spell@uncecs.edu (Chris Spell) (06/09/90)
please HELP!! I have compiled X11R4 on a Sys V R3.2 386 box. I finally got the server running, but it doesn't seem to be accepting conections. All i get is the grey window with an X in the center of the screen. The mouse works great, but without any clients i guess it is kinda pointless. :-) When i type xinit I get the grey screen and a few minutes later i give up and stop the server and the following is displayed on my screen. Found a vga with color display. Server linked Wed Jun 6 17:48:06 EDT 1990 by spell on TheBeach X Window System protocol version 11, revision 0 (vendor release 4) Using RT keyboard layout... No reply from the server. waiting for X server to begin accepting connections . Any suggestions/ideas please let me know. thanks in advance, chris -- Chris Spell spell@ecsvax.uncecs.edu spell@uncw.uucp -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Chris Spell, UNC-Wilmington/CS Dept. (919) 395-3607 Wilmington, NC 28403 spell@ecsvax.uncecs.edu spell@ecsvax.bitnet spell@ecsvax.uucp
atula@cs.keele.ac.uk (Atula Herath) (06/12/90)
From article <1990Jun9.021336.27573@uncecs.edu>, by spell@uncecs.edu (Chris Spell): > please HELP!! > > I have compiled X11R4 on a Sys V R3.2 386 box. I finally got > the server running, but it doesn't seem to be accepting > conections. All i get is the grey window with an X in the > center of the screen. The mouse works great, but without any > clients i guess it is kinda pointless. :-) > > > When i type xinit I get the grey screen and a few minutes later > i give up and stop the server and the following is displayed on > my screen. I had the same problem. Later I realized my problem was with the libdbm.a, I used gdbm1-3 and first compiled that with GCC. Compile this with Interactive's cc and make sure that it uses interactive's alloca ( You have to include -lPw.) In fact you can diagnose this. Try to run the 'showrgb' program. If it dumps the core then you are having the same problem. Your xinit must be dumping the core (have a look there should be a core file somewhere.) Because it can't read the dbm file. After recompilation of this you have to rebuild the server. (you may have to include -lPw in all Makefiles (via Imakefile.) I hope this helps. Athula. --
pim@cti-software.nl (Pim Zandbergen) (06/13/90)
atula@cs.keele.ac.uk (Atula Herath) writes: >> When i type xinit I get the grey screen and a few minutes later >> i give up and stop the server and the following is displayed on >> my screen. >I had the same problem. Later I realized my problem was with the >libdbm.a, I used gdbm1-3 and first compiled that with GCC. >Compile this with Interactive's cc and make sure that it uses >interactive's alloca ( You have to include -lPw.) You can compile gdbm with gcc too, just make sure you use -fpcc-struct-return ! -- Pim Zandbergen domain : pim@cti-software.nl CTI Software BV uucp : uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!ctisbv!pim Laan Copes van Cattenburch 70 phone : +31 70 3542302 2585 GD The Hague, The Netherlands fax : +31 70 3512837