Re: Informix license branding.

Jonathan Leffler said >John Grover wrote: >> >> We have an old version of Informix SE for SCO Unix. It's actually >> running on a Linux box with IBCS installed, which we wish to upgrade to >> a new box and a newer version of Linux. We no longer can locate the >> installation media, or the license keys so we tried a direct copy of >> the software to the new box, but it won't run. >> >> When I try to run isql, I get the following error: >> 408: Invalid message type received from the sqlexec process>> >> The sqlexec process, in fact, aborts with a segmentation fault. >> >> Can someone confirm or deny if this behavior is due to licensing? I'm >> also open to speculations of what it might be. > >I don't think that is a licensing problem -- it is more fundamental >than that. You get an error message when the product recognizes it >isn't licensed. It sounds like the SCO Unix compatability on Linux >isn't perfect... Invalid message type normally means the sqlexec backend has disappeared unexpectedly. This generally happens when upgrading a RedHat installation because RedHat seem to just chuck iBCS into their distribution with no real explanation or support. iBCS is a *kernel module*. When the kernel is upgraded iBCS should be expected to fail unless you get the latest from tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/BETA/ibcs2/ and recompile it against the kernel you run. Odds are that this is a kernel upgrade from <=2.0.30 to >2.0.30 without the corresponding iBCS upgrade. Mike -- .----------------------------------------------------------------------. | Mike Jagdis | Internet: mailto:mike@roan.co.uk | | Roan Technology Ltd. | | | 54A Peach Street, Wokingham | Telephone: +44 118 989 0403 |