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From: iglesias@draco.acs.uci.edu (Mike Iglesias)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: xbiff and DECwindows
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Date: 28 Nov 90 19:17:12 GMT
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In article <2751B2FB.1014@orion.oac.uci.edu> I wrote
>I'm having some problems getting xbiff (both X11R4 and the
>DEC-supplied unsupported one) working with UWS 4.1 on a DECstation
>5000/PX.  xbiff notices when new mail has arrived and reverse-videos
>the mailbox window, but when I read the new mail, it doesn't undo the
>reverse video, nor does it notice new mail arriving after that.  xbiff
>does work if I run it on my workstation and have it display on a
>DECstation 3100 running the X11R4 server.  Anyone have any suggestions
>on how to make it work? 

I was finally able to make xbiff work by turning off backing store in
the Xtm2d server.  I added -bs right after the server name in
/etc/ttys.


Mike