SCO TechSTREET Newsletter, March 2008 , new hardware certifications, new technical support information, new software packages for SCO OpenServer and UnixWare


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Hardware related updates
Hardware certification - updated information in the SCO Hardware Database

The Primergy TX300-S4 SAS, RX300-S4 SAS and TX200-S4 SAS servers from Fujitsu Siemens Computers have been tested as compatible on OpenServer 6 and UnixWare 7.1.4.
Note: Bytec GmbH, a Fujitsu Siemens Technology Partner has done the Fujitsu Siemens certification.
In order to get further information and service contracts you need to contact Bytec GmbH directly via e-mail to sco@bytec.de
The Hewlett Packard ML150 G5 server has been certified for OpenServer 6 and UnixWare 7.1.4.

The Intel Quercus 5299UP (Intel S3200SHV) and Sequoia 7000R servers (Intel S7000FC4UR) have been certified for OpenServer 6.

Please use the SCO Hardware Database in order to get more details about SCO certified hardware.
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New technical articles - see the SCO TA database at the SCO webpage /ta
  • What HBA drivers are required to drive HP HBAs supported by OpenServer 6.0.0, OpenServer 5.0.7 and UnixWare 7.1.4 (TA126982)
  • Fujitsu Siemens PRIMERGY TX200-S4: how to get the SATA CD-DVD/ROM drive to be recognized by SCO OpenServer 6.0.0 and UnixWare 7.1.4 ? (TA127002)
  • What is the updated wd (3.0) driver supplement for OpenServer 5.0.7 ? (TA127005)
    • the updated wd driver with enhanced IDE and S-ATA support is available here
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New software supplements
Updated wd driver (3.0) for OpenServer 5.0.7
A new version of the wd driver for IDE and S-ATA disks can be found in the SCO Support Download area. (Readme)

Security Supplement p534336 - the UnixWare 7 OpenSSH Denial Of Service patch
is available for download at the SCO Support Download area. (README) See the technical article TA 126974 in the SCO Knowledge Center for further details.

various Java Updates for SCO UNIX available
The following updated Java packages are available for download in the SCO Support Download area:
Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Update 15 for OpenServer 6.0.0 and UnixWare 7.1.4
Java 2, Standard Edition (J2SE) 1.4.2_17 for OpenServer 6.0.0, UnixWare7.1.4 and OpenServer 5.0.7
Java 2, Standard Edition (J2SE) 1.3.1_22 for UnixWare 7.1.4,OpenServer 5.0.7 and UnixWare 7.1.3
Apache 2 Update for OpenServer 6
SCO is pleased to announce the availability of Apache 2 for OpenServer 6.0.0 with Maintenance Pack 3 installed. The software will be available very soon for free download from the SCO Support Download area.

The Software is made up of 3 components that should be installed in the following order:
1. PostgreSQL 8.2.3Dc for OpenServer 6
2. Apache 2.2.6Cb for OpenServer 6
3. OSS709A, the OpenServer 6 DocView Update for Apache 2

Updated Skunkware components:

Eclipse - integrated development environment for OpenServer 6
Eclipse is available as a packaged Skunkware package at: ftp://ftp2.sco.com/pub/skunkware/osr6/vols/eclipse-3.3.1Sc-VOLS.tar
A README for Eclipse is available at:ftp://ftp2.sco.com/pub/skunkware/osr6/vols/eclipse-3.3.1-README
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An updated version of SugarSuite (CRM Suite) for OpenServer 6.0.0 has been posted at:
ftp://ftp2.sco.com/pub/skunkware/osr6/vols/SugarSuite-5.0.0bSa-VOLS.cpio
A README describing hot to install this Skunkware release is available at:
ftp://ftp2.sco.com/pub/skunkware/osr6/vols/SugarSuite-5.0.0-README
An updated version of mtools (MS-dos tools) for OpenServer 6.0.0 and UnixWare 7.1.4 has been posted at:
ftp://ftp2.sco.com/pub/skunkware/osr6/vols/mtools-3.9.11Sb-VOLS.cpio
 and
 ftp://ftp2.sco.com/pub/skunkware/uw7/Packages/mtools-3.9.11.pkg

