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1    Installation Notes
1.1    Installation Enhancements
1.2    General Information About Installation
1.2.1    Newly supported hardware systems
1.2.2    Verifying the Installation
1.2.3    RIS and Dataless Are Not Supported on the DEC 2000-300 System
1.2.4    Problem with Installation When Bringing Down the X Server
1.2.5    Kernel Object Files Not Installed
1.2.6    Installation Procedure May Fail to Detect Disks
1.2.7    Systems Without Graphics Devices
1.2.8    Worldwide Subsets
1.2.9    Invalid Password in Graphical Installation
1.2.10    Minimum Version 2.10 for Qlogic Firmware
1.2.11    ATI Graphics Controllers
1.2.12    Incorrect Broken Pipe Messages
1.3    Layered Product Considerations
1.3.1    Location of DECthreads Static Libraries
1.3.2    TruCluster Software Products
1.3.3    DEC FUSE
1.3.4    Subset Control Program Methods for Restricting a Product to Digital UNIX
1.4    Update Installation
1.4.1    Worldwide Update Installations
1.4.2    Update Installation and Enhanced Security
1.5    Server Extensions
1.5.1    Remote Installation Services (RIS) Version Requirement
1.5.2    Error When Installing Chinese Subsets from RIS Server
1.6    Disk Space Requirements

2    Processor-Specific Notes
2.1    General Notes on Processors
2.1.1    PCI-based Systems with ATI Mach64 Graphics Controllers
2.1.2    PCI Shared Interrupt Support
2.2    Digital AlphaStation 255 Systems
2.2.1    Power Management Support for the Digital AlphaStation 255
2.2.2    Monitor Power Management for the Digital AlphaStation 255
2.3    Digital AlphaServer 1000 and 1000A Systems
2.3.1    EISA Configuration Utility Diskette V1.10
2.3.2    Resolution
2.3.3    KZPSA Behind the PCI-to-PCI Bridge (1000A Only)
2.3.4    Qlogic ISP1020A CAM errors (1000A Only)
2.4    Digital AXPpci 33 Systems
2.5    Digital Alpha VME 4/224, 4/288, and 5/nnn Single Board Computers
2.5.1    Verify CPU Version
2.5.2    Firmware Requirements
2.5.3    Restrictions and Known Problems
2.5.4    Writing VMEbus Device Drivers
2.6    DMCC EBM2n and EBM4n Class Single Board Computers
2.6.1    Verify CPU Version
2.6.2    Firmware Requirements
2.6.3    Restrictions and Known Problems
2.6.3.1    Option Cards Restrictions
2.6.3.2    General Restrictions
2.7    AlphaPC 164 Single Board Computers
2.7.1    Verify CPU Version
2.7.2    Firmware Requirements
2.7.3    Restrictions and Known Problems
2.8    Digital AXPvme Single Board Computers
2.8.1    Unpredictable Results When Performing Master Block Transfers
2.9    Upgrading Your Hardware

