Richard Clark writes:
> I bet there's a library or two missing, probably the Motif libraries. (The
> Motif libraries were an extra-cost add on under 2.3, and were rolled into
> 2.4.) I ran into a similar problem setting up a Sun system in the field;
> the system administrator resorted to building a hybrid system with the
> Motif libraries from 2.4 grafted onto 2.3.
I have fixed this using
ln -s /usr/dt/libMrm.so.3 /usr/lib/libMrm.so.2
ln -s /usr/dt/libXm.so.3 /usr/lib/libXm.so.2
>
> If this is the case, one or more of the external cloud support applications
> may be dead. Try this:
>
> 1) Make a copy of the "runCloud" PERL script
I can't find this file. I have a only binary one, runcloud.
> 2) Look for the lines that start up the guiServer, logServer, and any
> other support applications. (You might see guiServer, logServer, and mmReg;
> I'm writing this from home so I don't have a TS Web distribution to check
> against.)
> 3) Each support application has its error messages routed to Dev:Null:
> Redirect the messages to a file instead, e.g. /tmp/test.
> 4) Execute the new "runCloud" and go look at the the test file (e.g.
> "/tmp/test") to see if anything went wrong at startup.
>
> I believe you can also use the UNIX "ld" command against each of the
> external applications and see if any error messages come out about missing
> libraries. You can get the application names by from steps 1 and 2 above.
I checked all the applications in tde/bin with ldd without any
warning.
> Magic's engineering team probably didn't hear about the problem you (and
> other customers?) were having with the Devcon version. Their Sun systems
> all have the extra-cost libraries or 2.4 so the problem could have gone
> un-noticed. The first rule of computing: If you didn't report a bug, nobody
> else did either.
Mr Henri BROUCHOUD - FT.CNET/LAA/EIA/AIA" <[log in to unmask]>
report the same problem some months ago on this mailing list, without
any answer.
>
> I think the next line is "you take your head in your hands 'OH NO!' "
>
> ...Richard
I promise I'll raise my head and work hard to solve this problem. I am
very interested (and involved) in Telescript/MagicCap. But I think I
will use the TDK as soon as possible.
Many thanks for your answer and best regards
Herve
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