Subject: 2.05: How do i make my oow shared library?
To make your owr of shared object or library of shared objects, you shouth
KNOW That A Shared Object Cannot Have Undefined Symbols. Thus, if Your
Code Uses any externals from /lib/libc.a, the latter must be linked with
Your code to make a shared object. Mike Heath
Mike@pencom.com) SAID IT
Is Possible to Split Code Into More Than One Shared Object When Externals
INE Object Refer to another one. You Must Be Very Good At
Import / Export Files. Perhaps He Or Someone Can Provide An Example.
Assume You Have One File, Sub1.c, Containing A Routine with no external
References, And Another One, Sub2.c, Calling Stuff in /Lib/Libc.a. you
Will Also Need Two Export Files, Sub1.exp, Sub2.exp. Read The Example
Below Together with the Examples on The Ld Man Page.
---- Sub1.c ------
Int Addint (int A, int b)
{
RETURN A B;
}
---- Sub2.c ------
#include
Void Printint (INT A)
{
Printf ("THE INTEGER IS:% D / N", A);
}
---- Sub1.exp ----
#!
Addint
---- Sub2.exp ----
#!
Printint
---- Usesub.c ----
Main ()
{
Printint (Addint (5, 8));
}
The Following Commands Will Build your libshr.a, and compile / link the
Program usesub to use it.
$ cc -c sub1.c
$ CC -BM: Sre -BnoEntry -be: Sub1.exp -o Sub1shr.o Sub1.o
$ cc -c sub2.c
$ cc -bm: Sre -BnoEntry -be: Sub2.exp -o Sub2Shr.o Sub2.o
$ ar r libshr.a sub1shr.o sub2shr.o
$ cc -o usesub buyub.c -l: libshr.a
$ Usesub
THE INTEGER IS: 13
$
A Similar Example Can Be Found in The Aix Manual Online on The Web At:
<
http://www.rs6000.ibm.com/doc_link/en_us/a_doc_lib/aixprggd/genprogc/create_shared_lib.htm>
Subject: 2.06: Linking My Program Fails with Strange Errors. Why?
Very Simple, The Linker (Actual Called The Binder), Cannot Get Thememory It Needs, Either Because Your Ulimits Are Too Low or Because You
Don't Have Sufficient Paging Space. Since The Linker Is Quite Different
> From Normal Unix Linkers and Actually Does Much More Than these, IT Also
Uses a Lot of Virtual Memory. it is not unusual to need 10000 Pages (of
4K) or more to execute a fairly complex lineing.
If you get 'bump error', Either Ulimits or Paging IS To Low, if you get
'Binder Killed by Signal 9' Your Paging Is Too Low.
First, Check Your Memory and Data Ulimits; in Korn shell 'ulimit -a' Will
SHOW All Limits and 'ULIMIT -M 99999' and 'ULIMIT -D 99999' WILL
Increase the maximum memory and data respectively to some high value.
IF this Was Not Your Problem, you don't have enough Paging Space.
IF you will or can not increase your paning space, you Could Try this:
- Do you duplicate Libraries on the ld command line? That Is Never
NECESSARY.
- Do More Users Link SIMULTAANESLY? TRY HAVING ONE LINKING GoING
On at ANY Time.
- Do a Partwise Linking, I. You Link Some Objects / Libraries with The
-r option to allow the temporary output to have unresolved References,
Then Link with the rest of your objects / libraries. this can be split
Up as a as you want, and will make each step.
If you follow this scheme, only adding one Object or Archive AT AT AT AT AT AT AT AT ATIVE
Time, You Will Actually Emulate The Behavior of Other UNIX Linkers.
If you decide to add more paging space, you's you sell consider adding a new
Paging Space on a second hard disk, as opposed to just increasing the
Existing One. doing the latter could make you run out of free space online one is more involved to shrink a Paging Space
But Easier to Delete One.
Subject: 2.07: why does it take so long to compile "Hello World" with xlc?
Some Systems Have Experienced Delays of More Than 60 SECONDS IN
Compiling "#include
The problem is with the license manager contact ibm to make su
You'Ve got the Latest PTF.
Subject: 2.08: What's with malloc ()?
Malloc () Uses a Late Allocation Algorithm Based on 4.3 BSD's malloc ()
For Speed. this Lets you allocate Very Large Sparse Memory Spaces,
Since The Pages Are Not Actually Allocated Until The isy all Touched for
The first time. unfortunately, IT Doesn't Die Gracefully in the face of
Loss of available memory. See The "Paging Space overview" Under
InfoExplorer, and see the notes on the linker in this document for an
EXAMPLE OF A UNGRACEFUL DEATH.
If you want your program to get notified when Running Out of memory, you
Should Handle The Sigdanger Signal. The Default Is To Ignore IT.
SigDanger is Sent To All Processes When Paging Space Gets Low, Andi
Paging Space Gets Even Lower, Processes with the Highest Paging Spa
USAGE Are Sent The Sigkill Signal.
Malloc () Is Substantially Different in 3.2, Allocating Memory More
Tightly. if you have problems Running Re-Compiled Programs ON 3.2,
Try Running Them with mallocType = 3.1.
Early Page Space Allocation (EPSA) Added to Aix 3.2: See
/usr/lpp/bos/readme.psalloc - IX38211 / U422496 Allows setting of
Early Allocation (VS. Default Late Allocation) on a per-process basis.
Subject: 2.09: why does xlc complain about 'Extern char * STRCPY ()' The header
__STRCPY (X, Y), and the latter is kilore by the compiler to generate
Inline code for strcpy. Because of the macro, Your Extern Declaration
Contains an invalid macro expansion. The real cure is to remove your
Extern declaration but address -u__str__ to your xlc Will Also do The
Trick, Although Your Program Might Run A Bit More Slowly as The Compiler
Cannot inline the string functions any more.
Subject: 2.10: Why do I get 'parameter List cannot contact Fewer ....'
This is The Same as Above (2.9).
Subject: 2.11: Why Does XLC Complain About
'(SomeType *) SomePointer = Something'
Software That Is Developed Using GCC May Have this Construct. However,
Standard C Does Not Permit Casts To Be Lvalues, SO You Will NEED TO
Change the cast and move it to the right side of the assocignment. if you
Compile with 'cc', Removing The Cast Completely Will Give You a Warning,
'XLC' Will Give You An Error (Provided SomePointer and Something Aref
Different Types - But else, Why Would The Cast Be There in The First Place?)
Subject: 2.12: Some More Common Errors
Here Are A Few Other Common Errors with XLC:
305 | Switch (((np) -> navigation_type)? (* (((((((Np) -> navigation_type):
((void *) 0))))))))
.a ...........
A - 1506-226: (s) The second and third Operands of the conditional
Operator must beof of the Same Type.
The Reason for this is what xlc defines null as (void *) 0, And it does
NOT Allow Two Different Types as the second and third OPERAND OF?:.
The Second Argument Above Is Not a Pointer and The Code Used NULL
Incorrectly as a scalar. null is a nil pointer constant in Ansi c Andin Some Traditional Compilers.
You Should Change Null in The Third Argument Above To AnTeger 0.
Subject: 2.13: Can The Compiler Generate Assembler Code?
Starting with Version 1.3 of XLC and XLF The -s Option Will Generate A
.s assembly code file prior to optimization. The option - Qlist Will
Generate a human readable one in a .lst file.
There Is Also a Disassembler In / USR / LPP / XLC / BIN / DIS INCLUDE with THE
1.3 Version of XLC (AND IN / USR / LPP / XLC / BIN / DIS with THE 2.1 VERSION
Of xlc) That Will Disassemble Existing Object or Executable Files.
Subject: 2.14: Curses
Curses Based Applications Should Be Linked with -lcurses and _not_ with
-LTERMLIB. IT Has Also Been Reported That Some Problems with Curses Are
Avoided if your application is compiled with -dnls.
Peter Jeffe <
Peter@ski.Austin.ibm.com> Also Notes:
> The escape sequences for cursor and function keys are * Sometimes *
> Treated As Several Characters: Eg. The getch () - CALL DOES Not Return
> Key_up But 'ESC [C.'
You're Correct in Your Analysis: this has to do with the Timing of the
Escape Sequence As It Arrives from The Net. There Is An Environment
Variable Called Escdelay That Can Change The Fudge Fudtor Used to Decide
When an escape is just an escape. The default value is 500; boosting
This a bit shouth solution you.
Christopher Carlyle O'Callaghan <
asdfjkl@wam.umd.edu> HAS More Comments
Concerning extended Curses:
1) The Sample Program in User Interface Programming Concepts, Page 7-13
IS WRONG. Here is The Correct Use of Panes and Panels.
