A quick rant about the HP Pavilion 15 g021nr

Hello I just wanted to make a quick post about the g021nr and why it runs so badly. first off i got this laptop for christmas last year and had no coice on what i was getting as it was a supprise (it being christmas and all) but since then i have grown to dislike it more and more. My biggest question is why in the world would you put a 1.35GHz Processor in ANY pc as far into technology as we are. i understand it was probably to make a cheaper system but it just doesn't work and i guaruntee that I am NOT the only one that thinks this. it could have at least had a 1.8GHz or better processor because it can hardly handle a brand new OS that is supposed to run better than the last one. I am sorry if i posted this in the wrong section i didnt know where else to post it. -Alex

Hi,
Very hard to say depending on MANY conditions and situations but I would say around 75% of the time quoted with normal web browsing and few minor Office workks.
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BH
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I moved on from QuickBASIC, which I'd been using for just about everything, to FreeBASIC, which was in such a beta state when I tried it, I disliked it enough to move on and discovered PHP.
PHP has been called the BASIC of the 21st century, and I can understand why. There are typically at least 10 ways to do something whether in principle or method, multiple functions do the same or an equivalent task, and overall it just doesn't look like a good language. But beyond all that, PHP made sense to me. As I went along many of the things I expected to perform in a given way performed in said way, which was a huge confidence boost. The model it followed might have been convoluted, but something inside my head "clicked" when I saw PHP, so I liked it, since I could understand it easily.
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Although PHP is pretty snappy on my system, I don't know how other languages would fare and don't really want to risk the experiment; I want to switch to a language I know will be as fast as, or faster than, PHP. So I decided that a compiled language would have to be it, since I regarded PHP as the fastest language I knew. I was probably wrong, but whatever.
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To be honest, after about a fortnight of trying to understand pointers, I still don't understand them. I've read what is probably the best the web has to offer about pointers. Has it helped? Not really.
Either the documentation:
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- skips over vital points or assumes I know Pascal or some other language
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- puts segments in the wrong order, so I don't understand everything something might depend on before I reach that something
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Let me address the two I can think of right now:
Pointers aren't addressed "simply"; if I declare a pointer to int named x I have to use *x to access what x points to, rather than use *x to get x's location, like one does with non-pointer variables where & is used to get an address. It'd be nice if we used &x to get x's value if x wasn't a pointer and *x to get x's value if x was a pointer, rather than use this convoluted scheme.
Also, I've heard that it's a common misconception that C handles arrays natively. Elsewhere, I've heard that strings are merely arrays of char. I can understand the 2nd, but what do I do with the 1st?
I do understand that if I say printf("%d\n", x[1]) I'm effectively saying x++; printf("%d\n", x), but I don't understand how this fully works. For example, let us consider the following code:
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Suffice to say that C confuses me. To bits. Although I have written a 500 line program in it (579 to be exact). All said program does is display a message on the screen via Xlib, but I managed to figure out how to make a word wrapping engine using strsep and how to use XDrawPoint XDrawLine to not only create a nice UI but also let me define various UI "styles" which can be loaded at startup.
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-dav7

dav7 wrote:Pointers aren't addressed "simply"; if I declare a pointer to int named x I have to use *x to access what x points to, rather than use *x to get x's location, like one does with non-pointer variables where & is used to get an address. It'd be nice if we used &x to get x's value if x wasn't a pointer and *x to get x's value if x was a pointer, rather than use this convoluted scheme.
Pointer syntax is extremely unfortunate. The best part:
char *a; // It's a pointer.
*a; // It's a character. Good move, guys.
Also, I've heard that it's a common misconception that C handles arrays natively. Elsewhere, I've heard that strings are merely arrays of char. I can understand the 2nd, but what do I do with the 1st?
Insofar as C has arrays, C strings are character arrays. C arrays are just a promise that the system won't mess within a certain set of memory addresses. Array syntax is a concise way to calculate and dereference a specific location in memory, relative to an address that you hope is the beginning of some memory you reserved. array[n] = *(array + n), right? Personally, I would have left out the subscript notation entirely. Regardless, any time you choose to use brackets, you can mentally substitute in an explicit addition and dereference there. You're saying, "Give me the number stored at the memory address I have just calculated, which I know by my science holds something I put there intentionally, and not garbage at all."