An updated MToolsFM package (GUI for mtools) for OpenServer 6 is available at:
ftp://ftp2.sco.com/pub/skunkware/osr6/vols/MToolsFM-1.9.3Sa-VOLS.cpio
The related Readme Files can be found at:
ftp://ftp2.sco.com/pub/skunkware/osr6/vols/MToolsFM-1.9.3-README
 ftp://ftp2.sco.com/pub/skunkware/osr6/vols/mtools-3.9.11-README
 and ftp://ftp2.sco.com/pub/skunkware/uw7/Packages/mtools-3.9.11-README

sudo 1.6.9 available as Skunkware package for OpenServer 6
An updated version of sudo for OpenServer 6.0.0 has been posted at:
ftp://ftp2.sco.com/pub/skunkware/osr6/vols/sudo-1.6.9p5Sb-VOLS.cpio

Sudo allows a system administrator to delegate authority to give certain users or groups the ability to run commands as root or another user while providing an audit trail of the commands and their arguments.
A README describing how to install this Skunkware release is available at:
ftp://ftp2.sco.com/pub/skunkware/osr6/vols/sudo-1.6.9-README

Performance monitoring tool top (3.7) available as Skunkware package for OpenServer 6
A native port of top is available for OpenServer 6. There have been UnixWare versions available that you could have used on OpenServer 6 before, but we recommend to use this port to OpenServer 6 if you run it on OpenServer 6.
top is an alternative to the system tool rtpm (real time performance monitor) that is shipped with OpenServer 6.
ftp://ftp2.sco.com/pub/skunkware/osr6/vols/top-3.7Sa-VOLS.cpio
The README describing installation and use is at:
ftp://ftp2.sco.com/pub/skunkware/osr6/vols/top-3.7-README
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Ruby on Rails - web development framework for OpenServer 6
Ruby on Rails (aka Rails or RoR) is a web development framework and is available as a set of Skunkware packages for OpenServer 6.
(ftp://ftp2.sco.com/pub/skunkware/osr6/vols/Ruby/ )
A Readme File describes the components and installation dependencies.
from the Readme:
Files in ftp://ftp2.sco.com/pub/skunkware/osr6/vols/Ruby/ are cpio archives of media images of Ruby related packages suitable for installation with the SCO Software Manager (/etc/custom).
These packages have been developed and tested on SCO OpenServer 6 with Maintenance Pack 3.
First install the ruby package (currently ruby-1.8.6Sg-VOLS.cpio) then rubygems (currently rubygems-0.9.4Sc-VOLS.cpio).

Rails development and deployment can then be accomplished by installing the rails package (currently rails-1.2.5Sc-VOLS.cpio). Rails application deployment can be facilitated with the use of Capistrano (capistrano-2.1.0Sb-VOLS.cpio) and the rails plugin tool Rapt (rapt-0.2.2Sc-VOLS.cpio).

After installing ruby and rubygems the remaining packages have the following dependencies:
FXRuby depends on fox and fxscintilla
RMagick depends on ImageMagick
erubis depends on abstract
fxscintilla depends on fox
kdevelop depends on KDE3 (Maintenance Pack 3)
modruby depends on Apache (Maintenance Pack 3)
mongrel depends on fastthread
rubygtk2 depends on gwxlibs (Maintenance Pack 3)
rubypgsql depends on pgsql (Maintenance Pack 3)
rubysqlite3 depends on sqlite3
typo depends on sqlite3
wxGTK depends on gwxlibs (Maintenance Pack 3)
wxruby depends on wxGTK
Note: Skunkware software packages are unsupported. Any questions about Skunkware software should be directed to the skunkware email alias. (skunkware@sco.com)

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