[comp.soft-sys.andrew] bug ? : preview needs SunTools

sinkwitz@ifi.unizh.ch (Rainer Sinkwitz) (10/10/90)

I compiled the Andrew-system from the X11R4-Tape. When I try to run
the "preview" program it states:

> window: Base frame not passed parent window in environment
> 
> Unable to create main Preview window.
>   Be sure you are directly logged into a workstation
>   and have invoked SunTools.

Since all the other programs connect correctly to the X-Server this is
kind of strange.

Is there a version of preview that uses X, or are there some special
compile-time switches ?


Thanks,...

Rainer Sinkwitz            | E-mail: sinkwitz@ifi.unizh.ch
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Thanks,...

Rainer Sinkwitz            | E-mail: sinkwitz@ifi.unizh.ch
Dept. of Computer Science  |     {backbone}!mcsun!unizh!sinkwitz

ghoti+@andrew.cmu.edu (Adam Stoller) (10/11/90)

Excerpts from internet.info-andrew: 10-Oct-90 bug ? : preview needs
SunTools Rainer Sinkwitz@uunet.uu (814)

> I compiled the Andrew-system from the X11R4-Tape. When I try to run
> the "preview" program it states:

> > window: Base frame not passed parent window in environment
> > 
> > Unable to create main Preview window.
> >   Be sure you are directly logged into a workstation
> >   and have invoked SunTools.


This does not sound like it is the Andrew application "preview" - but
rather like some Sun (SunTools) application -- have you tried 'which
preview' to determine exactly what program you are trying to run?

--fish

nsb@thumper.bellcore.com (Nathaniel Borenstein) (10/11/90)

I didn't think that "preview" worked at all under X11 -- at least, it
never has since I've been using Andrew under X11 on a SPARC.  Does
anyone out there actually have it working?

jis@mtgzx.att.com (J Mukerji) (10/11/90)

Excerpts from info-andrew: 10-Oct-90 Re: bug ? : preview needs S..
Nathaniel Borenstein@thu (181)

> I didn't think that "preview" worked at all under X11 -- at least, it
> never has since I've been using Andrew under X11 on a SPARC.  Does
> anyone out there actually have it working?


We use preview under MIT X11R4 on our Sparcstations running SunOS4.0.3
all the time. It seems to work just fine.

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