The collected works of uunix - Page 19

I know this may not help your original issue, but I turned my back on CD installs a few years ago and setup network install repositories on most of my SGI machines. If you do it right, create a directory with all the relevant files in a single dist, then installs take 20 mins or so.

As for burning disks, I only ever managed this on a mac using MacX DVD Ripper. Interestingly a few years back I searched this forum for how to do it and found a post I had made many years earlier with the required settings.

But no Windows I'm afraid.

This can't be right, /etc/TIMEZONE works fine, so something must be altering it or overriding the settings.. have you looked at you SYSLOG or captured your bootup output via terminal?

This is my TIMEZONE

jimmer wrote:

uunix wrote: So far I have achieved a login, and a fancy trend graph on the app.

You're way ahead of the curve then... 'the rest of the code' is only a cumbersome vehicle for showing your fancy splash screen.

Cripes Jimmer, Nov was so long ago, desktop app, web portal, services etc are all in production now. Still have stuff to polish off though.

vishnu wrote:

oneogeo wrote: ...the bottom left doesn't look like sparkling water

Unless I miss my guess (I rarely do ) that's a can of the good stuff, Carling Black Label...

It's still there... well one that looks very similar.

Sorry, is that a typo? $55 DOT 000 ? I have my long range glasses on and can't see the screen!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SGI-Infinite-Performance-Compositor-/272660153258?hash=item3f7bcfc3aa:g:gawAAOSwuLZY5bpA

So what's this then?

Thanks for the info chaps, I was curious as to what it actually did, I get the idea now.

We are stuck in a catch 22.
We need a site, not affiliated with neckochan whatsoever run by person[s] willing to take the chance.
Everyone needs to know about it, but we cannot advertise it here.
And here is where everyone comes for SGI related info...

What we need is .. 'the purple web'.. or blue, indigo, green.

I feel dirty even talking about this stuff.

That looks really nice japes.. I like the 'final destiny' photo..

Electric equipment.. cup of water.. loop of wire on floor.. fire extinguisher..
[edit] Sorry, Final Destination.. is it.. cripes I can't remember the name of the film.

Toxiccameron wrote:

jan-jaap wrote:

Toxiccameron wrote:

Raion-Fox wrote: If you have Linux with EFS support, you should be able to mount the images.

Do you have a example of a distro that supports that? I messed with Ubuntu for awhile with no luck.

Debian 'stable' here:

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# cat /etc/debian_version
8.7

# ls -l 812-0119-006_IRIX_5.3.efs
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 525074432 Nov 15  1994 812-0119-006_IRIX_5.3.efs

# mount -o loop,ro -t efs 812-0119-006_IRIX_5.3.efs /cdimage

# ls -l /cdimage
total 15
-r-xr-xr-x  1 root root  418 Nov 15  1994 CDgrelnotes
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 3658 Nov 15  1994 CDrelnotes
drwxrwxrwx  2 root root 4096 Nov 15  1994 dist
drwxrwxrwx  5 root root  512 Nov 15  1994 firmware
drwxrwxrwx  2 root root 1536 Nov 15  1994 help
drwxrwxrwx  3 root root  512 Nov 15  1994 insight
-rw-rw-rw-  1 root root 2365 Nov 15  1994 RELEASE.info
drwxrwxrwx 45 root root 1024 Nov 15  1994 relnotes
drwxrwxrwx  2 root root  512 Nov 15  1994 stand

# umount /cdimage


For historical reasons I chose to name my disk images *.efs. The ones from archive.org are *.img. All irrelevant as long as it's a straight 'dd' stye copy of the entire disc.

Well using Linux I did get a disk to burn but it still isn't being read correctly by the indigo 2. I cant use DINA because the Ethernet on the motherboard is dead. I can mount the images on Linux with these instructions, but when I burn i, even on a fresh disk, It doesn't work. Is there a known working tool for burning irix images?

OK, depending on the country you are in, (I'm in the UK) Send me a disk and I will do an install on one of my o2's? Or Someone in the US may pick up on this idea?

So I saw this....

"If you have 0 feedback or less than 0 feedback, please email me before bidding ."

I've never seen it personally, but can you get a negative number in your rating?

Search very hard for that Catia licence chap, check out what's in all the trash, those things are like gold.

jan-jaap wrote: CATIA uses IBM LUM licensing which has it's roots in NetLS. On IRIX a nodelock license should be in /var/lum or /opt/lum/ls/os/svr4.sgi/bin.

If this system used a floating license you'll never find it, of course because you don't have the floating license server.

Very true, but I do tend to look in peoples trash, you never know what goodies await you.

