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From: kts@quintro.uucp (Kenneth T. Smelcer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: DON'T PUT SR10.3 ON DN2500 !!!!
Message-ID: <1991Jan26.181425.21685@quintro.uucp>
Date: 26 Jan 91 18:14:25 GMT
References: <1991Jan25.160628.10897@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca>
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In article <1991Jan25.160628.10897@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> system@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (System Admin (Mike Peterson)) writes:
>There is a severe bug in SR10.3 on DN2500's (only DN2500's according to the
>Hotline) - the system clock goes crazy, gaining 1-10 minutes for every
>minute of real time, with the gains being worse the heavier the load
>is on the system. The system is semi-useable with DM/pads (except that
>vi/page/more/rlogin/telnet only work once), but once
>X/xterm/otherXclients are used, you can't even get a character to echo
>in the xterm for 2-5 minutes. Moving the mouse causes the load average
>to shoot over 15 (which is probably wrong since the clock is screwed),
>and all manner of screen events happen - windows cycle automatically,
>menus pop up / pull down automatically, areas of text are
>marked/yanked/pasted at random.
>-- 
>Mike Peterson, System Administrator, U/Toronto Department of Chemistry
>E-mail: system@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca
>Tel: (416) 978-7094                  Fax: (416) 978-8775

Well, I don't know about anyone else, but I've been running SR10.3
on my DN2500 (16MB, 200M disk) for about three weeks with very few
problems.  The system clock is fairly stable (it loses about 8 seconds
a day), and X windows works fine.  My standard window system is the 
MIT X11R4 server and xdm (no DM running), but I've also used the HP/Apollo 
supplied X11R3 server in shared mode.  I don't have any problems with strange 
window events happening, although I have had a couple instances where a 
window would disappear without any apparent reason.

Did the support line give you a reason for the problems on DN2500 machines?
Is it something that's configuration based or are they talking about kernel 
problems?

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Ken Smelcer        Glenayre Corp.           quintro!kts@lll-winken 
                   Quincy,  IL              tiamat!quintro!kts@uunet