One more clarification with regard to pointer arithmetic is necessary: when you add 2 to an int*, the resulting address is actually 2*sizeof(int) bytes after your base address. Same for a double*: 2*sizeof(double).
I do understand that if I say printf("%d\n", x[1]) I'm effectively saying x++; printf("%d\n", x), but I don't understand how this fully works.
It's not the same! First of all, in example #2, you're passing a pointer to an int. In example #1, you're passing an integer, since [] dereferences pointers for you. Any time you use those brackets, it's as if you had typed an asterisk yourself. Second, in example #1 you're not messing with x. In example #2 you're incrementing x by four bytes (the likely size of one integer). Doesn't make a difference in this short example, but if x ever gets used again it will be very significant.
Another thing I found is that declaring a char *, filling it with data, and then using memcpy on said char *, the program works fine, but if I declare for example char x[1] = "hi"; the compiler will shout at me for not allocating enough arrays. Only while writing this did I realize that the 2nd element is for the null byte.
Looks like a counting problem. Arrays are indexed from 0, but sizes are specified from 1 on up. Your "char x[1]" has only index [0]. To hold a two-character string, you'll need at least size three (char x[3]), so that x[0]='h', x[1]='i', x[2]='\0', the null terminator.
Suffice to say that C confuses me. To bits.
Any time you get confused by pointers or arrays (which are the same thing), take a step back and think about what's happening in terms of memory addresses. Draw it out on paper if you think you're making a mistake. In some languages you can ignore low-level details like that and write perfectly fine programs, even though you won't be able to optimize them without knowing how your code maps onto the machine. But in C, everything that looks like a high-level feature is just shorthand for setting a few bytes to different numbers, and the abstraction is so leaky that you can't get by without understanding it. Types are just a way for the compiler to catch dumb mistakes (some people believe this is helpful) and to automate some math, like the pointer arithmetic above. In a running program there are no types, so when you're trying to figure out what a program is actually doing, you need to consider what the types are shorthand for.
If you're having trouble "thinking like a programmer", by which I mean sanity-checking your use of syntax and stepping through a program so you know what it does, you might want to get up to speed in a different language, or by working through a book on algorithms.
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Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: iscsi: registered transport (tcp)
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: iscsi: registered transport (iser)
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: iscsi: registered transport (be2iscsi)
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: warning: `mcstransd' uses 32-bit capabilities (legacy support in use)
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: type=1400 audit(1347526970.336:12): avc: denied { sys_tty_config } for pid=1374 comm="consoletype" capability=26 scontext=system_u:system_r
:consoletype_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:consoletype_t:s0 tclass=capability
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: RPC: Registered udp transport module.
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: RPC: Registered tcp transport module.
Sep 13 05:02:55 localhost kernel: RPC: Registered tcp NFSv4.1 backchannel transport module.
Sep 13 05:03:00 localhost automount[1769]: lookup_read_master: lookup(nisplus): couldn't locate nis+ table auto.master
Sep 13 05:03:59 localhost kernel: type=1400 audit(1347527039.771:13): avc: denied { sys_tty_config } for pid=2029 comm="consoletype" capability=26 scontext=system_u:system_r
:consoletype_t:s0 tcontext=system_u:system_r:consoletype_t:s0 tclass=capability
Sep 13 05:04:00 localhost NET[2061]: /sbin/dhclient-script : updated /etc/resolv.conf
Sep 13 05:04:01 localhost kernel: IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
Sep 13 05:04:01 localhost NET[2219]: /opt/oracle/psft/vm/oraclevm-template.sh : updated /etc/resolv.conf
Sep 13 05:04:08 localhost NET[2472]: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-post : updated /etc/resolv.conf
Sep 13 05:06:08 localhost restorecond: Reset file context /etc/resolv.conf: system_u:object_r:etc_runtime_t:s0->system_u:object_r:net_conf_t:s0
Sep 13 05:08:19 localhost kernel: Slow work thread pool: Starting up
Sep 13 05:08:19 localhost kernel: Slow work thread pool: Ready
Sep 13 05:08:19 localhost kernel: FS-Cache: Loaded
Sep 13 05:08:19 localhost kernel: FS-Cache: Netfs 'nfs' registered for caching
Sep 13 05:08:19 localhost kernel: svc: failed to register lockdv1 RPC service (errno 97).
