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From: darrylo@hpnmdla.HP.COM (Darryl Okahata)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Emacs 18.54, X11, DISPLAY=unix:0 causes panic
Message-ID: <430005@hpnmdla.HP.COM>
Date: 25 May 89 16:42:40 GMT
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Organization: HP Network Measurements Div, Santa Rosa, CA
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In comp.sys.hp, tml@hemuli.atk.vtt.fi (Tor Lillqvist) writes:

> I compiled GNU Emacs 18.54 with gcc 1.35 on an hp9000/340, with X11.
> When using DISPLAY=unix:0, and HP's X11 server, starting xemacs causes
> a system panic...  DISPLAY=`hostname`:0 works OK.  Does anyone have a
> fix to this?


[ DISCLAIMER: the following is NOT official Hewlett-Packard support.  It
is only the personal opinion of the author and does not reflect the
opinion, policy, or support of the Hewlett-Packard Company. ]


     I assume that you are running HP-UX 6.01 (or possibly 6.2 -- I
can't remember if this problem exists in 6.2).  This is a known problem,
and has been fixed in HP-UX 6.5.  You can do one of two things to avoid
it:

1. Use DISPLAY=`hostname`:0 instead of DISPLAY=unix:0

2. Upgrade to HP-UX 6.5 (By the way, X11 is included in this version).


     As a side note, in HP-UX 6.5 you have to specify "local:0", instead
of "unix:0" (I believe this was changed due to copyright restrictions).

     -- Darryl Okahata
	darrylo%hpnmd@hpcea.HP.COM