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Dynatext Browser: dtext quits with bus error when executed from Solaris CDE.


Record #2015

Problem Title:
Dynatext Browser: dtext quits with bus error when executed from Solaris
CDE.



Problem Description:
Key Words: CDE, Dynatext, Bus Error, core, Solaris

Urgency: Standard

CDE (Common Desktop Envrionment) on Solaris, several warnings
may occur of the type :

krusty% dtext
DynaText(TM) v2.3, Oct	1 1994, Copyright (c) 1990-1994.
Issue #639
Electronic Book Technologies, Inc.
All Rights Reserved.

Warning: Cannot convert string "-dt-interface system-medium-r-normal-s*-*-*-*-*-

*-*-*-*" to type FontSet
Warning: Unable to load any useable fontset
Warning: Cannot convert string "-dt-interface system-medium-r-normal-s*-*-*-*-*-

*-*-*-*:" to type FontList
Warning: Cannot convert string "-dt-interface user-medium-r-normal-s*-*-*-*-*-*-

*-*-*" to type FontSet
Warning: Unable to load any useable fontset
Warning: Cannot convert string "-dt-interface user-medium-r-normal-s*-*-*-*-*-*-

*-*-*:" to type FontList

Then upon attempting to open a book, Dynatext abruptly ends
with a Bus Error (core dumped).


Solution 1:

This error can usually be fixed by loading the Openwindow Keys
into the system.  If you type the following at a command
prompt:

xrdb /usr/openwin/lib/Xdefaults

before executing the Dynatext viewer, dtext, the warnings
should disappear and the system should no longer Bus Error when
executing Dynatext.

Note:  This command may need to be re-executed if the user logs
out of the system or if the Fonts are adjusted from the CDE Style Manager.



Solution 2:

Another possible work-around is to remotely log into a machine
running SunOS4 and executing dtext from this machine :

cde_machine% rlogin sun4_machine

SunOS Release 4.1.4 (GENERIC) #4: Sun May 19 02:19:06 PDT 1996

sun4_machine% setenv DISPLAY cde_machine:0.0
sun4_machine% dtext

Note: When executing Dynatext from a SunOS4 machine, be sure
your path reflects the Sun4 binary from Dynatext:

set path (<Dynatext_install>/binsun4 $path)



Solution 3:

You'll need to point your XNLSPATH variable to the nls library to
/usr/dt/lib/nls

If you don't have this path or the correct nls libraries, you can download
the libraries from the following ftp site:

ftp://ftp.fnal.gov/pub/nedit

get the file nls.tar

Put the file in a temporary directory, untar it (tar xvf nls.tar)
it creates in the temp dir a sub dir called /nls

mkdir -p /usr/dt/lib/nls

copy the files from "/temp_dir/nls" to "/usr/dt/lib/nls"

Set a evironment variable : XNLSPATH to this directory.

Source or reboot and start dtext

Note: If you do not have permissions to write in the "/usr/dt/lib"
directory, it may be placed in another writable directory and the
XNLSPATH environment variable may point to that directory however it is
suggested to place it in the "/usr/dt/lib/nls" directory if possible.

See Xilinx Solution 2673 for any problems regarding the M1 core tools
because of this environment setting



End of Record #2015