[1590] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: applications problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Fri Feb 21 14:12:14 1997
To: Ramon P Silva <ramonps@MIT.EDU>
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 21 Feb 1997 14:12:00 -0500
In-Reply-To: Ramon P Silva's message of Thu, 16 Jan 1997 19:01:05 EST
Ramon P Silva <ramonps@MIT.EDU> writes:
>
> Hi:
>
> there are some athena applications (when launched from dash) that don't run
> at Linux-Athena. I don't know if Linux-Dev doesn't support them. I'm just
> communicating in order to help you improve Linux-Athena. Thanks.
Thanks for your input. I've been looking at this, and I've made
the following determinations...
> Calendar : /mit/calendar/linuxbin/xcal: No such file or directory
> MIT Directory: xmitdir : No such file or directory
I've sent mail to the respective maintainers of this software.
Currently it does not support Linux; I've asked them to add Linux
support. If they do, then this will just start working.
> Techinfo : xtechinfo : No such file or directory
Techinfo is no longer active. This should be removed from Dash.
> Campus Map : xinfo : No such file or directory
This program has not been ported to Linux. If we're going to support
this, then it should get ported in the sipb-athena sources. If it is
not supported then it should be removed from Dash.
> On Line Help : help : No such file or directory
This software does exist in the Linux SRVD, but it is not in any
Linux-Athena packages. This means it didn't get installed on your
machine. The next major release of Linux-Athena will probably use an
srvd, so this problem will go away then. Until then, however, you can
just copy help local.
> OWL : Can't execvp owl
> OLTA : Can't execvp olta
This software has not been ported to Linux. I think people are
waiting for the new combined olX software to be released, and then
that will be ported. Sorry.
> Athena Minicourses (Unknown machine type linux - Contact Athena Operations)
> Mini course descriptions, Current Schedule, Next Session Schedule
> All exited with status 1
Hmm, I don't know about these... I'll have to do some more research.
Anyways, thanks for your mail. Sorry it took so long to get back
to you.
-derek
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Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
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