3    Base System Software Notes
3.1    Internationalization
3.1.1    Return Values of Functions iswdigit() and iswalnum() Under the Thai Locale
3.1.2    Printing PostScript Format Files in Asian Languages
3.1.3    Line Wrapping in vi
3.2    X/Open-compliant Curses
3.2.1    Changes in Data Types, Structures, and Macros
3.2.2    Change in Behavior of cbreak() Function
3.3    Commands and Utilities
3.3.1    Dataless Management Services and System V Environment tar Utility Conflict
3.3.2    Copying Files to stdout Using the dump Command
3.3.3    Escaped Comment Symbols in a Makefile
3.3.4    Security
3.3.4.1    Unexpected Command Behavior with ACLs
3.3.4.2    Archive Tools and Security
3.3.4.3    emacs Can Lose ACL File Settings
3.3.5    Using gendisk on Diskette Devices
3.3.6    Some Emacs Command Line Options Fail
3.3.7    Restrictions on the od Command
3.4    SysMan System Management Graphical User Interface
3.4.1    Account Manager
3.4.1.1    Usage Note
3.4.1.2    Account Manager Restrictions
3.4.1.3    Account Manager Problems
3.4.1.4    Enhanced Security Account Manager Problems
3.4.2    dxshutdown Does Not Prohibit User Logins
3.4.3    Print Configuration Manger
3.5    System Administration
3.5.1    Unattended Installation and Modem Console
3.5.2    Bootable Tape
3.5.2.1    Disk Space Issues
3.5.2.2    Tape Drive Restriction
3.5.2.3    Bootable Tape Notes for 32MB Systems
3.5.2.4    Bootable tape Does Not Support Generic Kernels
3.5.2.5    Cross-Platform Bootable Tapes are Not Supported
3.5.2.6    QIC Tape Note
3.5.2.7    Multiple Tape Note
3.5.2.8    Disk Overhead Requirements
3.5.2.9    Write Protection for Bootable Tape
3.5.3    Opening a Write Protected Tape in Write Mode
3.5.4    EISA Configuration Utility Revision Requirements
3.5.5    RZxx-VA and RZxx-VW drives
3.5.6    Open3D Support
3.5.7    Enhanced Security
3.5.7.1    Distribution of Enhanced Security Profiles via NIS
3.5.7.2    Enhanced Security and Disaster Recovery
3.5.7.3    User Name Length Restriction
3.5.8    Multimedia Services for Digital UNIX V2.0 and V2.0A
3.5.9    DECevent
3.5.10    Multiple Queues
3.6    Network and Communications
3.6.1    PCI/ISA Token Ring
3.6.2    Using netconfig
3.6.3    Using bind on a UNIX Domain (AF_UNIX) Socket
3.6.4    Changes to ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode)
3.6.4.1    Changes to ATM Startup Scripts
3.6.4.2    Digital Gigaswitch Interoperability
3.6.4.3    Support of NFS Locking over ATM
3.6.4.4    Restriction of Using atmsig down
3.6.5    SVR4 Streams IFNET Paradigm.
3.6.6    Orderly Release in XTI
3.6.7    Restarting the Network When Using Interface Aliases
3.6.8    Incorrect Error Message Using netsetup and rcinet
3.6.9    CDE's Static Dependency on the Network
3.7    Local Area Transport
3.7.1    Duplicate Minor Numbers and latsetup
3.7.2    CTRL/A Causes LAT tty to Change the Case of Characters
3.7.3    Simultaneous llogin Connections
3.7.4    LAT Kernel Module Is Dynamically Loadable
3.7.5    Group Codes Are Compatible with Version 2.0 LAT Driver
3.7.6    shutdown Command May Stall
3.8    File Systems
3.8.1    Changes in the mount Command for AdvFS
3.8.2    LSM Sparse Plexes May Erroneously Mask an I/O Failure
3.8.3    Restrictions with LSM root and swap Volumes
3.8.4    UFS Restriction
3.8.5    AdvFS Configuration
3.9    AdvFS and fsync
3.9.1    Using ACLs over NFS
3.9.2    ACL Size Limitations
3.9.3    POLYCENTER Advanced File System
3.9.3.1    Backward Compatability Problem with vdump and vrestore
3.9.3.2    Log Half Full Error
3.9.3.3    ACL Size Limitations
3.9.3.4    The verify -F Command Does Not Bypass Recovery
3.9.3.5    rmfset Command May Hang
3.9.3.6    AdvFS Sparse File Save and Restore
3.9.3.7    AdvFS Verifies Domain Volume Sizes
3.9.3.8    AdvFS Domain Panic
3.9.3.9    Possible Check and Repair Failure
3.9.3.10    Reusing AdvFS Partitions
3.9.3.11    Mounting UFS File System with AdvFS root
3.9.3.12    Disk Usage Information
3.9.3.13    Unique File Identifiers
3.9.3.14    NFS Server May Print Error Message on NFS Client Recovery
3.9.3.15    AdvFS Panic
3.9.4    Logical Volume Manager
3.9.5    Logical Storage Manager
3.9.5.1    Possible Problems Accessing Physical Block 0 with LSM
3.9.5.2    Using LSM with SWXCR-P(A/B) and SWXCR-E(A/B) RAID Controllers
3.9.5.3    Enabling LSM After Installation Requires Rebuilding the Kernel
3.9.5.4    The volrootmir Script Supports Only LUN 0 on HSZ
3.9.5.5    Boot Failures May Occur When Using LSM Volume rootvol for the root File System
3.9.5.6    Block Change Logging Subdisk Size Recommendation

