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Updating SOS Software for 5 PC Configuration

NC is the only computer that needs to be updated with this software. To update the SOS software, please follow the following steps:

Installation Preparations

It might be convenient to have a printed out copy of these instructions. Also, please take a look at the release notes to read about the new features in this release. Then:

  1. Login to or go sit in front of the NC system
  2. Download the following files to /shared/sos
  3. Download the following files to /shared/sos (note, there is a redhat4 version and redhat 5 version)

Installation Steps

Follow these steps to install the SOS software. Note, this does not delete the current release, it simply points your system at this new version. It is still easy to revert back in case of problems.
  1. Bring up a terminal window on "NC" (i.e. right click on desktop and select "Open Terminal")
  2. sos stop ( to halt the currently running SOS software)
  3. cd /shared/sos (to change directories to /shared/sos)
  4. cd /shared/sos ( This software is for NC only )
  5. tar -xzvf sos-3.2.7_rh4.tgz (note this will create a new directory structure named: sos-3.2.7)
  6. rm -f bin etc tps lib (This break the old links to the current version of the SOS software)
  7. ln -s sos-3.2.7/bin ./bin
  8. ln -s sos-3.2.7/etc ./etc
  9. ln -s sos-3.2.7/tps ./tps
  10. ln -s sos-3.2.7/lib ./lib
  11. Double check the icon properties. Right-click the "SOS Start" icon on your desktop and select "Properties"


    Change "Command:" to "/shared/sos/bin/sos start"
  12. That's it. Try to run SOS

Reverting back to the previous release

NOTE: If this release doesn't work or you want to revert back to an earlier release, it is simply a matter of restoring the previous links. The previous release files are still in the /shared/sos folder. Modify the "ln -s" command below to specify the release being reverted to. For example, to revert back to 3.1.6, do the following:
  1. Bring up a terminal window
  2. sos stop ( to halt the currently running SOS software)
  3. cd /shared/sos (to change directories to /shared/sos)
  4. rm -f bin etc tps lib (This break the old link to the current version of the SOS software)
  5. ln -s sos-3.1.6/bin ./bin
  6. ln -s sos-3.1.6/etc ./etc
  7. ln -s sos-3.1.6/tps ./tps
  8. ln -s sos-3.1.6/lib ./lib
  9. That's it. The system should now point back to version 3.1.6 of the SOS release.

If you have an ATI remote -- Installing the ATI Remote Wonder II Driver

We are depricating the use of the ATI remote control in favor of the Nintendo Wii Remote. However, if you still have the ATI remote and have upgraded the Linux kernel, follow these instructions

The ATI kernel driver is installed on the NC system. It has to be built and installed specially for each kernel. The source code for the ati remotes reside in sos-3.1.6/ati_remote. To build the source code, change to that directory and type make. He ATI driver files need to be installed in the appropriate kernel directory. To install the new driver, use the following commands (sudo make install). A reboot may be required.