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Subject: Dyna text online browser works now
From: Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV administrator <owner-LISTSERV@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 09:57:03 -0400
Dyna text online browser works now.

Thanks for the help.



Leslie Clark wrote:

> I think you might also get that result if you neglect to source the
> Tivoli environment before running dtext. The data file it is looking
> for should be in a tivoli directory.  In the window where you are
> trying to start dtext, do ' .   /etc/Tivoli/setup_env.sh  ' (note the
> dot-space).  A good way to have this sourced all of the time is to
> set this up in the user's $HOME directory:
>
> .dtprofile: UNcomment the line at the bottom about sourcing the profile
> (if you are using the Common Desktop Environment)
> PLUS
> .profile: put in this line:
>      export ENV=$HOME/.kshrc
> PLUS
> .kshrc: Put in these lines
>      export PATH=/usr........ (whatever you usually have, starting with what
>           is in /etc/environment; this resets it so it doesn't keep growing)
>      .    /etc/Tivoli/setup_env.sh    (notice the dot-space)
>
> If you have done everything right, you can pass these test:
>  1) dtext works from the commandline and the Netview books show up.
>  2) selecting help from various dialogs on the Netview map menus
>       launches dtext, then opens the right book to the right page.
>
> Cordially,
>
> Leslie A. Clark
> IBM Global Services - Systems Mgmt & Networking
>
> Wenlong Wang  wrote:
>
> I just installed Dyna text online browser and books on the TME 10
> NetView Server (Version 5). Unfortunately, I can not start Dyna text
> online browser.
>
> I tried to type the command: 'dtext' on a terminal. But it failed.  It
> output the following information:
>
>     Can't find config file '.ebtrc'
>     Your .ebtrc does not point to a valid DATA_DIR
>
> I also tried to get help information from the NetVIew Help Menu bar. But
> a small GUI showed the following information forever:
>
>     Starting Dialog_popup....
>
> I did not install Tivoli/Dynatext Browser Patch as instructed in the
> book, because there is no such Ptach in the TME 10 NetView CD-ROM
> (Version 5.1).  Instead, the CD-ROM contains Dyna Text Online Browser
> So I installed it
> ________________________________________________________________________________
> _____
>
> Wenlong,
>
> I just went through the same thing installing the Dynatext browser and books.
> I'm not sure if my fix will
> work for you but check it out. I'll copy the text for what to do from the PMR 
> I
> opened on the problem.
>
> SUPPORT RESPONSE:
>                    It does appear to be the problem I first suspected. The
>
>                    /etc/group file has a group with a large number of members
>
>                    (staff). The nvbooks installation performs a grep on
>
>                    /etc/groups to obtain information about the system group
>
>                    prior to issuing a chgrp (to ensure we can update a file
>
>                    later in the installation). Even though it isn't the line
>
>                    we are after, the grep command is failing because a single
>
>                    line in the file contains more than 2048 characters, a
>
>                    limitation of the grep command. APAR IX86684 is open on
>
>                    this problem and it will be fixed in the next release of
>
>                    NetView.
>
>                    .
>
>                    In the meantime, we have no way to alter the installation
>
>                    script ahead of time to prevent this problem. The only
>
>                    known workaround at this time is to backup the /etc/group
>
>                    file and temporarily replace it with a copy that does not
>
>                    include the staff group line (or a much shorter copy). This
>
>                    should need to be done only long enough to install the
>
>                    NetView books, then the group file restored with the
>
>                    original. The books install should take only a minute or
>
>                    so.
>
>                    .
>
>                    Please let me know if this works for you. The grep failure
>
>                    is early in the install, which accounts for there being no
>
>                    NV_1_0_4_BIN flag file to have to delete. You should be
>
>                    able to simply try the books installation after making the
>
>                    /etc/group change.
> ______________________________________________________________
> I hope this helps. Let me know if it does.
>
> Michael Jaedike - Software Analyst
> Venator Group Inc.


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