harald@boink.UUCP (Harald Milne) (08/18/90)
In trying to track down why uucp fails 9 out 10 times, if found this bit of disturbing output from setting debug on an outgoing uucp transfer. ISTRIP cleared imsg >^M^J^PShere=ccicpg^@Login Successful: System=whocares omsg "Sboink -Q0 -x7" imsg >^J^PROK^@msg-ROK Note that omsg reports that -Q0 is being sent. This switch value should be the current value in /usr/spool/uucp/.Sequence for that site. If this is really what is getting sent, It's no small wonder uucico fails attempting to resynchronize. I don't know if this being sent without debug. If this happens only in debug, then debuging is a pretty useless effort. This really anoying. Things are bad enough just trying track problems without creating new ones. Does happen to any else, or do I live in vacuum? This is SCO XENIX 2.3.2. Unfortunately, this also 286 XENIX, so a fix isn't likely to be forthcoming. -- Harald Milne RISCy business uunet!ccicpg!boink!harald
ralph@unifybb.uucp (Florida State U./ISPA) (08/22/90)
I have problem which looked simple at first but got complicated rather quickly. I have a 386 machine running SCO Xenix. The machine is connected to a terminal server via an ethernet cable to provide access to the Xenix box to several users. This configuration was rather simple to install. What I want to do now is use one of the terminal ports on the terminal server and install a printer on it (see figure.) A simple solution is to configure the scheduler so that it sends its output to the /dev/tty? to which the printer is connected on the terminal server. Scenario: --------- term1 term2 term(n) * \ \ / ___ * printer * \ \ | / * || | | +----------+ | Racal | | Terminal | | Server | +-----+----+ | Ethernet cable <------+-----------------------+--------------------------> | +----+----+ | SCO | ( Using Excelan Network Software ) | Xenix | | box | +---------+ This actually verks. BUT, I have to first, hook up a terminal to the port that will be used by the printer and to logon to Xenix box. Second, I have to remove the terminal from the port and replace it with printer. And third, I have to reassign the device to which the printer scheduler sends its output so that it uses the same /dev/tty? as the printer. Quite a mess, eh? Exactly! I've also tried making the printer a remote printer by making the port for the printer on the terminal server a slave port and assigning a network address to the port. BUT, I can't quite make it work though, ack! I'm baffled. Any ideas, anyone? huh? huh? Mailing address Reply to this message... BNetRB@%FSU.BITNET@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu Internet BNetRB@RAI.CC.FSU.EDU BITNet