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From: Darryl Rees <rees@qut.edu.au>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: WordPerfect for SCO on 2.1.5
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 16:33:37 +1000
Organization: Queensland University of Technology
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I _know_ this has been asked before, but I cannot for the life of me
find a definitive answer, or even any reasonably complete documentation
for the ibcs2 compatability option.

I am trying to run Wordperfect for SCO Unix on FreeBSD2.1.5 with
the ibcs2 options enabled, but I get the error messages:

bash# ./cdinst.SCO_S -test -display localhost:0.0 
libsocket: open(/dev/socksys) failure: No such device or address
libsocket: open(/dev/socksys) failure: No such device or address
libsocket: open(/dev/socksys) failure: No such device or address
libsocket: open(/dev/socksys) failure: No such device or address
libsocket: open(/dev/socksys) failure: No such device or address
Error: Can't open display: localhost:0.0

I have enabled COMPAT_IBCS2, SYSVSHM, SYSVSEM and SYSVMSG in the
kernel and set up the files:

lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel         9 Sep 26 15:29 /dev/X0R -> /dev/null
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel         7 Sep 26 15:29 /dev/nfsd -> socksys
crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel    2,   2 Sep 26 15:42 /dev/null
crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel   41,   0 Sep 26 15:29 /dev/socksys
crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel   41,   1 Sep 26 15:29 /dev/spx

and

lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel         9 Sep 26 15:33 /compat/ibcs2/dev/X0R
-> /dev/null
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel         7 Sep 26 15:33 /compat/ibcs2/dev/nfsd
-> socksys
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel         9 Sep 26 15:33 /compat/ibcs2/dev/null
-> /dev/null
crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel   41,   0 Sep 26 12:49
/compat/ibcs2/dev/socksys
crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel   41,   1 Sep 26 11:40 /compat/ibcs2/dev/spx
(?!?)

I have seen a brief mention of an SPX_HACK option somewhere, but it
didn't
specify whether this was a kernel option or what, and I can't find any
reference to it in the kernel source.

I've tried setting DISPLAY to localhost:0.0, :0.0, machine-name:0.0,
etc, etc.

Ok, here's the question - is it possible to run WordPerfect on 2.1.5,
and if
so can anyone suggest what I might be doing wrong?

Thanks muchly in advance.

Darryl.
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| Darryl Rees (D.Rees@qut.edu.au)     | Whereof one cannot
speak              |
| Computing Services                  | Thereof one must remain
silent.       |
| Queensland University of Technology | Jeez my bum is itchy
today...         |
|                                     |                   Ludwig
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