I'm not going to mention my strange spellings in this post from 2011.

http://forums.nekochan.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=16724941&start=15#p7337716

Well, I went and purchased a very very cheap Silkworm 3850, I thought it's a good gamble to get my hands dirty, understanding that it probably hadn't got the admin/root password.
It arrived today, I powered it up and tried connecting to the serial, no joy there. Correct cables are at home.
So I connected it to a small network hub along with my Origin and ran 'snoop' watching for any addresses and viola, in a few seconds, 10.10.10.33 was asking whois 10.10.10.1..
Then I set my windows box to have an additional IP in that range, and tried to open up the web front end, no joy, the java was out of date and I'm not messing with policy settings to allow it, so I used putty to telnet in and bingo.. telnet session..
But alas no default passwords worked and I don't have a support contract, so it would be painful to get a reset image.
Then I read about taking out the flash card and resetting the password files with a flash card reader, which I have at home. So I have taken the unit apart and have the flash drive. The process is just replacing the /etc/passwd files in both partitions with the passwd.default file.
Now, I do have a USB flash reader, but the writer of the instructions stated you required a LINUX machine. Alas, I do not have one, but does anyone know, if a USB flash drive reader would work in my FUEL with 6.5.30 installed?
If it doesn't I'll just build myself a LINUX box, but I would rather not.

I think I need one of these,
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sun-540-2988-X6734A-Interface-Board-Assembly-for-A5000-A5100-A5200-501-2951-/261957786500?hash=item3cfde69b84:g:t7sAAOSw-vlVnAOR
This one is quite, cheap, but my last purchase from the US incurred a large postage fee and a back hander to the HMRC, so anyone have one the UK and cheap as well, because the A5000 isn't worth the money really to restore it back.

It was £26.58 (INC VAT) on a £62 item + £42 P&P.

I've always dismissed any install conflicts with JAVA, since I DON'T NEED JAVA!!!

Well I do now.. ahem..

So, am I right, latest Version of IRIX JAVA is 1.4 ?

Need to get my FUEL in the 20th century.

Cheers

Thanks both, and yes Mr Fox, 21st century.. jeeze time flies.

I don't want to go too modern, the device I'm connecting to has an old version of Java.

Indeed.. my fav (old style) Bond.

Live and Let Die was my fav bond movie, possible because of that 70s look and great music by wings.

I also remember the 8bit game James Pond, which always makes me chuckle somewhat when thinking of Bond films..

I'd do it, create a software repository so to speak, but in the words of black adders Baldrick, I'd have to come up with a really cunning plan..

Step 1.. a new line, fast and not registered to my company or me or my house, possibly to my Grand Mother, many years deceased now.. kidding on that, she never even owned a computer.
Step 2, ensure it was a DHCP line, create a mailing list that notified people of the new address.
Step 3, Encryption, soooo nobody knew what the traffic was, or maybe VPN type connection (probably have to get some hardware to do that).
Step 4, Members only.
Step 5, Move to a country with no extradition laws.

Trippynet wrote: I've finally set up my man-cave again after moving house last Monday. It's quite a faf when you have 16 things to plug in around your desk, including 4 systems (5 if you count my work's laptop dock), 3 monitors, 2 KVMs, a sound system, a wireless range extender, a gigabit switch, a NAS, etc. etc - all whilst keeping the wife happy about the tidy and hidden routing of cables etc.

Still, it does mean my Indigo2 and Fuel are back out of the garage and are set up and working again, so that's good!

I bet it was enjoyable though. and now you feel productive.

My wife has suggested she goes and takes the kids down to Devon in the next month or so and spend a few days with her parents (who are holidaying down there). Leaving me alone with the dogs.

I have two/three days to re-do my office.. it's like the film Hall Pass without the sex..

No sound.. do you have speakers plugged in?
Does the PSU 'CLICK' when you plug the kettle lead in? (Get your ear close).

If it's been transported by car or post, you may want to reseat everything. Your best bet.

Although yes.. it sounds like PSU gone to the great PSU pile along with a lot of my own. I doubt you will get anything from the serial, but it's worth a shot.

Cloud is king.. it's safe.. it's reliable.. it makes you lose weight and you can look younger.. live longer.. just use the cloud!!!

Well kiddies.. truth is, it's not as good as you may think..

The day I join the cloud will be the day I die, hopefully meeting Big Gee discussing my outstanding life.

Y888099 wrote: Yesterday my -next-door-girl- asked me to steal a fridge's compressor with the idea of converting it into an airbrush machine to paint skulls. Today she is painting a lot of skulls and snakes in bloody true colors, even if the background looks dead metal.

