From: hargrove@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Paul H. Hargrove) Subject: Re: Trying to get olvwm to work Date: Sat, 1 Aug 1992 01:59:27 GMT
In article <1992Jul31.185400.7311@pony.Ingres.COM> larrym@ingres.com writes:
>gis@mach4.wlu.ca (gis research) writes:
>:
>: I downloaded the olvwm binaries from banjo and installed them as intructed,
>: but I'm not too sure about how to run it. I start X and then type olvwm at
>: the Xterm, but it gives me "Segmentation Fault (core dumped)" Is this how to
>: run it, and if so any ideas why I get the error. If not, could someone
>: instruct me how to get it going. Thanks for any help,
>:
>: Alastair Small
>: asmall2@mach1.wlu.ca or
>: gis@mach4.wlu.ca
>:
>:
>
>The same thing happened to me. I installed olvwm and replaced the 'exec twm'
>line in my .xinitrc with exec olvwm, and got a Segmentation Fault. It gave
>the same error when I tried to run it outside of X (no complaints about
>inability to connect to the X server). I haven't had any time to look at it
>since then. I'm running the MCC .96c release on a 486/33. I'll probably
>try to tackle it this weekend; any suggestions (anyone) on what to try? I
>have flex now so I can "use the source".
>
>Larry Matter
><standard disclaimers>
I think that a number of people may all be experiencing the same problem:
YOU NEED THE 75DPI FONTS!!!
And not only must the be present on the disk, but you must make sure the
correct fonts line in /usr/lib/X11/Xconfig is uncommented.
If olvwm cannot find the 75dpi fonts it will just dump core!
I hope this helps most of the people who can't get olvwm to work.
-- Paul H. Hargrove hargrove@theory.tc.cornell.edu "A witty saying proves nothing." --Voltaire