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From: gringort@wsl.dec.com (Joel Gringorten)
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Subject: Re: Problems running xedit (X11R4) on a DS5000/200 ...
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Date: 28 Feb 91 21:43:18 GMT
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In article <5187@umbc3.UMBC.EDU>, greg@math15.math.umbc.edu writes:
|> 
|> 
|> 	Hello,
|> 
|> 	I was wondering if this sounded familiar to anyone.
|> 
|> 	I have some DecStation 5000 model 200, with the PBX option installed.
|> (the low-3D option card).  The machine is running all X11R4 clients, except 
|> for the xserver (/usr/bin/Xtm).  This includes xdm, and friends as well. 
|> 
|> 	The problem is that when you invoke xedit, the window apeaers, and 
|> you can edit your files, but the text cursor fails to appear.  

I just tested the R4 xedit against a low-end 3D system, and it worked fine. 
You didn't mention what version of Ultrix you were running, so maybe 
we've fixed something in a subsequent release that may have affected this.

The other suggestion I might have is to try hiding your .Xdefaults file to
see if perhaps something in there is screwing up the cursor.  I've seen
stranger things happen.

On the other hand, if you must edit with a windowing editor, please try 
the dxnoteapad editor that's shipped with Ultrix ;-)  You may find it more to 
your liking.

-joel