CONTENTS Title Page Copyright Page Related Documents 1 Installing VXT Software on an IBM AIX System 1.1 Preparing for the Installation 1.1.1 Checking the Media Software Distribution Kit 1.2 Installation Procedure Requirements 1.2.1 Prerequisite Hardware 1.2.2 Prerequisite Software 1.2.3 Determining Which Subsets to Load 1.2.4 Determining Which Images to Install 1.2.5 Determining Disk Space Requirements 1.2.6 Backing Up Your System Disk 1.3 Starting the Installation 1.3.1 Installing from Local QIC 24 Tape or Magnetic Tape Distribution Media 1.3.2 Installing from Local tar Files 1.3.3 Installing from Remote tar Files, Using TCP/IP 1.4 Responding to Script Prompts 1.4.1 Error Recovery 1.4.2 Installation Procedure Is Complete 1.4.3 Determining and Reporting Problems 1.5 Sample Installation Session for IBM AIX 1.6 File Names Installed on Your System 2 IBM AIX System Management Tasks 2.1 System Administration Checklist Booting and Downloading 2.2 VXT System Images 2.3 Creating Directory Structures 2.4 Loading VXT Software with IP-Host System Setup Fonts 2.5 Font Access 2.5.1 TFTP Font Paths 2.5.2 NFS Font Paths 2.6 PCF Font Format for VXT 2000 Windowing Terminals 2.6.1 UNIX Fonts 2.7 Compiling Fonts for IBM AIX TFTP Systems 2.7.1 Font Utilities 2.7.2 Compiling and Installing Custom Fonts for IBM AIX Systems 2.8 Managing Fonts 2.8.1 Alias Names and XLFD Names X Services 2.9 Installing XDMCP support on IBM AIX Systems 2.10 Customizing Configuration Files for XDMCP Support 2.10.1 Xservers 2.10.2 xdm-pid 2.10.3 xdm-errors 2.10.4 xdm-config 2.10.5 Xresources 2.10.6 Xstartup 2.10.7 Xsession 2.10.8 Xreset 2.10.9 Hints for Configuring Character Cell Terminal Services-Telnet Managing Terminal and Group Settings Printing 2.11 Setting Up Access to VXT 2000 Printer Ports 2.11.1 Printing from the IBM AIX Host Application Launcher