[3612] in Athena Bugs
(RTPC) Version 6.3B: /usr/ucb/window
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan I. Kamens)
Thu Nov 9 01:19:32 1989
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 89 01:19:10 -0500
From: Jonathan I. Kamens <jik@PIT-MANAGER.MIT.EDU>
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
System type, version: (RTPC) Version 6.3B
System name: pit-manager
What's wrong:
/usr/ucb/window doesn't work on the RT. When you run it, it puts up
a window with nothing in it (the characters don't get printed or
something), and if you try to switch into command mode the speaker
starts beeping and won't stop until you remotely log in to the
workstation and kill of the window process. The X server is hosed by
the beeping so it's virtually impossible to kill it from another
window on the display.
Repeat by:
Run window on an RT. It won't display right. Type ^P. It'll start
beeping.
What should have happened:
It should be fixed. The problem seems to have something to do with
byte swapping, and is possible made worse by variables not getting
initialized to 0 on the RT. I tried to debug it, but the code is
badly documented and gross and I don't have the time to devote to
really figuring out what's wrong and how to fix it.
A quick run through saber on the VAX or the RT will show a lot of
the problems; I'd recommend that you do it on the VAX, because saber
on the RT has another bug which will cause things not to work
properly. (See my recent gripe sent to bugs)
jik
