TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:  TF2126 - XDM login patch
DATE:  13OCT95
README FOR:  TF2126
PRODUCT and VERSION:

UnixWare 2.01

Installation Instructions:  

DATATYPE: datastream

1.  Download the tf2126.Z and tf2126.txt files to the /tmp directory
    on your machine.

2.  Read the release notes contained in this file and follow the 
    instuctions to add the package to your system.

3.  Now become root, uncompress the file and add the package to your 
    system using the following commands:

        $ su
        # uncompress /tmp/tf2126.Z
        # pkgadd -d /tmp/tf2126

ENGINEERING RELEASE NOTES
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Title
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PTF2126 - XDM login patch

Product And Version
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UnixWare 2.01, UnixWare 2.02 and UnixWare 2.03 when available

Abstract
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Installs a new X Display Manager to correct a commonly-encountered
login problem

Symptom
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When using the graphical login screen, the first login attempt
frequently displays the error message "Unable to change to home
directory".  The second attempt is successful.


SOLUTION SPECIFICS
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General Description.
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This patch installs an updated X Display Manager which corrects a
problem encountered by many users when using the graphical login
screen.  The problem occurs after the internal screen saver has
blanked the screen and is due to the user's having pressed the
space bar (a common practice) to restore the screen.  To
eliminate the problem, the X Display Manager now ignores any
leading spaces in the login string.


New Features.
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None

Software Notes and Recommendations.
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This PTF should be installed on all UnixWare 2.01, 2.02 or 2.03
(when available) systems which have the Desktop Manager (desktop)
package installed.

Testing of the modified software contained in this package has
been conducted only to the extent necessary to confirm that it
resolves the problem(s) stated above ("Symptom").  Such testing
consists of recreating the problem conditions and verifying that 
the problem no longer occurs.  No other testing of this software 
has been done.

Hardware Notes and Recommendations.
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This PTF is targeted for the i386, i486 and Pentium CPU's.

Installation Instructions.
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This PTF cannot be installed while the X Display Manager is
running.  To terminate the X Display Manager, click on the "Exit"
button on the login screen.  Then login at the console as "root"
and install the PTF.  After the installation is complete, the X
Display Manager can be restarted with the command
/usr/bin/start_glogin.