http://www.sgi.com/tech/relnotes/4Dgifts.html (Silicon Surf Promotional CD, 01/1995)5 Known Problems and Workarounds
- 1 - 1. Introduction Note: Packaged with these release notes is a separate sheet that contains the Software License Agreement. This software is provided to you solely under the terms and conditions of the Software License Agreement. Please take a few moments to review the Agreement. This document contains the following chapters: 1. Introduction 2. Installation Information 3. Changes and Additions 4. Bug Fixes 5. Known Problems and Workarounds 6. Documentation Errors 1.1 Release_Identification_Information Following is the release identification information for 4Dgifts: Software Option Product 4Dgifts Version 4Dgifts For Irix OS5.2 System Software Requirements 4D1-5.2 1.2 Online_Release_Notes After you install the online documentation for a product (the relnotes subsystem), you can view the release notes on your screen. If you have a graphics system, select ``Release Notes'' from the Tools submenu of the Toolchest. This displays the grelnotes(1) graphical browser for the online release notes. Refer to the grelnotes(1) man page for information on options to this command. - 2 - If you do not have a graphics system, you can use the relnotes command. Refer to the relnotes(1) man page for accessing the online release notes. 1.3 Product_Support Silicon Graphics, Inc., provides a comprehensive product support maintenance program for its products. If you are in North America and would like support for your Silicon Graphics-supported products, contact the Technical Assistance Center at 1-800-800-4SGI. If you are outside North America, contact the Silicon Graphics subsidiary or authorized distributor in your country. - 1 - 2. Installation_Information This chapter lists supplemental information to the IRIS Software Installation Guide. The information listed here is product-specific; use it with the Installation Guide to install this product. 2.1 4Dgifts_Subsystems The 4Dgifts subsystem includes these subsystems: 4Dgifts.src.basicw Basic 4Dgifts gift account -- mostly user self administration stuff. Install this first. 4Dgifts.src.full 4Dgifts full gift source -- the majority of examples as source. The name full is partly a misnomer (legacy). As we reorganize the 4Dgifts package the notion of ``full'' will go away an be replaced by a beter focused set of subsystems.. 4Dgifts.src.iristools 4Dgifts iristools gift source -- iristools examples as source 2.2 4Dgifts_Subsystem_Disk_Space_Requirements This section lists the subsystems (and their sizes) of the 4Dgifts option. If you are installing this option for the first time, the subsystems marked ``default'' are the ones that are installed if you use the ``go'' menu item. To install a different set of subsystems, use the ``install,'' ``remove,'' ``keep,'' and ``step'' commands in inst to customize the list of subsystems to be installed, then select the ``go'' menu item. Note: The listed subsystem sizes are approximate. Refer to the IRIS Software Installation Guide for information on finding exact sizes. Subsystem Name Subsystem Size - 2 - (512-byte blocks) 4Dgifts.src.basicw 3049 4Dgifts.src.full 6092 4Dgifts.src.iristools 1993 2.3 Installation_Method This section lists the installation method for the 4Dgifts subsystems. Refer to the IRIS Software Installation Guide for complete installation instructions. Subsystem Name Method of Installation 4Dgift.*.* IRIX 2.4 Prerequisites There are no prerequisites enforced by the installation tool. All subsystems in 4Dgifts tend to assume that 4Dgifts.src.basic is installed. Other subsystems may depend on a specific compiler to compile. Also, other IDO options that are relied upon are "c", "dev", "gl_dev", "motif_dev", and "x_dev". - 1 - 3. Changes_and_Additions o Kermit has been removed from 4Dgifts due to licensing issues. Kermit users may still get updates from Columbia University. FTP sites are subject to change. At the time of this release, one location is watsun.cc.columbia.edu. Note that SGI does not support, nor imply support of Kermit regardless of where source was obtained from. o The examples/libaudio directory is no longer installed by 4Dgifts. To get these examples, install the audio examples from the Digital Media Developement Option. This is a seperate option from IDO. o The examples/devaudio directory has been removed. o The wspace directory no longer installs FTR examples. For information on writing FTR's, please refer to the WorkSpace Integration Guide. There are now utilities to assist in creating icons, such as /usr/sbin/iconsmith. There are also online examples in /usr/lib/filetype. o The .workspace directory no longer loads. The Indigo Magic environment supercedes the workspace environment. If you would like to see this envirnment in the 4Dgifts login account, move .xsession and .chestrc to some other place. o libgutil no longer contains a random() module. An improved version is now in libc. - 1 - 4. Bug_Fix_highlights o BUG 12208 - There is now a man page for SGI Image format images, man rgb. o BUG 138058 - Change name of subsystem from dev.sw.4Dgifts.* to 4Dgifts.* o BUG 121620 - There was a conflict between showfont from 4Dgifts and X11R5. 4Dgifts/examples/fontmanager/showfont.c has been renamed to be fmshowfont.c To reflect the SGI fontmanager aspects of this sample. o BUG 145316 - Hist dumps core due to uninitialized variable. Note that ``rld'' can leave cruft on the stack. Programs cannot assume in main() that the stack is clean. Thus bad style could now bite users as it did us. o BUG The snapshot(6D) button window can be moved by using the ALT key with the RIGHTMOUSE button or "F" keys. o BUG The input example examples/devices/input/test/inputtest.c now compiles. o BUG 134442 - fromgif can now process files in the GIF89a format. - 1 - 5. Known_Problems_and_Workarounds o The 'knobs' program under examples/devices does not behave according to the README file. o The following directories load with incorrect ownership : OpenGL/toogl, bin, examples/glpg/ch[01-18]. The files in these directories do load with correct permissions. To work around permission problems for compiling in these directories, change the ownerto "4Dgifts" with "guest" as group. - 1 - 6. Documentation_Errors oo o