Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 00:40:48 +0000 () From: "Lenzi, Sergio" <lenzi@bsi.com.br> To: "Alex.Boisvert" <boia01@castor.GEL.USherb.CA> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Applixware hangs Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970507003504.6198B-100000@sergio> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.970504114204.2418A-100000@castor>
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On Sun, 4 May 1997, Alex.Boisvert wrote: > > Hello hackers - > > I bought (RedHat's) Applixware application suite a month ago and I still > can't use it. > > Here's the problem description: > > 1-Mount the applix cdrom > 2-Run /cdrom/unpacked/applix to start the application > 3-Wait about 20 seconds to load from CDROM > 4-A window pops without any content. > 5-FreeBSD freezes to death. (No telnet, no ping, nothing, no CTRL-ALT-DEL) > > Here's what I tried: > > 1- FreeBSD 2.2 ALPHA, > or FreeBSD 2.2.1 "stock kernel" > 2- root / non-root (regular user) > 3- from cdrom / directly off hard disk > 4- Linux emulation is ON, I can run Linux DOOM and others. > 5- Tried both linuxlib-2.3 and linuxlib-2.4 > 6- XFree 3.2 and XFree 3.1.x (S3 Server and SVGA Server, 8 ppt or 16 ppt) > 7- On the same system, running RedHat Linux, Applixware runs fine... > > ANYBODY can help? Suggestions? > > Alex . > Hello, The system hangs due to the libc version in the /compat/linux/lib Solution: change to a set of new libc (from the redhat cdrom) by doing a: tar cf - lib* | tar --unlink -xvf - -C /compat/linux/lib on the /lib and /usr/lib directory in the redhat cdrom. Should work. By the way, Is there a way to make applix words accept accent characters? I program my X server to accept accent chars as: ' + a -> á (a acute) ' + e -> é (e acute) ^ + e -> ê (e circumflex).... and so on. Sergio Lenzi. Unix consult.
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