[Simh] DECnet for Linux problems (Ubuntu 17.10)

[Larry Baker]

Tim,

It would be nice to know where the Linux-DECnet package sources end up.  I have an update to Version 1.3 for the libvaxdata library that is included in the Linux-DECnet package.  (Do not use the one on the web page, https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1424—it has not been updated for some reason.)  Once in a great while I do try to update the Linux I use for DECnet.  At that point, I have to fix the Linux kernel drivers.  (The Linux-DECnet package is just the utilities and libraries, not the drivers.)  That FAL-to-NFS gateway, for example, is usable for standalone backups and restores of VAXes and Alphas.  Real VAXes and Alphas.  It is probably not that big a deal for SIMH VAXes.

Larry Baker
US Geological Survey
650-329-5608
baker at usgs.gov



> On 12 Dec 2017, at 5:52:53 AM, simh-request at trailing-edge.com wrote:
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> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 22:48:06 -0500
> From: "Tim Stark" <fsword007 at gmail.com <mailto:fsword007 at gmail.com>>
> To: "'simh'" <simh at trailing-edge.com <mailto:simh at trailing-edge.com>>
> Subject: Re: [Simh] DECnet for Linux problems (Ubuntu 17.10)
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> Ok, thanks for let me know.  I now learned that DECnet for Linux is already
> orphaned a few years ago.   CVS facility will go away soon on
> Sourceforge.net <http://sourceforge.net/>.   I mirrored a copy of CVS repos and successfully converted
> to Git repo by following SF instructions for conversion.  I will contact
> them for latest Linux kernel problems. 
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> 
> I will now remove decent from Ubuntu 17.10 because it complaint every few
> minutes and asked me to send report to Ubuntu maintainers. 
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> 
> Instead I will use DECnet over IP method and got TCPware and MultiNet
> software to set up.  That allows accesses to HECnet.  
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> I was looking for HECnet mail archives but can't find them.  I have now
> subscribed to HECnet list.  Does anyone know where is that HECnet mail
> archives?
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> Thanks,
> 
> Tim
> 
> 

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