From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 4 20:58:30 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCA5016A4CE for ; Sat, 4 Sep 2004 20:58:30 +0000 (GMT) Received: from makeworld.com (makeworld.com [198.92.228.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84D9943D2D for ; Sat, 4 Sep 2004 20:58:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from racerx@makeworld.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.com [127.0.0.1]) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04CDA637F; Sat, 4 Sep 2004 15:58:30 -0500 (CDT) Received: from makeworld.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (makeworld.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 49836-08; Sat, 4 Sep 2004 15:58:27 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [198.92.228.34] (racerx.makeworld.com [198.92.228.34]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by makeworld.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86707637D; Sat, 4 Sep 2004 15:58:26 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <413A2C71.8090507@makeworld.com> Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 15:58:25 -0500 From: Chris User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3 (X11/20040903) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Randy Pratt References: <20040831010702.1620dcc1.rpratt1950@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <20040831010702.1620dcc1.rpratt1950@earthlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at makeworld.com - Isn't it ironic cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XFree86 (xterm) broken? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 20:58:30 -0000 Randy Pratt wrote: > Hi, > > It seems the xterm has changed lately (Aug 24)? It seems to be linked > to a static version: > > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 27 Aug 24 13:41 /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm@-> > /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm-static > > The "mesg" function no longer works and produces errors: > $ mesg y > mesg: /dev/ttyp6: Operation not permitted > > This prevents the unix talk requests from displaying on the xterm > so I have to switch to console mode to find out who is calling > (or do a "vidcontrol -P < /dev/ttyv0"). > > I thought I had broken something until it was confirmed by other > users I contacted today. I was also a bit surprised to see that > its now a port of its own. I'd like to see the old behavior > restored if possible. Or have I totally missed the boat somewhere > along the line? > > Thanks, > > Randy Speaking of terms - I went to KDE 3.3 - my aterm used to do transparencies - now however, I just get a grey background. To look into this deeper, I installed rxvt. It too does the same thing. Has something changed in KDE to prevent the above from working right? -- Best regards, Chris (1) The telephone will ring when you are outside the door, fumbling for your keys. (2) You will reach it just in time to hear the click of the caller hanging up.