#include
#include
Main ()
{
Pane * a, * b, * c, * d, * e, * f, * g, * h; panel * p;
INITSCR ();
A = ECBPNS (24, 79, NULL, NULL, 0, 2500, PDIVSZP, PBORDRY, NULL, NULL);
D = ECBPNS (24, 79, NULL, NULL, 0, 0, PDIVSZF, PBORDRY, NULL, NULL);
E = ECBPNS (24, 79, D, NULL, 0, 0, PDIVSZF, PBORDRY, NULL, NULL);
B = ECBPNS (24, 79, A, D, PDIVTYH, 3000, PDIVSZP, PBORDRY, NULL, NULL);
F = ECBPNS (24, 79, NULL, NULL, 0, 0, PDIVSZF, PBORDRY, NULL, NULL);
G = ECBPNS (24, 79, F, NULL, 0, 5000, PDIVSZP, PBORDRY, NULL, NULL);
H = ECBPNS (24, 79, G, NULL, 0, 3000, PDIVSZP, PBORDRY, NULL, NULL);
C = ECBPNS (24, 79, B, F, PDIVTYH, 0, PDIVSZF, PBORDRY, NULL, NULL);
P = ECBPLS (24, 79, 0, 0, "Main Panel", PDIVTYV, PBORDRY, A);
ECDVPL (P);
ECDFPL (P, False);
ECSHPL (P);
ECRFPL (P);
Endwin ();
}
2) Do Not Include
You Will Get a Bunch of Redefined Statements.
3) There is curses and extended Curses. Use ONLY ONE OR THE OTHER. IF THE
Manual Says That The the The're Backwards Compatible Or Some Other Indication
That you can use curses routines with extended, don't believe it. To
Use curses you need to include
4) If you use -lcur and -lcurses in the Same Link Command, you will get
Memory Fault (Core Dump) Error. You Cannot Use Both of Them At the Same
Time. -lcur is for extended Curses, -lcurses is for regular curses.
5) WHEN CREANG PANES, WHEN YOUPLY A Value (Other Than 0) for the
'DS' Parameter And Use Pdivszf Value for the 'DU' Parameter, The 'DS'
Will BE Ignored (The Sample Program on Page 7-13 in User Interface
Programming concerts is wrong.) For Reasons As Yet Undetermined, Pdivszc Doesn't Seem to Work (or at Least I Can't Figure Out How To
Use it.)
6) If You're Running Into Bugs and Can't Figure Out What Is Happening,
Try The Following:
INCLUDE -QEXTCHK -G in Your Compile Line
-Qextk Will Check to make you're passing the right number of
Parameters to the functions
-g Enables Debug
7) Do Not Use 80 as the number of columns if you want to use the whole
Screen. The Lower Right Corner Will Get ERSED. USE 79 INSTEAD.
8) If You Create A Panel, You Must Create At Least 1 Pane, OtherWise You
Will Get a Memory Fault (Core Dump).
9) WHEN CREANG A PANEL, IF you don't have a border around it, any Title
You Want Will Not Show Up.
10) To make the screen scroll down:
WMOVE (Win, 0, 0);
Winsetln (win)
11) Delwin (win) Doesn't Work in Extended Windows
To make it is deleted, you need to do the folload:
For Every WINDOW That You Want to Appear on The Screen
TouchWin (win)
WREFRESH (WIN)
You Must make Sure That you do it in the exact same Order as you put
Them on the screen (I.E., IF you caled newwin with a, then c, then b,
You Must do the loop with a, then c, then b, ketherwise you won't
Get The Same Screen Back. The Best Thing to Do Is To Put Them Into
An Array and Keep Track of The Last Window Index.
12) MVWIN (WIN, LINE, COL) Implies That IT IS Only Used for Viewports and
Subwindows. It can also be used for the actual windows themselves.
13) If You Specify The Attribute of A Window Using Wcolorout (WIN), Any
Subsequent Calls to Chgat (Numchars, Mode) or any of its relatives
Will Not Work. (or at Least The Get Very Picky)
Subject: 2.15: How do I speted Up Linkingplease Refer to Sections 2.03 and 2.06 Above.
From:
Losecco@undpdk.hep.nd.edu (john losecco) and
Hook@chaco.aix.dfw.ibm.com (Gary R. Hook)
From oahu.cern.ch in / pub / aix3 you can get a wrapper for the EXISTING
Linker Called Tld Which Can Reduce Link Times with Large Libraries B
Factors of 3 to 4.
Subject: 2.16: What is deadbeef?
When Running the debugger (dbx), You May Have Wondered What Thae
'deadbeef' is you Occasionally See in registers. Do Note, That
0xDeadbeef Is a Hexadecimal Number That Also Happens To Be Some Kind
Of Word (The RS / 6000 Was Built in Texas!), And this Hexadecimal Number
IS Simply Put Into Unused Registers At some time, probably during
Program startup.
Subject: 2.17: How do i make an export list from a library archive?
From:
D. DennerLine@bull.com (Dave Dennerline)
[This Script Has Been Moved to Section 8.10]
Subject: 2.19: Building Imake, Makedepend
From:
Crow@austin.ibm.com (David L. CROW)
[Editor's note: if you have limited 4.x, you need the x11.adt.imake lpp
And probably Most if not all of the x11.adt. * LPPS. Imake, XMKMF AND
Other Utilities Are Delivered Precompiled.]
You need X11dev.src release 1.2.3.0 (IE The R5 Release) [ON AIX 3.2].
Unless AiXWindows, There is no xmkmf.
THESE Are the Steps That I Use to make image, makedepend and all
Of it's config files, and the install the in the working tree
(IE NOT THE Xamples) for Daily Use:
CD / USR / LPP / X11 / Xamples
Make makefile
Make subdirs = "config util" Makefiles
Make Subdirs = "config util" Linklibs
Make subdirs = "config util" depend
Make subdirs = "config util"
.
Subject: 2.20: How Can Tell What Shared Libraries a binary is linked with?
Use "dump -h
Listed in the loader section (at the bottom). The first example is
/ BIN / SH (STATILY Linked) and the second example is
/ usr / local / bin / bash (shared).
Index Path Base MEMBER
0 / USR / LIB: / LIB
1 / UNIX
Index Path Base MEMBER
0./lib/readline/:/lib/glob/:/usr/lib:/lib
1 Libc.a shr.o
2 libcurses.a shr.o
The Freeware Tool "LDD" lists all the shared libraries needed
By an Executable, Including Those Recursively Included by Other
SHARED LIBRARIES. SEE Question 2.27 "WHERE CAN I FIND LDD FOR AIX?".
Subject: 2.21: CAN I GET A PTF for My C / C Compiler from the NET?
<
http://service.software.ibm.com/> Contains Pointers to Most PTFS, Including
You'll Need The Fixdist Program (see 1.142) to Retrieve Them.
Subject: 2.22: Why Does "Install" ing Software I got from the net fail?
Note That The RS / 6000 Has Two Install Programs, One with System V Flavor
In The Default Path (/ etc / install with links from / usr / bin and / usr / usg),
AND One with bsd behavior in / usr / ucb / install.
Subject: 2.23: What is Linker Toc overflow error 12?
There Is a Hard Coded Limit in The Aix 3.2.5 Linker That Is Fixed in
AIX 4.1. A Kind Soul Donated The Following Information To Help People
Get the 3.2.5 FIX
The LPS (PaperWork) AIX Toc Data Binder / 6000 # p91128
Version 1.1
Program number 5799-qdy
Reference NO. GC23-2604-00, FC 5615
Pre Reqs listed WERE AIX 3.2.5
IBM C Set V2 (5765-186)
The Above Is Not Available Any Longer, See Section 1.006.
You Could Also Put Some of the Application Code Into Shared Libraries
OR, IN The Case of GCC, USE-MMINIMAL-TOC.
Subject: 2.24: What is the limit on Number of Shared Memory Segments
I Can Attach?
Each Process Has 16 Segments. One is buy for private code, one for
Stack, One for Heap; Those, IF Memory Serves, Are Segments 0, 1, And
2. (if You Look in sys / shm.h, you'll see shmloseg is 3 - the
Lowest Segment, in Number and in the process' Virtual Address Space,
Available to shmat.)
Shmhiseg, The Highest Segment You Can Attach To (Also Defined in
Sys / shm.h), IS 12. Segments 3 THROUGH 12 Are Available to Shmat,
Giving the 10 segments your program used successfully. (NSHMSEGS IN
Sys / shm.h Will Give you this value, Though it's of limited use, since
Most Platforms That I'VE Seen Don't define it.)
Segment 13 is buy by shared code your program has attached to;
I Think One of the Others Might Be for kernel-mode data.
