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- Subject: comp.unix.ultrix DEC OSF/1 Frequently Asked Questions
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- Date: 11 Apr 1994 21:00:44 -0400
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- Summary: This posting contains a list of Frequently Asked Questions
- (and their answers) about the OSF/1 operating system from
- Digital Equipment Corporation.
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- Archive-name: dec-faq/osf1
- Last-modified: Sun Jan 16 16:51:33 EST 1994
- Version: 1.6
-
- This is part 3 of the Frequently Asked Questions posting for
- comp.unix.ultrix, with answers about the OSF/1 operating system from
- Digital. It is also posted on comp.sys.dec and comp.unix.osf.osf1,
- but it is not a full FAQ for those groups. Companion postings have
- answers that apply to both ULTRIX and OSF/1 and answers that apply to
- ULTRIX alone.
-
- A separate FAQ describes how to get information about Digital products
- and interacting with Digital.
-
- This FAQ is available in the following archive sites, in the directory
- /pub/DEC/dec-faq:
-
- gatekeeper.dec.com
- crl.dec.com
-
- It can also be obtained by sending mail to ftpmail@pa.dec.com with the
- following lines:
- connect
- get /pub/DEC/dec-faq/osf1
-
- Many FAQs, including this one, are available on the archive site
- rtfm.mit.edu in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers. The name under
- which a FAQ is archived appears in the Archive-name line at the top of
- the article. This FAQ is archived in the directory dec-faq.
-
- To receive this posting by mail, send a note to
- ultrix-faq-request@crl.dec.com.
-
- If the location of a file in an archive is not specifically mentioned
- below, it is in /pub/DEC on the above machines.
-
- To make suggestions for changes or additions to this Frequently Asked
- Questions list, send mail to ultrix-faq@crl.dec.com. Answers are
- especially appreciated.
-
- An archive of recent postings to comp.unix.ultrix can be found via
- anonymous FTP on ftp.cc.rochester.edu in /pub/usenet/comp.unix.ultrix.
- Thanks to folks at the University of Rochester for providing this
- service.
-
- Some general notes:
-
- When used alone, the word "DECstation" is used to mean any of the
- DECstations or DECsystems that use MIPS RISC processors. Similarly,
- "Alpha" refers to any DEC systems that use the Alpha AXP processor.
-
- Unless otherwise specified, these answers refer to ULTRIX 4.3, which is
- the current release of ULTRIX.
-
- Many people have contributed to this list, directly or indirectly. In
- some cases, an answer has been adapted from one or more postings on the
- comp.unix.ultrix newsgroup. Our thanks to all of those who post answers.
- The name (or names) at the end of an entry indicate that the information
- was taken from postings by those individuals; the text may have been
- edited for this FAQ. These citations are only given to acknowledge the
- contribution.
-
- Although the editor of this FAQ is an employee of Digital Equipment
- Corporation, this posting is not an official statement from Digital
- Equipment Corporation.
-
- Alpha
- ======================================================
- A1.**CHANGED** Where can I find software that has been ported to Alpha?
- A2. What does the "AXP" in "DEC 3000 Model 400 AXP Workstation" mean?
- A3. Where can I get Emacs and Epoch for Alpha OSF/1?
- A4. Where can I get technical information about Alpha?
-
- Software
- ======================================================
- S1.**CHANGED** What (free) tools are there for looking at system behavior?
-
- Programming
- ======================================================
- P1.**NEW** What tools will help me port software to the 64-bit Alpha system?
- P2. Why can't I run dbx?
- P3. Why do my applications not work after I upgrade to a new version of DEC OSF/1?
- P4. Where can I get a debugging malloc that works on Alpha OSF/1?
- P5.**NEW** What's with 'ld: unresolved symbols: dnet_conn'?
-
- Graphics
- ======================================================
- G1. How can I make the graphics go faster?
- G2. Where can I get an xv that works on Alpha OSF/1?
-
- Network
- ======================================================
- N1. Why doesn't FTP work to an XYZ system?
- N2. How do you use a NFS-mounted /usr filesystem on OSF/1?
- N3. Where can I get rstatd for DEC OSF/1?
- N4.**NEW** How do I switch between the AUI and 10 Base-T Ethernet ports?
-
- Hardware
- ======================================================
- H1.**NEW** Where can I get information about Alpha chips?
-
- Miscellaneous
- ======================================================
- M1. Where else is DEC OSF/1 discussed?
- M2. How do I add a new terminal definition?
-
- ==============================================
- A1.**CHANGED** Where can I find software that has been ported to Alpha?
