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From: jaf@inference.com (Jose Fernandez)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals
Subject: EMACS 18.55[.97] vs AT&T's SYSV 3.2.2 & OpenLook 2.0
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Date: 12 Jan 91 11:38:58 GMT
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Hardware:          COMPAQ 386/33 with 16 Mb memory
Operating system:  AT&T SYSV 3.2.2
Windowing system:  AT&T OpenLook 2.0

EMACS versions: 18.55 from prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/emacs-18.55.tar.Z
	        (also 18.55.97, the 18.56 final pretest)

config.h extract: #include "s-usg5-3.h"
		  #define HAVE_X_WINDOWS
		  #define X11

Problem:  EMACS encounters an error when reading the stream opened to the X11
	  server.  The approximate backtrace is:

	      _XIOErrorHandler
	      _XRead
	      ...
	      XClearWindow
	      ...
	      x_term_init

	  I call XSynchronize() right after XOpenDisplay() (to narrow down
	  where the problem lies).

Plea:	  Has anyone out there gotten the afore-mentioned EMACS to work in the
	  afore-mentioned environment?  I've Tried Real Hard to get it to work
	  but can't seem to shake the XRead() error.  I hope someone replies
	  and tells me one of two things:

	       1) "Yes, it's possible and here's how I did it."
	       2) "It's impossible and here's why."

Please, someone put an end to this misery.