Re: [Update REQ 5103]: Geomview under Solaris 2.3?

["Daeron Meyer" <daeron>]

> Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 15:00:52 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Kaleem Siddiqi <kal at lems.brown.edu>
> Subject: Geomview under Solaris 2.3?
> To: software@geom
> Cc: pn at lems.brown.edu
> Message-Id: <Pine.3.89.9410191426.A21163-0100000 at lems34>
> 
> Hi,
> We're trying to build a version of geomview on a 
> SUN Sparc 10 running SOLARIS 2.3.
> 
> I've ftp'd the source code and have followed 
> all the instructions. I've managed to compile
> it without much trouble, but I have the
> following problem:
> 
> -> whereas most of the menus work, the "load" and "save"
> -> panels do not respond to any keyboard or mouse input.
> 
> 
> The Motif library I am using is libXm.so.2
> 
> If this helps, these are the (minor) changes that I had to make
> to the source code to get it to compile
> 
> 1) I added the line
> 
>    #include <sys/fcntl.h>
> 
>    to src/bin/geomutil/math2oogl/math2oogl.c
> 
> 2) I replaced
>   
>    #include <sys/errno.h>
>    with
>    #include <errno.h>
> 
>    in src/bin/geomview/common/comm.c
> 
> 3) In addition to lXt, I also had to remove lXm from the library
>    list in
>    
>    src/bin/mgexample/O.sun4/Makefile
>   
> 
> Please let me know if you can help, or if you know of other
> users running geomview under Solaris 2.3.
> 
> On the plus side, we have a few machines running SunoS 4.1.3 
> under which the binary version of geomview runs beautifully.
> 
> thanks for your help,
> 
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> 

Hello Kaleem,

  I assume you are referring to release 1.4.3 of geomview (you didn't
mention the version number). Yes, we are aware of the bug in the Load
and Save Panel. Actually, the bug is unfortunately in Motif itself and
has to do with the unusual way in which the file panels are created and
managed. We have come up with a work-around that should fix the problem
and will be a part of the next release (1.5) of geomview. Binary and
Source releases of this new version of geomview should become available
in about a week or so if everything goes well. You have two options as I
see it:

1. You can wait a little bit longer and get the 1.5 release in about a week
   or so, along with everyone else.

or

2. You can become a beta tester for X Geomview and get a 1.5 prerelease right
   now. Just send me mail and I'll tell you how to pick it up.

Best Regards,

Daeron Meyer
daeron at geom.umn.edu