Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!mailrus!cornell!batcomputer!sun.soe!sun.soe.clarkson.edu!valdis From: valdis@alchemy.mcs.clarkson.edu (& Kletnieks) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: X11 under SunOS4.0. Message-ID:Date: 20 Sep 88 14:29:51 GMT References: <24931@bu-cs.BU.EDU> Sender: root@sun.soe Distribution: na Organization: Clarkson University Lines: 21 In-reply-to: jsol@bu-cs.BU.EDU's message of 17 Sep 88 02:42:58 GMT I installed X11R2 under SunOS 4.0, didn't have many problems. We have Sun 3/50's and Sun 3/260's for the most part. You *do* need to install the 'xterm' patch (the one that eliminates the 'close' call on fd 3 (or 4?) so the YP routines don't barf). Also, call your Sun office, and talk to them about ECO 3051 against 3/50's - SunOS 4.0 tickles a bug in the paging hardware on older 50's. It resulted in either a Suntools console window going poof, or in the case of X11, the whole X server went away and the user got logged out. Installation of the ECO seems to have cured this (no hits in the week since we did it). Question of the week: Will X11R3 support the SunOS 4.0 shared library mechanism, or should I look at hacking it up myself? I know it's a bit of a performance hit the one way, but saving that much core looks like a big win, especially on our Sun 3/50's. Valdis Kletnieks Sr. Systems Programmer Clarkson University