...Well, I don't know if it triggers others problems yet, but the last line could reveale an error within the /etc/hosts file which has not been properly modified during deployment (especially IPV6, it probably should be removed) :
[root@psovmfscmfp2 /]# more /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain   localhost
::1     localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6
192.168.1.150   psovmfscmfp2.phoenix.nga psovmfscmfp2
[root@psovmfscmfp2 /]#_2. Now about the COBOL_
Despite I choosed to install Microfocus, COBOL does not work. Sample COBOL processes such as PTPDBTST and PTPDTTST finished in error.
The log is empty, here below the output from the file $PS_CFG_HOME/psft/pt/8.52/appserv/prcs/PRCSDOM/LOGS/stdout (psadm2) :
=================================Error===============================
Message:     Process 10899 is marked 'Initiated' or 'Processing' but can not detect status of PID
        Process Name: PTPDBTST
        Process Type: COBOL SQL
        Session Id:   9313
=====================================================================
OprId = VP1Note that I successfully tested AEs and SQRs.
Here is the command line fired that I can see from the process monitor > parameter (nga is being my run control id) :
PSRUN PTPDBTST ORACLE/F91TMPLT/VP1/OPRPSWD/nga/10899//0 I used the following trace setting on the PTPDBTST's process parameter (override) to see what happens :
%%DBTYPE%%/%%DBNAME%%/%%OPRID%%/%%OPRPSWD%%/%%RUNCNTLID%%/%%INSTANCE%%//%%DBFLAG%%But it does not generate more logs...
I also use "RCCBL Redirect =1" in psappsrv.cfg (reconfigure and restart appdom), then start the COBOL through menu PeopleTools > Utilities > Debug > PeopleTools Test Utilities, and run a "Remote Call Test".
I received "COBOL Program PTPNTEST aborted (2,-1) FUNCLIB_UTIL.RC_TEST_PB.FieldChange PCPC:2143 Statement:26", but it generated two empty files (PTPNTEST_VP1_0913064910.out and PTPNTEST_VP1_0913064910.err).
Next step, checking the folder $PS_HOME/cblbin, it is...er... empty... does this mean COBOL have not been compiled ? Hmmm, I'm pretty sure I replied 'yes' when it was prompted though (still have the screenshots)...
And we can see several folders dated from today and license seems ok from Microfocus directories :
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 tools]$ cd /opt/oracle/psft/pt/cobol/svrexp-51_wp4-64bit
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 svrexp-51_wp4-64bit]$ ls -lrt
total 264
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 10455 Nov 19 2009 ADISCTRL
dr-xr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Nov 19 2009 terminfo
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 19 2009 xdb
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 11949 Nov 19 2009 eslmf-mess
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 19 2009 include
dr-xr-xr-x 17 root root 4096 Nov 19 2009 lang
dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Nov 19 2009 es
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 19 2009 dynload
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Nov 19 2009 deploy
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 19 2009 dynload64
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 19 2009 dialog
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 19 2009 cpylib
dr-xr-xr-x 8 root root 28672 Nov 19 2009 lib
dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Nov 19 2009 snmp
dr-xr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Nov 19 2009 src
dr-xr-xr-x 28 root root 4096 Nov 19 2009 demo
dr-xr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Nov 19 2009 docs
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    49 Sep 13 05:13 license.txt
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 12719 Sep 13 05:13 install.orig
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 13006 Sep 13 05:13 install
dr-xr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Sep 13 05:13 lmf
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 13 05:13 aslmf
dr-xr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Sep 13 05:15 etc
dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 12288 Sep 13 05:15 bin
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 svrexp-51_wp4-64bit]$ more license.txt
I
ORACLE-30DAYDEV64
01030 A0780 014A6 7980B A17CSo let's assume it has been properly installed and let's compile the COBOLs. Here we go :
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 svrexp-51_wp4-64bit]$ cd $PS_HOME/setup
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 setup]$ ./pscbl.mak
/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/setup/pscbl_mf.mak : Convert all files for Unicode ....
