chris@choreo.COM.COM (Chris Hare / System Manager) (02/17/90)
Hi! We are attempting to install readnews/vnews/postnews on our Motorola 8000 VME based micro system, and are having some problems. We were able to get inews, rn, and Pnews to function, but not the aforementioned programns, even after following the install notes. the problem is this : readnews and vnews both compile and generate valid executables for this machine. However, neither of them find any news to be read, EVEN IF RN DOES! This is really frustrating. We have a number of novice newsreaders here, and a number of people who are frantically asking for the benefits of our port of this software. anyone who can provide details as to what we should look at, please email directly to the address above. The configuration files we are using for the compile are below: ---------localize.sh-------- rm -f Makefile cp Makefile.dst Makefile chmod u+w Makefile ed - Makefile <<'EOF' g/^#USG /s/// g/^#V7 /d g/^#VMS /d g/^#BSD4_[123] /d g/#NOTVMS/s/#NOTVMS.*// g/termlib/s//curses/ w q EOF rm -f defs.h cp defs.dist defs.h chmod u+w defs.h ed - defs.h <<'EOF' /ROOTID/s/10/301/ /N_UMASK/s/000/002/ /PAGE/s/\/usr\/ucb\/more/\/usr\/bin\/pg/ /INTERNET/s;/\* ;; /NOTIFY/s/usenet/chris/ /MYDOMAIN/s;.UUCP;.COM; /DOXREFS/s;/\* ;; /MYORG/s/Frobozz Inc., St. Louis/\/usr\/lib\/news\/organization/ /GENERICPATH/s;/\* ;; /GENERICFROM/s;/\* ;; /GENERICPATH/s/frooz/choreo/ /GENERICFROM/s/Frobozz/choreo.COM/ /LINES/s/512/2048/ w q EOF The next problem is with continuing the feed to other systems in the organization. The sys file on the machine which links direct to uunet is /usr/lib/sys choreo:local,world,all,comp,sci,news,net,soc,talk,misc,na,choreo,to.choreo:: ottawa:local,world,all,comp,sci,news,net,soc,talk,misc,na,choreo,to.ottawa:F: #toronto:local,world,all,comp,sci,news,net,soc,talk,misc,na,choreo,to.tornto:F: uunet:world,all,comp,sci,news,net,soc,talk,misc,na,to.uunet:L: When news is received, and/or when news is posted on this machine, it is NOT sent to the machine named ottawa. It does however appear on the local machine named choreo. I have verified this be posting news to the local group and finding on the originating system, but not on the 'ottawa' system. Also, when we submit local news, it is sent to uunet, even though the distribution given to Pnews is 'local'. Any ideas? On the ottawa machine, things are a little different: When news is posted to the local group, it is received on the local machine (ottawa), and sent to the machine 'choreo', but not to the net. The sys file for that machine is below. /usr/lib/sys (on ottawa) ottawa:local,world,all,comp,sci,news,net,soc,talk,misc,na,choreo,to.ottawa:F: choreo:local,world,all,comp,sci,news,net,soc,talk,misc,na,choreo,to.choreo:L: Thanks Chris Hare, Co-ordinator, Systems Management email : uunet!choreo!chris phone : 613-238-1050 fax : 613-238-4453
heiby@mcdchg.chg.mcd.mot.com (Ron Heiby) (02/21/90)
Have you been wanting to upgrade your Netnews and/or Rn software to the current version and/or patch level, but didn't want the headaches of configuration and testing? If you have a Motorola VME Delta system running System V/68 Release 3.0, you're in luck! I have configured Netnews 2.11, patchlevel 19 and Rn 4.3, patchlevel 44 so that the binaries can be used on any system without further configuration. Installation is simple and straightforward. The binaries are available for Motorola Delta Series running System V/68 Release 3.0. They have been in use for almost two months on one of my machines and have been in use for over one month on four different systems. A couple of minor bugs were found and fixed during that time. There are no known bugs in the current version. All testing has been done under version 5.1 of SVR3. The binary distribution includes everything you need to get started, except a news feed. One hard copy of the documentation per "customer" will be sent. The software is available via UUCP (if you already have a link with mcdchg) or on cartridge tape. For tape distribution, send your tape along with a business card or note giving your name, address, phone, email, and fax information. Also include the fact that the tape is for the Netnews Binary Distribution. Also mention if you need the older 60Meg tape density. Tapes will be written with "cpio -ocB" and will be at the highest density that the supplied tape will accept on the Delta. Either Archive-style cartridge or Exabyte cartridge can be handled. Please send Email first, so I have a chance to refer you to someone in your neighborhood who has already received a copy of the distribution. There is no restriction on reproduction as long as the author's copyright notice is left intact. Feel free to pass copies along to both Motorola and non-Motorola sites using 68K Delta systems. -- Ron Heiby, heiby@chg.mcd.mot.com Moderator: comp.newprod "She fell there." "A victim of Newton's Law, eh?"