See Also Mmap.
Subject: 2.25: i deleted libc.a by acid --- How do i recover?
From: ed raircin <
ERAVIN@panix.com>
You Can Recover from this without rebooting or reinstalling, if you
Have Another Copy of Libc.a Available That Is Also Named "Libc.a". if
You Moved Libc.a to a Different Directory, You're in Luck - Do The
FOLLOWING:
Export libpath = / other / Directory
And Your Future Commands Will Work. But if you renamed Libc.a, this
Won't do it. if you have an nfs mounted Directory Somewhere, You Canput Libc.a On The That Host, and Point Libpath To That Directory AS
SHOWN ABOVE.
Failing That, Turn Off Your Machine, Reboot Off Floppies Or Other
Media, And Get a root shell. I don't think you shouth do "getrootfs"
As you usually do when accessing the root vg this Way - AIX May Start
Looking for libc.a on the disk, and you'll just ruin inteo the same
Problem. so do an importvg, varyonvg, and then mount / usr somewhere,
THEN MANUALLY MOVE LIBC.A Back OR COPY IN A New One from Floppy.
Subject: 2.26: WHERE CAN I FIND DLOPEN, DLCLOSE, AND DLSYM FOR AIX?
An Implementation of these Dynamic Code Loading Functions Was Written By
Jens-Uwe Mage <
Jum@anubis.han.de> and can be found
<
http://www.han.de/~jum/aix/dlfcn.shar>
From: Gary R. Hook <
Hook@austin.ibm.com>
Starting With Aix 4.2 A DLOPEN ET. Al. Are include in the base OS in
The libdl.a library. Under Aix 4.1 this is available as slhs (Shared
Library hookable symbols) as apar ix ix71849 for the runtime package and
Apar ix ix72973 for the development tools.
Subject: 2.27: Where can I find ldd for AIX?
From: JENS-Uwe Mage
TRY <
Http://www.han.de/~jum/aix/ldd.c>. Also the "aix.tools"
Package from <
http://www-frec.bull.com>
Subject: 2.28: How do I make my program binary executable on the
Power, Power2, and PowerPC Architecures?
AIX Will Emulate Those Instructions Not Available In PowerPC Processors, But
You can avoid this emulation and connection quality performance degradtation by
Using Only The Common To All.
IF you are using ibm's xlc (cc) Compiler, The default is to use the commoninstruction set. If you want to be explicit, use the -qarch = com option.
THE OPTION -MCPU = Common Makes GCC Use The Common Instruction Set. Please
Note That (unlike XLC) this is * not * The default with gcc on aix.
Subject: 2.29: How do i access more Than 256 megabytes of memory?
By Default Each Program Gets One Segment Register (See 2.24) for ITS
Data Segment Register Covers 256 MB, Any Calls To
Malloc More Will Fail. Also Programs That Declare Large Global or Static
Arrays May Fail to Load. To Allocate More Segment Registers To Your
Program, Use the linker option -bmaxdata to specify the number of bytes
You need in the data segment as flollows:
cc -o myprog -bmaxdata: 0x20000000 myprog.c
The Example Above 10 Allocate An Additional Segment Register To Allow
FOR 512MB of Data.
Subject: 2.30: How do I Use POSIX THREADS with GCC 2.7.x?
From: David Edelsohn <
Dje@watson.ibm.com>
The code generated by GCC is Compatible with Threads, But GCC-2.7
WAS Released So Long Ago That It Did Not Provide An Option To Perform
The Extra Link Stes Necessary To Support Threads:
1) Compile all source files with "-d_thread_safe" macro defined.
2) Link with "-l / usr / lib / threads -lpthreads -lc_r /usr/lib/libc.a"
To Obtain the Pthreads Support
And add "-nostartfiles /usr/lib/crt0_r.o" to the begnning of the
Link Command Line (Using GCC to Link! to Initialize Threads.
Subject: 2.31: why does pthread_create return the Error Code 22?
USING POSIX Threads Under Aix Requires a Special C Runtime Startup
Initialization As Well As Special Versions of Some Libraries. The IBM C
Compiler Includes these Special Libraries if Called by the name xlc_r (or XLC_R for C ). There Also Other Main Maing Variations To Support Various
Defaults, Consult the file /etc/xlc.cf for details.
Subject: 2.32: How do i Build Programs Under a Later Aix Release That Run
Under Earlier Releases As Well?
IBM Develops Aix Only for Binary Compatibility with Older Aix Releases,
NOT The Other Way Around. You will thus need to build programs on the
Oldest Aix Release The Program Is Supposed to Run on. You will Also Need
To Link Programs Dynamically, IF you link in the System Libraries
Staticly The Program Will Probably Only Run on The Machine You
Performed the link.
With some preparation it is appearently possible to get arround tria
Limitation. Bob Halblutzel Has Put Together A Web Page Describing THE
Detailed Steps How To Set Up Such A Build Environment At the Following
Web Page:
Please Not That this is not a supported Way to build your program, you
Will Probably Receive NOT Any Support by IBM if you have problems with
That environment.
Subject: 3.00: Fortran and Other Compilers
THIS Section Covers All Compilers Other Than C / C . On Fortran, There
Seem to have Been Some Problems with floating point handling, in
Particular floating exceptions.
Subject: 3.01: i HAVE PROBLEMS MIXING FORTRAN AND C C code, why?
A Few Routines (Such as getENV, SIGNAL, And System) EXIST IN Both the
Fortran and C Libraries But with Different Parameters. In the Recent
Past, if you have a mixed Program That Calls GetENV from Both C and
Fortran Code, You Have to Link The Carefully by Specifying The Correct
Library first on your command line. This is no longer needed startwarewith version 1.5 of the compilers.
Subject: 3.02: How do i staticly bind fortran libraries and dynamically
Bind C Libraries?
From:
amaranth@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Paul Amaaranth)
[Editor's note: Part of this is also discussed Above Under the c compiler
Section, But I Felt It Was So Valuable That i Have Left it all in.
I'VE Done Some Minor Editing, Mostly Typographical.
The Linker and Binder Real Versatile Program, But it is not
Always clear how to make the the. in particular,
There is Times When You Do Not Want To Use Shared Libraries, But
Rather, Staticly Bind The Required Routines Into Your Object. or, you
May NEED TO Use Two Versions of The Same Routine (EG, Fortran & C). Here
Are The Results of My Recent Experiments. I Would Like To Thank Daniel
Premer And Brad Hollowbush, My Se, for Hints. Any Mistakes Or Omissions
Are My OWN AND I Have Tended to Interchange The Terms "Linker" and
"Binder". These Experiments WERE Performed On Aix 3.1.2. Most of this
Should Be Applicable to Later Upgrades of 3.1.
1) i Have Some C Programs, I want to bind in the runtime routines. How
Do I do this? [Mentioned In Section 2.04 of this Article as Well, Ed.]
You can put the -bnso binder command on the link line. You shouth
Also include the -bi: /lib/syscalls.exp control argument:
$ cc * .o -bnso -bi: /lib/syscalls.exp -o foo
This Will Magically Do Everything You NEED. NOTE THIS WILL BIND
_ALL_RGUMENT TELLS TELLS The Linker Tower
THESE Entry Points Will Be Resolved Dynamically At Runtime (THESE ARE
System calls. if you omit this you will get lots of unreSolvedReference Messages.
2) I want to staticly bind in the fortian runtime so a) My Customers
Do Not Need to Buy IT and B) I don't have to worry about the runtime
CHANGING ON A New Release. Can I Use the Two Binder Arguments in
1) TO do this?
You Should Be Able To Do So, But, At Least Under 3002, IF you do
You Will Get a Linker Error Referencing GetENV. In Additional, There
Are A Number of Potential Conflicts Between Fortran and C Routines.
The Easy Way Just Does Not Work. See The Section On
2 Stage Linking for c andfortran on how to do this. The GetENV
Problem is a mess, see the section on Comments & Caveats for more.
From: gary r. hook
THE XLF Runtime Is A NO-Charge Feature, You Can Download and Install
IT WITHOUT HAVING to Buy It. This Change WAS Made> 2 years ago.
3) I have a MIXTURE OF C and FORTRAN ROUTINES, How Can I Make Sure
That The C Runtines Reference The C GetENV, WHILE The Fortran Routines
Reference The Fortran GetENV (Which Has Different Parameters and IF
CALLED MISTAKENLY BY A C ROUTINE RESULTS IN A Segmentation Fault?
From mike heath (muk@pencom.com):
Use -brename: Symbol1, Symbol2 When Pre-Linking The Modules from ONE
Of the languages. It Does Not Matter Which One Youhi.
