Please use the stuff in CVS, not that "alpha" snapshot. Actually, we really should make a "release", just to stop people using that "alpha" snapshot beast.
I'm using (occasionally) geomview on X86 and X86_64, and once upon a time I was using it on an Alpha Workstation (R.I.P.). I'm pretty sure that most of the stuff should work. If I find the time (unlikely) I can try to run SAVI on my X86_64 next weekend. The crashes might be caused by insane usage of variable argument functions inside Geomview (i.e. that fct(foo, ....) stuff). The original version of Geomview liked to do some fancy things with the va_args type which is -- so to say -- a super-opaque data type; this should be fixed in the CVS archives (but _NOT_ in that unfortunate "alpha" snapshot, BTW, ever gave a thought to the meaning of "alpha" in relation to software development? An "alpha" snapshot is no better (i.e. no more stable) than the HEAD revision of any CVS archive. At least the people preparing "distributions" should be aware of that fact. Just to prevent flame-wars: that va_list stuff is really somewhat difficult, the above meant no offend to the Geomview developers; at least I needed some time to figure out how to code the stuff intended by the Geomview developers correctly. RTF glibc manual). JFYI: I'm using a quite recent Gentoo distro, and gcc-4.1.x, but Geomview was working (for me) also with gcc-3.x, that should not matter. There are problems with either openmotif or lesstif; at least my xemacs does not work stable with any Motif clone (either on X86 or X86_64). Could also be an xemacs bug, of course. Give the CVS stuff a try! I'm pretty sure it will work. The sourceforge pages have detailed information about how to download CVS archives. Lloyd Wood wrote: > At Wednesday 21/06/2006 08:48 -0500, Rex Dieter wrote: > >>Speaking of the alpha snapshot, anyone been able to get it to function >>on x86_64? Every build I've tried crashes immediately on launch, see also: >>http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/182625 > > > (does quick websearch based on traceback provided there) > This sounds like a LessTif rather than a geomview problem; Lesstif > has ongoing problems with 64-bit architectures. What version of > LessTif are you using? > > http://www.lesstif.org/ReleaseNotes.html > says > > Release 0.93.95 (August 6, 2004 danny) > > [..] > A fix to the CascadeButton widget and gadget code for 64-bit systems. > Lesson learned : using the wrong type can create havoc even on dummy > variables. > > the bugzilla page says: > > Warning: > Name: button_1 > Class: XmCascadeButtonGadget > Illegal mnemonic character; Could not convert X KEYSYM to a keycode > > The similar debian bug at > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=314988 > reports the crash using the earlier > > ii lesstif1 1:0.93.94-11.4 OSF/Motif 1.2 implementation > relea > > So, I'm convinced that it's lesstif, and not a Geomview problem. > > I don't have a 64-bit system. If someone can check with versions of > LessTif and update the redhat and debian bug tracking to reflect the > results (and redo the rpms?), I think we're done here. > > L. > > <http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/L.Wood><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > All the advantages of Linux Managed Hosting--Without the Cost and Risk! > Fully trained technicians. The highest number of Red Hat certifications in > the hosting industry. Fanatical Support. Click to learn more > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=107521&bid=248729&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > geomview-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geomview-users > > -- Claus-Justus Heine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ftape - the Linux Floppy Tape Project http://ftape.dot-heine.de/ NFS Swapping for Linux http://nfs-swap.dot/heine.de/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