I am observing her work sitting in an angle of her lab. The way she puts her long fingers on the airbrush-gun makes in my mind the picture of a witch in the wood preparing some kind of poison spell.

Does she know you are watching her?

OCTANE 3 4

Probability of Failure (POF) equates to (FF + SRFF) - (QHM + KPE)

FF = FSCK FACTOR. (How inconvenient it is if it fails now.. that is, was you planning on doing something more interesting than fault finding)
SRFF = SOME RANDOM FSCKING FACTOR. (The seed of this number is possibly based on how much sun light is left in your day - The less sunlight the higher the number).
QHM = Quantity of Hail Mary's you perform before you turn on ignition.
KPE = Karma Points Earned (letting people out at junctions (more points for buses) during the day).

The secret of starting a Silicon Graphics Machine.

Email Chris Curry (Ex Acorn), he was a nice guy.

I actually have no idea if he's a nice guy really, there is a docudrama called Micro-Men that shows the story of the British 8bit computer industry in the early 80s. Quite a good program, anyway Chris curry is played by Martin Freeman(?) of the UK Office.
certainly worth a watch if you haven't seen it. I especially like the the part he is attacked by Sir Clive Sinclair with a rolled up newspaper.

Any location yet? Can we restrict the drooling to at least a single continent?

vishnu wrote: I think the closest we've got to a VBOB expert here is uunix, speaking for myself I've never been able to get mine to work properly...

Thanks for the honour Vishnu , but it may be miss-placed somewhat.

My VBOB usage has been strictly limited to using it with discreet products and if I get signal present output when I serial into the VBOB I'm generally happy.

What I do know, you can see serial 2 is receiving something by console access v --> s
Also in the init.cfg of a discreet product you can set the video line to serial1 or serial2 but not serial1and2 like you can with the output.

Probably not very helpful I'm afraid.

Have we disconnected the dallas (or RTC) chip yet? Just a thought.

This really does look like a great collectors item. It's not very often I would like to live in the US (nothing against it, I just like my own country for all it's warts and pimples), but this is one of those times. I also need another Indy like I need someone smashing a hammer in my head, but I would get this.

I do love the wife, and the kids, but this weekend coming they are buggering off to Devon without me...

So what's planned.. Well.. finally I get to re-do the office, including the tri monitor stand for my SGI monitors.
Out goes 1 fuel, in the loft.
Sitting on the desk will be 3 Octane 2s, two of which will be connected to SD/HD for media input, the third for pure editing.
One Fuel (800MHz) will stay, and hopefully I will have received my V12 for it and can finally get round to getting the DM6 to work with discreet.
The IBM Power5 will get a life back, hopefully (again) being able to connect via the KVM to a USB PS/2 adaptor.
Some PC's are going.
Replacing the Panasonic Ag-7750 SVHS player for a DVcam player + simple home VHS player.

It's going to be better than a trip to Disney world for me, and it's just Colin, Steve (my dogs) and myself.

oh and I have to fix the electrics in the kitchen, and get rid of the extension cable that runs though the sink..

Well that's the plan anyway. (I'm sure there will be a few beers involved also).

Can you compile anything in C#?

If so.. Create a project with a form
Add a timer - 'timerSetKey' in my example.
Add a label - no real need to do this, mine is called 'labelResponse' but it's add some feed back.
Throw this in the form .cs file

StopScreenSaver is the name of my form.
Don't forget to set the timer to an interval relating to a second, set the tick event and ensure it is enabled by default else you will have to do it on form load or when the form initializes.
Add some nice Icons, and colours and away you go. Tested, proved and stolen!
Must admit I haven't tested it running as non admin, but I don't see an issue.

PM me if you want the project sent to you.

LarBob wrote:

uunix wrote: Have we disconnected the dallas (or RTC) chip yet? Just a thought.

No, if the chip is dead and I disconnect it will it boot? I was under the impression that the system wouldn't boot if it was removed, so maybe it is dead and that's the issue? I don't know.

My thought on this was just to reset the darn thing in all honesty.
I have a Fuel that has a TOD like a TARDIS.. and it still boots even if it thinks it's in the dark ages.

Shiunbird wrote: Do you want to adopt me? =)
It sounds like great fun!

Adopt you.. what makes you think you are younger than me you cheeky munchkin!..

LarBob wrote: Maybe I need a new dallas chip? How would I even get one, would I need to reprogram one I got?
Could I use the DS1687-5+ ? Do I need to reprogram it somehow when I get it? I don't know much about this stuff. I think the dallas chip might have gotten messed up somehow.

I doubt it, not for powering on.

Have you tried a different power lead? Plug socket, wall socket. Just in case it's not getting enough Davey Watts..