hanche@imf.unit.no (Harald Hanche-Olsen) (06/08/90)
Has anybody seen any patches out there for the pseudo tty problem yet? If yes, what patch tape should we ask for? - Harald Hanche-Olsen <hanche@imf.unit.no> Division of Mathematical Sciences The Norwegian Institute of Technology N-7034 Trondheim, NORWAY
awhitton@bcara132.bnr.ca (Alan Whitton) (06/08/90)
In article <CMM.0.88.644776358.hanche@hufsa.imf.unit.no>, hanche@imf.unit.no (Harald Hanche-Olsen) writes: > Has anybody seen any patches out there for the pseudo tty problem yet? If > yes, what patch tape should we ask for? > As a matter of fact there is an entry for Pseudo TTYs but I am not sure it is the problem you are talking about (the following is reproduced without permission of Hewlett Packard or any of their subsidiaries): 1.10 Patch m0139 /lib/streams Patch m0139 includes a new /lib/streams for nodes running the SR10.2 version of Domain/OS. This patch is incompatible with all other releases. Patch m0139 obsoletes patch m0120 (9003) and includes the contents of that patch. Patch m0139 fixes the following problems: o The patch fixes most problems where the pty's were not usable by programs using vfork, including telnet, gnu emacs and possibly the vt100 emulator (APRs DDE40, DDFF8, DDEFE, DE0CF). o Machines under heavy loads would occasionally fail with the fol- lowing error message in the DM output pad (APR DD74E): unable to obtain sfcb hash table mutex lock Install patch m0139 on nodes running the SR10.2 version of Domain/OS (use the bldt command to determine the revision of the operating sys- tem running on your workstation). Patch m0139 includes the following file: /lib/streams 1990/03/16 17:34:53 EDT (Fri) Cheers, Alan -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- BNR Ottawa Disclaimer: "This is only my opinion" BITNET: awhitton@bnr.ca OR UUCP: ...uunet!bnrgate!forum!awhitton