Problem with cdsdoc (version2.1) of hotfix IC 5141

You might want to take a look at solution 11572400 which is to make it work on newer OS versions (note that strictly speaking IC5141 is not supported on RHEL5, but the main thing that doesn't work is cdsdoc - this solution allows it to work on RHEL5 and RHEL6).

How recent is the IC5141 you're using? What does "icfb -W" and "icfb -V" return? Which OS are you running (cat /etc/redhat-release)

Andrew.

 Hello Andrew,

As i am a student at the university, i can't have an access to "solution 11572400". icfb - W returned as

 sub-version 5.10.41.500.6.150

icfb -V returned as

@(#)$CDS: icfb.exe version 5.1.0 08/25/2011 00:34 (cicln04) $

redhat release is : Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS release 4 (Nahant Update 2).

It's a RHEL 4. Whether i can make it work?

Thank you.

Regards,

Vinay Rao.

Hi Vinay,

You should not need that solution if running on RHEL4. Can you try doing:

cdsdoc -test
which cdsdoc

also try these steps:

If CDSDoc is running, shut it down by clicking Exit in the Library window.
Make sure old CDSDoc processes are not running:

• Use the ps -ef command to look for the processes obServer and https. If they are running, use the kill command to terminate them.

Set the debug environment variable in a shell window (UNIX) or command prompt (Windows).

•  setenv CDS_DEBUG_CDSDOC "debug"

Restart CDSDoc . Go through the steps of opening a document, and then post the debug output that appears in the terminal window.

Regards,

Andrew.

 Hello Andrew,

I set CDS_DEBUG_CDSDOC variable. When i typed "cdsdoc -test " it returned as

CDSDoc is no longer available. It has been superseded by Cadence Help. Type 'cdnshelp' to access the help system.

So i typed cdnshelp -test but it gave as

Unknown option: test
Cadence Help v01.11-p014
Copyright (c) 2006-2008 Cadence Design Systems, Inc. All rights reserved
Launching gui.../cad/cadence/IUS82/tools.lnx86/cdnshelp/bin/cdnshelp.exe /cad/cadence/IUS82/doc/xmlreg/library.lbr   Debug Mode: Logging is on.

cdnshelp opened but opened documents are only for IUS8.2. Hence i tried to open cdsdoc from the cadence installation directory & typed  "<installation_dir>/tools.lnx86/bin/cdsdoc -test " which gave result as

  CDSDoc 2.1 Installation verification

Check system - Linux vlsi60 2.6.9-22.ELsmp #1 SMP Mon Sep 19 18:00:54 EDT 2005 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Checking installation directory... Done.
Checking user environment variables... Done.
    Status: Cadence CDS_DEBUG_CDSDOC environment variable is set to -
            debug
Checking Netscape, make sure Netscape 4.51 (or higher) is in your PATH ...

          --- Warning: Netscape NOT found ---

Checking Directory Structure...
Directory Structure Check passed
Done.

 Then i started icfb, and went to 'help' for openening cadence document.CDSDOC opened and in terminal the following message appeared.

CDSDoc API 2.1, Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
obApi: cdsdocInt02.10-s001 06/22/04 10:06 pubtools itglinux

obApi: install dir = /cad/cadence/IC514H
obApi: install dir (for docs) = /cad/cadence/IC514H
obApi: Project: NULL
obApi: Using default server: dir=/cad/cadence/IC514H version=v2.1
obApi: mpssession=localhost:vinay_rao mpsversion=v2.1
obApi: Server is active
obApi: Calling server to show Tag: command_interpreter hiNoHelp  0 /cad/cadence/IC514H
obApi: Result of server call: handle=0 status=3
obApi: mpssession=localhost:vinay_rao mpsversion=v2.1
obApi: Server is active
obApi: Calling server to show Tag: dfii hiNoHelp  0 /cad/cadence/IC514H
obApi: Result of server call: handle=-2 status=0
 

For "whichcdsdoc" it gave as

/cad/cadence/IUS82/tools/bin/cdsdoc

In addition, i found no CDSDOC processes are running (In actual i didn't understand clearly how to check for it but neither cdsdoc nor http/observer is visible in in ps -ef ).

Thank you.

Regards,

Vinay Rao.

Try making sure that the <IC5141> paths are before your IUS paths so that cdsdoc is found from there, and repeat the tests. Because cdsdoc has been retired, only old releases (such as cdsdoc) still have it.

Regards,

Andrew.

 I kept IC5141 before IUS paths and ran those tests again. Outputs are as follows.

 $ cdsdoc -test

Check system - Linux vlsi60 2.6.9-22.ELsmp #1 SMP Mon Sep 19 18:00:54 EDT 2005 x 86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Checking installation directory... Done.
Checking user environment variables... Done.
Checking Netscape, make sure Netscape 4.51 (or higher) is in your PATH ...
          --- Warning: Netscape NOT found ---
Checking Directory Structure...
Directory Structure Check passed
Done.

$ which cdsdoc
/cad/cadence/IC514H/tools/bin/cdsdoc

In  ps -ef i found 3 suspect runs. 

/cad/cadence/IC514H/tools/bin/cdsMsgServer -mpssession i

 cdsServIpc -c 40987 -n 0 -r 10 -x /cad/cadence/IC514H/to

 cdsServIpc -c 40987 -n 1 -r 10 -x /cad/cadence/IC514H/to

Whether these are also have to be killed? Other than these 3, i didn't find any.

Then i opened cdsdoc in terminal and tried to open some documents, it gave as

CDSDoc API 2.1, Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
obApi: cdsdocInt02.10-s001 06/22/04 10:06 pubtools itglinux

obApi: install dir = /cad/cadence/IC514H
obApi: install dir (for docs) = /cad/cadence/IC514H
obApi: Project: NULL
obApi: Using default server: dir=/cad/cadence/IC514H version=v2.1
CDSDoc, version 2.1
Copyright ￿ 2000-2003, Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
obApi: Project: NULL
obApi: Using default server: dir=/cad/cadence/IC514H version=v2.1
library: Reading hierarchy: /cad/cadence/IC514H
obApi: mpssession=localhost:vinay_rao mpsversion=v2.1
obApi: Server is active
obApi: Calling server to open document: /cad/cadence/IC514H/doc/vlehelp/chap4.html  0 /cad/cadence/IC514H
obApi: Result of server call: handle=-2 status=21
 

Regards,

Vinay Rao.