Re: [Closed REQ 5532]: Problem with geomview open menu

["Daeron Meyer" <daeron>]

> 
> Date: Sun, 20 Aug 95 18:58:14 EDT
> From: roberto at banach.nl.nuwc.navy.mil (Roberto Dominijanni)
> Message-Id: <9508202258.AA14585 at banach.nl.nuwc.navy.mil>
> To: software@geom
> Subject: Problem with geomview open menu
> 
> I just compiled Geomview 1.5.0 on a Sun SPARC 2 running SunOS 4.1.3,
> OpenWindows 3.0 and Motif 1.2.2.
> 
> I'm having a problem opening files.  For example, I can execute the
> command `geomview trefoil_knot.mesh' but if I just enter geomview and select
> `Open' from the `File' menu I get a window labeled `Load an Object' in
> which none of the buttons can get pushed, scrollbars can't be scrolled, and
> none of the text can be selected.
> 
> Any idea what went wrong?
> 
> Sincerely,
> Roberto Dominijanni
> 
> 
> 

Are you sure it's really SunOS 4.1.3 and not solaris? We've seen this
problem with geomview compiled on solaris machines. The workaround is
to compile after adding "-DSVR4" to the SYSCOPTS variable in mk.sun or
just try using mk.solaris.

Hope this helps,
Daeron