mike%aleytys@UUNET.UU.NET (Michael Kent) (01/07/90)
I'm currently running X11R2, which is the latest my vendor supports, under
SYSV Rel3.2., on a 16MHz 386 with 387, using a serial mouse and the Bell Tech.
Workstation Graphics Engine (alias 'Blit Express') monochrome display board.
The system is not attached to a network.
All mention of execution speed aside, I would like to run X11R4. I need to
know if the MIT distribution has support for SYSV Rel3.2, and AT 386-clone
display and mouse hardware. I am fully willing to switch to a different
display board (even one with lower resolution).
Frankly, I'm tired of being left one (now two) releases back by my vendor, with
no bug fixes, and a server that is so un-optimised as to creep along. I'm
trying to develop X applications; to do that effectively, I need to be able to
keep up with the latest developments in X.
Secondly, as I have only 100 Meg. of disk space I can allocate to building R4,
and the full uncompressed source is 150 Meg, I'd like to know if I could do the
build in stages, starting with the server and core, archiving and deleting the
source of each stage as I complete it.
Thanks for your patience.
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I need to
know if the MIT distribution has support for SYSV Rel3.2, and AT 386-clone
display and mouse hardware.
The core client stuff should compile and run fine on V.3.2, but the MIT
distribution provides no server support for this environment.
I'd like to know if I could do the
build in stages, starting with the server and core, archiving and deleting
the source of each stage as I complete it.
Sure. For example, you can build all of the libraries, then build the
clients. Since you can't build the server, deleting that code will
also save you a lot of space.mike%aleytys@UUNET.UU.NET (Michael Kent) (01/09/90)
> I'd like to know if I could do the > build in stages, starting with the server and core, archiving and deleting > the source of each stage as I complete it. > > Sure. For example, you can build all of the libraries, then build the > clients. Since you can't build the server, deleting that code will > also save you a lot of space. > Does this then mean that R4 libraries and clients will work with an R2 server? -- Michael Kent INTERNET: mike@aleytys.uu.net Center for M.C.E. UUCP: ...!{uunet, uflorida}!aleytys!mike 2521 N.W. 57th Pl MA BELL: +1-904-335-1573 Gainesville, Fl 32606 "...yes, we have no bananas..."
rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler) (01/10/90)
Does this then mean that R4 libraries and clients will work with an
R2 server?
They should work as well as R3 libraries and clients do, as far as I can think.