Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 10:57:10 +1000 (EST) From: Andrew Kenneth Milton <akm@mail.theinternet.com.au> To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: FrameMaker on Linux Update (fwd) Message-ID: <199912210057.KAA52663@mail.theinternet.com.au>
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Just came in from Adobe, thought it might be of interest, or help people who are having problems getting it fired up. I haven't seen the problem mentioned in 3 at all, and I'm running in 16 bit mode. +----[ FM Linux Admin ]--------------------------------------------- | From fmlinux@Adobe.COM Tue Dec 21 10:17:11 1999 | Message-Id: <4.1.19991220154649.04d4dee0@mail-345> | X-Sender: fmlinux@mail-345 | X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 | Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 15:47:18 -0800 | To: fmlinux@Adobe.COM | From: FM Linux Admin <fmlinux@Adobe.COM> | Subject: FrameMaker on Linux Update | Late-Breaking FrameMaker Linux News | | This email is being sent to registered users of FrameMaker on Linux, | based on feedback received through fmlinux@adobe.com. It contains | information about three issues that prevent FrameMaker from launching or | running on some Linux installations. Details and possible workarounds are | noted below. | | We apologize for any inconvenience these issues may have caused, and | appreciate the time you've spent downloading and trying FrameMaker on | Linux. As before, please continue sending comments to our feedback address: | | mailto:fmlinux@adobe.com | | As before, we cannot respond to individual emails. Thanks for trying this | beta of FrameMaker on Linux! | | Lee Richardson | FrameMaker Development Manager | _________________________________________________ | | (1) C library incompatibiliy with some distributions of Linux, including | Red Hat 5.2 and Debian 2.1. | | Users will typically see the following message in this case: | | ./maker: error in loading shared libraries | : undefined symbol: __register_frame_info | | The FrameMaker executable is incompatible with certain releases | of version 2.0.7 of the GNU C Library, which are included with | some distributions noted above. | | FrameMaker will not run on systems with this incompatibility, | unless access to a different version of the C Library is provided. | | (2) Lack of portmap/rpcbind services leads to FrameMaker crashing or hanging | | When 'maker' is started, the following alert appears: "No | licenses available. Run in demo mode?". Answering "Yes" | may trigger a crash or other undesirable behavior. | | When running 'demomaker', the application may crash or hang with | no alert. | | As described in the System Requirements, portmap/rpcbind services | must be enabled on the local workstation. Otherwise unpredictable | behavior may occur including crashes and hangs. | | Starting a portmap/rpcbind service on the local workstation | should fix this problem. | | (3) FrameMaker crashes trying to display splash screen on 16-bit X servers. | | When 'maker' or 'demomaker' are started on an X server set to | 16-bit depth, the application will generally crash just after | displaying a blue window in the middle of the screen. | | FrameMaker does not currently support 16-bit (or 15-bit) | display depth, and is failing to recognize the situation | in time to exit gracefully. | | If the splash screen display is disabled, FrameMaker does not | halt immediately, but will eventually crash or corrupt | internal data. Running at 16-bit depth is not safe in the | current release, even if it seems to be working. | | Displaying to a server running with a depth of 8, 24, or 32 | should work fine. | | _________________________________________________ | | -- Totally Holistic Enterprises Internet| P:+61 7 3870 0066 | Andrew Milton The Internet (Aust) Pty Ltd | F:+61 7 3870 4477 | ACN: 082 081 472 | M:+61 416 022 411 | Carpe Daemon PO Box 837 Indooroopilly QLD 4068 |akm@theinternet.com.au| To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message
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