[5228] in testers
Re: panel issues
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Carter Snowden)
Fri Jun 14 09:20:20 2002
Message-Id: <200206141320.JAA08750@telharmonium.mit.edu>
To: Laura C Cerritelli <lokie@MIT.EDU>
cc: testers@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 11 Jun 2002 17:48:43 EDT."
<200206112148.RAA05273@gorf.mit.edu>
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 09:20:15 -0400
From: Carter Snowden <csnowden@MIT.EDU>
Thanks for taking a look at these.
I've created new 9.1 menus and done what I can to fix the errors reported here.
My comments and questions start with --CAPS below:
CS
>Here's a list of things that seem to have problems running on linux
>from the panel and their error messages. I only checked things that
>didn't claim not to run under linux and I didn't look at the pages the
>menu items point to. Enjoy.
>
>
>Utilities: Ical- xalf: Failed to launch ical \nchild died: Segmentation fault
> (though appears fine from command line)
--FIXED
> Time Tracker tool- xalf: error: couldn't find gtt in PATH
> (can't find otherwise)
--MISSING in 9.1 from /usr/athena/bin, --
--broken for all platforms
--QUESTION - Is or will this be available somewhere for 9.1?
>
>Network/Communication IRC- xalf: Failed to launch Irc \nchild exited: status 1
> (whichlocker claims there's a linux version, but
> trying to run it says its not executable)
--THIS was broken for all platforms, for both 9.0 and 9.1
--FIXED for Sun and SGI by setting it to run in a terminal
--Linux reports binary not executable (both 9.0 and 9.1, as above)
> Tm -seems to quit on startup
--(I think she meant Trn, not Tm -- [Trn looks like "Tm" in
the tiny menu font)
--WORKS OK FOR ME
>Math/Plotting
> (applix spreadsheet- not for this platform)
--WAS BROKEN FOR ALL PLATFORMS, in both 9.1 and 9.0
--FIXED for Linux by changing command from 'gathrun applix -ss' to 'gathrun applix spreadsheets'
--still broken for other platforms -- need to talk to Alex
aboutwhy this is so
> splus- doesn't seem to start unless from commandline
--PROBLEMS with this one if we want to default to v 6
- need to talk to Alex
--FIXED (partially) by setting to open non-java (v 5.1)
version in a terminal window
>Graphics
> xpaint- doesn't start- doesn't appear to exist for linux
--WAS BROKEN FOR all platforms except for Linux on 9.0
-- because it was looking in /usr/bin and 9.0 Linux
is the only flavor that has it there
-- it is not in /usr/bin or in graphics locker for 9.1 Linux
-- it is in the graphics locker for other platforms,
so I changed this to look there
--OUESTION - is there, or will there be, a version of xpaint
somewhere in 9.1 Linux?
> tgif-Failed to launch Tgif \nchild died: Segmentation fault
--FIXED
> sdr-Failed to launch Sdr \nchild died: Segmentation fault
> (fine from command line)
--FIXED
>Editing/Publishing framemaker is not for linux
--THIS IS WORKING properly as set up. Need to ask Alex if
we want to continue popping up a special "No Linux available"
window.
>Audio
> xmixer- can't find it
--FIXED - changed to gmix
> xplaycd- can't find it
--FIXED - changed to gtcd