Conversion Summary for Source Codes in :
     Source: /opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/src/cbl/
     Target: /opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/src/cblunicode/
      Number of Copy Libraries Read: 71
                     Modified:       71
                 Not Modified:       0
      Number of Programs Read:       44
                     Modified:       44
                 Not Modified:       0
/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/setup/pscbl_mf.mak : All COBOL files were converted for Unicode successfully
/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/setup/pscbl_mf.mak : Compiling PTPCBLAE.cbl ...
/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/setup/pscbl_mf.mak: line 249: cob: command not found
cp: cannot stat `PTPCBLAE.gnt': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `PTPCBLAE.int': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `PTPCBLAE.lst': No such file or directory
...What about env. variables ? COBDIR, COBPATH and COBOL do not appears anywhere in PATH...
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 setup]$ env|grep -i cobol
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 setup]$Let's set the env variables as we could expect to be (page 27, step 17 of the given doc), and retry to compile the COBOL :
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 setup]$ export COBDIR=/opt/oracle/psft/pt/cobol/svrexp-51_wp4-64bit
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 setup]$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/oracle/psft/pt/cobol/svrexp-51_wp4-64bit/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 setup]$ export PATH=/opt/oracle/psft/pt/cobol/svrexp-51_wp4-64bit/bin:$PATH
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 setup]$ ./pscbl.mak
/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/setup/pscbl_mf.mak : Convert all files for Unicode ....
Conversion Summary for Source Codes in :
     Source: /opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/src/cbl/
     Target: /opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/src/cblunicode/
      Number of Copy Libraries Read: 71
                     Modified:       71
                 Not Modified:       0
      Number of Programs Read:       44
                     Modified:       44
                 Not Modified:       0
/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/setup/pscbl_mf.mak : All COBOL files were converted for Unicode successfully
/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/setup/pscbl_mf.mak : Compiling PTPCBLAE.cbl ...
Micro Focus LMF - 010: Unable to contact license manager.                                                                                                                              This product has been unable to contact the                                     License Manager.                                                                                                                                                Execution of this product has been terminated.                                                                                                                  This product cannot execute without the License                                 Manager. Contact your license administrator                                     or refer to the 'Information Messages' chapter                                  of the License Management Facility                                              Administrator's Guide.
cob64: error(s) in compilation: PTPCBLAE.cbl
cp: cannot stat `PTPCBLAE.gnt': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `PTPCBLAE.int': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `PTPCBLAE.lst': No such file or directory
...Ok, maybe a bit better, at least it is trying to contact LMF. Probably the LMF is not started. Let's try to start it :
[root@psovmfscmfp2 microfocus]# ./mflmman
MF-LMF:Thu Sep 13 07:19:37 2012: LMF Starting
[root@psovmfscmfp2 microfocus]#Good, it is starting, it means it wasn't (sic). Now retry to compile :
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 setup]$ export COBDIR=/opt/oracle/psft/pt/cobol/svrexp-51_wp4-64bit
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 setup]$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/oracle/psft/pt/cobol/svrexp-51_wp4-64bit/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 setup]$ export PATH=/opt/oracle/psft/pt/cobol/svrexp-51_wp4-64bit/bin:$PATH
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 setup]$ ./pscbl.mak
/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/setup/pscbl_mf.mak : Convert all files for Unicode ....
Conversion Summary for Source Codes in :
     Source: /opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/src/cbl/
     Target: /opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/src/cblunicode/
      Number of Copy Libraries Read: 71
                     Modified:       71
                 Not Modified:       0
      Number of Programs Read:       44
                     Modified:       44
                 Not Modified:       0
/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/setup/pscbl_mf.mak : All COBOL files were converted for Unicode successfully
/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/setup/pscbl_mf.mak : Compiling PTPCBLAE.cbl ...
/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/setup/pscbl_mf.mak : Compiling PTPCURND.cbl ...
/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/setup/pscbl_mf.mak : Compiling PTPDBTST.cbl ...
<snipped>
/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/setup/pscbl_mf.mak : Compiling PTPWLGEN.cbl ...
