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From: beattie@visenix.UUCP (Brian Beattie)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: ESIX Rev D Problems (Was: File system performance)
Message-ID: <868@visenix.UUCP>
Date: 18 Nov 90 14:11:24 GMT
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Reply-To: beattie@visenix.UUCP (Brian Beattie)
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While we are the subject of problems with Rev D...

First let me say that overall I have been very happy with ESIX.  I
think however that Rev D was rushed out without sufficent testing.

In addition to the problem with FFS (being able to create a filesystem
with more inodes than the system can handle).  I have been having
problems with the new X Windows server.

1) I have build a version of xfig1.4.  When I run it the server dumps
   coree.

2) If the screen saver has run, the server dumps core if you try to
   do anything.

3) When using twm if there is a .twmrc with anything in it the server
   shuts down (I think twm is exiting).

I can not find any indication anywhere as to what is causeing this.
And since it is clear that ESIX has no intention of fixing anything in
Release 3.2 I don't see much sense in looking further.  I am currently
trying to get the sources for X11R4 from Thomas Roell.  When I get them
I will try to get them running.  In the mean time I am going to try to
reinstall the X Windows from Rev C.

I am really begining to feel like I felt when Microport let you think
you were talking to somebody who gave a shit (you were really talking
to there answering service, I will never forgive any company named
Microport for that).
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