Hello! Gary which release of Slackware Linux was this? I've found that SIMH properly builds on all releases from 7.2 (Which was only released as a Snap Shot Disk from the time of the first shows) all the way the 14.1. I only needed to figure out how to update the LibCap library so that networking would work properly once that arrived not too long ago. As an aside I moved away from trying to build it here on this laptop running 14.2 64bit, because networking requires a fixed connection, not WiFi. ----- Gregg C Levine gregg.drw...@gmail.com "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 11:11 AM, Gary Lee Phillips <tivo.ov...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the very clear answer, Mark. > > I followed your instructions and the 4.0-0 beta built in minutes. Last time > I tried to build Simh myself, it took several frustrating days of patching > the makefile and changing references. That was on Slackware Linux and > several versions back of both the environment and Simh. So thanks ever so > much to the developers who have continued to enhance and tune this package. > It is brilliantly done. > > Now the even better news. The vax3900/vax module in 4.0-0 beta does not have > the segmentation fault I encountered with 3.8-1. OpenBSD 5.7 is able to ftp > and sftp transfer in and out without any complaints. So thank you again to > whoever it was that found and fixed that problem. > > --Gary > > > > On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 1:50 AM, Mark Pizzolato <m...@infocomm.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Gary, >> >> On Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at 5:29 AM, Gary Lee Phillips wrote: >> > I am running VAX 3.8-1 on a 64-bit Linux system. It performs well >> > with OpenVMS as the operating system. But when I try to run it >> > with OpenBSD 5.7 there are issues. >> > >> > The base system installs and boots correctly. But in order to bring >> > in tools such as language compilers or editors, it is necessary to >> > use ftp or sftp. I cannot get these to transfer anything because the >> > moment a transfer starts, no matter which mode or direction or >> > whether the transfer is initiated from within OpenBSD or from the >> > outside, an immediate segmentation fault occurs. This appears to >> > be within the SimH code itself, and not on OpenBSD. >> >> That would certainly seem to be the case. Simulator crashes >> definitely should be fixed. 3.8-1 was released some 8 years ago, >> and 3.9 was some 6 years ago. Both are way behind the current >> code base located at https://github.com/simh/simh/ downloadable >> as https://github.com/simh/simh/archive/master.zip >> >> > The same SimH VAX environment running OpenVMS 7.3 can >> > perform transfers over ethernet without any apparent issues. >> >> This is a useful data point. >> >> > I have tried running SimH in supervisor mode or in user mode, >> > same results. Also same results whether the transfer is initiated >> > by root or by a normal user account. >> >> I wouldn't expect you to be able to run the simulator as non-root >> and have Ethernet functionality... >> >> > The ethernet connection itself seems to be working. Telnet >> > connections function normally, and ftp or sftp will pass directory >> > information and accept commands, but file transfers fail. >> > >> > I guess I could try another version of OpenBSD. Upgrading SimH >> > is also possible but a bit more daunting since 3.8 is what is offered >> > as current on my Linux distro. (Linux Mint 18 "Sarah" 64 bit generic >> > 4.4.0-97) >> >> It really isn't particularly daunting: >> >> First, you'll need the following: >> >> $ sudo apt install libpcap-dev >> Then: >> $ wget https://github.com/simh/simh/archive/master.zip >> $ unzip master.zip >> $ cd simh-master >> $ make vax >> $# Start the newly built simulator: >> $ BIN/vax >> >> >> If you see any sort of segmentation fault, there is a problem that needs >> fixing, and I'll be glad to address it. If you have a problem please >> create >> an issue at https://github.com/simh/simh/issues >> >> - Mark > > > > _______________________________________________ > Simh mailing list > Simh@trailing-edge.com > http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh _______________________________________________ Simh mailing list Simh@trailing-edge.com http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh
