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From: sun@bwdls48.bnr.ca (Frank Kannemann Sun SSE)
Subject: Re: DECnet Xlib on SunOS ?
Message-ID: <1990Oct1.194619.21380@bnrgate.bnr.ca>
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Reply-To: Frank.Kannemann@Canada.Sun.COM
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References: <9009281640.AA25243@sunbim.be> <1990Oct1.123425.23323@cs.hope.edu>
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 90 19:46:19 GMT


In article <1990Oct1.123425.23323@cs.hope.edu>,
jipping@smaug.cs.hope.edu (Mike Jipping) writes:
|> > I am trying to make my SunOS (with Sun's DECnet option installed) talk X
|> > over DECnet.
|> > 
|> > Does anybody have any clues/advice ? I am not very familiar with DECnet
|> > protocols... By the way, this is SunOS 4.0.3c on a SparcStation 1+, with
|> > Sunlink DNI version 6.0.
|> 
|> The claim in the SunOS documentation is that OpenWindows is DECNet
|> compatible BUT starting at Sunlink DNI version 7.0 -- not at 6.0.
|> 
|>       Mike Jipping                        Internet: jipping@cs.hope.edu
|>       Hope College                          BITNET: JIPPING@HOPE
|>       Department of Computer Science         Voice: Hey!


HI,

You need a "Jumbo patch for DNI to support this":

Patch-ID#  100107-01
Keywords: 6.0 DNI kernel X11
Synopsis: DNI 6.0 Jumbo patch.  DNI kernel supports for X11 window system.
Date:17-Aug-90 
 
SunOS release: 4.0.3, 4.1 
 
Contact you local support office with this info and they should be able to
help you.

I don't know if this is all you need. You may need to run Sun's

"OpenWindows V2.0 product which is the x11news server". 

I do know that DNI 6.0 + the DNI patches + Openwindows V2.0 is supposed
support X11 via Decnet.
 
Good luck I hope this helps!
 
P.S. I did try to e-mail this directly but was unable to do so.

Frank Kannemann			Sun Microsystems of Canada  Ph: (613) 763-8564
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