10:07 p.m.
This is a problem that popped up after a software upgrade for Sun Ray
Server Software on Solaris. The fonts on the XEmacs menu were almost
illegible. I haven't been able to track down where this is coming from
and I have never seen a similar problem in over a decade of use with
XEmacs on Solaris. But, I just wanted to mention that there is a simple
fix for these X related issues if anyone has forgotten. I managed to
fix it by copying the etc/Emacs.ad file that comes with XEmacs to
/usr/openwin/lib/app-defaults/XEmacs and making a few edits (replacing
Emacs* with XEmacs*). I guess for non-Solaris users, it would be
/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/XEmacs (as it alludes to in the file). This
had me up and running again in a matter of minutes. The hardest part
was finding Emacs.ad since I didn't recognize the suffix.
Rodney
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12:22 p.m.
Rodney Sparapani writes:
This is a problem that popped up after a software upgrade for Sun Ray
Server Software on Solaris. The fonts on the XEmacs menu were almost
illegible. I haven't been able to track down where this is coming from
and I have never seen a similar problem in over a decade of use with
XEmacs on Solaris. But, I just wanted to mention that there is a simple
fix for these X related issues if anyone has forgotten. I managed to
fix it by copying the etc/Emacs.ad file that comes with XEmacs to
/usr/openwin/lib/app-defaults/XEmacs and making a few edits (replacing
Emacs* with XEmacs*).
Did the fonts supplied by Sun change? What is the configuration of
your XEmacs?
The solution shouldn't have any effect, as AFAIK Emacs.ad is generated
from the defaults in XEmacs. I'll have to look at what's going on
here more carefully.
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4:07 p.m.
On 08/ 1/10 06:22 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
Did the fonts supplied by Sun change? What is the configuration of
your XEmacs?
I'm not sure. It seems like it is no longer respecting the default fonts
that I am requesting.
The solution shouldn't have any effect, as AFAIK Emacs.ad is
generated
from the defaults in XEmacs. I'll have to look at what's going on
here more carefully.
But, it worked?!? Here's my build report...
XEmacs Build Report generated by emacs-version
21.4 (patch 22) "Instant Classic" XEmacs Lucid
with system-configuration
i386-pc-solaris2.10
follows:
Contents of /usr/local/src/xemacs/xemacs-21.4.22/Installation:
(Output from most recent run of ./configure)
uname -a: SunOS godzilla 5.10 Generic_141415-10 i86pc i386 i86pc
configure '--with-clash-detection=yes' '--with-dialogs=motif'
'--with-widgets=motif' '--with-mule' '--with-xim=motif'
XEmacs 21.4.22 "Instant Classic" configured for `i386-pc-solaris2.10'.
Compilation / Installation:
Source code location: /usr/local/src/xemacs/xemacs-21.4.22
Installation prefix: /usr/local
Runtime library search path: /usr/openwin/lib:/opt/SUNWdt/lib
Operating system description file: `s/sol2.h'
Machine description file: `m/intel386.h'
Compiler: cc -g -xarch=sse3
Compiler version: cc: Sun C 5.10 SunOS_i386 2009/06/03
Relocating allocator for buffers: yes
GNU version of malloc: yes
libc: SUNWcsl 11.10.0,REV=2005.01.21.16.34
Window System:
Compiling in support for the X window system:
- X Windows headers location: /usr/X11/include
- X Windows libraries location: /usr/openwin/lib
- Handling WM_COMMAND properly.
Compiling in support for Motif.
*WARNING* Many versions of Motif are buggy, requiring workarounds.
You are likely to experience slow redisplay.
You may need to install vendor patches to Motif.
See PROBLEMS for more information.
Using Lucid menubars.
Using Lucid scrollbars.
Using Motif dialog boxes.
Using Motif native widgets.
TTY:
Compiling in support for ncurses.
Images:
Compiling in support for GIF images (builtin).
WARNING: -----------------------------------------------------------
WARNING: Compiling without XPM image support.
WARNING: You should strongly consider installing XPM.
WARNING: Otherwise toolbars and other graphics will look suboptimal.
WARNING: (a copy may be found in ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/aux)
WARNING: -----------------------------------------------------------
Compiling in support for PNG images.
Compiling in support for JPEG images.
Compiling in support for TIFF images.
Sound:
Databases:
Compiling in support for Berkeley database.
Compiling in support for GNU DBM.
Compiling in support for LDAP.
Compiling in support for PostgreSQL.
- Using PostgreSQL header file: pgsql/libpq-fe.h
- Using PostgreSQL V7 bindings.
Internationalization:
Compiling in support for Mule (multi-lingual Emacs).
Compiling in support for XIM (X11R5+ I18N input method).
- Using Motif to provide XIM support.
Mail:
Compiling in support for "dot-locking" mail spool file locking method.
Other Features:
Inhibiting IPv6 canonicalization at startup.
Compiling in support for dynamic shared object modules.
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4:40 a.m.
Rodney Sparapani writes:
On 08/ 1/10 06:22 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> Did the fonts supplied by Sun change? What is the configuration of
> your XEmacs?
>
I'm not sure. It seems like it is no longer respecting the default fonts
that I am requesting.
> The solution shouldn't have any effect, as AFAIK Emacs.ad is generated
> from the defaults in XEmacs. I'll have to look at what's going on
> here more carefully.
>
But, it worked?!? Here's my build report...
Oh, I trust your observation that it worked! I'm just surprised, and
therefore my knowledge is incomplete. :-)
Thanks for the Installation. Obviously your XEmacs configuration is
about as vanilla as it gets, so something changed in Sun's X11
installation.
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5:22 p.m.
On 08/ 2/10 10:40 PM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
Oh, I trust your observation that it worked! I'm just surprised, and
therefore my knowledge is incomplete. :-)
Thanks for the Installation. Obviously your XEmacs configuration is
about as vanilla as it gets, so something changed in Sun's X11
installation.
And, I'm quite thankful that it worked since it was distracting, but I
suppose I would have gotten used to it. The only thing that may have
changed on the X11 side AFAICT is libXext.so, but I don't know what that
is. I imagine some things may have changed on the JDS/GNOME side, but I
don't understand that stuff at all.
Rodney
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On 08/ 3/10 11:22 AM, Rodney Sparapani wrote:
And, I'm quite thankful that it worked since it was distracting, but I
suppose I would have gotten used to it. The only thing that may have
changed on the X11 side AFAICT is libXext.so, but I don't know what that
is. I imagine some things may have changed on the JDS/GNOME side, but I
don't understand that stuff at all.
Rodney
Although libXext did change (and is used by XEmacs), I don't think that
is where the problem is coming from. I had been using XEmacs from the
OpenCSW project since it includes all of the dependencies. And, then I
would rebuild XEmacs from source with the configure options that I
wanted. This would save me from having to build any dependencies. But
OpenCSW replaces some of the system libraries which was causing XEmacs
to be built without Xpm. If I build XEmacs without OpenCSW, then I do
get Xpm support back. And, my workaround is no longer necessary.
However, I'm still not sure exactly what went wrong yet; and it may have
been a combination of factors.
Rodney
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