-
- A list of software known to be ported to Alpha OSF/1 is available
- on the World-Wide Web:
-
- http://www.dec.com/pub/Digital/info/html/pub-domain.html
-
- The "Alpha AXP Freeware CD," which is shipped with the DEC OSF/1
- software distribution, has many popular programs in both source and
- binary form. The current Alpha Freeware CD-ROM can also be ordered
- from DECdirect, order number QA-0PSAA-H8. The price is $12 US.
-
- The Freeware CD is mounted on some Internet machines, including
- gatekeeper.dec.com and ftp.Uni-Koeln.de, for anonymous FTP.
-
- Many programs are also available in ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu:/DEC_Alpha.
-
- The alpha-osf-managers archive (see below) also has some programs.
-
- [Pete Kaiser, kaiser@mammal.vbo.dec.com]
- [Win Treese, treese@lcs.mit.edu]
-
- ==============================================
- A2. What does the "AXP" in "DEC 3000 Model 400 AXP Workstation" mean?
-
- Nothing. It is part of the trademark.
-
- ==============================================
- A3. Where can I get Emacs and Epoch for Alpha OSF/1?
-
- Both a binary and sources for GNU Emacs are included on the base
- system CD-ROM. Epoch is available on the Alpha OSF/1 Freeware CD-ROM
- (see answer A1 for more information). Epoch can also be copied from
- ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu:/DEC_Alpha.
-
- Patches to make Emacs version 19 run on Alpha OSF/1 can be found by
- anonymous FTP to gatekeeper.dec.com:/pub/GNU. The files are
-
- emacs-19.22-alpha-patch.README
- emacs-19.22-alpha-patch.gz
-
-
- [Pete Kaiser, kaiser@uniriv.vbo.dec.com]
- [Rob McCool, robm@snail.ncsa.uiuc.edu]
-
- ==============================================
- A4. Where can I get technical information about Alpha?
-
- Sites, R.L., Ed., Alpha Architecture Reference Manual (600 page book,
- 1992) from Digital Press (EY-L520E-DP) or Prentice-Hall 9ISBN
- 0-13-033663-7). Also at most technical bookstores, including
- Quantum(Cambridge) and Stacey's (Palo Alto)
-
- Communications of the ACM, February 1993 issue (4 Alpha articles)
-
- Digital Technical Journal, Winter 1992 (200 pages of Alpha articles,
- including 4 above with fewer typos). Order info: dtj@crl.dec.com
- (Available from gatekeeper.dec.com:/pub/DEC/DECinfo/DTJ/axp*)
-
- Jim Montanaro "The Design of the Alpha 21064 CPU Chip" (42 minutes)
- Dick Sites and Dirk Meyer, "Alpha Architecture" (73 minutes)
- University Video Communications P.O. BOx 5129 Stanford CA 94309 USA
- (415) 813-0506
- [Dick Sites, sites@tallis.enet.dec.com]
-
- ==============================================
- S1.**CHANGED** What (free) tools are there for looking at system behavior?
-
- syd, a utility like top, is on the Alpha OSF/1 Freeware disk. It is also
- available for anonymous FTP from many sites. It is only known to work on
- versions 1.2 and 1.3 of OSF.
-
- top has been ported to DEC OSF/1, and works under 1.2, 1.3, and field
- test releases of version 2.0. It is available from
- file://ftp.eng.umd.edu/pub/alpha.
-
- lsof, a utility for listing open files, is available from
- file://vic.cc.purdue.edu:/pub.
-
- [Dave Sill, de5@ornl.gov]
- [Anthony Baxter, anthony@aaii.oz.au]
-
- ==============================================
- P1.**NEW** What tools will help me port software to the 64-bit Alpha system?
-
- The version of lint shipped with Alpha OSF/1 has many checks to help
- port software to Alpha. In particular, the -Q option is very useful.
- See the manual page for more details.
-
- A document entitled "SunOS to DEC OSF/1 Porting Guide" is available
- from
-
- file://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/DEC/DECinfo/document/EC-N0736-43.ps.Z
-
- ==============================================
- P2. Why can't I run dbx?
-
- With DEC OSF/1 V1.2 the development environment is a separate layered
- product beyond the base OS. Although it is included on the DEC OSF/1
- consolidated CD-ROM, the license must be purchased separately to use
- any portion of the Developer's kit. Within the DEC OSF/1 Developer's
- Kit the license just happens to be enforced by a check in dbx.
