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From: stroyan@hpfcdq.HP.COM (Mike Stroyan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Problems with starbase/X.
Message-ID: <350010@hpfcdq.HP.COM>
Date: 11 Oct 89 15:58:30 GMT
References: <1989Oct5.224247.26353@isy.liu.se>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Fort Collins, CO
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> Why do the starbase call gopen() in, seemingly, randomness sometimes fail,
> sometimes succeed when used with X-windows?
> Our call is
> gopen(device_string, OUTDEV, "hp98550") 
> and the program is linked with -ldd98550.

The gopen function has four parameters, but you only passed it three.
The call will fail when the random stack value which is read as the
'mode' parameter has both the INT_XFORM and FLOAT_XFORM flags set.

Mike Stroyan, stroyan@hpfcla.hp.com