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In article <1992Oct14.070150.10027@news.uni-stuttgart.de>, wnkretz@ikesg1.energietechnik.uni-stuttgart.de (Oliver Kretzschmar) writes:
>
>   Hey,
>
>   we have problems with vi editor on a NFS mounted filesystem.
>   The editor vi crashes, if we want to edit a file on the
>   mounted filesystem, with the following error message :
>
>    "testfile.txt" pid 259 (vi) was on an unaligned access, at pc 0x416f84
>
>   The filesystem was exported from a CRAY YMP.

This sounds a lot like something for which there is a patch.  Please
contact your local Customer Support Center or local office.  The
SPR number associated with the patch is ipo04592.

>       Oliver
>
>-- 
> NAME : O.Kretzschmar
>
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Alan Rollow				alan@nabeth.cxo.dec.com

In article <1992Oct14.070150.10027@news.uni-stuttgart.de> wnkretz@ikesg1.energietechnik.uni-stuttgart.de (Oliver Kretzschmar) writes:
>   we have problems with vi editor on a NFS mounted filesystem.
>   The editor vi crashes, if we want to edit a file on the
>   mounted filesystem, with the following error message :
>
>    "testfile.txt" pid 259 (vi) was on an unaligned access, at pc 0x416f84
>
>   The filesystem was exported from a CRAY YMP. We use a DECstation 5000/120
>   running Ultrix 4.2. Could somebody help me to solve the problem ?
>   Please mail me your informations.
>

You will need to get in touch with your Digital sales/support person,
and ask them for the RISC/ULTRIX 4.2 patch for the following:

	/usr/ucb/ex
	/usr/lib/ex3.7perserve
	/usr/lib/ex3.7recover

The patch tape is dated March 23, 1992

"vi core dumps when attempting to vi a large file from an nfs mounted
file system from a CRAY.

The problem is vi doesn't check if the line buffer size is over the 8k
limit.  (the maximum size that ULTRIX vi can handle is 8k)  Normally,
this line buffer size (bsize) is set to the optional blocksize for the
fuile system io ops (st_blksize) which in the case is 32k on the CRAY
system."

I would send it to you, but I do not have them on-line, only the printed
Release Notes, in lap :-)


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>>>>> "Kurt" == Kurt Reisler <klr@umbc4.umbc.edu> writes:

Kurt> In article <1992Oct14.070150.10027@news.uni-stuttgart.de> wnkretz@ikesg1.energietechnik.uni-stuttgart.de (Oliver Kretzschmar) writes:
>   we have problems with vi editor on a NFS mounted filesystem.
>   The editor vi crashes, [...]

Kurt> You will need to get in touch with your Digital sales/support person,
Kurt> and ask them for the RISC/ULTRIX 4.2 patch for the following:

Kurt> 	/usr/ucb/ex
Kurt> 	/usr/lib/ex3.7perserve
Kurt> 	/usr/lib/ex3.7recover

Kurt> The patch tape is dated March 23, 1992

Instead of going through all the hassle of asking for a patch tape,
waiting for it, etc, why don't you just try GNU elvis? It's available
from prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu and it compiles right out of the box
under Ultrix 4.2.

-rw-r--r--   1 spa      ftp        328687 Oct  5 18:21 elvis-1.6.tar.Z

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