Summary of testers reports for 8.0

Since I went on vacation and we were about to put out the Sun release, I've stopped tracking that stuff, and moved all the Solaris stuff to the end. I'm now just updating the SGI stuff. -- Carla, 7/26/96 10:17AM

Irix

Last updated 7/31/96 3:33PM. Includes through transaction[3039] in testers and [0657] in release-77. [7/25/96] means it was discussed at release team meeting that day.

Open issues

have to run MAKEDEV and reboot before using video camera [2855]
running MAKEDEV fails because Athena's install is in root's search path earlier than SGI's, and MAKEDEV needs an option that only SGI's install has. Issue for all platforms? [2856]
lots of lockers need to have proper links put in them[2857]
Moira links on /srvd are also broken because they depend on the existence of the proper arch dir in the moira locker when the packs are built[2857] on jweiss list of things to do, plus there's a release part that Craig could make better [5/30/96]
The 8.0 release is periodically sending mail to root[2858] fact of life; SUn has a option to not send mail, does SGI?[5/30/96]
xlogin prelogin option for MITVMA gives a blank screen and hangs.[2861] xterm -e in front of it works [5/30/96]
olc and olcr strange behavior[2865] (It's strange in 7.7 too -- carla)
xolc doesn't work, starting and quiting stock answer browser panics workstation[dot] Let's replace it with a script saying it's unavailable and to use olc or call 4435. [carla at 7/25 release meeting]
duplicate .mit.edu in message IDs [2868]
make -n dumps core[2871]
doesn't get dialog box saying to plug in ethernet cable[2879]
Jonathon found traffic that shouldn't be there[2880]
/usr/lib/sysmon/syserr.FIFO missing. syserr spinning [2884]
syslog.conf isn't configured to log anything to WSLOGGER.MIT.EDU[2885]
athena additions to /etc/services weren't added [2886]
too much flickering. need /usr/gfx/setmon 72 hz [2887]
can't find kermit[2888]
no xdsc[2902,2903] may not have time to fix it[2904] what about xdiscuss?[release-77 0657]
errors from programs run in .startup.X don't appear in console (or at all)[2918]
dvi2tty does not exist. It lives in the sipb locker, and does not exist for sgi_52 either[2921]
xinfo and xmitdir don't run on SGIs at all. Dot was going to build xinfo, but it wants libMu, and that's probably too much trouble. xmitdir is in the mitdir locker[2921]
Desktop->Empty Dumpster choice from the tool chest; object server crashes[2931]
compile tcsh -non_shared?[2947]
(readcomics)metamail in the andrew locker can't find xloadimage even tho it is in the path???[2954]
no /usr/athena/bin/telnet[2973]
blanche linked to /blanche[2973]
messages from starfury.MIT.EDU.MIT.EDU[2973]
Kevin got "No installation library set in Hesiod information" trying to update. [2991,2992]
core dump from xlogin [3004,3005,3006,3007]
Jonathon's machine panicked when he tried to get rid of Mosaic[3026]
started lpsched and lpd when rebooting, tracks /etc/rc2.d/S6{0,1}* local [3027,3033,3034,3035]
register doesn't work (Never did. jweiss is making it work now.) [release-77 649]
xtechinfo in unknown state (Who knows their present status?) [release-77 649] it should work [release-77 0654]
xmitdir in unknown state (Who knows their present status?) [release-77 649] Never ran on SGIs[release-team 0652]
mkserv not yet working (jweiss working on it) [release-77 649] Never had it for SGI before, let's make it not critical for release [release-77 0655]
xlogin doesn't add you to any groups. [release-77 649]
lottery code in unknown state (is this in the release?) [release-77 649, 651]
sis in unknown state (is this in the release?) [release-77 649]
mkserv [release-77 649]
update procedure needs to remove some old Irix 5.2 files [release-77 649]
some special post-update code must run to create devices and reboot [release-77 649]
4dwm does stupid things with zephyr-grams because it remembers their locations in the session files if you have any on-screen when you log out. [release-77 649]
elmer must do an unlog (internal security housekeeping) [release-77 649]
syslog needs to learn about our loghost and our other syslog conventions [release-77 649]
run snmpd from Irix 5.3 instead of from Irix 5.2 (SGI doesn't ship required .h files, and we don't have source code yet.) [release-77 649]
resolve a few issues in putting athena directories in root's $path [release-77 649]
xmkmf configuration might need tweaking [release-77 649]
make SGI boxes stop multi-casting their configuration to the subnet. [release-77 649]
bring the disk reorganizer fsr back up after carefully limiting it to non-AFS disk areas. [release-77 649]
heisenbug with xlogin sometimes giving users an xdm login window [release-77 649]
status of Maple locker [release-77 649] Waiting for @sys link [release-77 0652]
status of Matlab locker [release-77 649] should be okay [release-77 0652]
status of Consult locker [release-77 649] mostly good now, will be beautiful in 2 weeks [release-77 0656]
status of gnu locker [release-77 649]
bledsoe panicking and rebooting [release-77 0654]
Susan Jones - no dash menubar [3032]
syslogs unnecessaru stuff on console login[3038]console died: received signal 13.[3039]

Things to document

mh-rmail now incs automatically even if iconified[2859]
Now has warnings like "Message 219 modified; flush changes? (yes or no)"[2860]
Any .xsession that starts #/bin/csh will most likely fail[3031]

Things that have been resolved

/etc/athena/reconfigure has vanished [2876] Can just edit /etc/athena/rc.conf[2878]
moira scrolling problem[2896,2897,2897]rlogin/terminal emulation/etc [2899] terminfo prob?[2900]doesn't properly set window size; running correct version of xresize will take care of it. rlogin doesn't properly determine the window size, but that problem is too hard to fix[2925]
xinfo in unknown state (Who knows their present status?) [release-77 649] It's broken, and we're not going to fix it [release-team 0652]
status of SAS locker [release-77 649] Not installed for SGIs [release-team 652]
status of Xess locker [release-77 649] Starts [release-77 652]
status of S-Plus locker [release-77 649] starts [release-77 652]
status of Tecplot locker [release-77 649] starts [release-77 0652]
status of AutoCAD locker [release-77 649] starts [release-77 0652]
status of Frame locker [release-77 649] starts [release-77 0652]

All platforms

(I just added this part, and haven't checked the platform-specific lists for things that should really go here yet)

Open issues

marc's proposed change to setting $path[2922]sets it twice, is that expensive?[2923]marc says it'll be expensive then cheap[2934]don't want to do this without good reason, or why at all[2935] intuitiveness[2952]
Jonathon's telnet locker issue[2926]
re:XAPPLRESDIR/XUSERFILESEARCHPATH -- is this a change that needs to be made to all programs?What does this change mean to programs not running under a supported athena release?[2951]Also document?

Solaris

Last updated 6/26/96 3:07PM, transactions [2802] - [2981]

Comment followed by [date] means it was discussed at that date's release team meeting. Missing notes from 6/6 meeting still.

