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From: cowan@dover.sps.mot.com (Andrew H Cowan)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Problem using xcalc.  Need a clue...
Message-ID: <2312@dover.sps.mot.com>
Date: 6 Jul 90 15:41:38 GMT
Reply-To: cowan@soleil.sps.mot.com.UUCP (Andrew H Cowan)
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Organization: Motorola SPS, Mesa, AZ
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I have a strange situation...and I need a clue.

When I run "xcalc -display myncd:0" from a Sun 4, xcalc works just
fine.

If I run "xcalc -display myncd:0" from a Solbourne (Sun 4 architecture),
xcalc comes up as a tiny little box with what looks like a bunch of
small boxes jammed on top of each other.  It definitely doesn't look
like a calculator.

Now, the particulars are that I have installed the same ".so" libs on
both systems, however on the Solbourne I have not installed the libs
in /usr/lib (rather, thanks to some of you kind net.folks, I've 
discovered the LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable) but in an alternate directory.
On the Solbourne we still have X11R3 installed in /usr/lib.

I am running SWM (Solbourne's Window Manager).  I am using an NCD 17c
X terminal.  All of which works, if xcalc is running on the Sun 4.

Why does xcalc work on the Sun 4, but not on the Solbourne?  Is it 
because I am trying to screw around with putting the libs in an
alternate directory?  Or is it because the Solbourne has a compatability
problem running a X11R4 that was built on a Sun 4?

-AC


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