[Info-vax] Update to TCP/IP problem with Alpha VMS 8.4

[vmsmangler at earthlink.net]

On Apr 5, 2:38 pm, Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderh... at telia.com>
wrote:
> vmsmang... at earthlink.net wrote 2012-04-05 22:21:
>
> > Here is the reaponse to Jan-Erik's reply:
>
> Hi. Sorry if I was a bit "short" earlier, but I usualy (and
> I know others too) find hard output better then rewritten
> descriptions of something. :-)
>
> > COUGAR$ tcpip show ver
>
> >    HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Alpha Version V5.7
> >    on an AlphaServer DS20 500 MHz running OpenVMS V8.4
>
> OK. My system says :
>
> $ tcpip sh ver
>
>    HP TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Alpha Version V5.7 - ECO 3
>    on an AlphaServer DS25 running OpenVMS V8.4
>
> $
>
> Are you able to goto ECO 3 ?
> No idea if that "solves" anything of course, it's just
> a thought. There is usualy no reason *not* to apply ECO's.
> I upgraded to 8.4 a few weeks ago on my DS25, and as far
> as I remember 5.7 ECO3 was the kit on the CD's (the CD's
> distributed from HP lately).
>
> So you are using both telnet and LPD as transport for
> your queues?
>
> But as Kenneth wrote, I'd not bother about the queueus
> until after PING works. :-)
>
> Jan-Erik.
>
>
>
> > COUGAR$ sho que/fu sys$laserjet
> > Printer queue SYS$LASERJET, idle, on COUGAR::"tcpip
> > $queue:syslaserjet",
> > mounted form LETTER
> >    <HP LaserJet 2100M>
> >    /BASE_PRIORITY=4 /DEFAULT=(FEED,FORM=LETTER) /LIBRARY=LASERLIB
> > Lowercase
> >    /OWNER=[SYSTEM] /PROCESSOR=TCPIP$TELNETSYM /NO_INITIAL_FF
> >    /PROTECTION=(S:M,O:D,G:R,W:S) /SCHEDULE=(NOSIZE)
>
> > COUGAR$ sho que/fu syslaserjet
> > Server queue SYSLASERJET, idle, on COUGAR::, mounted form DEFAULT
> >    /BASE_PRIORITY=4 /DEFAULT=(FEED,FORM=DEFAULT) Lowercase /
> > OWNER=[SYSTEM]
> >    /PROCESSOR=TCPIP$LPD_SMB /PROTECTION=(S:M,O:D,G:R,W:S) /RETAIN=ERROR
>
> > And here is the response a few minutes later:
>
> > COUGAR$ sho que *laserjet
> > Printer queue SYS$LASERJET, idle, on COUGAR::"tcpip
> > $queue:syslaserjet",
> > mounted form LETTER
> >    <HP LaserJet 2100M>
>
> > Server queue SYSLASERJET, busy, on COUGAR::, mounted form DEFAULT
>
> >    Entry  Jobname         Username     Blocks  Status
> >    -----  -------         --------     ------  ------
> >       30  TCPIP           SYSTEM            2  Processing
> > COUGAR$
> > LPD Retrying failed job: TCPIP Number: 30 User: SYSTEM Status: %SYSTEM-
> > F-TIMEOUT
> > , device timeout
>
> > COUGAR$ sho que/fu *laserjet
> > Printer queue SYS$LASERJET, idle, on COUGAR::"tcpip
> > $queue:syslaserjet",
> > mounted form LETTER
> >    <HP LaserJet 2100M>
> >    /BASE_PRIORITY=4 /DEFAULT=(FEED,FORM=LETTER) /LIBRARY=LASERLIB
> > Lowercase
> >    /OWNER=[SYSTEM] /PROCESSOR=TCPIP$TELNETSYM /NO_INITIAL_FF
> >    /PROTECTION=(S:M,O:D,G:R,W:S) /SCHEDULE=(NOSIZE)
>
> > Server queue SYSLASERJET, idle, on COUGAR::, mounted form DEFAULT
> >    /BASE_PRIORITY=4 /DEFAULT=(FEED,FORM=DEFAULT) Lowercase /
> > OWNER=[SYSTEM]
> >    /PROCESSOR=TCPIP$LPD_SMB /PROTECTION=(S:M,O:D,G:R,W:S) /RETAIN=ERROR
>
> >    Entry  Jobname         Username     Blocks  Status
> >    -----  -------         --------     ------  ------
> >       30  TCPIP           SYSTEM            2  Holding until  5-
> > APR-2012 13:05:09
> >           Submitted  5-APR-2012 12:58:55.07 /FORM=DEFAULT /PRIORITY=100
> >           File: _COUGAR$DRA0:[SYS0.TCPIP$LPD]TCPIP$TELNETSYM_TEMP_1.DAT;
> > 53
> >               /DELETE
>
> > Bill LaCounte
>
> > PS: I may not be able to reply more today. I have to prepare to leave
> > town for 2 weeks. I will have access to the newsgroup using my
> > daughters iPad though.

The only patch that HP listed with the ISO file was this:
OPENVMS_ALPHA_8_4_UPDATE500.ZIP

I did install the patch (along with the PCSI patch) and neither had
any effect.

Bill