Subject: Re: AbiWord on Irix - mostly successful
From: Robert Sievers (bob@abisource.com)
Date: Fri Oct 13 2000 - 11:52:12 CDT
This should go to the abiword-dev list, so here it is.
On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 09:45:17PM -0400, Andrew Klaassen wrote:
> Just finished compiling AbiWord on an Irix 6.2. A couple of
> modifications had to be made, and, maybe more important, I
> stumbled across what might be a clue to various bugs people have
> reported on the platform which disappear with the "-nosplash"
> option. This is version 0.7.10.
>
> Needed changes before successful compile, in
> ...abi/src/config/platforms/irix64.mk:
>
> 53c53
> < OPTIMIZER = -g -Wall -ansi -pedantic
> ---
> > OPTIMIZER = -g -Wall # -ansi -pedantic
> 57c57
> < OPTIMIZER = -O2 -Wall -ansi -pedantic
> ---
> > OPTIMIZER = -O2 -Wall # -ansi -pedantic
> 85c85
> < UNIX_CAN_BUILD_STATIC=1
> ---
> > UNIX_CAN_BUILD_STATIC=0
>
> System info:
> # uname -a
> IRIX64 porky 6.2 03131016 IP19
>
>
> And here's potential info on the crash that disappears with the
> "-nosplash" option, from a Gnome mailing list:
>
> > > Gdk-ERROR **: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
> > > serial 117 error_code 8 request_code 72 minor_code 0
> >
> > You get these errors because whoever wrote the program didn't
> > properly handle multi-depth machines. Your O2 can display
> > windows, and portions of windows, in differing color depths,
> > but the programmer has to make sure to use the correct visual
> > and colormap, or else copies may not work.
> >
> > Please file a bug report for each of the programs that crashes
> > for you. Tell them that they are ignoring colormap and visual
> > issues. Suggest looking into
> > gtk_widget_push_{colormap,visual}. If you want, tell them to
> > mail me if they have any questions, and I'll explain the
> > problem and fix to them.
> >
> > Ian Peters
> > itp@helixcode.com
>
> http://mail.gnome.org/pipermail/gnome-list/2000-June/039781.html
>
> Feel free to email me back with more questions, or to direct me
> to a more appropriate recipient. Also feel free to forward this
> mail as you see fit.
>
> Andrew Klaassen
>
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