Re: forwarded message from Mike Dowling
Andy Norman (ange@hplb.hpl.hp.com)
Wed, 28 Sep 1994 13:10:21 +0100
Michael writes:
> For some reason this bug report cannot be sent from my linux box. Ping
> responds with:
> PING cuckoo.hpl.hp.com (15.144.62.116): 56 data bytes
> and trace route with
> traceroute to cuckoo.hpl.hp.com (15.144.62.116), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
> 1 ciscobs.rz.tu-bs.de (134.169.246.1) 3 ms 3 ms 3 ms
> 2 Duesseldorf1.WiN-IP.DFN.DE (188.1.132.254) 955 ms 2028 ms 1603 ms
> 3 ipgate2.win-ip.dfn.de (193.174.74.46) 850 ms 161 ms 155 ms
> 4 usgate.win-ip.dfn.de (193.174.74.65) 169 ms 257 ms 256 ms
> 5 pppl-frg.es.net (192.188.33.9) 292 ms 380 ms 307 ms
> 6 umd2-pppl2.es.net (134.55.12.162) 762 ms 770 ms 685 ms
> 7 192.41.177.235 (192.41.177.235) 1645 ms 827 ms 2514 ms
> 8 38.1.2.4 (38.1.2.4) 2225 ms 861 ms 1009 ms
> 9 38.4.222.5 (38.4.222.5) 1170 ms 942 ms 1537 ms
> 10 * * *
> 11 * * *
> etc to
> 30 * * *
The machine cuckoo.hpl.hp.com is behind a firewall. You will not be able to
get any packets directly to it. Most well-configured mail systems will look
at the DNS record for cuckoo.hpl.hp.com and realise that they have to route
the mail through hplb.hpl.hp.com.
The following e-mail address may work:
efs-bugs%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
> Anyway, here's hoping that the workstation has more luck.
It did.
> I've just tried to use efs to edit a file on a remote HP-UX workstation. On
> pressing the 'f' key, efs responds with the claim that the file has changed on
> disk, and do I really want to edit the file. This occurs only when I try to
> modify the file, and happens with any of our HP workstations. Just to be
> perverse, it does not occur with the IBM 3090 running VM/CMS!
I believe that it is a timing issue. If it is the same problem that I've
found under XEmacs 19.11, then a fix will be forthcoming in the near future.
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