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From: dvb@emisle.emisle (David Van Beveren)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: STREAMS and X11R4. How To?
Summary: Please help me get X11R4 running using -DSTREAMSCONN
Keywords: STREAMS tli AT&T documentation examples
Message-ID: <1991Mar5.220316.14079@emisle.uucp>
Date: 5 Mar 91 22:03:16 GMT
Sender: dvb@emisle.uucp (David Van Beveren)
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Organization: Emerald Isle Systems, Ltd. Agoura Hills, CA
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I have a need to run X11R4 over a transport other than TCP/IP. Specifically,
instead of the socket interface, I would like to use the tli interface which
is supported when building with -DSTREAMSCONN. I am running on an AT&T System
V 3.2, running on a PC. (Unix is AT&T's, not some other vendors PC port of
SystemV). I only have the source code as a manual.

I have followed the line of the code from XOpenDis.c, and traced through
Xstreams.c, noting the opening of /dev/ptx, /dev/X/server?, Xconnections and
the like. The question I have is, how do these devices get built? Does the
X11R4 distribution create these devices? Also, does the distribution include
a simple name server or do I need to write one? Does anyone have some pointers
as to how to do this? MAybe it has been done? I assume it has been done, but
I do not expect that I could get ahold of a copy. (Although that would be best)

If I build with -Datt, according to the att.cf file, I will not get a server.
Well, where do I get a server for this platform? I could use my existing
servers on other platforms, but they are not tli-based. If someone has X11R4 up
and running on an AT&T platform, using -DSTREAMSCONN (this is defined in the
att.cf file, so I assume it is the default), please help me. What are all
of the things I need to do to get up and running? Most important, where is all
of this documented? Currently, I do not have an AT&T platform to make X on,
so I cannot experiment. This will change when and if I can understand all of
the steps needed to make it work. All help is greatly appreciated.

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