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From: herb@ajfcal.uucp (Herb Peyrel)
Subject: Aix 2.2.1 upgrade bugs. Help.
Message-ID: <1991May13.131804.1265@ajfcal.uucp>
Organization: Codesign Information Systems
Date: Mon, 13 May 1991 13:18:04 GMT

Last week I upgraded my VERY old version of AIX 2.2.1 (I can't
remember which release it was, but it was straight out of the
binders) to version 1773 which I guess was IBM's latest offering.

I'm having the following problems: (Which I did not have before)

	a) I have a Telebit TrailBlazer+ on a 4-port async
	card.  For some reason, the card refuses to do any
	sort of hardware handshaking at all.  It would in my
	previous version, however, after re-install (after making
	sure the port settings were identical), the hardware
	handshaking seems to have gone away.  I now use Xon/Xoff
	which is resulting in grim transfer times.

	b) Same TrailBlazer, for some reason, "getty" never stays
	around very long.  It always spawns login instantly and
	then a minute later, login dies leaving getty which then
	spawns another login... Ad-infinitum. My wtmp grows by 
	about 100k/day..  The worst part is, it's very hard for
	my users to dial up to my site.

	c) I have a slip line to an Apollo DN3000 running at 19.2k.
	This worked perfectly before the upgrade, yet now when I
	telnet to the RT and try to use any application that requires
	curses, the telnet hangs.  It seems to spit out some
	control characters, an 'H', more control characters, a '-',
	more control characters, and an 'E'... Waiting about 1 minute,
	it repeats this sequence, and after another minute comes up
	fine.  This happens to "ate", "vi", "nn", and just about any
	other full screen application I can think of..

	d) Async performance has just gone down the tubes too.  I used
	to be able to have my Telebit bringing in news and use telnet
	on my slip line simultaneously.  Now, if I watch the modem 
	lights, the receive will be on solid and I'll be transmitting
	Xon/Xoff's regularly (see problem "a"), then as soon as I
	open a telnet from my Apollo, the Telebit stops sending any-
	thing.  As soon as I exit the telnet session, the UUCP transfer
	continues.

	e) I have 11432 of PgSpace set up and my machine has 3 MB's of
	RAM.  (I know, I know).  However, I'm presently using ate to
	dial up my UUCP neighbor while compiling cnews in a telnet session 
	on my Apollo... This is something I could reasonably do earlier,
	now the system reports low PgSpace and enters sync-mode almost 
	constantly... It's quite annoying.  It's getting so I can't do
	more than one thing at a time.  If I wanted this, I'd use MS-Douche.
	(I'd love to increase my page space but that requires a re-install
	and requires me borrowing a tape-drive again, and that's quite
	difficult for me.).

	f) Not really a problem, but I wonder if anyone has drivers for
	any 3Com cards for AIX... I don't have any money to be buying
	an IBM Ethernet Adaptor but I have an extra 3c501, and 3c505
	kicking around... I could easily get a 3c503 as well but would
	like to get a driver for it...   Also, is there a SCSI driver
	for AIX that will work with a Western Digital WD7000 controller?


My kingdom for AOS4.3... 

Anyways, please reply via E-Mail to herb@ajfcal.UUCP.  My machine
(herb@blender.UUCP) may be undergoing transformations in the near
future so I am reading mail and some news here.  Thanx in advance for
any help you can provide.

(Incidentally, I did the upgrade to fix the restore bug so I could install
optional software.)