Hi,
At the end of January, I posted a problem we were having where an
application was core dumping when running on a sun and displaying
back to a alphastation 200 4/233 running OSF/1 (original post is
below).
Whatever the problem was (neither the software company or DEC had
any idea of why this was happening), it disappeared when I upgraded
to X11R6!!
Just last week we got our OSF/1 V3.2 CD. Included on the CD is X11R6.
You can install it without trashing your current installation of R5,
and toggle back and forth between the two (great move on DEC's part).
Anyways, this solved the display and core dumping problem.
Now there's a new problem. On the same box, alphastation 200 4/233
running OSF/1 V3.2 and X11R6, with a new Digital 21" color monitor
(VRC21), we get image lines all over the screen. It's hard to
describe, but moving a window, or creating new windows leaves
image lines all over the place. A 'refresh' will remove them,
but you have to refresh all the time. It is very annoying.
Has anybody else seen this or is anybody willing to test it out
on their machine? When you install V3.2 you get R5, but R6 is on
the CD and it's simply a case of installing the subsets and
reading the server.README file which tells you how to switch
between the two.
The 3.2 CD also contains the new CDE (Common Desktop Environment).
Looks a lot like HPview with OpenWindows type calendar manager and
mailtool.
Rob.
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... ORIGINAL POSTING ...
> From adley Tue Jan 31 07:55:41 1995
> To: alpha-osf-managers_at_ornl.gov
> Subject: displaying to alpha station core dumps
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> Hi,
>
> We are running some software on a sun sparc machine that is core
> dumping when we try to display it back to the new alpha boxes (alpha
> station 200 4/233 running OSF/1 3.0b). The software is trying to start
> up some windows on the remote machine, but it does a "memory fault (coredump)"
> long before any window ever shows up. The strange thing is that this worked fine
> on our old alphas (3000 300x running OSF/1 2.0).
>
> Has anybody else had problems running applications remotely and displaying
> them back since upgrading the OS or machine type?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rob.
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... REPLIES ...
> From: Peter Stern <CFSTERN_at_WEIZMANN.weizmann.ac.il>
>
> We have an application running on a Mips processor (it's workstation
> that comes with an nmr device) which worked fine on our workstations
> running OSF/1 v2.0. Since I upgraded two weeks ago to v3.0 the
> application starts up an empty window, then dies with an error message
> (from the application's error handling routine). Other X-applications
> on this workstation are displayed with no pronblem on the DEC.
> Moreover, the same program compiled on an SGI Iris running Irix 5.2
> displays on our DEC workstations without any problem.
>
> If you find anything out, please summarize.
>
> By the way, DEC support suggested adding bc to the comand in
> /usr/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers which runs X but this didn't help (see
> the man pages for decX.
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> From hyman_at_nuc006.psc.scarolina.edu Tue Jan 31 10:18:04 1995
>
> I don't have a solution to your problem, but I have had a similar problem in
> running dxmail from a decstation 5000/200 running ultrix 4.2a to a dec-alpha
> 3000/400 display. Like yours this worked fine while my alpha was running an older OSF/1 version(now I'm at
> 3.0, before I was on 1.3a). If you find a solution please let me know.
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> From intrepid!intrepid!tb_at_uunet.uu.net Tue Jan 31 12:39:43 1995
>
> I run X applications off Suns all the time with no problems.
> dec 3000/600M OSF V3.0
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> From buck_at_mcenroe.printrak.com Tue Jan 31 14:11:56 1995
>
> We have a GUI builder called vuit which is only on one of our Ultrix machines.
> I used to use it and display on my alpha, but since upgrading to OSF 3.0, it
> dumps core.
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> From: "Hellebx Knut" <bgk1142_at_bggfu2.nho.hydro.com>
>
> If it is a SunOS 4.1.x box, try to do a 'trace Xprogram' to see what's
> happening. If it's a SunOS 5.x box do 'truss Xprogram'. At least you'll
> find some more accurate error descriptions
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> From markus_at_schaub.dial.eunet.ch Wed Feb 1 12:47:23 1995
>
> I have problems displaying Uniface applications on a Alpha 2000/300
> with version V3.0. This applies to applications started on the Alpha
> locally as well as from other (Ultrix) Hosts. I get a segmentation
> violation. I have been tracing the application without luck so far.
>
> Please let me know about the other answers.
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Received on Tue Mar 14 1995 - 12:32:58 NZDT