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From: keith@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Keith Packard)
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Subject: Re: Problems with X11R4 Xqvss under ultrix 2.0
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Date: 6 Jan 90 18:11:53 GMT
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> OS: Ultrix 2.0
> C compiler: gcc 1.35
> Machine: VaxStation II.

You've got two strikes here (other than using a VaxStation II).  First:
Ultrix 2.0 is pretty old and we've never built R4 using it (I've been
using Ultrix 3.1 on my VS2000).  Second; I suspect you've not
used the 'fixincludes' shell script which is included with gcc to
make the ioctl's work correctly (this from the error message
'ENOTTY' from xterm which indicates an ioctl which the terminal
driver doesn't understand).

The second is certainly a problem; you'll have to run fixincludes and
rebuild quite a bit of the distribution (anything using ioctl needs to get
recompiled).  This is why compiling ddx/dec/qvss with /bin/cc caused the
server to start working; it can use the old ioctl mechanism.

The first problem is just something you should look into fixing sometime;
you'd be better off running a more current revision of the system.

I've built the entire X distribution using GCC 1.35 on a Tektronix 4319 and
a mac II, and built the server on the Vax (qdss and qvss) and
Sun.

Keith Packard
MIT X Consortium