I was wondering why I did not see my message. Many thanks Uli ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michel Bardiaux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: gmane.os.cygwin.xfree Cc: "Uli Horn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 12:11 Subject: Re: InsightII application problems
> Are you aware your machine seems to have a VERY wrong date? In Netscape, > your message appears as posted on Sat, 5 Oct 2002 08:36:32 +0200. > > Uli Horn wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > I have an molecular modelling application developed by Accelrys called > > insightII which runs on an SGI. > > > > I would like to view it remotely on a PC using the X Windows System. I have > > tested it using eXceed 3D (MS Windows remote X Windows package) and it seems > > to function properly but when I use either cygwin or Redhat Linux it gives > > me an error "Couldn't get initial visual in app_init_display" where > > app_init_display is an application function. > > Maybe the X server under cygwin or RH does not by default create the > visual expected by the application. Did you compare the output of > xdpyinfo between Exceed and RH? > > > > > >From what I can see it uses Opengl and the glx libraries but the application > > might also require Motif. > > ITIYM 'the Motif window manager'. That indeed is not a problem with > Exceed, which *does* honor the WM properties used by the Motif shell > widgets, and *is* likely to be a problem with RH, at least when using > KDE, because the KDW window manager does not honor some of these > properties. Eg a window supposed to be fixed-size with MWM will have > effective resize handles with KDM. I have not yet found a way to deal > with that specific issue even for applications of which I do have the > source code! One problem has been that I have not yet found any Xt-based > application that *is* non-resizeable under KDE. Ideas, anyone? > > I have not yet tried our Motif apps under a recent Cygwin so I cant say > anything about cygwin. > > > > > My questions are: > > 1. If the XFree86 module is loaded does this mean that glx is also loaded? > > 2. Is the Motif environment emulated? > > In view of the previous paragraph, could you clarify the question? > > > 3. What are the strategies to get to the nub of the problem? > > > > Regards > > Uli > > > -- > Michel Bardiaux > Peaktime Belgium S.A. Bd. du Souverain, 191 B-1160 Bruxelles > Tel : +32 2 790.29.41 > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. "The CSIR exercises no editorial control over E-mail messages and/or attachments thereto/links referred to therein originating in the organisation and the views in this message/attachments thereto are therefore not necessarily those of the CSIR and/or its employees. The sender of this e-mail is, moreover, in terms of the CSIR's Conditions of Service, subject to compliance with the CSIR's internal E-mail and Internet Policy."
