Hmmm ... I asked this on comp.editors a couple of weeks ago, and was pointed here as a place to subscribe for real sam help. Under RedHat 6.0 I can run sam -d fine, but when I attempt to start the "gui" version, samterm shows up and then disappears. The sam process then dies with a "broken pipe" message. Where can I go from here? BTW, sam works on Solaris (at work) with no problems at all. -- Jim Crigler __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
> Hmmm ... I asked this on comp.editors a couple of weeks ago, and was
> pointed here as a place to subscribe for real sam help. Under RedHat
> 6.0 I can run sam -d fine, but when I attempt to start the "gui" version,
> samterm shows up and then disappears. The sam process then dies with a
> "broken pipe" message.
I think I responded to your post in Usenet, but in case
you didn't see it: check your color depth. I found that
samterm had problems with (I think) 24 bit depth.
I normally use 16, and that works fine. I think 32
should also work. Try running 'xwininfo' and clicking
on the root window to see what depth it is running at.
Jim
--- "Jim Robinson" <jim.robinson@stanford.edu> wrote: > > Hmmm ... I asked this on comp.editors a couple of > weeks ago, and was > > pointed here as a place to subscribe for real sam > help. Under RedHat > > 6.0 I can run sam -d fine, but when I attempt to > start the "gui" version, > > samterm shows up and then disappears. The sam > process then dies with a > > "broken pipe" message. > > I think I responded to your post in Usenet, but in > case > you didn't see it: check your color depth. I found > that > samterm had problems with (I think) 24 bit depth. > > I normally use 16, and that works fine. I think 32 > should also work. Try running 'xwininfo' and > clicking > on the root window to see what depth it is running > at. 16-bit X works, thanks. Neither 24 nor 32 works, however. Is this likely to be a libXg problem or something in samterm per se? -- Another Jim __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
> 16-bit X works, thanks. Neither 24 nor 32 works,
> however. Is this likely to be a libXg problem or
> something in samterm per se?
I seem to recall it was a libXg problem. Someone explained that part of
the code expects the depth to be have some properties that don't apply
to 24bit depth (or, I guess, 32bit). I'm sorry that I don't remember
the details.
Jim
"James A. Robinson" <jim.robinson@stanford.edu> writes:
> I seem to recall it was a libXg problem. Someone explained that part of
> the code expects the depth to be have some properties that don't apply
> to 24bit depth (or, I guess, 32bit). I'm sorry that I don't remember
> the details.
FWIW, sam(term) works fine for me at 24bit depth (running on
OpenBSD/i386 and XFree86 3.3.5). Though this is "plain sam", not based
on 9libs.
Best wishes,
/Daniel
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Daniel Neri
dne@mayonnaise.net
> "James A. Robinson" <jim.robinson@stanford.edu> > writes: > > > I seem to recall it was a libXg problem. Someone > explained that part of > > the code expects the depth to be have some > properties that don't apply > > to 24bit depth (or, I guess, 32bit). I'm sorry > that I don't remember > > the details. > > FWIW, sam(term) works fine for me at 24bit depth > (running on > OpenBSD/i386 and XFree86 3.3.5). Though this is > "plain sam", not based > on 9libs. Hmm ... I compiled sam-9libs at the same time as wily-9libs, and wily seems to have no problem (modulo not getting caps lock when it's pressed under wily). -- Jim Crigler __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
| I seem to recall it was a libXg problem. Someone explained that part of | the code expects the depth to be have some properties that don't apply | to 24bit depth (or, I guess, 32bit). I'm sorry that I don't remember | the details. Yes, exactly. The bug was, libXg only does power-of-two depths, so 24 bits doesn't work. Annoyingly, most X servers don't let you ask for more than one depth visual, which would be the obvious workaround for something like sam.