Hello Michael :
Thanks a real lot for the advice.
I tried many times with many versions of xforms. The result was the same a
core dump.
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lyx: SIGSEGV signal caught
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Aborted (core dumped)
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core shows the following stack trace.
(gdb) where
#0 0x400c5801 in __kill () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6
#1 0x400c55da in raise (sig=6) at ../sysdeps/posix/raise.c:27
#2 0x400c6d82 in abort () at ../sysdeps/generic/abort.c:88
#3 0x081c31cb in XMapRaised ()
#4 0x080c359b in XMapRaised ()
#5 <signal handler called>
-------------------------------
ldd /usr/bin/lyx
libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 => /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 (0x40027000)
libXpm.so.4 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4 (0x40069000)
libSM.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6 (0x40078000)
libICE.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6 (0x40081000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/i686/libc.so.6 (0x40098000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/i686/libm.so.6 (0x401c8000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x401ec000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000)
This is the ldd from the last one I installed ( xforms-0.89-2.src.rpm ). I
m pretty sure some other versions of xforms I used earlier was showing a
dependency on libforms.so.0.89. So it looks like xforms changed their
architecture in between the releases.
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These are the main points of my installation
1. I used lyx-1.1.6fix3-1.src.rpm and did a full build from the source
2. RedHat 7.1
3. I tried both src.rpm, rpm, and tar.gz formats for xforms.
I m completely lost. I m also under tremendous pressure, since I m trying to
convince my new employer that using lyx under linux ( as opposed to windows
) is much faster and easier ( printing etc ).
Maybe if somebody who has got it working in RH 7.1 send me the xforms rpm.
--sony
>From: Michael Abshoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Sony Antony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: xforms problem with RH 7.1 ( for lyx )
>Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 19:49:16 +0200 (CEST)
>
>
>
>On Mon, 15 Oct 2001, Sony Antony wrote:
>
> >
> > I ve been trying to make lyx work with Red Hat 7.1 ( 2.4 kernel ).
> > I got the latest src.rpm. It looks like it needs xforms as a
>prerequisite.
> >
> > I got the .88-2 of xforms and finished the compilation. ( Though xforms
>was an src.rpm it didn t look
> > like it had any actual src files. I didn t see any actual compilations
>).
> > But when lyx comes up after the first dialog box it core dumps. Though I
>searched the web I could not
> > get a solutions. ( I found a reference mentioning the same problem ).
> >
> > My first priority is to make lyx work in RedHat 7.1. Is there any way at
>all. Is there anybody out there
> > who has done this successfully.
> >
> > Also people seems to be thinking xforms as crude. I also understand that
>it s not a GPL d software (
> > which might explain why it didn t do a compile for an src.rpm ). Given
>these is there a reason why lyx
> > team decided to use it.
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> > sony
> >
>Hello sony,
>
>In order to compile lyx on an RedHat 7.1 Box you need lyx-1.1.6fix3. Prior
>to this release the gcc 2.96.?? that comes with RedHat won't compile it.
>In addition you need xforms. While it is not GPLed, there will be
>alternate GUIs (gtk, QT) in LyX 1.2.0 some time in the future. You can
>find xforms-0.89-5*rpms on ftp.lyx.org. Get the version under linux/elf
>and do a rpm -Uvh xforms* If you want to compile from source also get the
>source- and header-rpms and install them.
>
>Unpack lyx-1.1.6fix3.tar.gz and do an ./configure in the directory. It
>should tell you if there is anything missing. If not, do a make && make
>install strip, wait a couple minutes and everything should be fine. The
>installed programms should be in /usr/local/bin. Move them if that
>directory is not in your PATH. IIRC there is also an option in the
>configure-scipt (do a ./configure --help to see the options)
>
>Let me know, if you have any problem.
>
>Have fun,
>
>Michael
>
>
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