Xref: utzoo comp.unix.ultrix:6974 comp.windows.x:35629 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!spool.mu.edu!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!alchemy!ruunfs!muts From: muts@fysak.fys.ruu.nl (Peter Mutsaers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix,comp.windows.x Subject: Re: guidelines for installation of MIT X11R4 on DECstation 5000 Message-ID: Date: 23 Apr 91 09:41:32 GMT References: <1991Apr22.221828.2193@ice9.uucp> Sender: usenet@fys.ruu.nl (News Control) Organization: Physics Department, University of Utrecht Lines: 37 bgh@ice9.uucp (barry hannigan) writes: >points needing mention: >- UWS uses .pcf fonts, X uses .snf, so no font sharing so just use X11R4 fonts. >- DECstations have no "console mode". if the :0 entry is removed from the > /etc/ttys file, the machine hangs on startup. this is bad news if the X > server has any problems. put console on in /etc/ttys if something goes wrong. install xdm as it should be (xdm started from /etc/rc, and set up config files in /usr/lib/X11/xdm) >- the fix for the "illegal lhs" error in ./clients/xterm/main.c this error occurse because of a macro from /usr/include/stdio.h, which has added an (int) typecast which now appears on the lhs. Fill in the macro yourself in the source and omit the typecast. >- any code for utilizing the 2d accellerator in a 5000 PX ?? >- a nice template file for imake edit site.def and maybe Imake.tmpl according to the instructions. change the LIBDIR and INCROOT for example. >thanks in advance. >barry >-- >~~~~~~~ ..walkin on the beaches, lookin at the peaches -- Peter Mutsaers email: muts@fysap.fys.ruu.nl Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht muts@fys.ruu.nl Princetonplein 5 tel: (+31)-(0)30-533880 3584 CG Utrecht, Netherlands