[comp.windows.x] problem builing x11r4 on Sparcsta. 1

rpeck@jessica.stanford.edu (Raymond Peck) (02/22/91)

I couldn't find this one in the FAQ's, so here goes. . .

I'm trying to build X on my SS1.  Everything seems to work,
'cept that I can't type into any of the windows!  Here's what
I did:
o	read the tapes into a personal directory

o	changed the DestDir:
	#define DestDir /home/ups1/a/rpeck/Bigdisk/X/sun/install

o	changed to no-shared-libs (didn't know about fixing ld.so
	with ldconfig at the time)

o	added the include dirs to StandardCppDefines:
	#define StandardCppDefines \
	-I/home/ups2/j/cobra/rpeck/X/sun/mit/include \
	-I/home/ups2/j/cobra/rpeck/X/sun/mit/server/include

o	did make World >& make_world_msgs ; \
	make install >& make_install_msgs

Now, when I do xinit with stolen .X11init   .Xdefaults   .xinitrc,
several xterms come up, along with an xclock and an oclock. twm
works, and I can move/resize/etc.  The xterms are listening:
I can rlogin from another host and cat foo > /dev/console or
cat foo > /dev/ptty1 and see the text on the screen. But. . .

I can't *type*!!  (Actually, I can type and nothing happens).

Any clues?



	

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rpeck@up61.UUCP (Ray Peck) (02/28/91)

I couldn't find this one in the FAQ's, so here goes. . .

I'm trying to build X on my SS1.  Everything seems to work,
'cept that I can't type into any of the windows!  Here's what
I did:
o	read the tapes into a personal directory

o	changed the DestDir:
	#define DestDir /home/ups1/a/rpeck/Bigdisk/X/sun/install

o	changed to no-shared-libs (didn't know about fixing ld.so
	with ldconfig at the time)

o	added the include dirs to StandardCppDefines:
	#define StandardCppDefines \
	-I/home/ups2/j/cobra/rpeck/X/sun/mit/include \
	-I/home/ups2/j/cobra/rpeck/X/sun/mit/server/include

o	did make World >& make_world_msgs ; \
	make install >& make_install_msgs

o	went through the ERRATA.Jan19 that I found on gatekeeper.dec.com.


Now, when I do xinit with stolen .X11init   .Xdefaults   .xinitrc,
several xterms come up, along with an xclock and an oclock. twm
works, and I can move/resize/etc.  The xterms are listening:
I can rlogin from another host and cat foo > /dev/console or
cat foo > /dev/ptty1 and see the text on the screen. But. . .

I can't *type*!!  (Actually, I can type and nothing happens).

The same thing happens whan I use default .xxx or missing .xxx files.

Any clues?



I thought perhaps my tapes were old, but I just compared dates on the ddx
and dix files against those on gatekeeper.dec.com, and they are the same.

I have spent two weeks on this, and cannot figure out what the @#$^&%
is going on.  PLEASE HELP!

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