Re: motif & debian
> i have motif2.01, and i used alien --deb , and installed the .deb
> result. After i tried to lounch mwm and get a segmantation fault!!!
> i tried again with an other file from the motif package and got the same
> thing!!
> the motif package was first in rpm format, after converting it,
> i uninstalled lesstif , and installed motif i got the result i told you,
> second try: i installed lesstif again , and installed motif after,
> and i got the same result!
> would you please tell what is your explanation of what hapenned?
> and tell me how you installed it
> thanks
The thing is your Motif 2.0.1 is libc5-based library while your system is
probably Debian 2.0 which is libc6 (glibc2) - based. You should install libc5
package along with xlib6 package (in addition to xlib6g) and try again.
Unfortunately, some Motif vendors used to sell Motif 2.0.1 compiled in such a
way that it would still link with libc6 even it was compiled with libc5 and
libc5 is present on the system. I cannot imagine anything would help in this
case. Ask your vendor for an upgrade to Motif 2.1 (libc6-based version).
This should be fairly cheap. I myself _never_ paid the full price for my motif
(Used some "trade-in" option) and since the first purchase I keep getting
upgrades basically for free.
Alex Y.
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Re: motif & debian
i have motif2.01, and i used alien --deb , and installed the .deb result. After i tried to lounch mwm and get a segmantation fault!!! i tried again with an other file from the motif package and got the same thing!! the motif package was first in rpm format, after converting it, i uninstalled lesstif , and installed motif i got the result i told you, second try: i installed lesstif again , and installed motif after, and i got the same result! would you please tell what is your explanation of what hapenned? and tell me how you installed it thanks > > which motif do you have? i converted metrolink motif 2.1 into a deb > package. i converted the rpm to deb using > > alien -d -g -c > > -g creates a directory to unpack the rpm, -c tries to convert the > installation scripts. i then moved the files around to have them > conform as much as possible with the debian structure. i can make the > diffs available if you are interested (the contents of the debian > control directory). > > --alex-- > > -- > | I believe the moment is at hand when, by a paranoiac and active | > | advance of the mind, it will be possible (simultaneously with | > | automatism and other passive states) to systematize confusion | > | and thus to help to discredit completely the world of reality. | >
Re: motif & debian
which motif do you have? i converted metrolink motif 2.1 into a deb package. i converted the rpm to deb using alien -d -g -c -g creates a directory to unpack the rpm, -c tries to convert the installation scripts. i then moved the files around to have them conform as much as possible with the debian structure. i can make the diffs available if you are interested (the contents of the debian control directory). --alex-- -- | I believe the moment is at hand when, by a paranoiac and active | | advance of the mind, it will be possible (simultaneously with | | automatism and other passive states) to systematize confusion | | and thus to help to discredit completely the world of reality. |