4) I Have C and fortran routines. I want to bind in the xlf library, while
Letting the rest of the libraries be shared. How do I do this?
You need to do a 2 stage link. In the first stage, you bind in the
XLF Library Routines, Creating An Intermediate Object File. The
Second Stage Resolves The Remaining References To The Shared Libraries.
This is a general technology.
Specifically, use tris command to bind the xlf librars to the fortran
Objects:
$ ld -bh: 4 -t512 -h512
-bnso -bi: /lib/syscalls.exp -berok -lxlf -bexport: /usr/lib/libg.exp /
-lg -bexport:
The argument -bexport:
Name of all entry point the all to be visible outside the intermediate
Module. put one entrypoint name on a line. The -bi: /lib/libg.exp line
Is Required for Proper Function of the Program. The -berok argument
TELLS The Binder That IT IS OK To Have Unresolved References, At Least
At this Time (You Would Think -r Would Work Here, But It Doesn't Seem To).
The -bnso argument causes the required modules to be imported
INTO The Object. The --lxlf, of course, is the xlf library.
THEN, BIND THE Intermediate Object with the Other Shared Libraries in
The Normal fashion:
$ ld -bh: 4 -t512 -h512
/LIB/CRT0.O -LM -LC
Note The Absence of -Berok. After this link, all references Should
Be resolved (unsolved (unsS you're doing a multistage link and making another
Intermediate.
Note The Order of Modules. This is extremely importantiffness if, for example,
You Had a subroutine named "load" in your fortran stuff. Putting the
C Libraries Before The Intermediate Module Would Make The C "LOAD"
THE OPERABLE Definition, Rather Than The Fortran Version Even THOUGH
The Fortran Module Has Already Been Through a Link And All References
To The Symbol Are Contained in The Fortran Module. This can
Be extremely difficult to find (Trust ME on this one :-) is thisa bug, a feature, or what?
[As Mentioned In Section 2.03 of this Article, IT IS A Feature That you
Can Replace Individual Objects in linked files, ed.
(I selfilhtly)
BECAUSE MINE WENT UP 5%, But The IT'S A 2 MB Object :-)
Comments & Caveats:
From the documentation the linker limited to what
-berok does. It does not. Very Strange Results come from use the
-r argument. I have not been able to make -r work in a Sensible Manner
(Even for intermediate links which is what it is supplosed to be for).
Note from Mike Heath (Mike@pencom.com):
'ld -r' is essentially shorthand for 'ld -berok -bnogc -bnoglink'.
CERTAINLY, Using -Berok with an export file (SO Garbage Collection
Can Be Done) IS Preference To LD -R, But The Latter is Easier.
When Binding An Intermediate Module, Use An Export File To Define THE
Entry Points You Want Visible in The Link. if you don't do this,
You'll get the dreaded "unresolved reference" error. import files name
Entry Points That Will Be Dynamically Resolved (AND POSSIBLY WHERE).
If you are in doubt what parameters or libraries to link, use the
-v argen linking and modify the exec call That Shows Up Into
An LD Command. Some Thought About The Libraries Will Usually Yield AN
Idea of when to use what. if you don't know what an argument is for,
Leave it in. It's there..............
Watch the Order of External Definitions (IE, Libraries) When More Than
One Version of A Routine May Show Up, EG "LOAD". The first one defined
On the ld command line is the winner.
THE GETENV (AND System and Signal) Problem is a problem That Started Out
Minor, Got Somewhat Worsse In 3003 and Eventually Will Be Correctly Fixed.
Basically, You Should Extract The 3002 Version of these Three Routines
From xlf.a before doing the update and save the away, then link these
Routines in if You Use these fortran system services.
Subject: 3.03: How do i check if a number is nan?
From:
SDL@glasnost.Austin.ibm.com (Stephen Linam)
Nan IS "Not a Number". IT Arises Because The Risc System / 6000 USES
IEEE FLOATING POINT Arithmetic.
To DETERMINE IF A Variable Is A Nan You Can Make Use of the Property
That a nan does NOT Compare Equal to anything, including itself.
Thus, For Real Variable X, USE
IF (x .ne. X) Then! This will be true if x is nan
Floating Point Operations Which Cause Exceptions (Such as an overflow)
Cause Status Bits To Be Set in The Floating Point Status and Control
Register (FPSCR). There is a fortran interface to query the fpscr, And
It is described in the xlf fortran manuals - i don't have the manuals
Right here, but look for fpgets and fpsets.
The IBM Manual "RISC System / 6000 Hardware Technical Reference - General
Information "(SA23-2643) Describes What floating point Exceptions Can
Occur And Which Bits Are Set in The FPSCR AS A Result of Those Exceptions.
Subject: 3.04: Some INFO SOURCES ON IEEE FLOATING POINT.
1. ANSI / IEEE STD 754-1985 (IEEE Standard for Binary Floating-Point
Arithmetic) and ANSI / IEEE STD 854-1987 (IEEE Standard for
Radix-independent floating-point archmeletic, Both Available from IEEE.
2. David Goldberg, "What Every Computer Scientist SHOULD KNOW ABOUT
FLOATING-POINT ARITHMETIC ", ACM Computing Surveys, Vol. 23, No. 1, March 1991, PP. 5-48.
Subject: 3.05: Why Does it take so long to compile "Hello World" with xlf?
[read 2.07]
Subject: 4.00: GNU and public Domain Software
GNU Software Comes from the Free Software Foundation and Various Other
Sources. a Number of FTP Sites Archive The Gnu License for
Rules on distributing their software.
Lots of useful public domain software has been and continue to be ported
To the RS / 6000. See Below for ftp or download information.
Subject: 4.01: How do i find sources?
From:
Jik@gza.com (Jonathan Kamens)
There is a newsgup devoted to posting about how to get a certificate
Source,
Comp. Sources.wanted. An Archive of Information About Sources,
Including FTP Sites Is Available from
Subject: 4.02: Are The ANY FTP or WWW SITES?
Smit-installable precompiled package of popular freeware for Aix 4.x At
<
http://www-frec.bull.com/>. Download The ".exe" Files with your www
Browser. Thase Are Auto-Uncompressing Files, Just Like on PCS (IT Uses
Similar technology to pkzip. Mark the file as executable (chmod x),
THEN EXECUTE It to generate a .bff file. The .bff file can life
Installed Using "Smit Install_Latest". for more information
Read The Install.txt File on The Server.
There is Mirror of this Site At
http://www.bull.de/ and
http://ftp.Univie.ac.at/aix/.
The Package Explicitly Reference Below Are ONES Ciaran Consideres
"Solid." That IS, The Binary Has Been "TESTED BY LOTS OF People."
Bull Provides Many Other Freeware packages as well. If you use the
Service, Be Sure and Thank Ciaran and Bull.
Below Are Some FTP Sites That Are Supposed to Have RS / 6000 SpecificSoftware. I have 't Verified All The Entries.
US Sites:
<
ftp://aixpdslib.seas.ucla.edu/pub/>
<
FTP: / /AIX.BOULDER.IBM.com/>
European Sites:
<
ftp://nic.funet.fi/pub/unix/Aix/RS6000/>>
<
ftp://ftp.uni-stuttgart.de/sw/rs_aix32/>
THE FIRST One IS Dedicated to Software Running On Aix. It might not
Always Be The Latest Versions of The Software, But It Has Been Ported
TO AIX (Normally Aix Version 3 Only). Please Use the European Sites
Very Sparingly. They are primarily to serve people in Europe and MOST
Of The Software Can Be Found in The US Sites Originally.
The Remaining Sites Are Simply Ones That Archie Indicated Contained
AIX Related Materials.
<
ftp://ftp.u.washington.edu/pub/rs6000/>>
<
ftp://ftp-aix.polytechnique.fr/pub/binaries/rios/>
Subject: 4.03: Why Does "Install" ing Software I got from the net fail?
This Answer Was Moved to Section 2.22
Subject: 4.04: GNU Emacs
A Prebuilt Installp (SMIT) Installable Package Is Available from
IF you get a segmentation fault in GNU Emacs 19. * During hilit19 USE,
You can set locale to c (export lc_all = c) to get around the aix bug.
Version 18.57 of GNU Emacs Started to Have RS / 6000 Support. Uses
S-AIX3-2.h for Aix 3.2. Emacs IS Going THROUGH RAPID CHANGES Recently.
Current Release IS 19.x.
Emacs Will Core-Dump If IT Is Stripped, So Don't Strip When You Install
It. You can edit a copy of the makefile in src replacing all 'install -s'
WITH / USR / UCB / INSTALL.
