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Strange processes 10 47 (1/14/2011 12:15:26 AM) comp.unix.sco.misc On a customer's OSR 5.0.6 machine (patched with 506a), there are some unkillable processes: customer:# ps -u usergaw PID TTY TIME CMD 18373 ttyp4 00:00:00 scosh 18375 ttyp4 01-08:42:02 desk... Jean

no console getty processes 5 44 (1/28/2010 7:29:01 PM) comp.unix.sco.misc A customer's hard disk (OSR 5.0.6) got filled up by a runaway process. After they found this out and removed the clutter, the system boots fine, with one stange exception: no getty processes. There should be ... Jean

MP4 for OSR 6.0.0 5 43 (2/9/2009 8:10:59 PM) comp.unix.sco.misc www.sco.com is announcing the avilability of Maintenance Pack 4 for OpenServer 6.0.0. -- JP ... Jean

password puzzler 4 32 (9/17/2008 11:11:12 PM) comp.unix.sco.misc I moved a 5.0.6 machine a few hundred yards. When it rebooted, I found that the root password no longer worked. I'm a bit flabbergasted. -- JP ... Jean

queuedefs 1 57 (3/5/2008 11:51:06 PM) comp.unix.sco.misc I've been asked to look in on an OSR 5.0.6 site where for the last few days, /etc/cron dies and has to be restarted. The site has several dozen entries in assorted crontab tables; someone installed the followi... Jean

VisionFS #3 1 90 (7/24/2007 5:49:23 PM) comp.unix.sco.misc On a 5.0.5 machine which uses VisionFS for most of its printers, printing has mysteriously stopped a couple of times yesterday and today. A reboot renables printing. On the last occasion, before resorting to ... Jean

relays.ordb.org 3 40 (1/11/2007 8:28:14 PM) comp.unix.sco.misc A friend just started experiencing delays of a minute or so in the time it took sendmail on his site to produce any kind of 220-message, so that many calling SMTP sites timed out and failed to deliver anything.... Jean

Unremovable files. 28 63 (10/11/2006 9:05:40 PM) comp.unix.sco.misc OSR 5.0.6/506a There is a directory for which 'ls -l' prints scores of entries that all look like this: l: ./8_7732.trc not found: No such file or directory (error 2) We can't seem to get rid of them; none ... Jean

network congestion. 3 93 (9/29/2006 8:10:47 PM) comp.unix.sco.misc On a 5.0.6/rs506a machine, at address 172.16.1.2, it is not possible to ping 172.16.1.32. This site up for ten days, and is quite busy with over 350 users logged in. >From a very quiet neighbor machine at 172.... Jean

Bad 1D pixel count #2 2 52 (9/20/2006 9:31:11 PM) comp.unix.sco.misc A 5.0.6a server is accumulating many messages like this one in its syslog: Sep 20 17:03:14 nodename Bad 1D pixel count, got 0, expected 1728 Bad 1D pixel count, got 0, expected 1728 Bad 1D pixel count, got 0, ... Jean

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single user 1 67 (1/13/2011 6:14:28 PM) comp.unix.sco.misc I just installed power management software Lansafe 6 on Sco Open Server 5.0.7 and it immediately shutdown the server, and does so after each reboot. How do I get to single user mode to uninstall if there is no... ron7370 (94)

Strange processes 10 47 (1/14/2011 12:15:26 AM) comp.unix.sco.misc On a customer's OSR 5.0.6 machine (patched with 506a), there are some unkillable processes: customer:# ps -u usergaw PID TTY TIME CMD 18373 ttyp4 00:00:00 scosh 18375 ttyp4 01-08:42:02 desk... jpr5879 (1158)

Cannot install OS 20 77 (1/17/2011 5:29:02 PM) comp.unix.sco.misc I'm attempting to install SCO Openserver 5.0.7 on an HP Proliant ML370 G4 server. There is a Smart Array 6402 controller tha the HD's are attached. At the boot: prompt entering defbootstr link=ciss hd=Sdsk Sdis... andymat (6)

gnutools #2 5 38 (4/16/2011 6:12:24 AM) comp.unix.sco.misc So, I've had this oddball installation of gnutools 5.0.7Ma on one box for some years. I have no idea where it came from. Anyone else remember seeing this version? I don't have the VOL's or iso where this ori... brian109 (760)

Trying to compile putty-0.60 on SCO UNIX 5.0.7 with GCC and SCO Dev 6 35 (7/5/2011 9:59:13 PM) comp.unix.sco.misc I am trying to compile putty downloaded from http://linux.softpedia.com/progDownload/PuTTY-Download-347.html but get the error below. gcc -g -O2 -Wall -Werror -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DHAVE_X11 -DHAVE_X -DSYSV -Di38... smfabac (423)

libC.so.1 for 5.07 3 45 (10/4/2011 7:37:20 PM) comp.unix.sco.misc attempted install of some software on 5.07/mp5 that failed due to missing libC.so.1 anyone know where this comes from? the mfr claims file should be provided by SCO, but this is a fairly well patched system..... joe851 (106)

SCO 5v6.0.0 and Zonet ZPS3611 Print Server 8 44 (1/17/2012 11:05:28 PM) comp.unix.sco.misc Hopefully someone will be kind enough (or patient enough) to help. I have been able to set up network HP Laser Printers on this system without too much trouble, but now I'm attempting to set up an Epson LQ 5... fschenk2165 (2)

Trouble using StarTech PATA/SATA converter 4 41 (2/8/2012 11:18:53 PM) comp.unix.sco.misc I needed to replace a failed PATA DVD drive in a hurry. I stopped by Microcenter and all they had were SATA DVD drives. So I picked up a StarTech PATA2SATA2 adapter that plugs into the PATA socket on the system... smfabac (423)

SCO 5.0.7 Esxi 4.1 Backup Edge 2.3 5 64 (2/11/2012 11:41:07 PM) comp.unix.sco.misc I worked with a client's Windows system administrator to test migration of an SCO 5.0.7 system to his VMWare ESXi platform. The restoration of the Backup Edge DVD media backup to the virtual machine was partia... smfabac (423)

netcat printing with HPLaserJet model 4 41 (3/20/2012 5:47:59 PM) comp.unix.sco.misc Hi all, I'm having trouble setting up netcat to a remote laser printer. Printing while logged in as root works fine. Printing while logged in as a normal user kicks out this email: "Subject: Status of lp req... daniel.charles.martin (5)