SLOANE@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Bob Sloane) (09/26/89)
> We are in the process of putting Annual News on a MicroVAX II > running VMS Version 5.2 and C version 3.0. We have attempted to > install both versions 5.8 and 5.9 with the same results. The > system comes back with an "Invalid internal file identifier" > Msg upon start up. This error occurs while the program is > executing within the NEWSUTILITY program. > Has anyone else seen this problem? I would appreciate your > help in solving this problem. Is this problem unique to sites > running VMS 5.2? It is hard to tell what the problem is without a full set of error messages, but if the error you are getting looks like: %RMS-E-PRV, insufficient privilege or file protection violation %RMS-F-IFI, invalid internal file identifier (IFI) value then you probably don't have News installed with SYSPRV privelege. News needs SYSPRV to access its configuration files. You either need to install the image with SYSPRV or run News from an account that has SYSPRV. If this isn't the problem, please make a log file of what you are trying to do using: $ SET HOST/LOG 0 Username: ... Password: $ SHOW LOGICAL NEWS*/FULL $ SHOW SYMBOL NEWS $ NEWS Then log off and you should have a file called SETHOST.LOG which will contain more information about the problem. Send this to me, or post it, and perhaps we can figure out what is going on. -- USmail: Bob Sloane, University of Kansas Computer Center, Lawrence, KS, 66045 E-mail: sloane@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu, sloane@ukanvax.bitnet, AT&T: (913)864-0444 "The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage." -- Mark Russell