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- From: klamer@mi.el.utwente.nl (Klamer Schutte)
- Subject: Re: OpenWindows with Xsun instead of xnews server?
- Message-ID: <klamer.714900906@mi.el.utwente.nl>
- Sender: news@utwente.nl (USENET News System)
- Organization: University of Twente, BSC-El
- References: <9208252001.AA12022@dedekind.math.luc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 07:35:06 GMT
- Lines: 35
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- In <9208252001.AA12022@dedekind.math.luc.edu> laufer@math.luc.EDU (Konstantin Laufer) writes:
-
- ->I have been running OpenWindows on a Sun ELC, and the performance is
- ->horrific, especially when using olvwm. I decided to switch back to
- ->plain X11, but using what's already there in the OpenWin installation.
- ->In other words, I want to run the X11 subset of the OpenWin
- ->installation by replacing the slow xnews server by the fast Xsun
- ->server. I got an Xsun binary and am able to start up X under twm, but
- ->as soon as I start any xview-based program, I get the following
- ->messages:
-
- ->XView warning: Cannot load font '-b&h-lucida-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*' (Font package)
- ->XView warning: Cannot load font '-b&h-lucida-medium-r-normal-sans-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*' (Font package)
- ->XView error: Cannot open connection to window server: :0.0 (Server package)
-
- ->I understand the font-related messages, but not the one related to the
- ->server. Moreover, when I quit twm and try to start ol(v)wm, I get a
- ->segmentation fault.
-
- The solution is to install the OpenWindows fonts in X11 font directories.
- convertfont(1) can help in this process. Figuring out what fonts are
- requiered is the difficult step overhere; we just converted everything,
- and ended up with a lot of doubles.
-
- Note that not all OpenWindows programs will run: some need News support
- (like pageview :-), which Xsun does not have.
-
- It is running over a year overhere (color 8 && monochrome, sun3 & sun4)
- without big problems. No experience with X11R5, only X11R4.
-
- Klamer
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