SUBJECT: 4.05: GCC / GDB
GNU C Version 2.0 and Later Supports the RS / 6000, And Compiles Straightout of the Box ON Aix 3 and AIX 4.1 and 4.2. You May, However,
Experience That Compiling IT Requires Large Amounts of Paging Space.
On Aix 4.3, Compiling GCC APPEARS To Be Much More Difficult Due To
Changes for the 64 bit environment. a Precompiled GCC is Available in
The form of egcs in the bus of emerges at
From: Ciaran Deignan <
Ciaaran.deignan@bull.net>
Note:
- There Is a Link Problem on Aix 4.3. Until i Find A Way Of Building
A Distribution On Aix 4.3, You'll Have To Use 'LD'.
- The package gnu.egcs-1.1.0.0.exe does not contain the C Compiler
(G ). However Since You Can't Link A G Object File with 'ld',
This Is Just Part of The Same Problem.
[Editor's Note: from the Latest Postings It Appears That The Latest
(POST 1.1B) EGCS Snapshots fixes The Problem with Collect2. The Problem
Here is that there are no binary distributions yet, one Has to bootstrap
This version using ibm's c compiler.]
From: Brent Burkhold <
Bburk@bicnet.net>
In Order to Compile and Link Using EGCS ON AIX You First
Need to Download and Apply Fix Apar ix87327
From
Looking Up The Apar # SHOULD Allow You To Download
Bos.rte.bind_cmds.4.3.2.2 Which Fixes All Problems.
Subject: 4.06: gnu ghostscript
A Prebuilt Installp (SMIT) Installable Package Is Available from
The PostScript Interpreter GNU Ghostscript Version 2.3 and Later Supports
The RS / 6000 and Can Be Found on Various FTP Sites. Current Version IS 2.6.1.
Compile Time Problems: Compile iDict.c and zstack.c_without_ Optimization, Add The Following
To the makefile:
iDict.o: idict.c
$ (Cc) -c iDict.c
Zstack.O: Zstack.c
$ (Cc) -c zstack.c
Run Time Problems:
Running Ghostview-1.5 with ghostscript-2.6.1, i get
GS: Malformed GhostView Color Property.
Solution: Replace Buggy Version of GhostScript-2.6.1 x11 Driver
With at Least 2.6.1pl4
Subject: 4.07 TEX - Document Processing
From: "patrick tj mcphee" <
Ptjm@ican.net>
TEX Can Be Retrieved Via FTP from The Comprehensive Tex Archive
Network (ctan). The PrinciPle Sites Are
ftp.tex.ac.uk (UK)
ftp.dante.de (Deutschland)
ftp.tug.org (USA)
But There Are Many Mirrors. Finger
CTAN@ftp.tex.ac.uk for a list.
Subject: 4.08 Perl - Scripting Language
A Prebuilt Installp (SMIT) Installable Package Is Available from
If you want the source code, <
http://www.perl.com/perl/> Is Good Place
TO START.
AS OF AIX 4.3.3, Perl Is Packaged with Aix But Not Supported.
Subject: 4.09: X-windows
AIX 4.x Ships with x11r5 and motif 1.2.
On Aix 3.2 The Base Version Has X11R4 and Motif 1.1 and the extended
Version Has X11R5 AS AIXWINDOWS 1.2.3. See Question 1.500 for more
Information about determining your revision.
AIXWindows Version 1.2.0 (X11RTE 1.2.0) IS X11R4 with Motif 1.1
AIXWindows Version 1.2.3 (X11RTE 1.2.3) IS X11R5 with Motif 1.1
'lslpp-h x11rte.motif1.2.obj' Should Tell You If you are
Running Motif 1.2.
Subject: 4.10 bash - / bin / ksh alternative from fsf
Bash is an alternative to ksh and is availible from prep.ai.mit.edu
And Places That Mirror The gnu software. /etc/security/login.cfg
Needs to be modified if this will be used as a default shell.a prebuilt installp (smits) installable package is available from ISTALOL
[Editor's Note: Bash's Command Line Expansion and New
Meta-Expressions Make It An Absolute "Must" for system
administrators]
Subject: 4.11: ELM
A Very Nice Replacement for Mail. Elm Should Be Pretty StraightForward,
The only thing to remember is to link with -lcurses as the only
Curses / Termlib Library. You May Also Run Into The Problem Listed Under
Point 2.13 ABOVE.
A Prebuilt Installp (SMIT) Installable Package Is Available from
SUBJECT: 4.12: Oberon 2.2
From:
Afx@muc.ibm.de (Andreas Siegert)
Oberon Is Wirth's Follow On To Modula-2, But IS Not Compatible. A FREE
Version of Modula-3 IS Available from Dec / Olivetti At
Gatekeeper.Dec.com. this is not a modula-2 Replacement But a new
Language. There Are Currently Two M2 Compilers for the 6000 That i
KNOW of. One from Edinburgh Portable Compilers, 44 31 225 6262 (UK)
And the Other from Gardens Point Is Availible THROUGH A L IN
Switzerland ( 41 65 520311) Or Real Time Associates in the UK
(
Info@rtal.demon.co.uk).
Oberon can be obtained via anonymous ftp from Neptune.inf. etz.ch
(129.132.101.33) Under the Directory Oberon / RS6000 or Gatekeeper.Dec.com
(16.1.0.2).
Subject: 4.13: Kermit - Communications
From: frank da cruz <
fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu>
Available for All Versions Of Aix ON RS / 6000, PowerPC, PS / 2, RT PC,
And 370-Series Mainframes. for Complete Information On Kermit Software
For Aix and Hundreds of Other Platforms, Visit The Kermit Web Site:
<
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/>>
C-Kermit 6.0 Was Announced November 30, 1996: <
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ck60.html>
The Nonprofit Kermit Project Is Funded Primarily by Manual Sales.
For c-kermit 6.0 the manual is the new second edition of "using c-kermit":
<
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ck60manual.html>
For RS / 6000 and PowerPC with AIX 3.x or 4.x:
<
ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/archives/cku192.tar.z> (or .gz)
Uncompress, Untar (TAR XVF CKU192.tar).
Make RS6AIX32C <- for Aix 3.x
Make RS6Aix41C <- for Aix 4.x
This Products An Exutable Called "Wermit". Before Installing, Read THE
Instructions in ckuins.doc from the tar file.
IF you don't have a c compiler, you can get binaries at:
<
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ck60ubin.html>
Send Questions to
Kermit-support@columbia.edu.
