On 3-Feb-04 at 18:02, Mark Hatch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > (this is slightly off topic and only has minimal technical content...) > > Joseph and I had an offline discussion on the problems he observed with OM > and mxaudio. The final resolution was that he only had a binary form of > mxaudio and apparently that had been built with\Motif 1.2 (probably either > lesstif originally or Motif 1.2 from Metrolink). And since Motif 2.1 is not > upwards compatible with Motif 1.2 (lots of internal structures have been > moved around and changed), there was no way that mxaudio would link with > any version of OM 2.x (where x = 1 or 2). > > Fortunately for him (and others), lesstif is apparently 100% binary > compatible. So he is all set now. (BTW: we've seen this similar level of
I sort of know both, and I'd be afraid to say 100% compatible!! If it works, it works, but "100% binary compatible" I wouldn't count on :( If you get into some fringe cases, I wouldn't bet on it :( > compatibility with our ViewKit C++ Motif framework. Hat's off to your > effort!) > > Since the availability of OM 2.x has basically eliminated all the > commericial Motif suppliers on Linux, there is no supported Motif 1.2 > available. However, as shown by Joseph's experience, lesstif solves the > problem nicely/ > > It might be worth noting this somewhere obvious on the lesstif website. > Although I *knew* this was true, I had never intellectually realized that > lesstif and OpenMotif now complement each other nicely. One takes care of > Motif 1.2 compatibility, and the other handles Motif 2.x. Like many, I saw > them as competitors, one under a true open license, but functionally less, > and one that had a broken license that provided a newer functionality set. > > Mark > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joseph I. Davida" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Mark Hatch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 3:14 PM > Subject: Re: [Lesstif] Thanks!! > > > > Hey Mark! > > Dude, only binary was EVER distributed by xaudio.com. > > After they removed it from their web site (or ftp site), > > they forced all other mirrors to remove it as well. > > The source was never made available as it contained > > very likely prorietary algorithms. > > So, No, I was NOT trying to build the application. > > All I can tell you is the application works with > > the Lesstiff libs and not with any of the > > openmotif or open_motif libs. > > > > What you site as an incompatibility of motif 1.2 with > > later motifs sounds plausible. What motif version is > > the latest lesstif compatible with? As I indicated > > in my email, I installed lesstif-0.93.36_1 and > > it (mxaudio) worked. So, you are effectively saying that > > lesstif-0.93.36_1 is binary compatible with motif 1.2? > > I hope the lesstif development group does not do anything > > to change that. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Joe > > > > > > Mark Hatch wrote: > > > Joe, > > > > > > The tar file included only the binaries? Was source available? > > > > > > If you were trying to build the application using the binaries you > provided, > > > then that explains a lot. The application was originally built against > Motif > > > 1.2. Lesstif is binary compatible with Motif 1.2. Hence, you were able > to > > > substitute lesstif for the original Motif 1.2 libraries. However, Motif > 2.1 > > > is *not* binary compatible with Motif 1.2 based applications. Now that > > > I think of it, the type conversion error is a pretty typical sympthom > > > of a missmatch of Motifs. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Mark > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Joseph I. Davida" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "Mark Hatch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 8:15 PM > > > Subject: Re: [Lesstif] Thanks!! > > > > > > > > > > > >>Well, the case in point is the old mxaudio program > > >>which was originally available from xaudio.com until > > >>they took it off their ftp server. I am attaching a > > >>bzipped copy for you to try the same sequence of > > >>installations of various motif libs. > > >>Be sure you DO NOT HAVE LESSTIF installed when trying > > >>the other motif libs. > > >> > > >>Cheers, > > >> > > >>Joe > > >> > > >>Mark Hatch wrote: > > >> > > >>>Joseph, > > >>> > > >>>I'm part of the OpenMotif support team. Would a sample case be > available > > > > > > so > > > > > >>>that we could look into your problem? I suspect it related to OM being > > > > > > Motif > > > > > >>>2.1 and lesstif being 1.2, but a test case would help sort things out. > > >>> > > >>>Thanks! > > >>> > > >>>Mark > > >>> > > >>>----- Original Message ----- > > >>>From: "Joseph I. Davida" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>>Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 11:07 PM > > >>>Subject: [Lesstif] Thanks!! > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>>I have an old graphical audio application which > > >>>>uses the motif libs. I had installed > > >>>>openmotif-2.2.2 and that did not work. The > > >>>>app I have kept belching out the message: > > >>>> > > >>>>Warning: No type converter registered for 'String' to 'Proc' > conversion. > > >>>>X Error of failed request: BadPixmap (invalid Pixmap parameter) > > >>>> Major opcode of failed request: 55 (X_CreateGC) > > >>>> Resource id in failed request: 0x1600077 > > >>>> Serial number of failed request: 1776 > > >>>> Current serial number in output stream: 1777 > > >>>> > > >>>>So, I de-installed openmotif-2.2.2 and installed > > >>>>open-motif-2.2.2_1 > > >>>>which did not help either. > > >>>> > > >>>>I deinstalled that and installed openmotif-2.1.30-1_IST, > > >>>>and same problem. > > >>>> > > >>>>Finally I installed lesstif-0.93.94 and that fixed > > >>>>the problem. > > >>>> > > >>>>Thanks to the lesstif development group. > > >>>> > > >>>>Cheers, > > >>>> > > >>>>Joe > > >>>> > > >>>>_______________________________________________ > > >>>>Lesstif mailing list > > >>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>>>https://terror.hungry.com/mailman/listinfo/lesstif > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Lesstif mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://terror.hungry.com/mailman/listinfo/lesstif > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Lesstif mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://terror.hungry.com/mailman/listinfo/lesstif _______________________________________________ Lesstif mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://terror.hungry.com/mailman/listinfo/lesstif
