[2440] in testers
bugs in 7.7B on the Sun (woof.mit.edu)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anne R LaVin)
Wed Jun 22 16:31:50 1994
To: testers@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1994 16:31:25 EDT
From: Anne R LaVin <lavin@MIT.EDU>
(1) my login window is not centered on the screen (not exactly a
biggie in the bug department, but it looks kind of funny)
(2) my shell is not working properly (all the emacs-like key bindings
appear to not be in effect, and the "Back Space" key works, but does
so invisibly. That is, if I type "12345" in an xterm and then hit
"Back Space" twice, and then hit return, I get:
123: Command not found
The only places I specify anything about my shell for my account
appear to be in my hesinfo (it's set to /bin/csh, if that's useful)
and I do a "set lineedit" in my .cshrc.mine).
The Back Space key works as expected in emacs, however.
(3) webster (yes, it's in the sipb locker, so I know it's not
something we fix) core dumps. This is odd, since theoretically it
should still work, right?
(4) xloadimage (graphics locker) also fails (claims a SEGV.) Ditto as
for the webster problem. Should this now be broken?
(5) something is broken with fonts or something, I think -- when I try
to start Maple (by typing "add maple; maple") I get these warnings in
my xterm:
Warning: Cannot convert string "<Key>SunCopy" to type VirtualBinding
Warning: Cannot convert string "<Key>SunCut" to type VirtualBinding
Warning: Cannot convert string "<Key>SunPaste" to type VirtualBinding
Warning: translation table syntax error: Unknown keysym name: osfPageLeft
Warning: ... found while parsing '<Key>osfPageLeft:PageUpOrLeft(1)'
Warning: translation table syntax error: Unknown keysym name: osfPageRight
Warning: ... found while parsing '<Key>osfPageRight:PageDownOrRight(1)'
and I get an error dialog box from Maple that says:
Unable to load font: "variable"
Substituted font: "fixed".
and when the maple window finally comes up it's all the wrong size,
color, etc. Yowza.
(4) There appears to be a program called
/usr/ccs/bin/help
which is NOT the Athena help program, and which is earlier in my path
than our help. My path is set as follows in my .path file:
set path = ($HOME/$bindir /usr/sipb/$bindir $athena_path .)
This means that you cannot start OLH from Dash, for instance, and if
you try it from an xterm you get:
Enter the message number or SCCS command name:
Which is a tad obscure.
For that matter, when I tried to run /usr/athena/bin/help, it says
"Command not found."
(5) starting TechInfo from dash or by typing "xtechinfo" in an xterm
produces the following in my console:
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
Major opcode of failed request: 51 (X_SetFontPath)
Value in failed request: 0x2
Serial number of failed request: 5
Current serial number in output stream: 7
and then it starts and otherwise appears to behave normally.
If I start "techinfo" from an xterm, it starts and everything is ok
until I exit, at which point the screen briefly flashes "I/O Error"
and then leaves me with a completely blank screen. If I hit "Return"
then I get my prompt back. (I don't think this is new behavior - I
vaguely remember this from the LAST release, actually - has it not
been fixed yet?)
That's all for now...Come bug me if you need more info on these, I
tried to explain everything I did...
Anne