Subject: 4.14: GNU DBM
From:
Doug@cc.ysu.edu (Doug SEWELL)
Here's The Fixes for RS / 6000'S:
Apply this to testgdbm.c:
158C158
--- > Int Opt; 166C166 --- > While ((Opt = getopt (argc, argv, "rn")))! = EOF) Apply this to systems.h: 111A112, 114 > #ifdef rs6000 > #pragma alloca > #else 112A116 > #ENDIF To Compile, Edit The makefile. Set cc to BSDCC (See / USR / LPP / BOS / BSDPORT If you don't have have 'bsdcc' on your system) and set cflags to -drs6000 and WhatVER OPTIONS (-G, -O) You prefer. Don't define sysv. Subject: 4.15 TCSH - An Alternative Shell From: CORDES@athos.cs.ua.edu (David Cordes) TCSH IS Available from < ftp://ftp.deshaw.com/pub/tcsh> Compiles with no problems. You must edit /etc/security/login.cfg TOPERMIT USERS To change to this shell (chsh), adding the path where there Shell is Installed (in My Case, / USR / local / bin / tcsh). > From: "A. Bryan Curnutt" < Bryan@stoner.com> Under Aix 3.2.5, You Need To Modify The "config.h" File, Changing #define bsdsigs TO #undef bsdsigs Subject: 4.16: Kyoto Common Lisp The Sources Are Available from Cli.com. The KCL Package Is The NEEDED Base; Also Retrieve The Latest AKCL Distribution. AKCL Provides A Front-End That "ports" The Original Kcl to a Number of Different Platforms. The port to the 6000 worked with no problems. however, you Must Be root for make to work predomi with some memory protection Routines. Subject: 4.17 TCL / TK - X-Windows Scripting Current Versions: TCL 8.0B2 and TK 8.0B2. They Are Available from < http://sunscript.sun.com/>. Prebuilt Installp (SMIT) Installable Packages for Several Versions of Tcl Tk Are Available from Subject: 4.18: EXPECT From: Doug SEWELL < Doug@ysub.ysu.edu> To Build The Command-Interpreter Version, You Must Have the Tcl Library BUILT SUCCESSFULLY. The EXPECT LIBRARY DOESN '' 'RE: EXPECT AND ITS LIBRARY Are Built with BSDCC, SO Applications Using The Library Probably Also Need To Be Developed with BSDCC. I ftp'd expect from ftp.cme.nist.gov. You NEED TO CHANGE SEVERAL LINES in the makefile. Flight you need To Customize Source and Target Directories and FILES: # TCLHDIR = / usr / incrude TCLLIB = -LTCL MANDIR = / usr / man / manl (Local Man-Pages) Manext = LBINDIR = / u / local / bin LibDir = / usr / lib Hdir = / usr / include ... Next Set The Compiler, Switches, And Configuration Options: # CC = BSDCC Cflags = -o ... Pty_Type = BSD ... Interact_type = SELECT ... THEN you need to make these changes about line 90 or SO: Comment Out cflags = $ (CLFLAGS) UN-Comment these Lines: CFLAGS = $ (CLFLAGS) $ (cppflags) LFLAGS = ($ CLFLAGS) Then Run 'Make'. You can't Run Some of the Examples WITHOUT MODIFICATION (Host Name, ETC). I don't recmember if i ran all of them or not, but i ran enough That I was satisfied it worked. Subject: 4.19: Public Domain Software on CD From: MBeckman@mbeckman.mbeckman.com (Mel Beckman) The Prime Time FREEWARE CD Collection Is A Package of Two CD's and DOCS Containing over Three Gigabytes of Compressed UNIX Software. It cost $ 69 > From Prime Time FreWare, 415-112 N. Mary Ave., Suite 50, Sunnyvale, CA 94086. Phone 408-738-4832 Voice, 408-738-2050 fax. No internet orders as Far as i can tell. I'VE Extracted and Compiled A Number of the package, and all have worked Flawlessly So Far On My 220. Everything from Programming Languages To 3D Solid Modeling is in this Bonanza! [Ed: the O'Reilly Book, Unix Power Tools, Also Contains a CD-ROM with LOTS Of Useful Programs Compiled for the RS / 6000, Among Other Platforms. Subject: 4.20: Andrew Toolkit From: Gary Keim < GK5G @andrew.cmu.edu> The Andrew Toolkit Consortium of Carnegie Mellon University's School Of Computer Science Has Released New Versions of The Andrew User Environment, Andrew Toolkit, Andrew Message System. The Andrew User Environment (AUE) IS An Integrated Set of ApplicationsBeginning with a 'Generic Object' Editor, EZ, A Help System, A System, A System Monitoring Tool (Console), an Editor-Based Shell Interface (TypeScript), And Support for Printing Multi-Media Documents. The Andrew Toolkit (ATK) IS A Portable User-Interface Toolkit That Run Under x11. IT Provides a Dynamically-loading Object-Oriented Environment Wherein Objects Can Be Embedded in One Another. Thus, One COULD EDIT THAT THAT, IN Addition To Containing Multiple Fonts, Contains Embedded Raster Images, Spreadsheets, Drawing Editors, Equation, Simple Animations, etc. these Embedded Objects Can Also Be Nested. The Andrew Message System (AMS) Provides a Multi-Media Interface To Mail And Bulletin-Boards. AMS Supports Several Mail Management Strategies And Implements Many Advanced Features Including Authentication, Return Receipts, Automatic Sorting of Mail, Vote Collection and Tabulation, Enclosures, Audit Trails of Related Messages, And Subscription Management. It has interfaces That Support TTYS, Personal Computers, And Workstations. Release 5.1 of Andrew Contains Many Bug Fixes and Updates. There is now Support for the New Internet Mime (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) Standards for Multipart, And MultiMedia Mail. for more information on Mime, please see the changes file in the ftp directory on Emsworth.Andrew.cmu.edu. This Release Can Be Obtained As Follows. The Sources Are Available Via Anonymous ftp from expected.lcs.mit.edu (18.30.0.238) in the ./Contrib/andrew Tree., detils, see ./contrib/andrew/readme. Patch for Aix3.2: a patch to the auis 5.1 Sources Can Be ftp'ed from Emsworth.andrew.cmu.edu (128.2.45.40) in ./aixpatch. For Those WithNTERNET Access, A 3.5 "Diskette Can Be Ordered for A Nominal Fee of $ 10 By Sending, OR Faxing, A Purchase Order to The Consortium Address Below. Andrew, AS Well as a variety of other cmu software, can also be ftp'ed > from Emsworth.andrew.cmu.edu (128.2.30.62). Those with Afs Access LOOK AT /AFS/ANDrew.cmu.edu/itc/sm/releases/x.v11r5/ftp. Remote Andrew Demo Service This Network Service Allows You To Run Andrew Toolkit Applications WITHOUT OBTAING OR Compiling The Andrew Software. You NEED A HOST Machine Running X11 on the Internet. A Simple "Finger" Command Will Let You Experience Atk Applications Firsthand. You'll Be Able To Compose MultiMedia Documents, Navigate THROUGH The Interactive Andrew Tour, Andrew Tour, Andrew Tour Use the Andrew Message System To Browse Through CMU's Three Thousand Bulletin boards and newsgroups. To use the remote andrew demo service, run the folload connections: finger Help@atk.itc.cmu.edu The Service Will Give You Further Instructions. Information Source Your Bug Reports Are Welcome; Kindly Send Them To Info-andrew-bugs@andrew.cmu.edu and we would preiodically post a status Report to the mailing list Info-andrew@andrew.cmu.edu. To be added to The Mailing List or Make Other Requests, Send Mail To Info-andrew-Request@ndrew.cmu.edu. We Also Distribute The Following Related Materials: Atk and ams sources and binaries on CDROM. Binaries Are Available For The Following System Types: IBM riscsystem / 6000 Sun SparcStation HP 700 Series Decstation Atk and ams Sources on QiC and Iotamat Tapes Hardcopies of The Documentation for Atk and Ams. Introductory Video Tape: Welcome To Andrew: an overview of the andrew system. Technical Video Tape: Theandrew Project: a session at the winter 1988 usenix conference. More Information About these Materials Is Available from: Information Requests Andrew Toolkit Consortium Carnegie Mellon University 4910 Forbes Avenue, UCC 214 Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 USA Phone: 1-412-268-6710 Fax: 1-412-621-8081 Info-andrew-Request@andrew.cmu.edu There is Also a Netnews Distribution List, Comp.soft-sys.andrew, Which Is Identical to The Info-Andrew List Except That Does Not Support The Multi-Media Capabilities of Info-Andrew. Subject: 4.21: Sudo Sudo (Superuser Do) Allows A System Administrator to Give Certain Uses (OR Groups of users) The Ability to Run Some (OR ALL) Commands as root while Logging all commands and arguments. sudo operations on a per-comman basis, IT IS not a replacement for the shell. The Latest Version of Sudo Is Cu-sudo v1.5. There is a web page for sudo at < http://www.courtesan.com/courtesan/products/sudo/sudo.html>. The Program Itself can be obtained from < ftp://ftp.courtesan.com/pub/sudo/>. Sudo's Author, Todd Miller < Todd.miller@courtesan.com> Reports That Sudo Works