DSL-50X Utility for Linux/FreeBSD

FreeBSD Users: This utility has been tested under FreeBSD v4.8-STABLE (i386), v4.11-STABLE (i386), v5.2-RELEASE (i386), FreeBSD v6.0-STABLE (i386 and amd64), FreeBSD v6.4-STABLE (i386), FreeBSD v7.2-STABLE (amd64). The only known issues are:

• FreeBSD (i386) v4.8, 4.11: Linux emulation warning message output to console on startup. Harmless.
• FreeBSD (i386) v5.2: None.
• FreeBSD (i386) v6.0, 6.4: Core dumps if the "transfer event log" facility is used.
• FreeBSD (amd64) v6.0: Utility runs, no GUI appears, hogs CPU. Not usable :-(
• FreeBSD (amd64) v7.2: Utility core dumps :-(

Linux Users: This utility has been tested under the folloiwujng Linux distributoons:

• RedHat v7.2 - no known issues;
• Mandrake v10.0 - no known issues;.
• Fedora 9 (kernel - 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686) - the only known issue requires the following tweak: ln -s /usr/lib/libborqt-6.9.0-qt2.3.so /usr/lib/libborqt-6.9-qt2.3.so for the Borland QT library once you have installed it from the library archive below.

Downloads

The first Linux/FreeBSD (with Linux emulation) version of the DSL-50X Utility is v1.2.0. It was released on 5 July 2004.

• DSL-50X Utility
  • DSL-50X Utility v1.20 (560Kb). A gzipped tar file comprising installation instructions, the DSL-50X utility executable and context-sensitive help files.

• Required libraries for Linux and FreeBSD
  • Qt Library (2.5Mb). A gzipped tar file comprising the required Borland version of the Qt library.

  • JPEG Library (660Kb). A gzipped tar file comprising the required JPEG library (any version of the library from v6.2 onwards is acceptable). Only needed if you do not already have it installed.

  Note: The above Linux libraries are required for both Linux and FreeBSD installations.

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