[2441] in Athena Bugs
Re: xclock problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (probe@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Tue Jun 20 21:27:29 1989
From: <probe@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 89 21:27:16 -0400
To: raeburn@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Cc: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Ken Raeburn's message of Tue, 20 Jun 89 19:22:11 -0400,
Reply-To: Richard Basch <probe@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
> Date: Tue, 20 Jun 89 19:22:11 -0400
> From: Ken Raeburn <raeburn@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
> > This problem is probably due to a workstation having 6.0R software
> > (specifically, the kernel) installed on the root and 6.2A packs
> > attached. The machine should automatically update its local software
> > the next time it deactivates.
> Yikes... I hope it is not that... I gave Jeff the necessary symlinks to
> maintain compatibility between 6.0R and 6.2A.
> The issue here is the different (recompiled) binaries, which appear to
> be coming from a 6.2A /urvd pack, not compatibility links. It's not
> clear how the workstation got that pack attached, and should be looked
> into if another chance arises.
No matter what the packs/workstation is at, it should be compatible, or
so I thought. R3 clients have been shown to work on an R2 server, with
very few exceptions. The R3 server mainly adds stability... Again, my
reaction is "yikes... I hope this is not the problem..."
-Richard
