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From: cliff@cs.arizona.edu (Cliff Hathaway)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Can Sun AnswerBook run under X11R4
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Date: 28 Jun 91 23:08:12 GMT
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I've installed the Sun online documentation utility AnswerBook on our 4/490,
and it runs fine under OpenWindows.  Our users are comfortable and content with
X11R4, and don't have much interest in learning a new windowing system.

When I try to start the AnswerBook under X11R4, the Navigator window comes up,
and appears to work properly (I can search, step through Contents level-by-level,
etc.), but the Viewer window doesn't appear, and the error messages read:

Verifying environment ... finished
XView warning: invalid object (not a pointer), xv_set
XView warning: invalid object (not a pointer), xv_get
Error: CPS has not initialized or server connection failed

I'm starting AnswerBook with a shell script in an xterm window on a SparcStation 1
which is a dataless client of the 4/490:

#!/bin/csh
xhost che                   # add the 4/490 to list of authorized hosts which can
                            # create windows on the Sparcstation
set HOST = `hostname`
set ABHOME = /usr/AnswerBook/SysSoft1.1
set NEWSSERVER = \'`newsserverstr`\'

rsh che "setenv DISPLAY ${HOST}:0;\
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/openwin/lib:/usr/AnswerBook/SysSoft1.1/lib; \
setenv ABHOME /usr/AnswerBook/SysSoft1.1; \
setenv BOOKINFO ${ABHOME}/bookinfo; \
setenv HELPPATH ${ABHOME}/lib/help; \
setenv FONTPATH ${ABHOME}/lib/fonts; \
setenv NEWSSERVER ${NEWSSERVER}; \
${ABHOME}/bin/answerbook;"


I've gotten this far by tweaking paths and environment variables, but can't seem
to get past this hurdle.  (Yes, I used the AnswerBook under OpenWindows to look
for clues in the documentation.)

Thanks in advance for any help.




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    Cliff Hathaway
    Dept. of Computer Science (602)621-4291
    University of Arizona     cliff@cs.arizona.edu 	        (internet) 
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