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From: caf@omen.UUCP (WA7KGX)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Open desktop
Keywords: ODT X11 Motif
Message-ID: <22@omen.UUCP>
Date: 3 Jun 90 06:49:19 GMT
References: <394080@neabbs.UUCP> <706@n4hgf.uucp> <1061@sixhub.UUCP> <43@raysnec.UUCP>
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In article <43@raysnec.UUCP> shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake) writes:
:In article <1061@sixhub.UUCP> davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes:
:>In article <706@n4hgf.uucp> jmd@n4hgf.UUCP (John Dashner WA4CYB) writes:
:>
:>  The product has been usefully robust. We have just started running a
:>reasonable user load, having gotten a working server upgrade, and we
:>will be running a number of user on it.
:
:Some people are luckier than others. Among the problems I've encountered:
:
:	- Corruption of some critical files if I change the default root
:	  shell from Bourne to Cshell
I suggest bin/sh remain Bourne shell, see below.
:
:	- MMDF II regularly leaves undelivered messages in its spool dir
You have to have the "deliver" program running:
   mmdf   244     1  0 02:25:11  ?        0:00 /usr/mmdf/bin/deliver -b -clocal 
:
:	- Bootup problems after power loss when Korn Shell has been 
:	  substituted for /bin/sh (We're still working to narrow this
:	  problem down)
Check out the history files.  I keep /bin/sh as /bin/sh, this allows
boot-up to use Bourne shell, yet I can set the shell in the login to Korn
so I have the "better shell" when multi user.  It helps to keep the
KSH history files on the root FS, makes it easier to keep "my" file system
squeaky clean (fsck-wise).
:
:	- Custom will not load Xenix/386 Software Dvlpmt (and SCO says
:	  they don't support it under SCO UNIX!)
I still run the Xenix compiler to compile a certain 286 program.  Possible to
do with shell scripts and setroot.  Otherwise I use the ODT development
system, or assorted and sundry DOS compilers as needed.