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From: dpb@viking.UUCP (Don Bennett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: HP-UX: unacceptable  [Was: root-over-nfs under HP-UX 6.5]
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Date: 21 Nov 89 22:42:04 GMT
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> I repeat my call for HP to set up an anonymous FTP site.  I think one of
> HPs first jobs should be to ensure that its modifications to the X11R4
> server, to be released just after HPUX 7.0, will be on that anonymous FTP 
> site as soon as possible.

> Finding that MIT's X11R3 server crashes on HPUX 6.5 (for me, at least),
> gives me a similar feeling.  If you're willing to use 2 year old HP-blessed
> software, HPUX is probably OK.

Although I share your sentiments in general, you should restrict
your particulars to things that are real problems.

The X11-R3 code as shipped from MIT *does* run on HP machines
without modification (at least s300), and I expect the R4 code will also.

If the R3 server doesn't work for you, its for one of two reasons:

(a) You're using a frame buffer they didn't support in R3;
    (I hear this won't be as much of a problem in R4)
 
(b) You're using the optimizer on 6.5 - DON'T.
    (I agree with the folks who think that a broken optimizer
     is worse than useless)

 
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