>>>>> "Christopher" == Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Christopher> Have you got the xserver(s) and clients to behave properly?
Yup.
Christopher> Does the vncserver start up correctly and the viewer show
Christopher> the xserver window?
Yup.
Christopher> In order to get VNC to work correctly on my glibc2 based
Christopher> machine I had to get the source and compile it.
Mine works correctly with the libc5 compatibility libs installed (as
an RPM, of course).
Christopher> How _did_ you manage to get the source to xforms?? The
Christopher> library is normally distributed as a shared object file.
Christopher> You compile the demonstration programs etc.
I didn't. :-) That was just me expecting something based on my own
experience with Linux software that wasn't really there. :-)
Meanwhile, I grabbed the latest bxforms.tgz and packaged it up into a
binary RPM.
Christopher> imho, the whole idea of .rpm, .deb, etc. to distribute
Christopher> binaries of add on applications is a total fiasco, to put
Christopher> it politely.
I disagree with you completely. For 99% of the software on my machine,
RPM's work quite nicely.
Christopher> fyi, here is a bit about my machine.
Christopher> $ uname -a
Christopher> Linux berty 2.2.7 #5 Sun May 16 10:59:43 NZST 1999 i586 unknown
Here's my information:
[kayvan@satyr ~]$ uname -a
Linux satyr.sylvan.com 2.2.9-ac1 #1 Mon May 31 09:26:45 PDT 1999 i586 unknown
[kayvan@satyr ~]$
This kernel was packaged up by my dropping the right source files onto
my machine, tweaking the redhat 6.0 RPM and generating my own kernel
RPM.
[kayvan@satyr ~]$ rpm -qi kernel-2.2.9
Name : kernel Relocations: (not relocateable)
Version : 2.2.9 Vendor: (none)
Release : ac1 Build Date: Mon May 31 11:07:28 1999
Install date: Mon May 31 11:20:57 1999 Build Host: satyr.sylvan.com
Group : System Environment/Kernel Source RPM: kernel-2.2.9-ac1.src.rpm
Size : 10289151 License: GPL
Summary : The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system).
Description :
The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of your
Red Hat Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions
of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device
input and output, etc.
Christopher> $ ldd /usr/local/bin/Xvnc
Christopher> libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x40015000)
Christopher> libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x4002d000)
Christopher> libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x40031000)
[kayvan@satyr ~]$ ldd /usr/local/bin/Xvnc
libm.so.5 => /usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libm.so.5 (0x4000d000)
libdl.so.1 => /lib/libdl.so.1 (0x40015000)
libc.so.5 => /usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libc.so.5 (0x40018000)
Christopher> $ ldd /usr/local/bin/vncviewer
Christopher> libXext.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x4000c000)
Christopher> libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x40018000)
Christopher> libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x400c4000)
Christopher> /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000)
[kayvan@satyr ~]$ ldd /usr/local/bin/vncviewer
libXext.so.6 => /usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x4000d000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x40017000)
libc.so.5 => /usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libc.so.5 (0x400a9000)
Christopher> $ ldd /usr/local/bin/lyx
Christopher> libforms.so.0.88 => /usr/lib/libforms.so.0.88 (0x40015000)
Christopher> libXpm.so.4 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4 (0x4008f000)
Christopher> libSM.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6 (0x4009d000)
Christopher> libICE.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6 (0x400a6000)
Christopher> libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x400bb000)
Christopher> libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x40160000)
Christopher> libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x40178000)
Christopher> /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000)
[kayvan@satyr ~]$ ldd /usr/bin/lyx
libforms.so.0.88 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libforms.so.0.88 (0x40019000)
libXpm.so.4 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4 (0x4009b000)
libSM.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6 (0x400a8000)
libICE.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6 (0x400b2000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x400c7000)
libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 => /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 (0x40164000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x401a6000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x401c2000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000)
Christopher> $ ls -l /usr/lib/libforms.so.0.88
Christopher> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 446928 Jan 13 14:50
/usr/lib/libforms.so.0.88
[kayvan@satyr ~]$ ls -l /usr/X11R6/lib/libforms.so.0.88
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 536078 Jun 1 01:36 /usr/X11R6/lib/libforms.so.0.88
This is part of the new RPM I just generated:
[kayvan@satyr ~]$ rpm -qi xforms
Name : xforms Relocations: /usr
Version : 0.88 Vendor: (none)
Release : 3 Build Date: Tue Jun 1 01:36:46 1999
Install date: Tue Jun 1 01:37:43 1999 Build Host: satyr.sylvan.com
Group : Development/Libraries Source RPM: xforms-0.88-3.src.rpm
Size : 2005003 License: T.C. Zhao and Mark Overmars
URL : http://bragg.phys.uwm.edu/xforms
Summary : Graphical user interface toolkit for X Window Systems
Description :
XForms is a GUI toolkit based on Xlib for X Window Systems. It
features a rich set of objects, such as buttons, sliders, and menus etc.
integrated into an easy and efficient
object/event callback execution model that allows fast and easy
construction of X-applications. In addition,
the library is extensible and new objects can easily be created and
added to the library.
[kayvan@satyr ~]$
Christopher> And the whole shooting match works infinitely better than
Christopher> a bought one. ( M$ )
Yup! I couldn't agree more.
Christopher> Do persevere both LyX and vnc are `just magic'.
Thanks. The solution was to use the ``-depth 16'' args to vncserver.
---Kayvan
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