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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@cs.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Subject: Re: Backspace problem, xterm scroll bar problem. Message-ID: <1993May18.232043.18617@coe.montana.edu> Keywords: Backspace problem, xterm scroll bar problem. Sender: usenet@coe.montana.edu (USENET News System) Organization: CS References: <C76sxB.3Lq@ra.nrl.navy.mil> <1t9k8aINNo9h@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> Date: Tue, 18 May 1993 23:20:43 GMT Lines: 32 In article <1t9k8aINNo9h@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> scottl@engin.umich.edu (scott allen long) writes: > >You probably have an FPU-less system (386 or 486SX). XFree 1.2 was compiled >with gcc 2.3.3 with the assumption that an FPU would be present. As a What?? >result, any client that uses the math libraries will either get wrong >results or will crash. Exaples: oclock, xeyes, and ico will dump core as >soon as they are loaded; the buttons for xman and xcalc will be badly >mis-drawn; Athena scoll bars are useless; etc.... The problem is in the math emulation code, not in assuming you need a FP processor. >The good news is that >XFree 1.3 will be compiled with gcc 1.39 and the will support FPU emulation. The 1.2 binaries also support FPU emulation, but apparently GCC2 does things a little bit differently regarding FP stuff as compared to GCC1. But, you should be able to run the 1.2 stuff on a FPU-less processor, but you may run into problems. Nate -- osynw@terra.oscs.montana.edu | Still trying to find a good reason for nate@cs.montana.edu | these 'computer' things. Personally, work #: (406) 994-4836 | I don't think they'll catch on - home #: (406) 586-0579 | Don Hammerstrom