| Title: | DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90 |
| Notice: | See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit |
| Moderator: | STAR::VATNE |
| Created: | Mon Oct 30 1989 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Dec 31 1990 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3726 |
| Total number of notes: | 19516 |
I'm having significant problems getting started with dxdb on a PMAX. I'm
running Ultrix 3.1D and UWS 2.2. I'm using dxterm and have set the
appropriate resource in my .Xdefaults as well as
/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/Db.
1) When I dxdb the diroll example while logged into the superuser acct IN
EITHER AN XTERM OR DXTERM WINDOW everything runs fine. When I hit run a new
dxterm starts up for the program output.
2) When I dxdb the diroll example while logged into my personal account IN
A DXTERM WINDOW, dxdb starts up ok. Then when I hit run it immediately
crashes with the message "dxdb: fatal error: Couldn't start slave xterm".
3) When I dxdb the diroll example while logged into my personal account IN
AN XTERM WINDOW, dxdb starts up ok. Then when I hit run it starts up a
dxterm window and runs properly!
All three cases were running in my personal account using a copy of the
diroll stuff from /usr/examples/dxdb.
A number of people have been telling me to bag dxdb because it's too buggy.
I'd rather not do that, but I'm beginning to believe they are right.
Any suggestions what I've got messed up?
Is there any dxdb documentation available? Please don't give me nebulous
pointer to GURU::. I was unable to find anything there on dxdb.
Is there a notesfile somewhere for dxdb? Is it a supported product?
help!??!
- steve mcafee
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2997.1 | EDA03::MCAFEE | Steve McAfee | Tue Jun 26 1990 19:14 | 13 | |
Well, I've fixed the problem (although I don't know why exactly the fix
works). I duplicated the superuser path in my personal account and that
fixed it. I then appended to the path all of the things which were in my
old path but not the superuser path and it still worked.
Also I moved the set path from .login to .cshrc.
One of these two things fixed the problem. I'm still interested in finding
out about dxdb documentation and support status. Also does dxdb work with
languages other than C?
- steve
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| 2997.2 | No, just C | WASTED::metsky | No applause, just throw money | Wed Jun 27 1990 08:13 | 7 |
Dxdb is a supported product but currently there is no developement on the product. I was the only person on the project and I've moved on to other stuff. I haven't done any work on it except bug fixes in over a year. You probably should contact product management for CASE for suggestions and requirements for debugging tools. -dave- | |||||