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IRIX Release Notes
IRIX Release Notes
1 Introduction
2 Product Information
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1. Introduction
These release notes give an overview of the IRIX 6.0
Execution Environment software release from Silicon
Graphicsr, Inc.
The IRIX Execution Environment consists of individually
installable software products. Each of these products has
its own set of release notes, which should be reviewed
before installation. Section 2.2 of these release notes
lists the software products and their release notes and
explains how to view them.
Note: Included in the IRIX 6.0 package is the Software
License Agreement. This software is provided to you
solely under the terms and conditions of the Software
License Agreement. Please take a few moments to
review the Agreement.
This document contains the following chapters:
1. Introduction
2. Product Information
1.1 Release_Identification_Information
Following is the release identification information for IRIX
6.0:
Software Product IRIX
Version 6.0
Product Codes SC4-W4D-6.0,
SC4-S4D-6.0
1.2 Supported_Hardware
The IRIX 6.0 product set has been qualified to support POWER
Challenge, POWER Onyx, and POWER Onyx Extreme Silicon
Graphics workstations and servers.
1.3 Software_Compatibility
The IRIX 6.0 product supports several levels of
compatibility with previous IRIX releases. IRIX 6.0 can
support all user-level binaries that were supported with
IRIX 5.2, including binaries compiled in an IRIX 4.0.x
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environment. IRIX 6.0 coupled with the IRIX Developer's
Option 6.0 can support compilation and linking of 32-bit ELF
binaries to IRIX 5.2 libraries. This environment does not
support creation of products to be taken into an IRIX 5.2
environment for execution. It exists strictly for the
creation and execution of binaries in the IRIX 6.0
environment.
Exceptions to the binary compatibility support include
products that access /proc or /debug, use kernel data
structures, rely on old defects, or use static libraries
instead of shared libraries.
1.4 Installation_Information
The IRIS Software Installation Guide describes the general
installation procedure for IRIX 6.0 and all optional
products. In addition, the Release Notes for each
installable product in the IRIX Execution Environment
include product-specific installation information.
The IRIX 6.0 Execution Environment can be installed on a
formatted empty disk or over any previous operating system
release.
Note: Be sure to make backup tapes of all files on your
system disk before upgrading to IRIX 6.0.
1.5 Product_Support
Silicon Graphics, Inc., provides a comprehensive product
support maintenance program for its products.
If you are in the U.S. or Canada and would like support for
your Silicon Graphics-supported products, contact the
Technical Assistance Center at
1-800-800-4SGI.
If you are outside the U.S. and Canada, contact the Silicon
Graphics subsidiary or authorized distributor in your
country.
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2. Product_Information
The IRIX 6.0 Execution Environment release contains many
software products. To help you learn about the products and
the documentation available for them, this chapter describes
o each software product
o how to view the release notes for each product before
and after installation
o the online and printed documentation included in the
IRIX 6.0 Execution Environment release
2.1 IRIX_6.0_Software_Products
The following table lists the products in the IRIX 6.0
Execution Environment. The software distribution for each
of these products is located in the /dist directory of the
IRIX 6.0 CD. If you mount the CD at the usual location,
/CDROM, the software distributions can be found in
/CDROM/dist.
Product Content
4Dwm 4Dwm. 4Dwm is an X Window System client based
on mwm. It provides window management
functionality and some session management
functionality. 4Dwm has functions that
facilitate control (by the user and the
programmer) of elements of window states, such
as placement, size, icon/normal display, and
input-focus ownership. It also provides
session management functions, such as stopping
a client.
FDDIXPress FDDIXPress. The subsystems in this product
contain the software for the FDDIXPress
network interface controller, providing FDDI
connectivity.
ViewKit_eoe ViewKit Execution Environment. ViewKit is a
set of libraries used for the execution of
many graphical user interface programs,
including the Indigo Magic Desktop.
c_eoe C Run Time. This is the basic set of C-based
run-time DSOs. This product is marked as
required because very few programs can execute
without it.
