Re: NCARG on SX6

Hi Nueyer,

> I got this using "uname -a": SUPER-UX unix 14.1 SX-6

Thanks for this info; a bit of poking around and it seems that you've
got a NEC host (supercomputer?) of some sort running a variant of Unix
based on System V Unix. Am I close?

As evidenced by my complete ignorance of your system ;-) I'm going to
make some suggestions for you to try, and we can iterate on this to
reach a solution. Once we do, I'd appreciate getting back from you
any/all files we may end up changing so that we might include them in
our NCAR Graphics release.

Some things you need to know:
     -- is your host a 'big-endian' or 'little-endian' host? (I'm not
positive but I think it's a big-endian host_
     -- what compilers you wish to use, options you wish to use for
them, and where they're located
     -- location of various software libraries, particularly your
compiler libraries and the X Window System libraries

In your NCARG source tree, go to the 'config' directory -- here you'll
see a variety of files whose names indicate the sort of operating
system, and sometimes the hardware, that NCAR Graphics will build on.
As a first try, I would suggest looking at the files 'LINUX.INTEL' and
'LINUX.IA64' -- check the settings there and modify accordingly. Save
the changed file, renaming it SUPERUX

Next, you'll need to modify the script 'ymake' to recognize your
system. Find the sections that deal with host type, operating system
and such -- here you'll see various names that are probably
recognizable (Linux, SunOS, etc.). You will need to add your type of
system in there based on the output of the 'uname' command,
particularly 'uname -s' and/or 'uname -m'

Next, you'll need to add your host to the list of supported operating
systems. This is a large 'case' or 'switch' statement -- add your type
here. Lastly, at the end of the 'ymake' script is a section that
discusses the use of the C preprocessor ('cpp') -- you may have to make
changes here based on cpp's location and/or options.

Also, there was a suggestion from another mail list subscriber about
reconsidering using an SX6 host for NCAR Graphics, and asking about a
front-end to your host. If that route makes more sense to you, let's
talk about the front-end instead.

Give this a try and we'll go from there.

-Rick.

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Rick Grubin      NCAR/CISL/SCD/VETS
Visualization + Enabling Technologies
grubin_at_ucar.edu             303.497.1832