X-Git-Url: http://git.chise.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=PROBLEMS;h=dab9c7c161ac49fa84d2c7f49b1b9c46b7eaf10c;hb=b6ee68960a285127d70505d7fadd629b0af2adc1;hp=10c88944924f6f9af26862a6805a8d34af462b7e;hpb=426fe636212336bb32a5e6f187c4d623709fa57d;p=chise%2Fxemacs-chise.git- diff --git a/PROBLEMS b/PROBLEMS index 10c8894..dab9c7c 100644 --- a/PROBLEMS +++ b/PROBLEMS @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ This file describes various problems that have been encountered in compiling, installing and running XEmacs. It has been updated for -XEmacs 21.4. +XEmacs 21.0. This file is rather large, but we have tried to sort the entries by their respective relevance for XEmacs, but may have not succeeded @@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ info about the Outline mode. Also, Try finding the things you need using one of the search commands XEmacs provides (e.g. `C-s'). -General advice: - WATCH OUT for your init file! (~/.xemacs/init.el or ~/.emacs) If - you observe strange problems, invoke XEmacs with the `-vanilla' - option and see if you can repeat the problem. +A general advice: + WATCH OUT for .emacs file! ~/.emacs is your Emacs init file. If + you observe strange problems, invoke XEmacs with the `-q' option + and see if you can repeat the problem. * Problems with building XEmacs @@ -187,33 +187,6 @@ Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu writes: ** SunOS/Solaris -*** Crashes when using Motif libraries, especially with multiple frames. - -Crashes that produce C-backtraces like this: - -#0 0xfec9a118 in _libc_kill () from /usr/lib/libc.so.1 -#1 0x77f48 in fatal_error_signal (sig=11) - at /codes/rpluim/xemacs-21.4/src/emacs.c:539 -#2 -#3 0xfee929f4 in XFindContext () from /usr/openwin/lib/libX11.so.4 -#4 0xfee92930 in XFindContext () from /usr/openwin/lib/libX11.so.4 -#5 0xff297e54 in DisplayDestroy () from /usr/dt/lib/libXm.so.4 -#6 0xfefbece0 in XtCallCallbackList () from /usr/openwin/lib/libXt.so.4 -#7 0xfefc486c in XtPhase2Destroy () from /usr/openwin/lib/libXt.so.4 -#8 0xfefc45d0 in _XtDoPhase2Destroy () from /usr/openwin/lib/libXt.so.4 -#9 0xfefc43b4 in XtDestroyWidget () from /usr/openwin/lib/libXt.so.4 -#10 0x15cf9c in x_delete_device (d=0x523f00) - -are caused by buggy Motif libraries. Installing the following patches -has been reported to solve the problem on Solaris 2.7: - -107081-40 107656-07 - -For information (although they have not been confirmed to work), the -equivalent patches for Solaris 2.8 are: - -108940-33 108652-25 - *** Dumping error when using GNU binutils / GNU ld on a Sun. Errors similar to the following: @@ -239,10 +212,6 @@ normally held in /usr/ccs/bin. This can be done by one of: - uninstalling GNU ld. -- configuring XEmacs with these environment settings (suggested by - Goran Koruga ): - LD=/usr/ccs/bin/ld AS=/usr/ccs/bin/as configure - The Solaris2 FAQ claims: When you install gcc, don't make the mistake of installing @@ -583,38 +552,12 @@ Note: Much of the above entry is probably not valid for XEmacs 21.0 and later. ** Cygwin - *** In general use etc/check_cygwin_setup.sh to trap environment problems. The script etc/check_cygwin_setup.sh will attempt to detect whether -you have a suitable environment for building. This script may not work +you have a suitable environment for building. This script may not work correctly if you are using ash instead of bash (see below). -*** Syntax errors running configure scripts, make failing with exit code 127 - in inexplicable situations, etc. - -This may be because you are using the default cygwin shell. The -default cygwin shell (/bin/sh.exe) is ash which appears to work in -most circumstances but has some weird failure modes. You need to -replace the symlink with bash.exe. - -*** Lots of compile errors, esp. on lines containing macro definitions - terminated by backslashes. - -Your partition holding the source files is mounted binary. It needs -to be mounted text. (This will not screw up any binary files because -the Cygwin utilities specify explicitly whether they want binary or -text mode when working with source vs. binary files, which overrides -the mount type.) To fix this, you just need to run the appropriate -mount command once -- afterwards, the settings are remembered in the -registry. - -*** Errors from make like /c:not found. - -make sure you set the environment variable MAKE_MODE to UNIX in your -.bashrc, Control Panel (Windows 2000/NT), or