On Both Aix 3.2.x and 4.1.x. Subject: 4.22: Flexfax / Hylafax and Other Fax Software From: christian zahl < Czahl@cs.tu-berlin.de> Sam Leffler Has Released A New Version of Flexfax Called Hylafax. IT Is Availible from < ftp://sgi.com/sgi/fax/>. there is a hlyafax web Page At < http://www.vix.com/hylafax/>. Version V3.0PL1 Supported Many Types of Class 1/2 Fax Modems and SEVERAL UNIX SYSTEMS Including AIX 3.2.3 or Greater. There is also a fax modem review Document At the Same Site as Related files on sgi.com is replicated on ftp.bsc.no as well. > From: Michael@hal6000.thp.uni-duisburg.de (Michael Staats) We're Using Mgetty Sendfax for the Basic Modem I / O, I Wrote a Printer Backend for the Mode Mode Uses CAN Send Faxes as Easy As The Print PostScript. I Also wrote a little x interface composer to generate a Fax Form That Makes Sending Faxes Very Easy. You can Find these Programs at hal6000.thp.uni-duisburg.de under / pub / source. Program Comment Mgetty Sendfax-0.14.tar.gz Basic Modem I / O, Needs Hacking for AIX X11 / XFORM-1.1.Tar.gz Small and Simple X Interface Composer WITH An Example Fax Form. NEEDS LIBXVIEW.A INCL. HEADERS. Faxiobe.tar.gz Fax Backend, Needs Configuring For Your Local Site IF you need a binary version of libxview.a and the headers you'll find Them under /pub/binaries/aix-3-2/lxview.tar.gz. Subject: 4.23: LSOF - List Open Files From: Abe@purdue.edu (Vic Abell) Q. How can I Determine The Files That A Process Has Opened? Q. How can I Locate The Process That Is Using A SPECIFIC NETWORK Address? Q. How can I LOCATE THE PROCESS THAT HAVE FILES OPEN ON A FILE SYSTEM? A. Use Lsof (List open files). From: "Juan G. Ruiz Pinto" < Jgruiz@cyber1.servtech.com> LSOF Is Available Via Anonymous FTP from (for the MOST CURRENT VERSION). There is binary distributions in the "binary" Directory. A Prebuilt Installp (SMIT) Installable Package Is Available from Automatic or create a group "KMEM" DURING The Installand Uses "ACLIT" TO Allow The KMem Group To Read / DEV / MEM AND / DEV / KMEM. THIS Configuration is Recommended by Vic Abell Author of lsof. Subject: 4.24: Popper - POP3 Mail Daemon The Pop Server Is Available Via Anonymous FTP from FTP: //ftp.qualcomm.com/quest/unix/servers/ The Makefile Supports AIX Ftp.cc.berkeley.edu (128.32.136.9, 128.32.206.12). There Are Two Versions in The Pub Directory: a Compressed Tar File Popper-version.tar.z and a macintosh stuffit archive in binhex format Called macpop.sit.hqx. Problems Building Some Versions of Popper Can Sometimes Be Resolved By Compiling with bsdcc or -d_bsd. The Pine 3.95 package on And Play "Support for Both pop3 and iMAP Mail Reading Protocols. You Can Also Get A Compiled Version of QPopper 2.2 There Also. Subject: 4.26: MPEG LINK ERRORS VERSION 2.0 From: Nathan Lane < Nathan@seldon.foundation.tricon.com> .XshmcreateImage .Xshmdetach .Xshmattach .Xshmgeteventbase .XSHMPUTIMAGE .XshmQueryExtension ... all for the shared memory extension of the x server. You can Either choose to build it with shared memory or usout. I Always do it without the performance increase is not really Incredible, Except On Something Like A 2x0 Machine with the local bus Graphics adapter. Just Take Out "DSH_MEM" in the cflags in the cflags in Makefile for MPEG_PLAY. There is more information about shared memory LINK ERRORS IN Section 1.513. Also, in the module "Video.c" for MPEG_PLAY IT WILL COMPLAIN ABOT NOT Having enough memory to flully optimize one of the loops. You can get Around this by specification "qmaxmem = 8000" in Your CFLAGS LINE, But, The Extra Optimization Does Little Good in My Tests. Subject: 4.27: NNTP, Inn Link Errors Compiling NNTP May Occur Because Your Machine Lacks The "patch" Command. patch can be obtained from gnu repositories. See Questions 4.29 for more information on patch. Subject: 4.28: Zmodem - File Transfer Rzsz Is Chuck Forsberg's Script for Z-Modem. It is available by ftp at Directly from Forsberg At Omen Technology BBS AT 503-621-3746. Hints: 0. Build with "make posix" 1. USE An 8-Bit Clean Version of Rlogin or Telnet (NOTE: BELOW) 2. Set the system to be transparent, i use "terminal download" 3. Ensure Hardware Flow-Control Note, Carlson@xylogics.com (James Carlson) Suggests: rlogin is "slightly" unclean - IF AN FF FF 73 73 APPEARS in The DataStream, IT Can Be Ripped Out by rlogind as a 'Window size change' request. [Ed Note: The important part is using an 8-bit clean application, Since There several import available of rlogin and telnet availible You May Need to try Both and hunt down manuals to find the right flags For your system] Subject: 4.29: Patch - Automated File Updates AIX 3.2.5 Does Not Ship with patches, a utility to apply the differences Between Two Files to make the Tool IS OFTEN Used to THEM IDENTITEN Update Source Code. Subject: 4.30: XNTP - Network Time Protocol, SYNCHRONIZES Clocks From: Joerg Schumacher < Schuma@ips.cs.tu-bs.de> AIX 4: xntpd in bos.net.tcp.client Source: ftp://ftp.udel.edu/pub/NTP/www: http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/ Subject: 4.31: GNU Screen and AIX 4.1.x Once Again, Binaries Can Be Had from Subject: 4.32: SCSI Scanner Software There Is The Sane Project That Strives To Deliver An Open Source Scanner Solution for UNIX: < http://www.mostang.com/sane/>> Subject: 4.33: Pager / Page Software There is information on paging, paging programs and listing of the Archive Sites to Download At The Web Site: < ftp://ftp.airnote.net:/pub/paging-info/ixo.faq>. Hylafax (See 4.22) Supports sending message. Commercially there is: alphapage (r) MD2001 from Information Radio Technology, Inc. In Cleveland, OH. Subject: 4.34: Java Development Kit From: Curt Finch < Curt@tkg.com> Subject: 4.35: Sendmail If you want to use src to start and stop bsd sendmail, do the folowing After Installing IT: Chssys -s sendmail -s -n 15 -f 9 -a -d99.100 THIS TELLS SRC That Sendmail May Be Stopped with Signals 15 and 9. IT ALSO Arranges for Sendmail Not to Daemonize Itself, Since It Will Run Under SRC. Subject: 5.00: THIRD PartY Products [Ed .: Entries in this section section area edited to prevent the from loosition Like Advertising. Price Given May Be Obsolete. companies Mentioned Are for Reference Only and is not endorsed in any fashion. Subject: 5.01: Non-IBM AIX Hosts. BULL < http://www.bull.com/> Manufactures and sells aix systems. to Find a distributor in your country, check the web Automation and apple. Kenetics Technology Inc. 35 Campus Drive Edison nj 08837 Contact: Brian Walsh Phone - 908-805-0998 Fax - 908-346-1288 Manufactures a Power PC Based RS-6000 Clone That Runs Aix Versions 3.2.5 and 4.1.4. A Typical Configuration With A 100 MHz Power PC 601 and 32 MB RAM, AND 2 GB Hard Drive, Monitor, Keyboard and Networking IS About $ 4995.00 Subject: 5.02: Disk / Tape / SCSI From: anonymous - MOST SCSI DISK DRIVES WORK (IBM Resells Maxtor, Tested WREN 6 & 7 Myself); Use OSDisk When Configuring (Other SCSI DISK). - Exabyte: Unfortunately Only The ones IBM Sells Are Working. A Few Other Tape Drives WILL WORK; Use Ostape When Configuring (Other SCSI TAPE). - STK 3480 "Summit": Works with Microcode Version 5.2b > From: Bell@hops.larc.nasa.gov (John Bell) In Summary, Third Party Tape Drives Work Fine with The RS / 6000 Unless You want to boot from itm. this is because ibm drives have 'extended Tape Marks', Which IBM Claims Are Needed Because The Standard Marks Between Files Stored on The 8mm Tape Are Unreliable. Thase Extended Marks Are Used When Building Boot Tapes, So When Tape / 6000 Boots, IT Searches for an ibm Tape Drive and refuses to boot without it. > From: Jrogers@wang.com (John Rogers) On Booting with Non-IBM SCSI Tape Drives: I Haven't Tried It Myself But Someone offered: Turn Machine on with key in secure position. WAIT Until Led Shows 200 and 8mm Tape Has Stopped Loading. Turn Key to service position. > From: Amelcuk@gibbs.clarku.edu (andrew mel'cuk) The IBM Dat is Cheap and Works. If you get all the patches before, (U407435, U410140) Andrewer to Buy Special "Media Recognition System "Tapes (Maxell, Available from APS 800.443.4461 OR IBM # 21F8758) The Drive Can Even Be a pleasure to use. You Can Also Flip A Dip Switch On The Drive To Enable Using Any Computer Grade Dat Tapes (Read There) Hardware Service Manual). Other Dat Drives Also Work. I have Tried The Archive Python (Works) and Experimented Extensively with the archive turbodat. The turnod is a Very Fast Compression Unit, IS Not Finicky with Tapes and Doesn't Require the body patches That The IBM 7206 Does. Works Fine with The Base AIX 3.2 'Ost' Driver. > From: Pack@acd.ucar.edu (Daniel Packman) >> You can Boot Off of Several Different Brands of Non-IBM EXABYTES. >> At Least Tti and Contemporary Cybernetics Have Done Rather Complete >> Jobs of emulating genuine ibm products. A Model That Has Worked for US from Early Aix 3.1 Through 3.2 is A TTI CTS 8210. this is the old low density drive. The Newer 8510 IS DUAL Density (2.2gig and 5gig). Twelve Dip Switches on the Back Control THE SCSI Address and Set Up The Emulation Mode. These Drives Have a Very Useful set of lights forread-outs (EG, Soft Error Rate, Tape Remaining, Tape Motion, ETC.). Subject: 5.03: MEMORY Nordisk Computer Services (Portland 503-598-0111, Seattle 206-242-7777) Is Reputed to Have Memory for Use ON Aix Platforms. 