bergman on 28 Mar 2006 22:16:48 -0000 |
Hello, I'm experiencing what I believe are problems with Motif. The symptoms are that certain apps no longer display any text--either on menus, widgets, or within the body of the application. Some example apps are grok (from xmbase-grok, a Motif front-end to a flat file database system), and winsetup (from Win4Lin, the admin GUI to a commercial Windows-under-Linux package). All other GUI access and X applications seem fine. Other applications that use Motif (for example xpdf, ddd) work fine. I can't trace the appearance of the problem to a particular upgrade, but the applications used to work in the past... The affected apps seem to run fine--no core dumps, strace doesn't reveal any problems, and there are no Xorg.0.log or .xsession-errors messages that seem relevent. It's possible to run the apps, but it must be done "blindly", ie., drop-down menus work, buttons work, etc., but there's no text displayed. I've tried forcibly installing lesstif-0.94.4-1.i586 over the motif packages--the install works, but has no affect on the problem. I've tried recompiling grok--the build goes fine, the executable runs, but the symptoms are the same (no text, but it seems to run fine). Any suggestions for a fix, or for how to debug this problem further? I can provide strace output and screen shots (off the list), but the apps appear to work--there is no core dump or exit with an error condition, but the text is not visible. Thanks, Mark ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Evironment: FC4 (kept current with yum) kernel 2.6.9 X packages: fonts-xorg-100dpi-6.8.2-1 fonts-xorg-75dpi-6.8.2-1 fonts-xorg-base-6.8.2-1 fonts-xorg-ISO8859-14-100dpi-6.8.2-1 fonts-xorg-ISO8859-14-75dpi-6.8.2-1 fonts-xorg-ISO8859-15-100dpi-6.8.2-1 fonts-xorg-ISO8859-15-75dpi-6.8.2-1 fonts-xorg-ISO8859-2-100dpi-6.8.2-1 fonts-xorg-ISO8859-2-75dpi-6.8.2-1 fonts-xorg-ISO8859-9-100dpi-6.8.2-1 fonts-xorg-ISO8859-9-75dpi-6.8.2-1 fonts-xorg-truetype-6.8.2-1 openmotif21-2.1.30 openmotif-2.2.3-10.FC4.1 openmotif-devel-2.2.3-10.FC4.1 xorg-x11-100dpi-fonts-6.7.0-14 xorg-x11-6.8.2-37.FC4.49.2 xorg-x11-75dpi-fonts-6.7.0-14 xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-6.8.2-37.FC4.49.2 xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel-6.8.2-37.FC4.49.2 xorg-x11-devel-6.8.2-37.FC4.49.2 xorg-x11-doc-6.8.2-37.FC4.49.2 xorg-x11-font-utils-6.8.2-37.FC4.49.2 xorg-x11-ISO8859-15-100dpi-fonts-6.7.0-14 xorg-x11-ISO8859-15-75dpi-fonts-6.7.0-14 xorg-x11-ISO8859-2-100dpi-fonts-6.7.0-14 xorg-x11-ISO8859-2-75dpi-fonts-6.7.0-14 xorg-x11-ISO8859-9-100dpi-fonts-6.7.0-14 xorg-x11-ISO8859-9-75dpi-fonts-6.7.0-14 xorg-x11-libs-6.8.2-37.FC4.49.2 xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL-6.8.2-37.FC4.49.2 xorg-x11-Mesa-libGLU-6.8.2-37.FC4.49.2 xorg-x11-tools-6.8.2-37.FC4.49.2 xorg-x11-truetype-fonts-6.7.0-14 xorg-x11-twm-6.8.2-37.FC4.49.2 xorg-x11-xauth-6.8.2-37.FC4.49.2 xorg-x11-xdm-6.8.2-37.FC4.49.2 xorg-x11-xfs-6.8.2-37.FC4.49.2 xorg-x11-Xnest-6.8.2-37.FC4.49.2 xorg-x11-Xvfb-6.8.2-37.FC4.49.2 ldd /usr/bin/grok linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000) libXm.so.3 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXm.so.3 (0xb7d7a000) libXt.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6 (0x4d1e1000) libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x4d093000) libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x44de8000) libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x44cbd000) libXmu.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXmu.so.6 (0x4d552000) libSM.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6 (0x4d196000) libICE.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6 (0x4d17a000) libXext.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x4d169000) libXp.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXp.so.6 (0x4d60a000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x44e0f000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x44c9f000) Log entries from ~/.xsession-errors when the apps are closed: X Error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) 3 Major opcode: 19 Minor opcode: 0 Resource id: 0x4a00005 X Error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) 3 Major opcode: 19 Minor opcode: 0 Resource id: 0x4800005 (note: except for changes in the "Resource id" field, these messages are the same when a well-behaving app, such as xpdf, is also closed the same way, so I don't believe they are relevent) ----- Mark Bergman Biker, Rock Climber, Unix mechanic, IATSE #1 Stagehand http://wwwkeys.pgp.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=bergman%40merctech.com I want a newsgroup with a infinite S/N ratio! Now taking CFV on: rec.motorcycles.stagehands.pet-bird-owners.pinballers.unix-supporters 15+ So Far--Want to join? Check out: http://www.panix.com/~bergman ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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