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Re: ------------: xess
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex T Prengel)
Thu Sep 17 11:27:33 1998
To: Nathan J Williams <nathanw@MIT.EDU>
Cc: alexp@MIT.EDU, ajfox@MIT.EDU, ghudson@MIT.EDU, netbsd-help@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 16 Sep 1998 21:41:50 EDT."
<199809170141.VAA24463@snorklewacker.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 11:27:26 EDT
From: Alex T Prengel <alexp@MIT.EDU>
> I tried xess, tecplot, and applix on snorklewacker, running
>8.2.2. xess and tecplot worked. Applix hung as you reported; I did
>some poking around and found that it was stuck in a loop trying to
>open /tmp through /emul/linux*. If I removed the tmp -> /tmp symlink
>from /emul/linux, it worked. Since I don't know of any reason for that
Hi Nathan,
Thanks for checking this- we were able to run Applixware after the 8.2.2
update, although we get an error message something like "can't open output
file /dev/null" in the launch window- not sure why- /dev/null exists is
is crw-rw-rw-.
Tecplot still won't work (in the same way as before). If you (or any of
the other NetBSD folks) are around N42 anytime soon, would you mind checking
our machine (asphodel, in the test cluster area on the lower level), to
see if something is not set correctly? It's probably best to find ajfox
(she's on the second floor) first- she maintains the machine.
Thanks,
Alex
