[GRASS5] Re: IRIX Binaries

[Paul Kelly]

On Thu, 22 Aug 2002, Paul Kelly wrote:

> > It is o32 (old library format), so it is not very useful for anyone
> > running IRIX 6.x.
>
> I don't understand this; I compiled it on 6.2 and it runs fine on 6.4; I
> thought all later versions were backward-compatible with o32 so I compiled
> it like this for maximum portability.
> I can create an n32 version as well if you think it would be useful.
>
> > 5.x/6.x???). I tested on an Indy R5000 with IRIX 6.5 and most of the
> > freeware installed.
>
> We do have an Indy running 6.5 here but it is turned off at the minute and
> doesn't have a mouse. I will get it going and give it a try on it.
>

I have now installed it on an Indy R4600 (100MHz) running IRIX 6.5 and
everything works (still have to start it from an xterm though). I was
pleasantly surprised at the speed also. Even SG3d and NVIZ were perfectly
usable on this old machine.

So I really can't understand why the binaries wouldn't work on a 6.5
machine. Was there any kind of error message? I should have mentioned the
problem with the IRIX winterm though. I am so used to always running
GRASS from an xterm that it slipped my mind. So I will have a look at this
sometime.

Paul