Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 09:30:03 -0700 (PDT) From: John Merryweather Cooper <jmcoopr@webmail.bmi.net> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/28458: Gnome-1.4's use of Xalf out of sync with Linux X support Message-ID: <200106291630.f5TGU3k95517@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/28458; it has been noted by GNATS. From: John Merryweather Cooper <jmcoopr@webmail.bmi.net> To: erothwell@callgtn.com Cc: John Merryweather Cooper <jmcoopr@webmail.bmi.net>, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/28458: Gnome-1.4's use of Xalf out of sync with Linux X support Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 09:22:44 -0700 On 2001.06.29 05:35 Erik Rothwell wrote: > You can fix this easily by going Control Center > Launch Feedback > > [x] > "Do not distinguish between windows (compatibility mode)." I don't > know > why this fixes the problem, exactly, but it does. (At least for I.) > > Erik. > The workaround works by disabling (completely) Xalf. With Xalf disabled, no calls are made by Linux apps to (non-existant) Linux-Xalf libraries . . . jmc =================== > John Merryweather Cooper wrote: > > > > >Number: 28458 > > >Category: ports > > >Synopsis: Gnome-1.4's use of Xalf out of sync with Linux X > support > > >Confidential: no > > >Severity: serious > > >Priority: medium > > >Responsible: freebsd-ports > > >State: open > > >Quarter: > > >Keywords: > > >Date-Required: > > >Class: sw-bug > > >Submitter-Id: current-users > > >Arrival-Date: Wed Jun 27 09:40:01 PDT 2001 > > >Closed-Date: > > >Last-Modified: > > >Originator: John Merryweather Cooper > > >Release: FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE i386 > > >Organization: > > >Environment: > > System: FreeBSD johncoop.MSHOME 4.3-STABLE FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE #18: > Tue Jun 26 11:23:19 PDT 2001 jmcoopr@johncoop.MSHOME:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/JOHNCOOP > i386 > > > > > > >Description: > > With Gnome-1.4, it is no longer possible to start Linux X > ports such as > > WordPerfect, StarOffice, RealPlayer, Linux-Netscape, etc. > from a menu. > > Doing so results in a failure to start the application > with various > > errors that seem to indicate that the Linux ports are > looking for a > > Linux version of Xalf. /compat/linux does not provide > such support, > > and so these (and similar) applications refuse to start > from a menu. > > > > >How-To-Repeat: > > Just attempt to start any Linux X port . . . > > > > >Fix: > > > > The work-around is to start Linux X ports from an xterm > command prompt, > > but this is ugly and sort of defeats the purpose of having > X in the > > first place. Bottom line, /compat/linux's X support needs > to be > > updated! > > >Release-Note: > > >Audit-Trail: > > >Unformatted: > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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