Article Title           : tips
Creation Date           : February 4, 1993
Author			: unknown
Last Update		: 6-1-93
Last Update By		: NCD Technical Support
Relevence		: SPARC systems running Sun Solaris 2 or later.
Expiration		: This file will be updated when Solaris 2 is better
			: understood.  Solaris/Intel tips may be added.
Location		: NCD-Articles/Host_Systems/Solaris
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	Tips for Sun Solaris 2
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Contents
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1.	Running pre Solaris 2 binaries
2.	Which XDM to run?


Articles
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1.	Running pre Solaris 2 binaries

Binaries from Sun operating systems prior to Solaris 2 (for example
SunOS 4, Solaris 1) will, in general, run under Solaris 2, provided
they are dynamically linked.

Note that this is not the case with NCD supplied Sun binaries from
NCDware 2.4.7 tapes (and earlier).  These binaries were statically
linked, hence they WILL NOT WORK on Solaris 2 systems.

NCD is preparing Solaris 2 versions of all the Sun binaries from the
NCDware distribution,  please contact technical support if you require
these.


2.	Which XDM to run?

When installing XDM on the Solaris 2 SPARC platform, make sure that you
run the correct version.  The XDM that NCD supplies on the NCDware 2.4.7
distribution will not run because it is statically linked.  The XDM that
Sun supplied for OpenWindows 3 on Solaris 1 (SunOS 4.1.2) will run,
but it will not work correctly.

The correct binary can be identified by using the size(1) command.  When
using the correct binary, size should report the following numbers:

alves% size /usr/bin/X11/xdm
text    data    bss     dec     hex
65536   16384   0       81920   14000
alves%


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