The SCO Group
Volume 12, SCO techSTREET Newsletter 2008 Sep-2008

 Dear SCO Partner
 Attached is our latest SCO techSTREET Newsletter. If you have any  questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch with us.

MP4 Beta, Firefox and Thunderbird available for OpenServer 6, new hardware certifications, new TAs

A BETA version of Maintenance Pack 4 (MP4) for OpenServer 6 is available for testing. Please get in touch with us, if you like to start testing the upcoming update for OpenServer 6.

SCO is pleased to announce the release of Mozilla® Firefox® version 2.0.0.16 for OpenServer 6.0.0. This supplement is available in the SCO Support Download area.
SCO is pleased to also announce the release of Mozilla® Thunderbird® version 2.0.0.16 for OpenServer 6.0.0.

SCO is pleased to announce the certification of the HP ProLiant ML310 G5 on all supported SCO Operating Systems. Check the SCO Hardware database for details. (SCO website/chwp)

We do get requests about modern notebooks that have been tested with SCO Operating Systems.
We have recently tested 2 Asus notebooks and provided documentation about how to install them. The F8Vr model is based on the Intel Mobile Centrino 2 CPU. Please note, that these models have been tested as "compatible" and are not supported from SCO or Asus. Notebooks are tested in terms of installation, networking and graphics. Features like advanced powermanagement or wireless LAN are not supported or have not been tested.

ASUS F8SN (T9300,2.5Ghz) for OpenServer 6.0.0 , OpenServer 5.0.7 and UnixWare 7.1.4.

ASUS F8Vr(P8400,2.26Ghz) for OpenServer 6.0.0 and OpenServer 5.0.7
Check the SCO Hardware database for details. (SCO website/chwp)

Please check the following TAs for detailed installation instructions, especially for getting OpenServer 5.0.7 installed on those Laptops: 127056, 127085, 127088, 127089, 127094


New or updated technical articles(TA's) can be found at the SCO Knowledge Center (SCO website/ta)
Some interesting TAs for example are:
  • What commands are available at the boot prompt?-TA127040
  • How can I install OpenServer 5.0.7 on my ASUS F8VSeries (F8Vr) Laptop? - TA127094
  • How can SCO product users report suspected bugs and/or obtain Support? TA107235
Read these special "Informix on OpenServer 6" TAs:
We have tested legacy versions of Informix for OpenServer 5 on OpenServer 6. The tests have been successful and we have posted a series of TAs with detailed instructions:
  • How do I install my legacy Informix v7.31 database on OpenServer 6 - TA127003
  • TA 127100 - How can I install the INFORMIX-4GL Version 7.20.UE2 on my OpenServer 6.0.0 system?
  • TA 127099 - I get "internal conversion of COFF file to ELF" messages when compiling my Informix 4GL application on OpenServer 6.0.0
  • TA 127098 - I get UX:ld: ERROR: library not found:-lnsl_s when compiling my Informix application on OpenServer 6.0.0
  • TA127097 - New - UX:ld: ERROR: cannot open file/u/informix/lib/tools/nettlistub.a for reading: No such file or directory
  • TA127096 - UX:ld: ERROR: lib4gl.a(fglesql.o): cannot link OpenServer object into Intel iABI (UDK ABI) target

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The SCO Group
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