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c++_eoe C++ Run Time. This is the basic set of C++-
based run-time DSOs. This product is marked
as required because very few desktop programs
execute without it. Some server programs
require these DSOs as well.
cadmin Cadmin. Cadmin is a distributed object
management system, the objects model
underlying resources of the IRIX operating
system from Silicon Graphics. Examples of such
objects are user accounts, printers, disks,
filesystems, terminals, and network
interfaces. Cadmin is required for executing
the Indigo Magic Desktop environment.
compiler_eoe Base Execution. This is the basic set of
run-time link and execution tools. This
product is marked as required because very few
programs can execute without it.
demos Demos. These graphics demonstration programs
are included for your pleasure. They show off
the capabilities of your workstation.
desktop_eoe Indigo Magic Desktop. The subsystems in this
product contain a vast array of powerful,
elegant desktop management tools. These
include the Toolchest, Session Management,
Desks Overview, File Manager, Icon Catalogs,
Search Tools, Customization Panels, and
Confidence Tests. This set of tools is highly
recommended for all workstation end users.
desktop_tools Desktop Tools. The subsystems in this product
contain interesting end-user tools such as jot
(a text editor), mailbox (a mail notifier),
notepad (for posting notes), iconsmith
(creates icons), and a tape backup utility.
You will need to 'set neweroverride' to
install this subsystem in IRIX 6.0.
desktophelp Desktop Help. This set of utilities displays
help messages in the Indigo Magic Desktop
environment. Installation is highly
recommended.
dmedia_eoe IRIX Media Execution Environment. The
subsystems in this product contain the basic
system components necessary to support audio,
MIDI, and video applications on a Silicon
Graphics workstation.
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dmedia_tools Media Tools. The subsystems in this product
contain a set of end-user tools that give you
access to the digital media capabilities of
your workstation. The tools fall into two
categories: sound tools and movie tools.
dps_eoe Display PostScriptr. PostScript is an
interpretive programming language with
graphics capabilities for printing or
displaying pages of text, two-dimensional
graphics, and sampled images. Display
PostScript/X (DPS/X) is a PostScript
interpreter that renders on the screen.
efast EFast. The subsystems in this product contain
software and documentation for the EFast
product for CHALLENGE L, CHALLENGE XL, Onyx,
IRIS Crimson, IRIS-4D Series, and IRIS POWER
Series servers and supercomputers. The EFast
option is a high-speed Ethernet subsystem that
consists of an Ethernet processor board (CMC-
130) and a link-level driver. The board
occupies one VMEbus option slot. EFast was
formerly distributed under the name
EtherXPress.
eoe1 Execution Only Environment (Operating System).
The subsystems in this product contain
essential software and documentation for basic
system operation. Also included are a few
subsystems that enable specialty operating
system features and add-on peripheral support.
fddivis FDDIVisualyzer. The subsystems in this
product contain the software and documentation
for FDDIVisualyzer. This tool set provides a
means of viewing and troubleshooting FDDI
networks.
ftn_eoe Fortran Run Time. This is the basic set of
Fortran language based run-time DSOs. This
product is marked as default because some
applications provided by independent software
companies require it, and it occupies very
little space.
il_eoe ImageVision Library Execution Environment. The
Silicon Graphics ImageVision Library (IL) is
an object-oriented, extensible toolkit for
creating, processing, and displaying images on
all Silicon Graphics workstations. Since many
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of the Indigo Magic Desktop tools make use of
these libraries, this software should be
installed.
imgtools ImageVision Tools. The subsystems in this
product contain image generation and
manipulation utilities, including tools for
altering and enhancing images, viewing images,
converting image files to other formats,
reading information about the image from the
file, and enumerating the supported file
formats.
insight InSight. IRIS InSight Viewer lets you access
Silicon Graphics' online document and support
libraries. With this product, you can view the
glossary of terms, the online Help, and the
online entries of the standard end-user and
administrator documentation sets.
insight_gloss InSight Glossary. This is the glossary of
terms for the InSight viewer. It is selected
for default installation because it is used
frequently by the various InSight-based books.
inventor_eoe Inventor Execution Environment. Open Inventor
Execution Environment is required on any
system that runs Open Inventor 2.0 programs.
There are a variety of programs that require
this subsystem, so it is installed by default.
