Problems with xgrass4.1 binary version

[Terje Midtboe]

Ken

>> Hello Ken!
>> 
>> From info.grass.programmer it seems like you know how xgrass is
>> working, so I would like to ask you a question.
>> 
>> My name is Terje Midtboe. I have installed the
>> new binary-version of grass4.1 on a SPARC station.
>> We are using X11 windows-system.
>> 
>> It seeems to work, BUT a lot of warning messages is showing up at the
>> window where I started xgrass. I guess it is only a detail I need to
>> fix. Can you explain how to make the program run
>> without these warnings.
>> 
>> Example of the warnings:
>> 
>> 
>> /usr/local/grass% xgrass4.1
>> Warning: translation table syntax error: Unknown keysym name:
>> osfActivate
>> Warning: ... found while parsing '<Key>osfActivate:
>> ManagerGadgetSelect() '
>> Warning: translation table syntax error: Unknown keysym name:
>> osfSelect
>> Warning: ... found while parsing '       <Key>osfSelect:
>> ManagerGadgetSelect() '
>> Warning: translation table syntax error: Unknown keysym name: osfHelp
>> Warning: ... found while parsing '       <Key>osfHelp:
>> ManagerGadgetHelp() '
>> Warning: translation table syntax error: Unknown keysym name:
>> osfBeginLine
>> . 
>> In the spring of 93 I imported an earlier compilation of xgrass4.1
>> that worked fine, without any warnings.
>> 
>> 
>> Terje
>> 
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>> Terje Midtboe				
>> Division of Surveying and Mapping	Phone:  +47 73 59 45 83
>> University of Trondheim			Fax:    +47 73 59 46 21	
>> N-7034 TRONDHEIM			E-mail: terjem at iko.unit.no
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>Terje,

>I think we just figured this problem out with a little help from our notes.
>The following is from a message by Andrew Hertz:

>>My understanding is that the openwindows XKeysymDB will not work, you
>>want the OSFmotif key mappings.  I used the XKeystmDB that's in the xgrass
>>source directories ($GIS/src/xgrass).  If you've only downloaded the 
>>binaries, I've put a copy of the XKeystmDB in grass/incoming at 
>>max.cecer.army.mil.  I believe this file MUST be placed in /usr/lib/X11 
>>because the static binaries have Motif embedded within them and they
>>are looking explicitly for /usr/lib/X11/XKeysymDB.
>>(You can check this by issuing the command:
>> strings xg* | grep XKeystmDB
>>in the directory where the xgrass binary executables reside.)
>>Changing your path won't help you in this case.
>>
>>I hope this helps...
>>
>>Andrew Hertz
>>hertz at geog.psu.edu

>Most of this seems to be correct, but the XKeysymDB file does not 
>necessarily need to be in /usr/lib/X11.  What we found is that 
>you must place the XKeysymDB file in the directory that returns from
>the strings command.  We were working on xdigit specificaly (note: using
>strings xg*...  will not catch xdigit.  Use strings xdgit ... for this)
>and our path is /grass.src/X11R5/lib/X11/XKeysymDB.  This seems to
>indicate that it requires the keysym file to be in the exact location
>when running that existed when being compiled even if it is a different
>machine.

>If you have any further questions I will try to help.

>Ken Sibley
>USDA-SCS
>ksibley at ncg.scs.ag.gov


Thank you very much for your help. That's right, the binary version
requires the XKeysymDB file to be situated at
/grass.src/X11R5/lib/X11/

I have tried it and it works fine. But it is a little bit messy to
make this path on several computers. Is there anybody who knows how to
avoid this problem?



Terje

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Terje Midtboe				
Division of Surveying and Mapping	Phone:  +47 73 59 45 83
University of Trondheim			Fax:    +47 73 59 46 21	
N-7034 TRONDHEIM			E-mail: terjem at iko.unit.no
NORWAY
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