On Wed, 17 Mar 2004, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: > > > I have Solaris 8 on sparc, and I want Xnest to run in a > > > window, so I can open more CDE sessions on other Solaris machines. > > > There is no binary distribution of Xnest available for the sparc > > > version of sol8. There is only the intel version that I can find. > > > I have downloaded and compiled XF86 versions 4.0.2, 4.1.0, > > > 4.2.0, and 4.3.0 (Have trouble compiling v4.4.0) > > > But when the build is finished, there is no file called xnest or > > > Xnest. > > > Am I trying to compile the right package, or should I be trying > > > something else? > > > (I downloaded these, extracted them all, and built according to > > > the instructions:) > > > X430src-1.tgz > > > X430src-2.tgz > > > X430src-3.tgz > > > X430src-4.tgz > > > X430src-5.tgz > > > X430src-6.tgz > > > X430src-7.tgz > > Please read xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/doc/README.Solaris > That's very good information, and thank you very much. > However, I still don't have an Xnest binary, and I still don't know how > to get one. > When I compile XFree86, am I *supposed* to get an Xnest binary? Or am I > building the wrong package somehow? Xnest (and Xvfb) should be built by default, if your host.def asserts BuildXFree86OnSparcSunOS. Otherwise, you need to assert XnestServer and/or XVirtualFramebufferServer. Don't forget to `make World` when you change these settings. Marc. +----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Marc Aurele La France | work: 1-780-492-9310 | | Computing and Network Services | fax: 1-780-492-1729 | | 352 General Services Building | email: tsi@xxxxxxxxxxx | | University of Alberta +-----------------------------------+ | Edmonton, Alberta | | | T6G 2H1 | Standard disclaimers apply | | CANADA | | +----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ XFree86 developer and VP. ATI driver and X server internals. _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
