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Date:      Tue, 13 Oct 1998 00:55:12 -0500 (CDT)
From:      "David L. Vondrasek" <david@davidv.net>
To:        Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz>
Cc:        FreeBSD-Questions List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, rneswold@mcs.net
Subject:   Re: WindowMaker ports...
Message-ID:  <199810130557.AAA03630@ns1.davidv.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.4.02.9810130916070.1966-100000@tui.pinnacle.co.nz>

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On 12-Oct-98 Jonathan Chen wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Oct 1998, Richard M. Neswold wrote:
> 
>> Now back to the original poster's problem (which I am also
>> experiencing):
>> windowmaker installs fine, but it gives a SIGBUS when it runs. I
>> recompiled
>> the port with debug information, generated another core file and tried
>> to
>> see where it failed. Unfortunately, the stack frame gave a bunch of
>> ??s
>> which didn't help. Anyone else have this problem?
> 
> You have to build Windowmaker from the sources at ftp.windowmaker.org.
> The libraries for libPropList have changed, and if you use the wrong
> ones you get really strange bus-errors/seg-faults.
> 
> Using the ports-system to update Windowmaker is almost impossible 'cos
> the sources for Windowmaker change on a fortnightly basis!
> 
> Just ftp the sources, unpack, and *then* unpack libPropList.tar.gz,
> configure/make it; then configure/make Windowmaker.
> 
> I've got 0.20.1 running fine on my 2.2.7-R box.

THANKS !!!!!!!  Followed these directions and I'm up and running !
Once again the list comes though. ..NOW... were to locate all these app
the menu wants :)



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Dave




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