-
- For more information, look in the /pub/DEC/DECinfo/DECnews-UNIX directory
- or gatekeeper.dec.com for:
-
- 0104.txt DEC OSF/1 Developer's Extensions V1.2 article, 11/17/92
- 0603.txt DEC OSF/1 Developer's Toolkit V1.2 article, 03/23/93
- 0806.txt C Compiler for DEC OSF/1 Operating System article, 05/13/93
- [Russ Jones, rjones@pa.dec.com]
-
- ==============================================
- P3. Why do my applications not work after I upgrade to a new version of DEC OSF/1?
-
- Sometimes the details of the shared libraries change between releases.
- In general, applications compiled on an earlier version of DEC OSF/1
- should still run on a later version. The converse may not be true.
-
- In particular, there were some incompatibilies between the field test and
- final versions of DEC OSF/1 V1.2.
-
- The usual solution is to recompile from scratch.
- [John Kohl, jtkohl@zk3.dec.com]
-
- ==============================================
- P4. Where can I get a debugging malloc that works on Alpha OSF/1?
-
- Anonymous FTP to gatekeeper.dec.com:pub/misc/malloc_dbg.
-
- If you get the package, be sure to read the stuff in the file
- contrib/dec_notes which explains how to replace malloc on the fly in
- an existing program.
-
- [Dave Hill, ddhill@zk3.dec.com]
-
- ==============================================
- P5.**NEW** What's with 'ld: unresolved symbols: dnet_conn'?
-
- Some libraries on OSF/1 (notably the X11 library) are compiled so that
- they can use DECnet as well as TCP/IP. To link with such libraries,
- include -ldnet_stub at the end of link command. If you have DECnet
- software installed, use -ldnet.
-
-
- ==============================================
- G1. How can I make the graphics go faster?
-
- If your application is sending lots of data (using, say, PutImage
- requests), try setting DISPLAY to local:0, which uses a shared memory
- transport between the client and the X server.
- [Gail Grant, grant@pa.dec.com]
-
- ==============================================
- G2. Where can I get an xv that works on Alpha OSF/1?
-
- ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu:/DEC_Alpha. Make sure that LONG and U_LONG in
- xvtiffwr.c are defined to be int and unsigned int.
- [Mike Iglesias, iglesias@draco.acs.uci.edu]
-
- ==============================================
- N1. Why doesn't FTP work to an XYZ system?
-
- DEC OSF/1 uses the IP type-of-service option (TOS) by default. This
- confuses some systems (reportedly Macintoshes). To turn off the
- option for ftp, create a file /etc/iptos with the following entries:
-
- ftp-control tcp 0x0
- ftp-data tcp 0x0
-
- Reboot the Alpha system.
-
- ==============================================
- N2. How do you use a NFS-mounted /usr filesystem on OSF/1?
-
- Jon Forrest (forrest@cs.Berkeley.EDU) has written a document that
- describes how to do this. Use anonymous ftp to toe.CS.Berkeley.EDU and
- look in pub/personal/forrest/remote.mounting.
-
- Note that as of OSF 1.3 DEC does not support this but it is quite
- easy to do.
- [Jon Forrest, forrest@postgres.Berkeley.EDU]
-
- ==============================================
- N3. Where can I get rstatd for DEC OSF/1?
-
- rstatd is reportedly in DEC OSF/1 version 2.0.
-
- ==============================================
- N4.**NEW** How do I switch between the AUI and 10 Base-T Ethernet ports?
-
- - Shutdown the system.
- - At the ">>>" prompt, type:
-
- set ethernet thick
- or
- set ethernet tenbt
-
- - Reboot the system.
- [Steve Imber, stevei@anduril.fsc.qut.edu.au]
-
-
- ==============================================
- H1.**NEW** Where can I get information about Alpha chips?
-
- Call the DECchip Hotline
- 1-800-332-2717 (voice)
- 1-800-332-2515 (TTY)
- 8:30am - 5:30pm ET
-
- [Jim Gettys, jg@crl.dec.com]
-
- ==============================================
- M1. Where else is DEC OSF/1 discussed?
-
- You can join the mailing list alpha-osf-managers@ornl.gov. Send a message
- with
- subscribe alpha-osf-managers
- in the body to Majordomo@ornl.gov. Archives of the list are available
- for FTP from ftp.kpc.com:/pub/list/alpha-osf-managers. Some useful
- Alpha software is also kept there.
- [Dave Sill, de5@ornl.gov]
-
- ==============================================
- M2. How do I add a new terminal definition?
-
- Some applications on OSF/1 use termcap; others use terminfo. tic(1)
- compiles a termcap definition for terminfo. It is best to add a
- new terminal definition both ways.
- [Jeffrey Heller, jeffreyh@kpc.com]
-