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Irix infosearch help and network setup - anderswk - 10-22-2018

Hi,

I'm having some trouble getting the following items in the "Help" menu to work:

Help/Infosearch
Help/Online Books
Help/Man Pages
Help/Release Notes

I assume these require apache to be running?  If so, the issue is probably that apache is not configured properly.

So far I have changed /etc/hosts to use a static IP and my chkconfig is:

Quote:appletalk            off
array                off
autoconfig_ipaddress on
cesag                off
desktop              on
esp                  off
fcagent              off
fontserver           off
gated                off
ipaliases            on
ldap                 off
lp                   on
mediad               on
mrouted              off
named                off
nds                  off
neko_ldap            off
neko_sshd            on
network              on
netwr_client         off
noiconlogin          off
nostickytmp          off
ns_admin             off
ns_fasttrack         off
nsd                  on
ntp                  off
pmcd                 on
pmie                 off
privileges           on
proclaim_relayagent  off
proclaim_server      off
proxymngr            off
quickpage            off
rarpd                off
routed               off
rsvpd                off
rtmond               on
rwhod                off
sar                  off
savecore             on
sdpd                 off
sendmail             on
sendmail_cf          on
sesdaemon            off
sesinetd             on
sgi_apache           on
snetd                on
soundscheme          on
sshd                 off
sysevent             on
tfxd                 off
timed                on
timeslave            off
ts                   off
verbose              on
visuallogin          on
vswap                off
webface              off
webface_apache       on
windowsystem         on
xdm                  on 

During boot I see the following errors:

Warning: Internet Gateway web server running as root.
/var/sgi_apache/httpd-gate/sbin/apache_ctl start: httpd could not be started

Are the settings sgi_apache=on, webface=off, and webface_apache=on correct?

What else do I need to do to setup apache correctly?

Should I disable autoconfig_ipaddress since I am not using DHCP?

Thanks!

-- Anders

RE: Irix infosearch help and network setup - gijoe77 - 10-23-2018

what version of IRIX are you using? what happens when you type "infosearch" ? (Maybe create a new user account and try it - see what the options are depending on what version of IRIX your using)

RE: Irix infosearch help and network setup - jan-jaap - 10-23-2018

(10-22-2018, 06:49 PM)anderswk Wrote:  During boot I see the following errors:

Warning: Internet Gateway web server running as root.
/var/sgi_apache/httpd-gate/sbin/apache_ctl start: httpd could not be started

Are the settings sgi_apache=on, webface=off, and webface_apache=on correct?

On my Origin 350, which has working Infosearch, I have:

Code:
sgi_apache     on
webface        off
webface_apache off

IIRC (but it's been years), webface was a way to create a small personal website served up from your workstation. You could also stream Indycam footage over the net. Somewhat interesting in the days of university networks without firewalls, but not something you want these days.

It looks like your sgi_apache has problems to launch. This could be because webface_apache is already bound to port 80. The logs should tell you what's going on.


(10-22-2018, 06:49 PM)anderswk Wrote:  Should I disable autoconfig_ipaddress since I am not using DHCP?

I didn't bother and it still works. I use static IP assignment.

RE: Irix infosearch help and network setup - anderswk - 10-23-2018

I'm using 6.5.22m.

Running infosearch opens netscape, which then complains that the server can't be found.  Infosearch -n works, but that just opens the static html pages directly from disk.

I'll try with another user tonight.

RE: Irix infosearch help and network setup - BrainStorm - 10-23-2018

I believe this may be the exact same problem Sabra and I encountered recently setting up her Octane2 with a fresh install of 6.5.23m. Eventually, between the two of us playing with things, she came to me and said her desktop had disappeared. Upon restart it did a memory dump at shutdown, and went into a continuous rolling error at boot time.

I was following a path of 'it's a DNS resolve problem' until I tried to open a man page. I was concluding that from searching the net until Google's servers started smoking; a LOT of people with what appears to be similar, if not same, issue. [historically]

I will be starting with a fresh install today, but going to just go for 6.5.30m from the get go. Will keep tabs, and update if I find anything helpful in my endeavor. Good luck Anderswk.

One thought I have: When I installed 6.5.23, I did not have an ethernet cable plugged in. I noticed a couple things set different than what I remembered. So, does having a live ethernet connection at time of install, dictate default settings in chkconfig or elsewhere?

RE: Irix infosearch help and network setup - anderswk - 10-23-2018

So I managed to get it working.

I turned off webface as suggested.

For some reason the apache configuration files in /var/sgi_apache/httpd-outbox/etc, such as httpd.conf, were empty.  Luckily there were backup files in the same folder, so I just used those, and restarted apache and then it worked.

Thanks  Smile