5 Known Problems and Workarounds
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1. Introduction
Note: Packaged with these release notes is a separate sheet
that contains the Software License Agreement. This
software is provided to you solely under the terms
and conditions of the Software License Agreement.
Please take a few moments to review the Agreement.
This document contains the following chapters:
1. Introduction
2. Installation Information
3. Changes and Additions
4. Bug Fixes
5. Known Problems and Workarounds
6. Documentation Errors
1.1 Release_Identification_Information
Following is the release identification information for
4Dgifts:
Software Option Product 4Dgifts
Version 4Dgifts For Irix
OS5.2
System Software Requirements 4D1-5.2
1.2 Online_Release_Notes
After you install the online documentation for a product
(the relnotes subsystem), you can view the release notes on
your screen.
If you have a graphics system, select ``Release Notes'' from
the Tools submenu of the Toolchest. This displays the
grelnotes(1) graphical browser for the online release notes.
Refer to the grelnotes(1) man page for information on
options to this command.
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If you do not have a graphics system, you can use the
relnotes command. Refer to the relnotes(1) man page for
accessing the online release notes.
1.3 Product_Support
Silicon Graphics, Inc., provides a comprehensive product
support maintenance program for its products.
If you are in North America and would like support for your
Silicon Graphics-supported products, contact the Technical
Assistance Center at 1-800-800-4SGI.
If you are outside North America, contact the Silicon
Graphics subsidiary or authorized distributor in your
country.
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2. Installation_Information
This chapter lists supplemental information to the IRIS
Software Installation Guide. The information listed here is
product-specific; use it with the Installation Guide to
install this product.
2.1 4Dgifts_Subsystems
The 4Dgifts subsystem includes these subsystems:
4Dgifts.src.basicw Basic 4Dgifts gift account --
mostly user self
administration stuff. Install
this first.
4Dgifts.src.full 4Dgifts full gift source --
the majority of examples as
source. The name full is
partly a misnomer (legacy). As
we reorganize the 4Dgifts
package the notion of ``full''
will go away an be replaced by
a beter focused set of
subsystems..
4Dgifts.src.iristools 4Dgifts iristools gift source
-- iristools examples as
source
2.2 4Dgifts_Subsystem_Disk_Space_Requirements
This section lists the subsystems (and their sizes) of the
4Dgifts option.
If you are installing this option for the first time, the
subsystems marked ``default'' are the ones that are
installed if you use the ``go'' menu item. To install a
different set of subsystems, use the ``install,''
``remove,'' ``keep,'' and ``step'' commands in inst to
customize the list of subsystems to be installed, then
select the ``go'' menu item.
Note: The listed subsystem sizes are approximate. Refer to
the IRIS Software Installation Guide for information
on finding exact sizes.
Subsystem Name Subsystem Size
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(512-byte blocks)
4Dgifts.src.basicw 3049
4Dgifts.src.full 6092
4Dgifts.src.iristools 1993
2.3 Installation_Method
This section lists the installation method for the 4Dgifts
subsystems. Refer to the IRIS Software Installation Guide
for complete installation instructions.
Subsystem Name Method of Installation
4Dgift.*.* IRIX
2.4 Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites enforced by the installation
tool. All subsystems in 4Dgifts tend to assume that
4Dgifts.src.basic is installed. Other subsystems may depend
on a specific compiler to compile. Also, other IDO options
that are relied upon are "c", "dev", "gl_dev", "motif_dev",
and "x_dev".
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3. Changes_and_Additions
o Kermit has been removed from 4Dgifts due to licensing
issues. Kermit users may still get updates from
Columbia University. FTP sites are subject to change.
At the time of this release, one location is
watsun.cc.columbia.edu. Note that SGI does not
support, nor imply support of Kermit regardless of
where source was obtained from.
o The examples/libaudio directory is no longer installed
by 4Dgifts. To get these examples, install the audio
examples from the Digital Media Developement Option.
This is a seperate option from IDO.
o The examples/devaudio directory has been removed.
o The wspace directory no longer installs FTR examples.
For information on writing FTR's, please refer to the
WorkSpace Integration Guide. There are now utilities to
assist in creating icons, such as /usr/sbin/iconsmith.
There are also online examples in /usr/lib/filetype.
o The .workspace directory no longer loads. The Indigo
Magic environment supercedes the workspace environment.
If you would like to see this envirnment in the 4Dgifts
login account, move .xsession and .chestrc to some
other place.
o libgutil no longer contains a random() module. An
improved version is now in libc.
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4. Bug_Fix_highlights
o BUG 12208 - There is now a man page for SGI Image
format images, man rgb.
o BUG 138058 - Change name of subsystem from
dev.sw.4Dgifts.* to 4Dgifts.*
o BUG 121620 - There was a conflict between showfont from
4Dgifts and X11R5.
4Dgifts/examples/fontmanager/showfont.c has been
renamed to be fmshowfont.c To reflect the SGI
fontmanager aspects of this sample.
o BUG 145316 - Hist dumps core due to uninitialized
variable. Note that ``rld'' can leave cruft on the
stack. Programs cannot assume in main() that the stack
is clean. Thus bad style could now bite users as it
did us.
o BUG The snapshot(6D) button window can be moved by
using the ALT key with the RIGHTMOUSE button or "F"
keys.
o BUG The input example
examples/devices/input/test/inputtest.c now compiles.
o BUG 134442 - fromgif can now process files in the
GIF89a format.
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5. Known_Problems_and_Workarounds
o The 'knobs' program under examples/devices does not
behave according to the README file.
o The following directories load with incorrect ownership
: OpenGL/toogl, bin, examples/glpg/ch[01-18]. The
files in these directories do load with correct
permissions. To work around permission problems for
compiling in these directories, change the ownerto
"4Dgifts" with "guest" as group.
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6. Documentation_Errors
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