Dear SCO Customer, The enclosed Support Level Supplement (SLS) OSS430A, the Motif Menu Traversal Supplement, corrects a fault in the Motif library where Motif was exhibiting the incorrect behavior if the Help Widget was not positioned as the last widget in the menubar's child widget list. This is known to cause problems with the Developer 2000 product from Oracle Corporation on SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.0. and 5.0.2. INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL INSTRUCTIONS Installing patches on SCO OpenServer 5.0.0 or 5.0.2usually consists of two phases: "Loading" and "Applying". The instructions that follow enable you to both install the patch from distribution media or media image, as well as configure the patch to be installed from a remote SCO OpenServer 5.0.0 system over a TCP/IP network. I. BEFORE LOADING THE PATCH Ensure that SCO OpenServer Release Supplement 5.0.0d has been installed before loading and applying this SLS. II. LOADING THE PATCH 1. Log in as root. 2. If you are installing this SLS from floppy disk media, skip this step and proceed to step 3. If you are installing this SLS from a media image, there is a file called oss430a.Z. Uncompress this file with this command: # uncompress oss430a.Z Copy the file to the /tmp directory and name it VOL.000.000: # cp oss430a /tmp/VOL.000.000 3. Execute the command: # scoadmin software or double click on the Software Manager icon on the desktop. 4. Pull down the "Software" menu and select "Patch Management-->Load Patch". 5. You will see the "Begin Load Patch" menu. Be sure the local machine name is selected and choose "Continue". 6. You will see the "Select Media" menu. a. If you are loading this SLS from floppy disk media, select the appropriate floppy disk drive and choose "Continue". Proceed to step 7. b. If you are loading this SLS from a media image per step 2, pull down the "Media Device" menu and select "Media Images", then choose "Continue". You will then see the "Enter Image Directory" menu. Enter /tmp and choose "OK". 7. You will see the "Load Patch Preference" menu. Choose "Full". 8. You will see the "Load Patch Progress" window. If the patch loads successfully, you will see a "Message" window which states "Load Patch complete". Choose "OK". You are then returned to the main Software Manager window. 9. To apply the patch now, continue with step 2 under section III, "Applying the Patch". To exit the Software Manager now, select "Exit" from the "Host" menu. III. APPLYING THE PATCH NOTE: Before applying this SLS, ensure that the Motif Development System is already installed on the system. Use the Software Manager to check the list of installed software; look for: X11/Motif Development System component (version 5.2.5h). 1. Log in as root. Execute the command: # scoadmin software or double click on the Software Manager icon on the desktop. 2. Pull down the Software menu and select "Patch Management-->Apply Patch". 3. You will see the "Begin Apply Patch" menu. Be sure that the local machine name is selected and choose "Continue". 4. You will see the "Select Media" menu. The "Hard Disk" menu item should already be selected. Choose "Continue". 5. You will be presented with the "Select Patch-product to Apply" menu. Highlight the "Motif Menu Traversal Supplement" patch and then choose "Full" to continue. 6. You will see the "Apply Patch Progress" window as the system applies the patch. When the patch has been applied you will see the "Apply Patch complete" window. Select "OK". The application of this patch is now complete. IV. NOTES ON NETWORK INSTALLATION To install the patch on other SCO OpenServer 5.0.0 machines over the network, first load the patch as in section I above on a designated installation server. Then create the user "swadmin" on the installation server. When running the Software Manager on the system where the patch will be installed, you will be prompted for the source location of the patch in the "Begin Load Patch" window. Be sure to choose "from another host" during this phase. You will need to provide the name of the installation server, as well as the password of the "swadmin" user on the installation server, to initiate the installation process. V. PATCH REMOVAL NOTE: Patches must be rolled back in the reverse order in which they were installed on a per-component basis. Hence, if the "Motif Menu Traversal Supplement" patch is not the most recent patch applied to the X11/Motif Development System component of the product, you will have to rollback all patches applied after the "Motif Menu Traversal Supplement" patch prior to rollback of the "Motif Menu Traversal Supplement". If you want to remove the patch, take these steps: 1. Log in as root. 2. Execute the command: # scoadmin software or double click on the Software Manager icon in the desktop. 3. Pull down the "Software" menu and select "Patch Management-->Rollback Patch". 4. You will see the "Begin Rollback Patch" menu, and be asked to select patched software to rollback. Select "X11/Motif Development System component" and choose "Continue". 5. You will see the "Patch Selection" window. Make sure that the "Motif Menu Traversal Supplement" patch is selected, and choose "Continue". 6. You will see the "Confirm Selected Patches" window. Choose "Rollback" to confirm removal of the " Motif Menu Traversal Supplement" patch. 7. You will see the "Rollback Progress" window, as the system performs the rollback of the patch. When the rollback is complete a message window will appear saying "Rollback Patch Complete". Choose "OK" and you will be returned to the Software Manager's main menu. Rollback of the patch is now complete. Exit the Software Manager by choosing "Exit" from the "Host" menu. 8. To also unload the patch, making it no longer available to be applied, follow the steps in this section. In step 3, choose: "Patch Management-->Unload Patch" instead of: "Patch Management-->Rollback Patch" If you have questions regarding this SLS, or the product on which it is installed, please contact your software supplier. We appreciate your business. SCO Support Services