/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/setup/pscbl_mf.mak : All COBOL programs have been successfully compiled.
/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/setup/pscbl_mf.mak : The COBOL executables were copied to /opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/cblbin
rm: cannot remove `/opt/oracle/psft/pt/apptools/src/cblunicode/CECCRLP1.cbl': Permission denied
rm: cannot remove `/opt/oracle/psft/pt/apptools/src/cblunicode/CECCRLUP.cbl': Permission deniedIt looks better, I think the last lines marked with "Permission denied" can be safely be ignored.
Those files are owned by psadm3 with a read only for other users (sic). But more concern, I'm wondering why it looks into apptools (???) whereas I'm using psadm1 (tools only, COBPATH=/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/cblbin).
Anyway, seems the *.gnt files required to run the COBOLs programs are now in bin :
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 setup]$ ls /opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/cblbin
PTPCBLAE.gnt PTPDTTST.gnt PTPECOBL.gnt PTPLOGMS.gnt PTPRATES.gnt PTPSQLGS.gnt PTPTESTU.gnt PTPTSCNT.gnt PTPTSLOG.gnt PTPTSTBL.gnt PTPTSWHR.gnt
PTPCURND.gnt PTPDTWRK.gnt PTPEFCNV.gnt PTPMETAS.gnt PTPRUNID.gnt PTPSQLRT.gnt PTPTESTV.gnt PTPTSEDS.gnt PTPTSREQ.gnt PTPTSUPD.gnt PTPUPPER.gnt
PTPDBTST.gnt PTPDYSQL.gnt PTPERCUR.gnt PTPNETRT.gnt PTPSETAD.gnt PTPSTRFN.gnt PTPTFLDW.gnt PTPTSEDT.gnt PTPTSSET.gnt PTPTSUSE.gnt PTPUSTAT.gnt
PTPDEC31.gnt PTPECACH.gnt PTPESLCT.gnt PTPNTEST.gnt PTPSHARE.gnt PTPTEDIT.gnt PTPTLREC.gnt PTPTSFLD.gnt PTPTSTAE.gnt PTPTSWHE.gnt PTPWLGEN.gnt
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 setup]$Have a try to link COBOLs :
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 setup]$ ./psrun.mak
./psrun.mak - linking PSRUN for oel-5-x86_64, Version 2.6.32-200.13.1.el5uek ...
./psrun.mak - Successfully created PSRUN in directory: /opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/bin
./psrun.mak - linking PSRUNRMT for oel-5-x86_64, Version 2.6.32-200.13.1.el5uek ...
./psrun.mak - Successfully created PSRUNRMT in directory: /opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/bin
[psadm1@psovmfscmfp2 setup]$The err files are empty :
-rw-r--r-- 1 psadm1 oracle     0 Sep 13 07:26 psrun.err
-rw-r--r-- 1 psadm1 oracle     0 Sep 13 07:26 psrunrmt.errSo far, so good now. We are able to test again the sample COBOL... until next failure.
Yes, unfortunately, it fails again. But good thing, the log is not empty now :
PSRUN: error while loading shared libraries: libcobrts64.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directoryThat's probably coming from some missing libraries during the psprcs.cfg configuration. Let's use the same env. variables settings as for psadm1 when compiling COBOLs.
[psadm2@psovmfscmfp2 appserv]$ export COBDIR=/opt/oracle/psft/pt/cobol/svrexp-51_wp4-64bit
[psadm2@psovmfscmfp2 appserv]$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$COBDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
[psadm2@psovmfscmfp2 appserv]$ export PATH=$COBDIR/bin:$PATH
[psadm2@psovmfscmfp2 appserv]$ ./psadminReconfigure, restart prcs and re-test... SUCCESSFULLY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Log from PTPDBTST process shows :
SUCCESSFUL DATABASE CONNECTION
SUCCESSFUL DATABASE DISCONNECTWhat a pain !
I did not go further, but we could expect the same issue within the Application COBOLs, since the cblbin directory is also empty out there.