4    Development Environment Notes
4.1    DEC Ada
4.2    Some C Library Functions Have Two Versions
4.3    Missing Debugger Information
4.4    Alternate Compiler Suite
4.4.1    Object File Address Reference Limit
4.5    DEC C -ifo Switch
4.6    XTI and TLI Libraries Are Thread-Safe
4.7    General Programming
4.7.1    Fortran Threaded Run-Time Library and Threads
4.7.2    Setting Break Points with dbx and ladebug
4.7.3    Setting Break Points with atom
4.7.4    Real Time
4.7.4.1    SA_SIGINFO Not Visible Under Certain Namespace Conditions
4.7.4.2    POSIX 1003.1b Synchronized I/O and File Truncation
4.7.4.3    fcntl() and F_GETFL with O_DSYNC File Status.
4.7.5    DECthreads (pthreads)
4.7.5.1    DECthreads Exception Handling
4.7.5.2    DECthreads Miscellaneous Routine Problems
4.7.5.3    DECThreads Signal Model Incompatibilities in Threaded Applications
4.7.5.4    dbx and DECthreads
4.7.5.5    Threaded Application Coding Errors
4.7.5.6    Missing Thread Routines
4.7.5.7    DECthreads Static Libraries
4.7.5.8    DECthreads System Cancellation Points
4.7.5.9    DECthreads and Forking
4.7.5.10    DECthreads and Real Time
4.7.5.11    DECthreads and Alpha Firmware Revisions
4.7.5.12    DECthreads and Signal Handling
4.7.6    Device Driver Example Files
4.7.7    Updating VMEbus Device Drivers

5    Window System Software Notes
5.1    Hardware Notes and Restrictions
5.1.1    PBXGB-AA Video Card
5.1.1.1    Procedure for Disabling X Server DMA
5.1.2    Qvision Graphics Display Error
5.2    X Servers
5.2.1    Limited Multiscreen Display Support with CDE
5.2.2    Keymap Interoperability Problem
5.2.3    Do Not Modify the keymaps.dir File
5.3    X Clients
5.3.1    X Window Colormap Resources
5.3.2    Manual Merge of DXnotepad Resource Definition File
5.3.3    Switching Locales in dxmail
5.3.4    Old X Environment
5.3.5    Demonstration Program dxmandel
5.4    CDE Clients
5.4.1    Remote Invocation of CDE File Manager dtfile
5.4.2    Autopause and Enhanced Security
5.4.3    dtmail and the Environment Variable MAILLOCKING
5.4.4    dtmail Disables Tooltalk Locking by Default
5.4.5    dtmail Row and Column Display
5.4.6    dtmail Attachments Are Not Included
5.4.7    dtmail Start-up
5.4.8    CDE's Static Dependency on the Network
5.4.9    xnlLanguage Resource Can Cause Problems with CDE
5.4.10    Possible Failure in the XOpenDisplay Call
5.5    Windows Programming
5.5.1    X11 Font Problem
5.6    Internationalization
5.6.1    Using Taiwanese EUC Codeset with Chinese DECterm Software
5.6.2    Backspace Key Not Supported in Asian Input
5.6.3    Transport Layer In Input Servers
5.6.4    Asian Multiscreen Support
5.6.5    Hanyu IM Server Support of EDPC Under zh_TW.big5 Locale
5.6.6    String Conversion and the ja_JP.SJIS Locale
5.6.7    Using Bookreader to Print Chinese and Korean Characters
5.6.8    Hebrew Editing Style
5.6.8.1    Cut and Paste Operation
5.6.9    Notepad Window Display and Input Style
5.6.10    Default Keyboard Mapping
5.6.11    Lithuanian and Slovene Language Support
5.6.11.1    Mnemonics in Lithuanian and Slovene DX Applications
5.6.11.2    DX Applications Integrated to CDE Desktop (Application Manager)
5.6.11.3    DX Applications Not Integrated into the CDE Desktop (Application Manager)
5.6.11.4    DX Applications Invoked from DXsession
5.6.11.5    Lithuanian Language Variant

6    Documentation Notes
6.1    General Information About the Documentation
6.1.1    Revised Documentation
6.1.2    List of Available Patches
6.1.3    Compressed PostScript Files
6.2    Reference Pages
6.2.1    webman Utility for Netscape
6.3    Device Driver Tutorial
6.4    Network Administration Manual
6.4.1    Section 4.2.2.2, "Verifying PPP Support in the Kernel" is Obsolete
6.4.2    Sections 4.2.3.1, 4.2.3.2, and 4.2.3.3 Are Obsolete
6.4.2.1    Establishing a PPP Dial-Out Connection
6.4.2.2    Establishing a PPP Dial-In Connection
6.5    System Administration Guide
6.5.1    Environmental Monitoring
6.5.2    User Definable Messages in Environmental Monitoring
6.6    Technical Overview
6.7    Assembly Language Programmer's Guide
6.8    DEC C Language Reference Manual
6.9    Online Help Volumes.
6.9.1    General Problems
6.9.2    Integration
6.9.3    Help Volumes by Application
6.10    Online PostScript Format Documentation
6.10.1    PostScript Manuals Replacing Online or Printed Volumes

A    Maximum System Limits
A.1    Maximum System Limits

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