drl@VUSE.VANDERBILT.EDU (David R. Linn) (11/03/88)
I note with some dismay that the core distribution top-level docs make no mention of SunOS4.0. Has anyone built X11.3 under SunOS4.0 and encountered any problems worthy of mention (aside from the already know -mono problem)? David
jim@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Jim Fulton) (11/03/88)
Yes, R3 was built under SunOS 4.0 by a number of people. It wasn't mentioned in the top level docs because we don't have 4.0 yet. Make sure that you read server/ddx/sun/README and set the SunOSMajorVersion and SunOSMinorVersion configuration parameters in util/imake.includes/Sun.macros.
corbet@stout.ucar.edu (Jonathan Corbet) (11/03/88)
drl@VUSE.VANDERBILT.EDU (David R. Linn): >I note with some dismay that the core distribution top-level >docs make no mention of SunOS4.0. Has anyone built X11.3 under >SunOS4.0 and encountered any problems worthy of mention I built it under 4.0 with no trouble. You have to set the version number in Sun.macros, but other than that, there is really no problem, other than the usual performance woes. Jonathan Corbet National Center for Atmospheric Research, Field Observing Facility corbet@stout.ucar.edu
raj@GLACIER.ICS.UCI.EDU (11/04/88)
I built X.V11R3 under SunOS 4.0 on both Sun3's and Sun4's with no problems. I strongly suggest you get the first level of fixes available from MIT since it fixes a few minor bugs (such as the "-mono" bug I believe). Anyway, it built just fine, runs fine, and it looks as though it even fixes the well-known memory allocation problem in the server! (Just in case anyone's interested in the status of the memory allocation bug of X.V11R2, I just finished an experiment of opening around 45 windows at once on my Sun 3/50(!), and after closing them all I was able to open them all again(!) and the server still didn't grow any more than it did the first time! I'm definitely "psych'ed"!! THANKS MIT!!) Richard