AUTOEXEC.BAT (Windows -98/95). - *** X11 not detected. This is usually because xmkmf is not in your path or because you are @@ -625,9 +568,10 @@ mean configure is slower but more reliable. *** Subprocesses do not work. -You do not have "tty" in your CYGWIN environment variable. This must -be set in your autoexec.bat (win95) or the system properties (winnt) -as it must be read before the cygwin DLL initializes. +You do not have "tty" in your CYGWIN32 (for b19) or CYGWIN (for b20) +environment variable. This must be set in your autoexec.bat (win95) or +the system properties (winnt) as it must be read before the cygwin dll +initializes. *** ^G does not work on hung subprocesses. @@ -635,6 +579,17 @@ This is a known problem. It can be remedied with cygwin b20 or greater by defining BROKEN_SIGIO in src/s/cygwin32.h, however this currently leads to instability in XEmacs. +*** The XEmacs executable crashes at startup. + +This can be caused by many things. + +If you are running with X11 you need to have cygwin b19 or cygwin +b20.1 or greater, cygwin b20 will not work. + +If you are running with cygwin b19 make sure you are using egcs 1.0.2 +rather than vanilla gcc. XEmacs builds by default with -O3 which does +not work with the gcc that ships with b19. Alternatively use -O2. + *** The info files will not build. makeinfo that ships with cygwin (all versions) is a noop. You need to @@ -642,9 +597,9 @@ obtain makeinfo from somewhere or build it yourself. *** I have no graphics. -You need to obtain the various graphics libraries. Pre-built versions +You need to obtain the various graphics libraries. Pre-built versions of these and the X libraries are located on the XEmacs website in -ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/aux/cygwin/. +ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/aux/cygwin*. *** There are no images in the toolbar buttons. @@ -656,14 +611,6 @@ microsoft website. * Problems with running XEmacs ============================== ** General -*** gnuserv is running, some clients can connect, but others cannot. - -The code in gnuslib.c respects the value of TMPDIR. If the server and -the client have different values in their environment, you lose. -One program known to set TMPDIR and manifest this problem is exmh. -You can defeat the use of TMPDIR by unsetting USE_TMPDIR at the top of -gnuserv.h at build time. - *** C-z just refreshes the screen instead of suspending Emacs. You are probably using a shell that doesn't support job control, even @@ -779,7 +726,7 @@ may need to add "#define static" to the m- or the s- file. Try evaluating the form (setq lock-directory nil) and see if that helps. There is a problem with file-locking on some systems (possibly related to NFS) that I don't understand. Please send mail to the address -xemacs-beta@xemacs.org if you figure this one out. +xemacs@xemacs.org if you figure this one out. *** When emacs starts up, I get lots of warnings about unknown keysyms. @@ -958,7 +905,7 @@ redisplay on the traditional terminals, or over slow lines can be very slow. If you are interested in fixing this, please let us know at -. +. *** Screen is updated wrong, but only on one kind of terminal. @@ -1350,27 +1297,6 @@ affected virtually all ioctl() calls. ** Linux -*** Debian -**** XEmacs warns "Symbol `toggleClassRec' has different size in shared - object, consider re-linking / Symbol `labelClassRec' has different - size in shared object, consider re-linking / Warning: Representation - size 4 must match superclass's to override value" - -Sometimes this results in segfaults when using the tab control widget -or a progress bar widget. - -Some versions of Debian install 3D versions of the Athena widget -library as /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.so. We have not yet solved the -problem of identifying the actual library in use in ./configure, so it -is possible for XEmacs to be compiled with reference to headers for -"flat" Xaw but find a "3D" Xaw when loading. - -The straightforward solution is to rebuild XEmacs with additional -configure options: --with-widgets=athena --with-athena=3d. - -There are several 3D Athena widget sets available; to see which ones -are supported by XEmacs, use ./configure --usage. - *** Mandrake The Mandrake Linux distribution is attempting to comprehensively @@ -1389,19 +1315,6 @@ XEmacs to use the Alt key" below. The color-gcc wrapper (see below) is in common use on the Mandrake platform. -*** XEmacs configured