According to psprcs.env, there're two values for COBDIR and the one for the applications cobol is empty :
[psadm2@psovmfscmfp2 PRCSDOM]$ more psprcsrv.env
INFORMIXSERVER=192.168.1.149
COBPATH=/opt/oracle/psft/pt/apptools/cblbin:/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/cblbin
PATH=/opt/oracle/psft/pt/apptools/bin:/opt/oracle/psft/pt/apptools/bin/interfacedrivers::/opt/oracle/psft/pt/cobol/svrexp-51_wp4-64bit/bin:/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/appserv:/opt
/oracle/psft/pt/tools/setup:/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/jre/bin:/opt/oracle/psft/pt/bea/tuxedo/bin:.:/opt/oracle/psft/pt/oracle-client/11.2.0.x/bin:/opt/oracle/psft/pt/oracle-clie
nt/11.2.0.x/perl/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/bin:/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/bin/sqr/ORA/bin:/opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/verity/linux/_ilnx21/bin:/hom
e/psadm2/bin:.
[psadm2@psovmfscmfp2 PRCSDOM]$ ls /opt/oracle/psft/pt/apptools/cblbin
[psadm2@psovmfscmfp2 PRCSDOM]$ ls /opt/oracle/psft/pt/tools/cblbin
PTPCBLAE.gnt PTPDTTST.gnt PTPECOBL.gnt PTPLOGMS.gnt PTPRATES.gnt PTPSQLGS.gnt PTPTESTU.gnt PTPTSCNT.gnt PTPTSLOG.gnt PTPTSTBL.gnt PTPTSWHR.gnt
PTPCURND.gnt PTPDTWRK.gnt PTPEFCNV.gnt PTPMETAS.gnt PTPRUNID.gnt PTPSQLRT.gnt PTPTESTV.gnt PTPTSEDS.gnt PTPTSREQ.gnt PTPTSUPD.gnt PTPUPPER.gnt
PTPDBTST.gnt PTPDYSQL.gnt PTPERCUR.gnt PTPNETRT.gnt PTPSETAD.gnt PTPSTRFN.gnt PTPTFLDW.gnt PTPTSEDT.gnt PTPTSSET.gnt PTPTSUSE.gnt PTPUSTAT.gnt
PTPDEC31.gnt PTPECACH.gnt PTPESLCT.gnt PTPNTEST.gnt PTPSHARE.gnt PTPTEDIT.gnt PTPTLREC.gnt PTPTSFLD.gnt PTPTSTAE.gnt PTPTSWHE.gnt PTPWLGEN.gnt
[psadm2@psovmfscmfp2 PRCSDOM]$The directory "/opt/oracle/psft/pt/apptools/cblbin" is owned by psadm3 and hosted on the database server (nfs mounted), so I assume we also need to set proper values for env variables, and compile the COBOLs before being able to use them.
To resume what I did to make the COBOLs working on this PSOVM :
1. As root, start LMF (this has to be done only once)
cd /opt/oracle/psft/pt/cobol/microfocus
./mflmman
2. As psadm1, set proper env. variable and compile (setting env variable has to be done each time you want to compile COBOLs)
export COBDIR=/opt/oracle/psft/pt/cobol/svrexp-51_wp4-64bit
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$COBDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export PATH=$COBDIR/bin:$PATH
cd $PS_HOME/setup
./pscbl.mak
./psrun.mak
3. As psadm2, set proper env. variable and reconfigure psprcs.cfg, restart, restart (setting env variable has to be done each time you want to start the process scheduler, so probably better to append these in the .bash_profile)
export COBDIR=/opt/oracle/psft/pt/cobol/svrexp-51_wp4-64bit
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$COBDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export PATH=$COBDIR/bin:$PATH
cd $PS_HOME/appserv
./psadmin
4. Same as step 2, but with user psadm3.
HTH,
Nicolas.
PS: will it be the same issue on the HCM template delivered at the same time ? To be tested as well.
PS2: and yes, I tested it twice before posting, result is same.
Edited by: N Gasparotto on Sep 13, 2012 5:17 PM

Fortunately, the COBOL issue does not exist on PSOVM HCM9.1 FP2 PT8.52.06 delivered in July 2012 (v3). COBOL are properly compiled (tools and app COBOLs), cblbin is not empty and they run successfully on the first shot.
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