On Monday 23 May 2005 13:46, Robert Epprecht wrote:
> Bernd Paysan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I've already started creating a debian package myself, and you find
> > the first attempt under
> >
> > http://www.jwdt.com/~paysan/bigforth_2.1.0_i386.deb
>
> I made a first small test under current KNOPPIX. The package installs
> fine.
>
> After starting bigFORTH (on a text console) I cannot type anything.
> If I press ^C it says User interrupt and after that user input is
> working.

Hm, bigFORTH first asks the terminal about the size - if the terminal 
doesn't reply, bigFORTH hangs. A timeout would be good here.

> From an xterm I cannot start bigforth nor xbigforth (no error
> displayed).
>
> Under 'Befehl ausf�hren' (with selected run in an xterm) I can start
> bigforth and user input works fine.
>
> As KNOPPIX is not exactly Debian these issues could very well be
> KNOPPIX related.

We have made Knoppix CDs with bigFORTH on it, and it worked there.

-- 
Bernd Paysan
"If you want it done right, you have to do it yourself"
http://www.jwdt.com/~paysan/

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