carter@ferrari.mst6.lanl.gov (Dave Carter) (12/18/90)
i've just upgraded to Ultrix 4.1, and the decwindows applications won't work under X11R4. i'm running MIT's X11R4 server, which i compiled a while ago under ultrix 3.? i'm pretty sure most of them worked previously. i never did get dxpsview to work, however. has anyone else had this problem? has anyone gotten dxpsview to work under X11R4? btw, when is dec going to come out with a R4 server? - dave
klee@wsl.dec.com (Ken Lee) (12/18/90)
In article <2120@mustang.mst6.lanl.gov>, carter@ferrari.mst6.lanl.gov (Dave Carter) writes: |> has anyone gotten dxpsview to work under X11R4? dxpsview requires the Display PostScript extension. Display PostScript is available from several sources, but not X11R4. |> btw, when is dec going to come out with a R4 server? What does "R4 server" mean to you? The current DEC servers support everything in X11R4, except for the shape extension. They are also generally faster than the MiT servers. Is there something in particular your clients require, other than shape? If you have found bugs that you want fixed, please report them. -- Ken Lee DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif. Internet: klee@wsl.dec.com uucp: uunet!decwrl!klee
dwight@geohub.enet.dec.com (Dwight D. Moore) (12/19/90)
n article <1990Dec17.173555@wsl.dec.com>, klee@wsl.dec.com (Ken Lee) writes: |>Path: uokmax!apple!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!ucsd!ucbvax!bloom-bea acon!deccrl!news.crl.dec.com!shlump.nac.dec.com!pa.dec.com!wsl.dec.com!klee |>From: klee@wsl.dec.com (Ken Lee) |>Newsgroups: comp.windows.x |>Subject: Re: decwindows applications on X11R4 |>Message-ID: <1990Dec17.173555@wsl.dec.com> |>Date: 18 Dec 90 01:35:55 GMT |>References: <2120@mustang.mst6.lanl.gov> |>Sender: news@pa.dec.com (News) |>Reply-To: klee@wsl.dec.com |>Organization: DEC Western Software Laboratory |>Lines: 19 |> |>In article <2120@mustang.mst6.lanl.gov>, carter@ferrari.mst6.lanl.gov (Dave Carter) writes: |>|> has anyone gotten dxpsview to work under X11R4? |> |>dxpsview requires the Display PostScript extension. Display PostScript |>is available from several sources, but not X11R4. |> |>|> btw, when is dec going to come out with a R4 server? |> |>What does "R4 server" mean to you? The current DEC servers support |>everything in X11R4, except for the shape extension. They are also |>generally faster than the MiT servers. Is there something in |>particular your clients require, other than shape? If you have found |>bugs that you want fixed, please report them. |> |>-- |>Ken Lee |>DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif. |>Internet: klee@wsl.dec.com |>uucp: uunet!decwrl!klee |> Ok...when is DECWindows (ala X Windows) going to support R4 (I mean the libraries and include files now, not the servers...). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------- Dwight D. Moore Geosciences Computing Network University of Oklahoma dwight@geohub.gcn.uoknor.edu (129.15.40.10) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------
mike@raven.uss.tek.com (Mike Ewan) (12/19/90)
In article <2120@mustang.mst6.lanl.gov>, carter@ferrari.mst6.lanl.gov (Dave Carter) writes: |> |> i've just upgraded to Ultrix 4.1, and the decwindows applications |> won't work under X11R4. i'm running MIT's X11R4 server, which i |> compiled a while ago under ultrix 3.? i'm pretty sure most of them |> worked previously. i never did get dxpsview to work, however. has |> anyone else had this problem? has anyone gotten dxpsview to work |> under X11R4? Dxpsview uses the Adobe Display PostScript extension to the DECwindows server. MIT X11R4 does not have this. |> btw, when is dec going to come out with a R4 server? As I understand it an R4 server is in the "next major release". The X11 libraries in 4.1 are already R4. Mike -- Michael Ewan (503)627-6468 Internet: mike@raven.USS.TEK.COM Unix Systems Support UUCP: ...!tektronix!puffin!raven!mike Tektronix, Inc. Compuserve: 73747,2304 "Fig Newton: The force required to accelerate a fig 39.37 inches/sec."--J. Hart
raman@altvax.zk3.dec.com (Rajesh Raman) (12/19/90)
|>i've just upgraded to Ultrix 4.1, and the decwindows applications |>won't work under X11R4. try running it with the R3 compatibility mode switch on for the server. This could be done by "xset bc". ******************************************************************************** * * * Rajesh Raman VaxMail: ASD::RAMAN * * ZKO3-2/S11 Internet: raman@asd.enet.dec.com * * 110 SpitBrook Road "raman%asd.enet"@decwrl.dec.com * * Nashua, NH 03062 UUCP: ...!decwrl!asd.enet.dec.com!raman * * * * ************************************************************************ *********
