Re: Lesstif 2.1 and LispWorks 5.0 on Linux

Reading the install docs.....

> 4.1.1 Motif libraries
> LispWorks 5.0 for Linux requires that the X11 release 6 (or higher) 
> and either
> OpenMotif (version 2.2 or higher) or Lesstif 0.93.18 (or higher, 
> 32-bit only) are
> installed on your machine. If you need to install the graphical 
> library first,
> contact your systems administrator for help.
> OpenMotif is available from www.motifzone.net and Lesstif is available 
> from
> www.lesstif.org.
> Note: In order for the LispWorks IDE to run “out of the box”, Lesstif 
> or Motif
> must be installed on the target machine.
> Note: You should be able to run LispWorks 5.0 and LispWorks 4.4 
> simultaneously
> with either OpenMotif or Lesstif installed.

I would look like you need a 32-bit only version of lesstif (I am not 
sure if they mean
LWL 5 64 bit does not run with lesstif, can a 64-bit program use a 
32-bit library???)

I would suggest installing openmotif instead, in my experience it works 
better anyways.

Wade

Chris Dean wrote:
> (I wanted to record an initial configuration problem I had with
> LispWorks.  I'm not really looking for a fix, but thought that the
> information should be archived in the mailing list.)
>
> When running my shiny new copy of LispWorks 5.0 (64-bit) on my Linux
> box I recieved this error:
>
>    Error: Got an invalid motif library type : :LESSTIF
>      1 (abort) Quit process.
>
> I'm running Ubuntu 6.06.1 2.6.15-26-amd64-server and tried installing
> different lesstif libraries with no luck.  I also tried tweaking
> config/use-motif-library to match where the lesstif libraries where
> installed with no new results:
>
>     (:detect-version (("/usr/lib/libXm.so.2.0.1" :lesstif)
>                       ("/usr/lib/libXm.so.3" :motif))
>      :prefer-version :lesstif
>      )
>
> I never did figure out the problem, but as I don't use X11 I ignored
> the problem and built a tty only image that works fine.
>
> Cheers,
> Chris Dean
>
>
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