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Conference turris::digital_unix

Title:DIGITAL UNIX(FORMERLY KNOWN AS DEC OSF/1)
Notice:Welcome to the Digital UNIX Conference
Moderator:SMURF::DENHAM
Created:Thu Mar 16 1995
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:10068
Total number of notes:35879

8130.0. "Losing time under Unix V4" by NETRIX::"[email protected]" (Adrian Morrisson) Tue Dec 10 1996 02:20

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8130.1In 3.2C...VAXRIO::MIRIAMSPS - MCS BrazilTue Dec 10 1996 14:3211
8130.2Close butNETRIX::"[email protected]"Adrian MorrissonWed Dec 11 1996 20:1910
8130.3IOSG::MARSHALLThu Dec 12 1996 14:004
8130.4What graphics card?NETRIX::"[email protected]"Paul GristWed Jan 15 1997 13:0215
8130.5video problemTROFS::J_SCOTTMon Jan 20 1997 20:3710
8130.6Losing time here too; 4100, 4.0a, no ntp, S3TRIONETRIX::"[email protected]"SriFri Jan 24 1997 14:595
Just a incident report.

Regards
-Sri
[Posted by WWW Notes gateway]
8130.7Patch coming.. temp workaroundsNETRIX::"[email protected]"Paul GristMon Feb 03 1997 16:1422
The s3 problem has been identified and a fix is being tested.
The official patch information should get posted here this
week.

If you don't have the option to run xntp time services
you can work around it by not running X windows until the
patch can be obtained.

To do this:

	# /sbin/init.d/xlogin stop         - stop X
	# cd /sbin/init.d
	# mv ./xlogin ./xlogin.SAVE	   - hide startup script
	#

Now when you boot X will not start.  Setting TERM to pccons will alow
you to use vi/emacs at the non-windows console. After you get the
patch you would have to move the script back.

Paul
[Posted by WWW Notes gateway]
8130.8same faultYORIC::HARRISRTue Feb 04 1997 18:506
    I too have two sites with the exact same fault.  
    
    Hoping to see the patch soon.
    
    
    Richard
8130.9Patches availableRUSURE::FRANZINIFri Feb 07 1997 16:3731
Patches for the problem where systems with an S3 Trio64 graphics card can
loose time are available via anonymous ftp from:

        alpha:/pub/s3_time_loss.tar.gz
 
or via DECnet from:

        alpha::/usr/ftp/pub/s3_time_loss.tar.gz
 
This compressed tar file contains patched versions of the X server S3
Trio64 ddx (lib_dec_s3.so) for Digital UNIX V3.2D-2 through V4.0B and
README files that describe how to install the patch.

These patches will be included in the next set of USEG patch kits with
the following Patch IDs:

        V3.2D-2         OSF365X-003
        V3.2F           OSF370X-365003
        V3.2G           OSF375X-365003
        V4.0            OSF400X11-011
        V4.0A           OSF405X11-400011
        V4.0B           OSF410X11-400011
 
This problem will be fixed in the next release of Digital UNIX after
V4.0B.

Note that the problem does not exist on versions of Digital UNIX before
V3.2D-2.

John F.