Bug#4130: Old motif applications don't run

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >So you're right, one needs the environment variable. I guess the best place >to put it would be /usr/local/bin/xmaple. This would certainly fix the specific Maple problem, but I suspect there may very well be more packages with the same problem. It's not Maple - specifi

Bug#4130: Old motif applications don't run

[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Thomas> But they're loaded by irisVxm, the graphical front end: > > > >Which I don't use ..., I use the xmaple shell script (see below). > ... > > $ strace -f -e trace=open,execve,uselib,fork,_exit -o ~/xmaple.log xmaple > > (and immed

Bug#4130: Old motif applications don't run

Ahem, I am sorry. I also get the [...] Warning: translation table syntax error: Unknown keysym name: osfDelete Warning: ... found while parsing 'osfDelete: delete-previous-character()' errors which I must have missed before when I started xmaple out of my .fvwmrc. So you're right, one need

Bug#4130: Old motif applications don't run

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Thomas> But they're loaded by irisVxm, the graphical front end: > >Which I don't use ..., I use the xmaple shell script (see below). I also use xmaple. xmaple execs "maple -x", which in turn execs irisVxm, which forks and execs mapleV. Here's the output of $ strac

Bug#4130: Old motif applications don't run

Thomas> But they're loaded by irisVxm, the graphical front end: Which I don't use ..., I use the xmaple shell script (see below). Thomas> (Dirk, it might be a good idea to check wether you have something Thomas> like this in your environment; another suspect is the XKEYSYMDB Thomas> env

Bug#4130: Old motif applications don't run

[...] Thomas> Same thing here (same version, I suspect), only it doesn't work. [...] Thomas> Hmm... I just found that particular string in libX11.so.3.1.0 and Thomas> in libXt.so.3.1.0, under /usr/X11R5/lib. Strace verivies that they Thomas> are indeed used, so that's probably where that

Bug#4130: Old motif applications don't run

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thomas> Hmm... I just found that particular string in libX11.so.3.1.0 and > Thomas> in libXt.so.3.1.0, under /usr/X11R5/lib. Strace verivies that they > Thomas> are indeed used, so that's probably where that path comes from. > Thomas> The vendor is not to blame. > >

Bug#4130: Old motif applications don't run

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >MAPLE=/usr/local/maple >export MAPLE >[...] ># This variable tells Maple's Motif interface where to find its resource ># files. This should be set even if TTY Maple is being run, as the user ># might still open a Motif plot window. >XAPPLRESDIR=$MAPLE/X11_defaults >expo

Bug#4130: Old motif applications don't run

Thomas> PACKAGE: motifnls Thomas> VERSION: 2.1-1 Thomas> Thomas> A commercial application (Maple VR3) does not run correctly under Thomas> X11R6 even with motifnls installed. It complains abut unknown Thomas> keysyms osf* (for example osfCopy), even though these are defined Thom

Bug#4130: Old motif applications don't run

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Thomas Koenig writes: >The problem is that Maple looks for these things under /usr/X386, >as verified with strace. > >Solution: cd /usr ; ln -s X11R6 X386 Real Solution: Complain to your vendor about the use of inappropriate paths. Installing a link to /usr/X386 i

Bug#4130: Old motif applications don't run

PACKAGE: motifnls VERSION: 2.1-1 A commercial application (Maple VR3) does not run correctly under X11R6 even with motifnls installed. It complains abut unknown keysyms osf* (for example osfCopy), even though these are defined in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XKeysymDB. The problem is that Maple looks for