RE: running INSTALL for Linux

RE: running INSTALL for Linux

[Deborah Briggs]

Thanks; now I've got the DISPLAY variable set correctly. and the
installation appears normal on my X window.  But with the Windows X server
that I'm using (from MicroImages), when I invoke SourceNavigator and select
"New Project", I'm getting an error that the vendor says is due to the
following:

A: This error occurs when the UNIX box that MI/X is running against attempts
to pass an image that is at a greater bit depth than the display of the
local machine is set to. For example, if you are running MI/X on a Windows
machine set to display 256 colors (8-bit) and the program you are running
tries to pass a 16 bit image, you'll get this error. To correct this, set
the parameters of the program you are running to match the resolution of the
local machine, or change the resolution of the local machine to match the
bit depth of the images that the UNIX box is trying to pass.

Since the windows setting is at it's highest level (32 bit TrueColor), I
can't raise it.  I see that source navigator supports a -colormap parameter,
can this be used to fix the problem?

Alternatively, if you know of a Windows X server that works with your app,
please let me know. 

Thanks-

Deb

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Christopher [ mailto:echristo@cygnus.com ]
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 4:39 PM
To: Deborah Briggs
Cc: 'sourcenav@sources.redhat.com'
Subject: Re: running INSTALL for Linux


Deborah Briggs wrote:
> 
> Hi - when I try to run the INSTALL program in the Linux distribution, it
> complains that it can't find a $DISPLAY variable set.  I'm running the
> installation from a terminal program that I've opened on a Windows host,
> what should DISPLAY be set to?  TIA -
>

Unless you have an X server on your windows box you won't be able to
remote display it.  Is it possible for you to use another box?

At any rate, you'd set display to the box that you are on, e.g.

(under csh)

setenv DISPLAY twigboy.cygnus.com:0

(under sh)

export DISPLAY=twigboy.cygnus.com:0

-eric

Re: running INSTALL for Linux

[Eric Christopher]

> Since the windows setting is at it's highest level (32 bit TrueColor), I
> can't raise it.  I see that source navigator supports a -colormap parameter,
> can this be used to fix the problem?
>

MI/X only supports 256 colors.  It is a little weird because a few years
ago, SN only supported 256 colors too.  This was the last time I tried
this little trick.

Anyhow, I'm not sure about the colormap parameter - someone that works a
little more frequently on SN will need to pipe up about it.  Have you
thought about compiling it to just run on windows?  Or just running it
on a unix system of some sort?

 
> Alternatively, if you know of a Windows X server that works with your app,
> please let me know.
>

I believe eXceed (from Hummingbird) is a little more reliable, however,
it is also quite a bit more expensive if that may be an issue for you.

-eric

Re: running INSTALL for Linux

[Timothy M. Shead]

Deborah Briggs wrote:

> Alternatively, if you know of a Windows X server that works with your app,
> please let me know. 

I've used SN successfully with XWin32, from www.xwin32.com.  It seems to 
be much more actively developed than MI/X.

Regards,
Timothy M. Shead
tshead@k-3d.com

Re: running INSTALL for Linux

[Mark Thornber]

Deborah,

> Alternatively, if you know of a Windows X server that works with your app,
> please let me know.

Have you tried VNC ( http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ ) ?
It's free and works very well.


--Mark Thornber

Re: running INSTALL for Linux

[Mo DeJong]

On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, Mark Thornber wrote:

> Deborah,
> 
> > Alternatively, if you know of a Windows X server that works with your app,
> > please let me know.
> 
> Have you tried VNC ( http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ ) ?
> It's free and works very well. 
> 
> --Mark Thornber

Say, it would be kind of neat if you used VNC to display a remote
Source-Navigator session from a Linux box that also had samba on it.
You could then load up a cross compiling gcc and be able to compile
a windows application on the Linux box using the IDE, and then
run it off the network mounted SMB filesystem. That would provide
a really easy way to turn a bunch of Windows boxes into developer
workstations without having to buy a bunch of copies of VC++.
I think I am going to have to try that here in the office.

Mo DeJong
Red Hat Inc

Re: running INSTALL for Linux

[Eric Christopher]

Deborah Briggs wrote:
> 
> Hi - when I try to run the INSTALL program in the Linux distribution, it
> complains that it can't find a $DISPLAY variable set.  I'm running the
> installation from a terminal program that I've opened on a Windows host,
> what should DISPLAY be set to?  TIA -
>

Unless you have an X server on your windows box you won't be able to
remote display it.  Is it possible for you to use another box?

At any rate, you'd set display to the box that you are on, e.g.

(under csh)

setenv DISPLAY twigboy.cygnus.com:0

(under sh)

export DISPLAY=twigboy.cygnus.com:0

-eric

running INSTALL for Linux

[Deborah Briggs]

Hi - when I try to run the INSTALL program in the Linux distribution, it
complains that it can't find a $DISPLAY variable set.  I'm running the
installation from a terminal program that I've opened on a Windows host,
what should DISPLAY be set to?  TIA -

Deb