Try the RPM I uploaded today to OpenDX org site. They will available fro downlaod by tomorrow. I think the problem you are refering has already been corrected.
Suhaib > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Peter > Denisevich > Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 7:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [opendx-dev] DXMACROS env. variable and dx startup script > (Linux RPMS and CVS) > > > I think I will reinstall everything after making sure that there are no > remnants of previous builds around. > > Question though (I may be dense) but in the Linux dx startup script > (/usr/loca/dx/bin/dx) there is the test which reads: > > if [ ! -d "$DXMACROS"]; then > DXMACROS= > > but DXMACROS is a ***path*** , not a directory, i.e. > $DXMACROS==/somedirectory:/someotherdirectory > > doesn't the test then fail?? and therefore erase DXMACROS?? > > Thanks for your help. > > "Suhaib M. Siddiqi" wrote: > > > I have no idea what is going on. > > The RPMS you have are from my Linux and works ok. The only > difference is > > that I did not polute my /usr/local/dx/ with samples. > > I have samples installed somewhere else in dxsamples > > and have DXMACROS set in my /etc/bashrc > > > > export DXMACROS=/<somewhere>/dxsamples/macros > > > > The dxsamples directory also contains the java macros you mentioned. > > > > The problem I mentioned in my previous messages was relating to Windows. > > I am working on a DX work properly with MOTIF under Windows. It > > refuses to acknowledge DXMACROS, there is no JAVA. It also gives the > > following error > > > > StartDXLChild: cannot connect using dx. > > > > Suhaib > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Peter > > > Denisevich > > > Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2000 8:15 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [opendx-dev] DXMACROS env. variable and dx startup script > > > (Linux RPMS and CVS) > > > > > > > > > Suhaib -- > > > > > > I must be missing something but I still have a problem with the Mar 3 > > > RPMS and DXMACROS environment variable. It shows up when I try to run > > > sample pgms. which invoke macros (bounce.net, etc.) I just tried the > > > following: > > > > > > > > > 1) Copied my /usr/local/dx/samples/ directory elsewhere. > > > 2) erased the whole /usr/local/dx tree > > > 3) rpm -ivh opendx-4.0.10-1.i386.rpm > > > 4) copied my /samples/ back into /usr/local/dx/ > > > 5) ln -s /usr/local/dx/bin/dx /usr/local/bin/dx [it's a 1351 byte > > > file] > > > > > > DXMACROS, DXDATA are set in .bashrc > > > > > > dx =>samples=>bounce.net : error msgs. galore, can't find > macros, etc. > > > > > > rename /usr/local/dx/java/server/dxmacros to something else > > > (..../pdxmacros) > > > > > > dx =>samples .... : runs fine > > > > > > rename ..../pdxmacros back to ..../dxmacros and crash and burn. > > > > > > My build from CVS last week had the same problem. When I > rebuilt again, > > > it didn't try to build the java stuff so it didn't create the > /dxmacros > > > directory and the resulting stuff runs OK. > > > > > > Again, am I missing something or is this real or both ;-) > > >