The Inventor Execution Environment includes
two compatibility subsystems that allow
programs linked with either Inventor 1.1 or
Inventor 1.0.1 to run concurrently with
Inventor 2.0 programs. The Open Inventor
Execution Environment also contains Open
Inventor demonstration programs and sample 3D
clip art objects.
mmail MediaMail. MediaMail is an Indigo Magic
integrated mail utility developed by Z-Code
Software Corporation.
motif_eoe Motif Execution Environment. The subsystems
in this product contain the baseline Motif
support libraries required for almost all of
the Indigo Magic Desktop utilities.
netls_eoe Network License System. The subsystems in
this product contain the software and
documentation for software license
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administration. you you need this product
only if you have products that use NetLS-based
license management. None of the IRIX
Execution Environment products use this
utility.
print Impressario Print. The subsystems in this
product contain the print management utilities
for the Indigo Magic Desktop.
sgihelp SGIHelp. SGIHelp is based on the IRIS InSight
technology. Content displayed to the user is
retrieved directly from a set of IRIS InSight
``books.'' Once within the SGIHelp Viewer,
you can scroll through the text, navigate with
hypertext links, view glossary terms, print,
and browse an available Index of Help topics
for the particular application that generated
the help request. Because the Indigo Magic
Desktop uses this product for providing online
help, it is recommended for installation.
showcase IRIS Showcase. IRIS Showcase is an integrated
drawing and presentation program. It provides
the tools you need to create text, drawings
and images, 3D models, on-screen slide shows,
and much more.
sysadmdesktop System Administration Desktop. This is the set
of visual system administration tools that are
used with Indigo Magic. These tools use the
services of the Cadmin object system, the
Silicon Graphics distributed object management
system for system management. With the System
Administration Desktop tools, you can manage
disks, users, network access, printers, and
filessystems, and perform system maintenance
functions.
sysmon System Monitor. The System Monitor is an
error reporting system for the Indigo Magic
Desktop.
tooltalk_eoe ToolTalk Execution Environment. The
subsystems in this product contain the
software and documentation for interprocess
communication through the ToolTalk protocol.
x_eoe X Window System Execution Environment. The X
Window System is a device-independent,
network-transparent window system developed at
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MIT. It runs on a wide range of computing and
graphics systems. The X window server mediates
all access to the graphics display and allows
it to be shared by both 2D and 3D
applications. The X Window System product is
required for all workstations.
2.2 Online_Release_Notes
The following table lists the products in the IRIX 6.0
Execution Environment, the name of the release notes for
each product, and the name of the subsystem that contains
the release notes.
Product Release Notes Subsystem
IRIX eoe1.man.relnotes
4Dwm 4Dwm
FDDIXPress FDDIXPress FDDIXPress.man.relnotes
ViewKit_eoe ViewKit_eoe ViewKit_eoe.man.relnotes
c_eoe c_eoe c_eoe.man.relnotes
c++_eoe c++_eoe c++_eoe.man.relnotes
cadmin Cadmin cadmin.man.relnotes
compiler_eoe compiler_eoe compiler_eoe.man.relnotes
demos demos demos.man.relnotes
desktop_eoe desktop_eoe desktop_eoe.man.relnotes
desktop_tools desktop_tools desktop_tools.man.relnotes
desktophelp desktophelp desktophelp.man.relnotes
dmedia_eoe dmedia_eoe dmedia_eoe.man.relnotes
dmedia_tools dmedia_tools dmedia_tools.man.relnotes
dps_eoe dps_eoe dps_eoe.man.relnotes
efast efast efast.man.relnotes
eoe1 & eoe2 eoe eoe1.man.relnotes
fddivis fddivis fddivis.man.relnotes
ftn_eoe ftn_eoe ftn_eoe.man.relnotes
il_eoe il_eoe il_eoe.man.relnotes
imgtools imgtools imgtools.man.relnotes
insight insight insight.man.relnotes
insight_gloss insight_glossary insight_gloss.man.relnotes
inventor_eoe inventor_eoe inventor_eoe.man.relnotes
mmail (none)
motif_eoe motif_eoe motif_eoe.man.relnotes
netls_eoe netls_eoe netls_eoe.man.relnotes
print print print.man.relnotes
sgihelp sgihelp sgihelp.man.relnotes
showcase showcase showcase.man.relnotes
sysadmdesktop Sysadmdesktop sysadmdesktop.man.relnotes
sysmon sysmon sysmon.man.relnotes
tooltalk_eoe ToolTalk tooltalk_eoe.man.relnotes
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x_eoe x_eoe x_eoe.man.relnotes
You can view online release notes for products before or
after installing the subsystem that includes the release
notes.
