[HECnet] DECnet-Linux/Ubuntu 17 64-bit

[Brian Hechinger]

Want a rack to put that all in? 😀

On Sep 13, 2017 12:44, "Tony Blews" <tonyblews at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Supratim,
>
> I still find DECnet on Ubuntu to be very flakey after 9.10 and the code
> being "orphaned". My 9.10 x32 instance (DOCTOR) is sometimes up at 1.252.
> I just need to port it from my win10 laptop to the Ubuntu 16.04 x64 rack
> unit.
> (never underestimate the usefulness of old 1U rack unit bought for pennies
> on eBay - if I don't stop myself I will end up with a floor-standing 18U,
> which is entering MicroVAX like proportions).
>
> Tony.
>
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 9, 2017 at 2:44 PM, Supratim Sanyal <supratim at riseup.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Tony,
>>
>> Success with Ubuntu 14.4 ... all OK except ctermd looks for /pty - guess
>> will have to build from sources
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Supratim
>>
>> On Aug 29, 2017, at 3:29 PM, Supratim Sanyal <supratim at riseup.net> wrote:
>>
>> No luck here either Tony so far. I can get dneigh to see the nodes but am
>> struggling with the proxies configuration to set host to it. sethost out of
>> it just hangs there. Will keep trying - this should work! Ubuntu 17 zesty
>> 64 bit here btw.
>>
>> On Aug 29, 2017, at 10:31 AM, Tony Blews <tonyblews at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> I've been trying and failing to get Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64bit up and running
>> as 1.251 (MASTER).
>> I had it working before but its failing utterly this time.
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 12:09 AM, Supratim Sanyal <supratim at riseup.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I have started to work on a 64-bit Ubuntu 17/Zesty VM to try to get it
>>> to talk DECnet. Many of you have already done this.
>>>
>>> This is going to be called MOKSHA with address 1.553.
>>>
>>> I had to compile dn-progs and dn-common from source; the dnping/dndir
>>> etc. stuff in the Ubuntu repos crashed on invocation.
>>>
>>> Currently trying to figure out how to get Johnny's bridge into the mix;
>>> the closest I have gotten so far is dneigh shows a few HECnet nodes but
>>> nothing else works.
>>>
>>> I may have flooded psilo.update.uu.se too, which may have blocked my IP
>>> off because I am not hearing back from psilo.update.uu.se.
>>>
>>> Anyway, that's all for now. Any tips on HECnet bridging for Ubuntu/Linux
>>> welcome.
>>>
>>> Thanks for reading.
>>>
>>> Supratim
>>>
>>
>>
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