5xx & 9xx Machines Have 8 Memory Slots, 3x0S Have 2, And 3X5S Have Only One. You NEOD TO Add Memory in Pairs for the 5xx & 9xx Machines ExcePting the 520. Some Highend 5xx'S & 9xx's Get Memory AS 2, 4, 4 4 Cards. RS / 6000 Models M20, 220, 230 and 250 Can Use "PS / 2" Style Simm Memory.all Have 8 Simm Sockets. 60ns or Better Is Needed for the 250, 70ns SHOULD BE OK in The M20, 220 and 230. THE M20, 220 AND 230 Area Limited TO 64MB of MEMORY, THE 250 IS LIMITED TO 256MB. 40P, C10, C20, 41T and 42t Also User SIMM Memory. G30 & g40 have two memory slots. J30, J40, J50, R30, R40, R50 Have Four Memory Slots. Thase Eight Models Have Cards Populated with dimm-like memory. 7248 (OLD 43P ') and 7043 (New 43P') USE DIMM-LIKE MEMORY. F40, F50 & H50 Use Have Two Memory Slots. S70, S7A & S80 GET MEMORY "BOOKS". STILL Unidentified: E20, E30, F30, B50, H70 Caveat: Do Not Mix Manufacturers or Batches in The Same Memory Card / Bank. PS: [Ed's Notice] I Say Dimm-Like Memory Because IT Won't Even Fit On MY PC's DIMM SLOTS. Subject: 5.04: Others From: anonymous IBM RISC System / 6000 Interface Products National Instruments Corporation Markets a Family of Instrumentation Interface Products for the IBM RISC System / 6000 Workstation Family. The Interface Family Consists of Three Products That Give The Risc System / 6000 Connectivity To The Standards of VMebus, Vxibus and GPIB. For more information, Contact National Instruments Corporation, OR 1-800-433-3488. Subject: 5.05: C Compilers Several C Compilers Are Available. You can choose from Glockenspiel, Greenhills, IBM's XLC (Sold Seperately :), And GNU's G . Glockenspiel May Now Be Part of Computer Associates. comu computing (718-945-0009) Offers comeau C 3.0 with Templates. For a fulll Development Environment There's ObjectCenter's C (Formerly Saber C ). Subject: 5.06: Memory Leak Detectors IBM's XLC comes with a product called the Heapview Debugger That Can TRACE MEMORY PROBLEMS IN C and C Code. SENTINEL HAS FULL MEMORY Access Debugging Capabilities Including Detection Of Memory Leaks. Contact Info@vti.com (800) 296-3000 OR (703) 430-9247. INSIGHT from Parasoft (818) 792-9941. There is also a debug_malloc posted in one of the Comp. Sources Groups. A Shareware Dmalloc is Available. Details At < http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/>. TestCenter is now Available for the RS / 6000. IT Supports AIX 3.2.5 And Aix 4.1 on Power, Power2 and PowerPC Machines. More Information Is Available from < http://www.centerline.com/>. PURIFY (408) 720-1600 is Not Availible for the RS / 6000. Zerofault Detects Memory Violations and Leaks without Recompiling OR Relinking. Works on all RS / 6000 Systems Running Aix 3.2.5 or Later, DCE AND PTHREADS. Contact The Kernel Group, Inc. 1 512 433 3333, Email < ZEROFAULT@tkg.com>, < http://www.tkg.com/>. SUBJECT: 5.07: PPP PPP Does Not Come with Aix 3.2.x (Only Slip). PPP Support Was Announced for Aix 4.1.4, See: < http://www.Austin.ibm.com/software/OS/aix414.html> David Crow Caught The Announce of A Non-IBM PPP Package That Claims To Support Aix 4.x. More Information Is Availible from O A Comercial PPP for Aix Availible from Morningstar ( Sales@morningstar.com OR Marketing@morningstar.com) (800) 558 7827. Subject: 5.08: Graphics Adapters Abstract Technology Technologies Inc. (Austin TX, 512-441-4040, Info@abstract.com) Has Several High Performance Graphics Adapters for the RS / 6000.1600x1200, 24-Bit True-Color, And Low Cost 1024x768 Adapters Are Available. Retail Prices Are Between US $ 1000-2000. Subject: 5.09: Training Course Email Training@skilldyn.com with "Help" in The Body of the Message for Information About How To Receive A List Course Descriptions for AIX * And / or unix * coursealth office by Skill Dynamics. Subject: 5.10: Hardware Vendors New & Used RS6000S, Peripherals Core Systems INC 1605 12th ave Seattle Wa 98122 Phone (800) 329-2449 Fax (206) 329-3799 Optimus solutions 5825-a peachtree Corners EAST Norcross Ga 30092 Phone 770-447-1951 Fax 678-291-9201 Email Mark@optimussolutions.com < http://www.optimussolutions.com/> Subject: 5.11: Debugging AIDES From: curt finch SCTRACE Reports System Calls (and More) Made by An Aix Process. SCTRACE from Sevone Software < Http://www.tkg.com>. IT IS $ 199 and A Demo is available from Subject: 6.00: Miscellaneous Other Stuff Information That Defies Catagories. ;-) Subject: 6.01: Can I get support by e-mail? IN General, NO, < AiXbugs@austin.ibm.com> and < Services@austin.ibm.com> Are no longer supported. IBM Does Maintain a Fee Based System, The Aix Support Family Services AT 1-800-Call-AIX (1-800-225-5249) Option 8. In canada: Gary Tomic Mentioned That Canadian Customers Can Get Support from Their BBS, cac.toronto.ibm.com at 142.77.253.16. IN germany: Thomas Braunbeck Reported That German Customers with ESS (Extended Software Service) Contracts Can Get Support by E-mail Too. They CAN Obtain Information by Sending Mail with Subject: Help Toaixcall@aixserv.mainz.ibm.de. Various Flavors of Service Offering Are Available. Contact Your IBM Rep For details. Subject: 6.02: List of useful faxes You Can Get Some Informative Faxes By Dialing IBM's FaxServer AT 1-800-IBM-4FAX. 1-415-855-4329 from outside the us. If you're calling For The First Time, Push 3 THEN 2 TO Request a list of rs / 6000 related faxes. IBM's Aix Support WWW Site, Contains Many of The Same Documents. Select a country or region from the Menu, The Look for "Technical Tips from IBM" on The Returned Page. Subject: 6.03: IBM'S GOPHER, WWW, AFTP Presence. There is now a new section Dedicated to Aix ON IBM's Main Web Server: < http://www.ibm.com/servers/aix> The Following Are Various Other Resources: (Verified Aug 9 1996 by Frank Wortner) Thanks to Ronald S. Woan < Woan@austin.ibm.com> < Gopher: //gopher.ibmlink.ibm.com> (Anonouncements & Press Releases) < http://www.Austin.ibm.com/> (Software, Hardware, Service & Support) General IBM Information Like Product Announcements and Press Releases Are Available Through World Wide Web At < http://www.ibm.com/>. Specific Information On The Risc System / 6000 Product Line and Aix (Highlights Include Marketing Information, Technology White PAPERS AND The Power 2 Technology Book Online Before It Hits The Presses, Searchable Apar Database and Aix Support Fax Tips Online So you don't Have to Type in All those scripts) Is Available At Subject: 6.04: Some RS232 Hints From: Graeme@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz, Sactoh0.sac.ca.us! jak Q: How do you connect a Terminal to the RS232 TTY PORTS WHEN NOT USING THE STANDARD IBM CABLE & TERMINAL TRANSPOSER? A: 1- Connect Pins 2-> 3, 3-> 2, 7-> 7 on the db25's 2- On The Computer Side, Most of The Time Cross 6-> 20 (DSR, DTR). Some Equipment May Require Connecting 6, 8, And 20 (DSR, DCD, DTR). Also, Pin 1 (FG) SHOULD BE A Bare Metal Wire and the Cable Should Be SHIELDED WITH. MOST People Don't Run PIN 1 BECAUSE PINS 1 & 7 (SG) Are Jumpered ON MANY Equipment. When Booting from Diskettes, The Port Speed Is Always 9600 Baud. If You Use smit to set a higher speed (38400 is nice) for Normal Use, Remember To RESET YOUR TERMINAL BEFORE BOOTING. Q: How do you connect a printer to the RS232 TTY PORTS A: 1- Connect Pins 2-> 3, 3-> 2, 7-> 7 on the db25's 2- The Computer Side, LOOP PINS 4-> 5 (CTS & RTS)
