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- From: david@dynamix.com (David L Jarvis)
- Subject: mscreen patch
- Organization: SOFTWARE / DYNAMIX
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- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 7:23:03 EDT
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- Below is a technical writeup for patching the mscreen binary for 2.3.4
- It was sent to me by Bela Lubkin of SCO Support. I worked with Bela when
- 2.3.4 first came out to isolate this problem, but because I had an easy
- workaround (similiar to the one described in the FAQ put out by Chip) I
- never followed up with Bela's solution. Recently I came to realize that I
- needed a better way to fix the problem, so I'm posting this technical note
- for any others who might be doing something similiar with mscreen.
- Briefly, what I do is set up "phantom" users on ports that are to have
- mscreens, that do nothing but execute mscreen (ie: a user named ttyi1a on
- port ttyi1a, using the AUTO keyword in gettydefs). This has the effect of
- mscreen being active on any port *all the time* (and users not having to
- run it themselves). This way a ttyi1a port looks and feels just like the
- console multiscreens (with a bit of other tweaking that is :-) ).
- The desire to use "exec mscreen -s -n 3" in the .profile for
- these accounts is what lead me to find a better solution than
- mine and the one in the FAQ. If anybody would like additional information
- about this, please feel free to send me email.
-
- PS: Chip, how about putting this in the FAQ? (since it comes direct from
- SCO, and not from some magazine :-) )
-
- > =============================================================================
- >
- > The display is garbled only when I run mscreen.
- >
- > RELEASE: SCO XENIX 386 Operating System Release 2.3.4
- > SCO UNIX System V/386 Release 3.2 Operating System Version 2.0
- >
- > PROBLEM: mscreen(M) seems to work correctly, but the output of certain
- > applications is somewhat garbled, as if the terminal is losing
- > characters.
- >
- > CAUSE: The mscreen(M) program which is supplied with SCO XENIX 386
- > Operating System Release 2.3.4 and with SCO UNIX System V/386
- > Release 3.2 Operating System Version 2.0 identifies itself as
- > "mscreen rev VIII". This version of mscreen disables the
- > "ixon" stty(C) setting of the serial port on which it is run.
- > For instance, if you are logged into tty1a and run mscreen,
- > tty1a is now set to "-ixon". This prevents the terminal from
- > sending XON/XOFF flow control signals to the system. Many
- > terminals cannot handle full speed input during certain
- > operations (such as clearing the screen). If they are unable
- > to pause the system, they lose characters.
- >
- > mscreen does turn on the "ixon" setting of the pseudo-ttys
- > that it uses. This allows the user to pause output, but
- > there is a significant amount of latency. That is, after
- > hitting <Ctrl>-S, the system may output as much as half a
- > screen before stopping.
- >
- > The version of mscreen that is supplied with SCO XENIX 386
- > Operating System Release 2.3.2 identifies itself as "mscreen
- > rev VII". It does not turn off "ixon".
- >
- > If "ixon" is enabled on the serial port tty, flow control
- > characters are handled quickly by the serial port driver,
- > allowing the terminal to modulate the flow of information.
- > If it is only enabled on the pseudo-ttys, the terminal can
- > still do this, but the system's response to flow control is
- > slow enough that characters will be lost unless the terminal
- > has a large input buffer.
- >
- > SOLUTION: A workaround is to note the name of your serial tty. After
- > starting mscreen and logging in, turn "ixon" back on for that
- > tty. In the following example, the user first determines her
- > serial tty name. She then runs mscreen, logs in, and re-enables
- > "ixon" for the serial tty.
- >
- > $ tty
- > /dev/tty1a
- > $ mscreen -n 2
- > mscreen rev VIII
- > who is Shift-F7
- > help is Shift-F8
- > stop is Shift-F9
- > quit is Shift-F10
- > ttyp0 is Shift-F1
- > ttyp1 is Shift-F2
- >
- > test!login: jdoe
- > Password:
- >
- > $ stty ixon < /dev/tty1a
- >
- > A more permanent solution is to patch the mscreen(M) program.
- > To do this, take the following steps:
- >
- > 1. Make a copy of the program:
- >
- > # copy -om /usr/bin/mscreen /usr/bin/mscreen.orig
- >
- > 2. Apply the patch with /etc/_fst. There are two patches,
- > depending on your operating system release:
- >
- > FOR SCO XENIX 2.3.4:
- >
- > # /etc/_fst -w /usr/bin/mscreen
- > * 3f:1233?w 400
- > 0x3f:0x1233: 0x0= 0x400
- > * $q
- >
- > FOR SCO UNIX System V Release 3.2 Version 2.0:
- >
- > # /etc/_fst -w /usr/bin/mscreen
- > * 17:2327?w 400
- > 0x17:0x2327: 0x0= 0x400
- > * $q
- >
- > 3. If you believe that you have incorrectly applied the
- > patch, or if the patched version of mscreen does not
- > seem to solve the problem, you can replace it with the
- > original, unpatched version which was saved in step 1:
- >
- > # copy -om /usr/bin/mscreen.orig /usr/bin/mscreen
- >
- > SEE ALSO: mscreen(M), termio(M)
- >
-
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