Open issues

mkserv remote needs to be updated to bring /etc/shells local [2805] Item for jweiss [5/23/96]
named not successfully restarted before mkserv was run [2805] We need clarification [5/23/96] leaving named running does not solve problem. Document?[2895]
a number of files and directories were chowned to builder [2805] "a problem of philosophy" [5/23/96] not as big a deal as jweiss thought, but should still be fixed[5/30/96]
a lot of /srvd/usr/athena/lib/update/do_update errors [2805]
3.3a.1 bos dumps core while doing a status query [2808,2818,2819] 3.4a binaries have to be tested [5/23/96]
X errors when trying to run xpaint [2810] XUSERDEFAULTS thing; Dot will contact locker owner [5/23/96]
/sun4 link pointing to /afs/athena.mit.edu/system/patch.76/sun4 should be removed [2805] FIXED [2814] put it in 8.0B? [2816] Greg? [5/23/96]
tc error:ld.so.1: tc: fatal: libXt.so.4.0: can't open file: errno=2 [2824] Is actually a variation on the maryam problem with net cell tokens, not just an 8.0 problem [2826] Dot will doublecheck with Chad [5/23/96]
AFS correcting the time more frequently (OS time less accurate)[2835] May be that more support for threads is causing clock interrupt problems; document that people may see more errors. (Also, investigate if it's easy to supress/redirect those warnings) [5/23/96] AFS itself may be doing this [2850
should athdir accept sun4m_53 paths as well as sun4m_54 paths [2838,2839,2840,2841,2842,2843] rat hole [5/23/96]
hostcheck should be looking for /var/server/.services instead of /site/server/.services[2849] Would be nice, but not as important as that discuss server fix [5/23/96]
lots of "named[94]: rt_malloc: memdebug" overflow errors[2853] also problem with it dying silently, have patch from Sun[2854]
invoking answerbook causes a tight loop, doing xhosts[2864] problems with script [2866,2867,2875]
rlogin problems to bsd-ish machines[2869,2872,2874,2877
$bindir not inherited by attach & run script (kermit)[2870
/afs/athena/system/aklog is missing[2883,2890,2891]
C-mode in emacs version 19.30.1 has bug -- extra space[2893]
when updating - "ld.so.1: /srvd/bin/athena/machtype: fatal:libkvm.so.1: can't open file"[2894]
encrypted rcp generic failure[2907,2908,2909] $initdir/cshrc tries to run machtype with no path [2911]
using C-x m for mail, C-c C-c gives error and doesn't send mail [2912]
rkinit to non-null instance problem[2916] fix will go on packs eventually[2917]
machine panicked when starting xscreensaver, could be hardware fault[2924]
basic rlogin fails, our rlogin works [2936,2937]/usr/bin/login was not replaced with the athenized version[2938]
/etc/netspy was created on private ws after update[2939]
Wcl errors in console after logout; idle screen is messed up[2945]
finger $USER|head seg faults. 7.7 also. fix in rel-eng:3503[2949]
bug in athenized ftpd;ftpd's globbing for the ls and dir doesn't work. This causes "mget *" to fail[2956]
"HOST=; export host ADDR=; export ADDR" problem in rc.conf[2958][2959?][2961][2964][2965][2966] consider gshell?[2969] put out 7.7Y[2970]
dangling links (in /,/srvd/patch itself)[2960]/srvd/patch doesn't really matter right now, but may as well do it now[2962]
jweiss thought we were going to get rid of "/srvd/usr/athena/session_gate -> /usr/athena/bin/session_gate"[2960] Craig thought we were keeping it[2962]
is there a reason the attach and run script for kermit can't exec kermit?[2960]
the rkinit bugfix doesn't seem to have made it onto the packs yet[2960]
klogind dumped core on logout from an encrypted rlogin connection, from an 8.0 SGI to an 8.0C sun[2963]
xolc,xbrowser " fatal: libXm.so.3: can't open file: errno=2". Some way to get them to find the shared lib?[2967]
/usr/athena/bin/xinfo script looks wrong (XOLC vs. XINFO)[2967]
possible to get update_ws and other update scripts to log to a file everything that would normally go to the screen during a manual update?[2968] do update by hand and use script. Use tee[2972]
libMu.a in /mit/motif/sun4lib works fine, but /usr/athena/lib/libMu.a has undefined reference to _XmStrings?[2968]
comp tries to send mail even if it already warns about no recipients[2971]
"show database statistics" in moira dumps core[2974] 7.7 too [2976]
newaliases is not brought local properly[2978]

Things to document

emacs changes in /mit/release/R8.0/emacs19-changes
mhn stuff; enabled but disabled [5/30/96]
many links in /usr/athena removed [2805](including znol, zwrite; may cause errors in .startup.X etc.) pointer to check_dotfiles [5/23/96] Also, "setenv WINDOW_MANAGER /usr/athena/bin/twm" in .environment should be replaced with "setenv WINDOW_MANAGER twm" [from sol24]
xterm app-defaults not getting loaded [2821] nope, Matt's .xsession is out of date [2822]
delay before autorepeating seems to have increased [2806] If this has really changed, document how to use xset to change it [5/23/96]
xterm from /usr/openwin/bin isn't creating utmp entries; should it be setuid? [2812,2817] Greg? Document the "finger username@ws" part [5/23/96]
some stuff in andrew locker now available by default, but still not supported [5/23/96]
should XUSERFILESEARCHPATH and XFILESEARCHPATH be moved to global cshrc?[2848] Possibly, but neither Craig nor Greg was here to discuss it. Decision needs to be documented, though. [5/23/96] moved to global cshrc;the only people who will lose are those who don't source the global cshrc file [2901]
slight change in behavior of "tokens" when expired[2906]

Things that have been resolved

fs will print errors of the form "socket: No such file or directory", but works [2805] Ignore this? [2807]
many links in /usr/athena removed, but session_gate points to /usr/athena/bi (not bin) [2805] FIXED? [2814]
config_afs no longer understands the syntax: -cell.mit.edu to disallow setuid from the cell 'cell.mit.edu' [2805] FIXED [2814]
beta machines not looking at MX records [2811,2813] FIXED [2815]
admind not running [2825] will be fixed in 8.0B [2830]
xznol with /afs/sipb/project/xznol/build/xznol.sh gives error [2831] patch for Marc [2832,2833] applied [2834]
/var/cron/log has been removed; is there a reason? [2805,2814] talk to Miki [2816] Yup, there was a good reason [5/23/96]
/usr/athena/shar/emacs/19.30/lisp/hilit19.el has an older date than the one on the 7.7 beta packs [2805] It's a matter of how he copied it, don't worry [5/23/96]
/usr/athena/bin/kermit as a link to the modem locker seems to have diasppeared [2805] put in a script, but not really right yet [2814] Fixed enough [5/23/96]
enscript doesn't work [2827, 2828] Fixed? Dot used it yesterday [5/23/96]
discuss server doesn't work -- not possible to set acl for meeting served by Solaris machine [2836] Old bug, but one that should be fixed. Diff in file locking semantics? [5/23/96] FIXED [2851]
In order to use meta key in xterm need "XTerm*eightBitInput: false" [2829] we should fix this, like we always do [5/23/96] FIXED [2852]
behavior of page up and page down keys in xterm has changed [2829] .Xresources fix [2844] okay to leave this like this [5/23/96] FIXED w/ meta key fix [2852]
sending a SIGHUP to the Athena inetd causes it to die[2862] Fixed [2873]
/usr/openwin/bin/xcalc doesn't work[2881] does so [2882]
Greg will make Transcript man pages get along with Solaris windex [2889,2892]
xdsc problems[2905]nope, couldn't find resources, fixed [2910]
neither resize nor xresize DTRT [2913] long-standing bug, dotfiles should specify -c [2914] added to source tree [2915]
Old info of /bin/csh in /etc/passwd can cause problems for private WS users [2803, 2804,2820] Should now be /bin/athena/tcsh, can cause problems if people expect on /bin/csh behavior (scripts, etc). Preserve the link on Suns, but don't put it in on new platforms [5/23/96] It's back on the packs; people will get it when then run update [5/30/96]
workman "/dev/audioctl: Permission denied" [2846] Specific to Matt? Sparc 5? Dot'll check with Chad [5/23/96] Greg has a fix; it's a private ws issue; take update [5/30/96]
only subdir in arch/ for moira is for the SGI; need other bin dirs moved or symlinks[2919]FIXED?[2920]
many things moved from /srvd to /os; may have impact on many mkserv services [2805] Item for jweiss [5/23/96] he dealt[2930]
MWM click to focus, titlebars, default geometry[2932]was version skew problem[2933]
help doesn't start up our help[2944]fixed?[carla 6/21]
xmitdir - can't open display[2942] need to fix XAPPLRESDIR?[2946]xhost and setenv DISPLAY?[2948]Mike fixed XUSERFILESEARCHPATH, seems to work[2950]
xtc - can't open display[2943]xhost and setenv DISPLAY?[2948]opens up X server to a tcp spoofing attack[2953]was fixed properly in 8.0C[2955]
assorted things can't open display[2945]xhost and setenv DISPLAY?[2948]opens up X server to a tcp spoofing attack[2953]was fixed properly in 8.0C[2955]
jweiss can't login in console mode [2805,2816] can't reproduce on sourcery [2814] It's just him [5/23/96] It was his fault :-)[2957]
mkserv -- certain directories may get brought local, but the symlinks on the /usr partition are not re-pointed to the /var/server version of these directories;has patch for 8.0, but not yet tested for 7.7[2940]ghudson can change the part jweiss is worried about for 7.7(/usr/include to be a symlink to /os/usr/include for 8.0C[2941]he tested in and installed it, not designed to be 100% perfect[2977]
maple looks like Papa Smurf[2975] fixed[2981]

Things that we are ignoring

xv under readcomics places the comics at +0+0 [2847] ignore [5/23/96]
permission denied on /mit/mhbraun/.aliases, cosmic rays? [2823] Don't worry about it [5/23/96]
Mosaic from sipb locker gives error but works [2837] mbarker will send mail to bug-sipb [5/23/96]
dkk's emacs "args out of range" problem [2845] don't know what he did [5/23/96][2929]