richard@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) (03/01/90)
(Machine: RS2030)
(1) Why does /usr/include/bsd43/sys/proc.h define a proc structure
apparently completely unrelated to the real one? Surely it should
describe the actual proc structure regardless of whether I'm
compiling in the sysv or bsd environments?
(2) When does MIPS intend to release an R4-based version of X (i.e.
one that's fast, supports the SHAPE extension, and has a twm that
works with R4 clients)?
(3) Why do the ptys start at ttyq0? (The ttyp? terminals exist, but
don't seem to be used.)
(4) Is there a some way I can generate an efficient unaligned load
from C?
(5) talk(1) doesn't seem to work between the RS2030 and Suns. I
assume this is because of a protocol difference. What's the
simplest way to get it working (preferably without changing the
Suns)?
Thanks in advance,
-- Richard
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Edinburgh University. UUCP: ...!ukc!ed.ac.uk!R.Tobincliff@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Cliff Marcellus) (03/02/90)
In article <1881@skye.ed.ac.uk>, richard@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) writes: > (Machine: RS2030) > > (3) Why do the ptys start at ttyq0? (The ttyp? terminals exist, but > don't seem to be used.) Yeah.... I've wondered this one too! > > (5) talk(1) doesn't seem to work between the RS2030 and Suns. I > assume this is because of a protocol difference. What's the > simplest way to get it working (preferably without changing the > Suns)? SUN (STILL!) uses the old talk protocol (check your /etc/services file - you should see that talk runs on 517/udp). 4.3BSD uses the newer protocol "ntalk" on 518/udp. The simplest solution, if you are a BSD source site, (and if your MIPS are on that license) would be to bring up the 4.2BSD talk system. (I have one VAX here running native 4.3BSD and whenever people on the SUN's try "talk"ing to it, it lets the user know they should be using /usr/old/talk instead...) I hope this helps... Cliff Cliff Marcellus UUCP : {any backbone}!calgary!ssg-vax-a!cliff Dept of Physics and Astronomy DOMAIN : cliff@ssg-vax-a.phys.UCalgary.CA The University of Calgary SPAN : CANCAL::CLIFF OPINIONS WITHIN ARE MY OWN AND DO NOT REFLECT THOSE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY