From: deogrady@dsg.cs.tcd.ie (Darragh O'Grady) Subject: Re: X11 v1.1 - twm won't start Date: 28 Jul 1992 15:07:10 GMT
In <HAZEN.92Jul25213254@budoe.bu.edu> hazen@budoe.bu.edu (Eric Hazen) writes:
>Hi,
>I just upgraded to 0.96c-pl2 + GCC 2.2.2 + X11 V1.1.
>Much improved installation - kudos to all involved!
>One problem... I can start the X server OK, and get an xterm, and the
>mouse works. I can't get twm to start, though. If I run it from the
>xterm, nothing happens (I can kill it with ^C). If I reset the DISPLAY
>var to something silly, it complains, so I know it's trying to run.
>I've checked (I think) for silly mistakes like file permissions.
>Everything worked fine under 0.96a / GCC 2.11c / X11 V1.0
>Any Ideas? Thanks for any help you can give.
>Configuration: 386DX/16 / 8MB / Orchid pro-designer IIs
> 0.96c-p2 compiled w/ gcc2.2.2c
> X11 v1.1 binaries from banjo
I have the same problem; it's not just twm however.
Running `xsetroot -solid <colour>` doesn't work either and various
other small applications provided in xextra refuse to work. The
applications are running Ok (`top` indicates that they are running),
they just aren't doing anything, and they don't return/complete.
My machine is also a 386DX/16, with 8MB RAM and PVGA1B svga card, and
I'm also running 0.96c-pl2 compiled w/ gcc2.2.2c and X11v1.1 from banjo.
However, my machine has a buggy 386 --- it causes linux to print
`bogus put no page` error frequently (this is easily fixed by
commenting out the offending error message in mm/memory.c; the
error can, apparently, be safely ignored). Maybe this has something to
do with the problem?
Alternatively, since I installed 0.96c from the MCC distribution, maybe
there is something wrong with the non-X shared libs included with it?
This is a problem which should be rectified A.S.A.F.P., since I haven't
been able to use X properly since upgrading my compiler to 2.2.2c.
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