To view a set of release notes before installing its
subsystem, your system must have mounted the CD that
contains the release notes subsystem. To view the release
notes on the CD, use the instructions in the pamphlet that
is in the CD case.
To view a set of release notes after you have installed its
subsystem, follow one of these procedures:
o If you have a graphics system, select ``Release Notes''
from the Help toolchest. This displays the grelnotes(1)
graphical browser. From the Products menu on the
grelnotes menu bar, choose the product whose release
notes you want to view. Refer to the grelnotes(1) man
page for information on options to this command.
o If you have a non-graphics system, you can use the
relnotes command. Refer to the relnotes(1) man page
for accessing the online release notes.
2.3 Documentation_Set
Your IRIX 6.0 system software is accompanied by a complete
set of documentation, most of which is in online form. The
online documents can be viewed with IRIS InSight, which is
accessed either by choosing ``On-line Books'' from the Help
toolchest, or by typing the insight command in a shell.
Following are the end-user online manuals that are included
on your IRIX 6.0 CD, along with their subsystems.
Online End-User Manuals Subsystem
Documentation Catalog eoe2.books.Doc_Catalog
ImageVision Tools User's Guide imgtools.books.tools
IRIS Essentials desktop_eoe.books.IRISEssentials
IRIS Glossary of Terms insight_gloss.books.global
IRIS Showcase User's Guide showcase.books.showcase
IRIS Utilities Guide desktop_tools.books.Utilities
Media Control Panels User's Guide dmedia_eoe.books.MediaCtls_UG
Media Tools User's Guide dmedia_tools.books.MediaTls_UG
Personal System Administration Guide desktop_eoe.books.PerSysAdmin
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WorkSpace to Indigo Magic Transition Guide desktop_eoe.books.WkSpIndMg_TG
Following are the administrator online manuals that are
included on your IRIX 6.0 CD, along with their subsystems.
Online Administrator Manual Subsystem
CHALLENGE Vault XL and SCSIBox 2 Owner's Guide eoe2.books.VaultXL_OG
POWER CHALLENGE XL Rackmount Owner's Guide eoe2.books.PChall_XL_OG
POWER Onyx Rackmount Owner's Guide eoe2.books.POnyx_Rack_OG
POWER CHALLENGE Deskside Owner's Guide eoe2.books.PChall_L_OG
POWER Onyx Deskside Owner's Guide eoe2.books.POnyx_Desk_OG
CHALLENGE Vault L Owner's Guidea eoe2.books.VaultL_OG
Diskless Workstation Administration Guide eoe2.books.Diskless_AG
IRIX Advanced Site and Server Administration Guide eoe2.books.SiteAdmin
Network License System Administration Guide netls_eoe.books.NetLS_AG
RAID System Administration Guide eoe2.books.RAID_AG
If you received IRIX 6.0 with the purchase of a new system,
you also received a printed manual, the IRIS Software
Installation Guide. If you are upgrading an existing system
to IRIX 6.0, the copy of this manual you received with your
original system purchase is still current for your needs.
A set of printed administrator manuals is included with new
server systems and IRIX 6.0 upgrades for server systems.
These manuals make up the M4-ADMN-6.0 kit, which can also be
ordered separately. They are:
Printed Administrator Manuals
Diskless Workstation Administration Guide
IRIX Advanced Site and Server Administration Guide
Network License System Administration Guide
NFS Administration Guide
NIS Administration Guide
Selected Site Administration Reference Pages
The content of these printed manuals matches that of the
online versions with the same titles. (Note that online
versions of the NFS Administration Guide and the NIS
Administration Guide are included on the NFS and Diskless
Administration Kit CD, which must be purchased separately.)