with ESD crashes with a segmentation violation - -This often occurs when a progress bar pops up. - -The problem is that the ESD sound daemon manipulates interrupts in a -way that disagrees with XEmacs. The currently available workaround is -not very satisfactory: remove ESD support. Rebuild after -reconfiguring with the option --with-sound=none[,native][,nas] - -The funny syntax (requiring the initial "none") is for backward -compatibility, and may change. Native sound and NAS do not cause the -problem, so they may be added to the option to get some sound support. - *** I want XEmacs to use the Alt key, not the XXX key, for Meta commands For historical reasons, XEmacs looks for a Meta key, then an Alt key. @@ -1516,9 +1429,9 @@ file is not necessary with this approach. A newer problem is due to XEmacs changing to use the modern getaddrinfo() interface from the older gethostbyname() interface. The solution above is insufficient, because getaddrinfo() by default tries -to get IPv6 information for localhost (including the local X server). -This always involves a dns lookup to get the CNAME, and the strategies -above don't work. It then falls back to IPv4 behavior. +to get IPv6 information for localhost. This always involves a dns +lookup to get the CNAME, and the strategies above don't work. It then +falls back to IPv4 behavior. This is good[tm]; trust us. ***** Robust network case @@ -1534,20 +1447,22 @@ IPv4 behavior. Explicitly setting DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0 (or whatever is appropriate) works in most cases. If you cannot or do not want to do that, you can hard code IPv4 -behavior in src/process-unix.c. Add `--with-ipv6-cname=no" to your -configure options and rebuild XEmacs. +behavior in src/process-unix.c. This is bad[tm], on your own head be +it. In the function unix_canonicalize_host_name() about ten lines +down, change the statement -*** XEmacs disappears after several sound events in succession + hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC; -If esd is not running (e.g. you unchecked the run esd checkbox in the -GNOME Configuration tool), every sound event will cause the esound -client library to signal SIGUSR1. It is not that difficult (hold down -PgUp or PgDn, for example) to cause XEmacs to generate additional -SIGUSR1 signals before the first handler has a chance to reset, so the -second SIGUSR1 causes the default behavior of ending the process. +to + + hints.ai_family = PF_INET; + +and rebuild XEmacs. + +getaddrinfo() is also called in src/sysdep.c:init_system_name() and in +src/process-unix.c:unix_open_network_stream(). It should not be +useful to make this change in either of those places. -The solution is either to build XEmacs with -sound=native,noesd or to make sure -that esd is in fact running. ** IRIX *** On Irix, I don't see the toolbar icons and I'm getting lots of @@ -1781,38 +1696,14 @@ GCC. ** Windows -*** In general, the Windows code is less mature than the Unix code. +*** Emacs exits with "X protocol error" when run with an X server for +Windows. -The Windows code base is still changing quickly. If you are -experiencing problems, try the latest beta version to see if the -problem still exists. Also ask on xemacs-nt@xemacs.org. +A certain X server for Windows had a bug which caused this. +Supposedly the newer 32-bit version of this server doesn't have the +problem. -** Cygwin -*** Subprocesses do not work. - -You do not have "tty" in your CYGWIN environment variable. This must -be set in your autoexec.bat (win95) or the system properties (winnt) -as it must be read before the cygwin DLL initializes. - -*** ^G does not work on hung subprocesses. - -This is a known problem. It can be remedied by defining BROKEN_SIGIO -in src/s/cygwin.h, however this currently leads to instability in XEmacs. -(#### is this still true?) - -*** Errors from make like `/c:not found' when running `M-x compile'. - -Make sure you set the environment variable MAKE_MODE to UNIX in your -init file (.xemacs/init.el), Control Panel (Windows 2000/NT), or -AUTOEXEC.BAT (Windows 98/95). - -*** There are no images in the toolbar buttons. - -You need version 4.71 of commctrl.dll which does not ship with windows -95. You can get this by installing IE 4.0 or downloading it from the -microsoft website. - * Compatibility problems (with Emacs 18, GNU Emacs, or previous XEmacs/lemacs) ==============================================================================