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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!news.cps.udayton.edu!news.engr.udayton.edu!blackbird.afit.af.mil!zombie.ncsc.mil!nntp.coast.net!news00.sunet.se!sunic!news99.sunet.se!mn5.swip.net!news From: fredrik.bentzer@mailbox.swipnet.se (Fredrik) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.windows.x.i386unix Subject: Re: X11R6.1 Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 11:57:20 GMT Organization: ?? Lines: 28 Message-ID: <4jduv0$25s@mn5.swip.net> References: <MAGNER.96Mar28095609@hstud1.cs.uit.no> NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup103-7-13.swipnet.se NNTP-Posting-User: 8bfe4ffabdfe814e467c90d383386ee8 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:16420 comp.windows.x.i386unix:19672 magner@hstud1.cs.uit.no (Magne Rasmussen) wrote: >I tried to compile the new X11R6.1 release under FreeBSD 2.1-release. >Compilation went fine, but the X-servers I compiled (Mach64 and Svga) >doesn't work like they should. It seems like the string-functions are >screwed up. When the servers start, they complain about the font paths, >and it seems that the different paths are separated with a comma, not >a colon. Also, several other programs just print gibberish when they >are started. >During compilation, I got several warnings about 'int to pointer conversion >between incompatible sizes', or something to that effect. Could this be >the reason for all the problems? The gcc-version is 2.6.3. >Any help is greatly appreciated. >-- >//// Magne Rasmussen | e-mail: magner@stud.cs.uit.no / >/// Department of Computer Science/IMR | Phone: +47 77 67 52 89 (home) // >// University of Tromsoe | +47 77 64 54 97 (off.) /// >/ N-9037 Tromsoe, NORWAY | http://www.cs.uit.no/~magner //// Change to gcc 2.7.* The 2.6.3 is known to have some strange behaving (What MS calls features ;-) ). You should find the new ver of gcc on every major ftp site. Good luck //Fredrik