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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Fri, 2 Mar 2007, Hermang Mansilla wrote:

> Hi,
> Finally I had time to solve this mistery.
>
> Some months ago I suggested running Yabasic in
> Baslinux.
> Someone compiled 2 versions:
> one old version monochromatic and
> one new version with full color support.
>
> The old version runs fine but is limited to
> monochromatic graphics (only 2 colors).
> This version is in the Add-ons section of the web
> page.
>
> The new version runs in text mode, but as soon as
> you try to open a graphics window it aborts with an
> error about failing to set a font.
>
> Finally I solved the problem by removing the library
> libX11.so.6 that comes with BasLinux and replacing it
> with the one included in Slackware 4.0
> Once you replace that Library, the color version of
> Yabasic runs fine with any X server.
>
> So I assume that the libX11.so.6 that comes with
> BasLinux is missing some function for querying or
> setting fonts.

The BL3 libX11.so.6 is about 585K versus 760K for the SW40/SW39 one.
Perhaps the larger one could go into the next x-libs.tgz.

The larger one still does not work with xpdf:  undefined symbol _xstat. 
How difficult is it to compile just libX11.so.6.1 for libc5, or can it be 
done statically against uclibc?

> Bye!
> -Hermang H.M.M.

Sindi