcorp.net>m  L Thanks. It wasn't working yesterday, but is now. (The thing about OpenVMS isF that when something untoward happens my first thought is that _I_ mustK changed something, whereas with Windows I just say a prayer facing Redmond,p reboot, and hope for the best.)o   b    ------------------------------  % Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 16:15:15 +0100 > From: Michael Gruth <Michael.Gruth@sysdev.deutsche-boerse.com> Subject: Re: Xetra which OS?: Message-ID: <3BFE6803.EF724363@sysdev.deutsche-boerse.com>  H If all four Host hang at the same time, their is no failover anymore ...  
 Michael Gruth  Deutsche B=F6rse Systems AG    Rudolf Wingert schrieb:    > Hello, >hJ > now I knot that Xetra runs on OpenVMS (information from www.silicon.de).I > What's happen. They newsletter writer did write, that a network programlH > did fail. Also did he write, that this was the second fail in the last, > four years. Why did failover not function? > Thanks for any information.t >o > Regards Rudolf Wingert   ------------------------------   End of INFO-VAX 2001.652 ************************