gringort@wsl.dec.com (Joel Gringorten) (12/19/90)
In article <2120@mustang.mst6.lanl.gov>, carter@ferrari.mst6.lanl.gov (Dave Carter) writes: |> |> i've just upgraded to Ultrix 4.1, and the decwindows applications |> won't work under X11R4. i'm running MIT's X11R4 server, which i |> compiled a while ago under ultrix 3.? Try invoking the server with the "bc" command line argument. Let us know if that doesn't help. The text of the error message from the application would certainly help. |> i never did get dxpsview to work, however. This isn't suprising. dxpsview requires Display PostScript in the server -- something that the MIT servers don't have. |> btw, when is dec going to come out with a R4 server? "Real Soon Now" is about the only answer I can give you. -joel
klee@wsl.dec.com (Ken Lee) (12/19/90)
In article <1990Dec18.100755@geohub.enet.dec.com>, dwight@geohub.enet.dec.com (Dwight D. Moore) writes: |> Ok...when is DECWindows (ala X Windows) going to support R4 (I mean the |> libraries and include |> files now, not the servers...). UWS2.2, which was shipping last year, contains the X11R4 include files and Xlib. The Motif 1.1 layerd product contains an X11R4 Xt and widget set. -- Ken Lee DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif. Internet: klee@wsl.dec.com uucp: uunet!decwrl!klee
carter@ferrari.mst6.lanl.gov (Dave Carter) (12/19/90)
In article <1990Dec18.100755@geohub.enet.dec.com> dwight@geohub.gcn.uoknor.edu writes: )n article <1990Dec17.173555@wsl.dec.com>, klee@wsl.dec.com (Ken Lee) writes: )|)In article <2120@mustang.mst6.lanl.gov>, carter@ferrari.mst6.lanl.gov (Dave )Carter) writes: )|) )|)|) btw, when is dec going to come out with a R4 server? )|) )|)What does "R4 server" mean to you? The current DEC servers support )|)everything in X11R4, except for the shape extension. They are also )|)generally faster than the MiT servers. Is there something in i disagree, but i don't have the numbers. (though i think i saw a posting about this along time ago.) i've seen both run on a DECstation 3100 and 5000 and the vanilla X11R4 server from MIT is *much* faster than DECWindows. )|)particular your clients require, other than shape? If you have found )|)bugs that you want fixed, please report them. )|) )|)-- )|)Ken Lee )|)DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif. )|)Internet: klee@wsl.dec.com )|)uucp: uunet!decwrl!klee )|) ) )Ok...when is DECWindows (ala X Windows) going to support R4 (I mean the )libraries and include )files now, not the servers...). ) )------------------------------------------------------------------------ )--------- ) Dwight D. Moore ) Geosciences Computing Network ) University of Oklahoma ) ) dwight@geohub.gcn.uoknor.edu (129.15.40.10) )------------------------------------------------------------------------ )---------
carter@ferrari.mst6.lanl.gov (Dave Carter) (12/19/90)
In article <1990Dec18.095945@wsl.dec.com> gringort@wsl.dec.com (Joel Gringorten) writes: >In article <2120@mustang.mst6.lanl.gov>, carter@ferrari.mst6.lanl.gov (Dave Carter) writes: >|> >|> i've just upgraded to Ultrix 4.1, and the decwindows applications >|> won't work under X11R4. i'm running MIT's X11R4 server, which i >|> compiled a while ago under ultrix 3.? > >Try invoking the server with the "bc" command line argument. i tried xset bc, but this didn't seem to help. i do have the dec fonts alias file in place. >Let us know if that doesn't help. The text of the error message from >the application would certainly help. the result of most applications (dxcalc, dxcalendar, dxcardfiler, dxclock, dxfc, dxnotepad, dxpaint, dxpsview, dxpuzzle, dxterm, dxue, dxvdoc) is "Segmentation fault." however, dxdiff and dxmail both open windows and seem to work. strange. as i was sitting here typing this, i tried running dxterm and dxclock from a window logged into a microvax II running VAX ultrix 4.1 with (supposedly) the same version of UWS installed, and sure enough, they worked! weird. this is all not very important anyway, since we don't need these DEC applications. the only one we'd like to be able to run is dxpsview, which is impossible. > >|> i never did get dxpsview to work, however. > >This isn't suprising. dxpsview requires Display PostScript in the server >-- something that the MIT servers don't have. this is the answer i was expecting, though i was hoping someone had written a similar program that would run under X11R4. maybe under R5? i have ghostscript, and it's nice, but not quite as good as dxpsview. > >|> btw, when is dec going to come out with a R4 server? > >"Real Soon Now" is about the only answer I can give you. > >-joel