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From: chuck@trantor.harris-atd.com (Chuck Musciano)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Xv on color systems
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Date: 4 Dec 90 14:36:30 GMT
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In article <9012031922.AA02328@armory>, jimf@SABER.COM writes:
> |We are running xv, the X image viewer, on a Sun 3/60 color machine, under
> |X11R4 with twm and olwm, and under OpenWindows with olwm.  In all cases,
> |color images are displayed as black.  The tool works correctly on monochrome
> |machines, dithering the color images.  Is there a bug with xv on color
> |systems?  Are there patches I've missed?  I have a hard time believing
> |that this thing doesn't work on color machines.  Are there installation
> |peculiarities I should be aware of?
> 
> This sounds suspiciously like a problem that I have with xloadimage
> when compiled with gcc 1.37, due to a gcc optimizer bug.  If you
> compiled with gcc try recompiling with cc.

     Interesting.  The problem with xv was that it only works when compiled
with gcc, version 1.37, I believe.  I recompiled using gcc and it ran fine.
When compiled with Sun's C compiler, SunOS 4.1, Sun-3, it did not work.
Does someone from Sun know about this?

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