"M.B. Schiekel" wrote:
Joe Zien
, Wed, 01 Aug 2001 01:30:49 -0400: Hello Joe, concerning your SuSE 7.1 and WP8 problems I would try the following:
1) as root: cd /usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib rm libXpm.so rm libXpm.so.4 ln -s libXpm_wx.so libXpm.so.4 ln -s libXpm.so.4 libXpm.so
2) starting xwp: the point is, that for security reasons the actual directory is not in $PATH, so, if you start X (or KDE, or ...) as user jozien@jozien, you are in the directory /home/jozien: now you can start xwp from a terminal under X by: ../../opt/wp8/wpbin/xwp
or by: cd /opt/wp8/wpbin ./xwp
3) please let me know, if this is helpful for you
kind regards - bernhard
-- M.B. Schiekel: http://home.t-online.de/home/mb.schiekel/
Hello everybody, Thanks to all for your suggestions. I did what Bernard suggested above and it still doesn't work. I deleted shlibs5 that I got from SuSE 6.3 and installed shlibs5 from SuSE 7.1 and now I get this error when I try to start xwp: Color Map Problem Corel WordPerfect supports 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 &24 plane displays. You have a 15 plane display. As a result of this unsupported display, WP may display colors incorrectly or abort on some features. Continue? If I click yes , get segmentation fault. /opt/wp8/wpbin/xwpsahlp runs fine. Now WP8 starts up so I'm making progress. I tried : startx --bpp 16 but that didn't work. jozien
concerning your SuSE 7.1 and WP8 problems I would try the following:
1) as root: cd /usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib rm libXpm.so rm libXpm.so.4 ln -s libXpm_wx.so libXpm.so.4 ln -s libXpm.so.4 libXpm.so
That's simple. I get it now ;o) phil@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > mc phil@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > ln -s libXpm_wx.so libXpm.so.4 ln: `libXpm.so.4': File exists phil@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > phil@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > su Password: root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > ln -s libXpm_wx.so libXpm.so.4 ln: `libXpm.so.4': File exists root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > rm libXpm.so.4 root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > ln -s libXpm_wx.so libXpm.so.4 root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > ln -s libXpm_wx.so libXpm.so.4 ln: `libXpm.so.4': File exists root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > rm libXpm.so rm: cannot remove `libXpm.so': No such file or directory root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > rm libXpm.so.4 root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > ln -s libXpm_wx.so libXpm.so.4 root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > ln -s libXpm.so.4 libXpm.so root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > rm libXpm.so root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > rm libXpm.so.4 root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > ln -s libXpm_wx.so.1.6.7 libXpm.so.4 root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > ln -s libXpm.so.4 libXpm.so root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > ln -s libXpm.so.4 libXpm_wx.so ln: `libXpm_wx.so': File exists root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > ln -s libXpm.so.4 libXpm_wx.so.1.6.7 root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > ln -s libXpm.so.4 libXpm_wx.so.1.6.7 root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > ln -s libXpm_wx.so libXpm.so.4 root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > ln -s libXpm_wx.so libXpm.so.4 root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > ln -s libXpm.so.4 libXpm.so root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > ln -s libXpm_wx.so.1.6.7 libXpm.so.4 root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > ln -s libXpm.so.4 libXpm.so root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > quirt bash: quirt: command not found root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > quikt bash: quikt: command not found root@lead:/opt/wp8/wpbin > exit exit phil@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > su Password: root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > ln -s libXpm_wx.so libXpm.so.4 ln: `libXpm.so.4': File exists root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > rm libXpm.so.4 root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > ln -s libXpm_wx.so libXpm.so.4 ln: `libXpm.so.4': File exists root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > rm libXpm.so rm: cannot remove `libXpm.so': No such file or directory root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > rm libXpm.so.4 root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > ln -s libXpm_wx.so libXpm.so.4 root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > ln -s libXpm.so.4 libXpm.so root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > rm libXpm.so root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > rm libXpm.so.4 phil@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > mc phil@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > ln -s libXpm_wx.so libXpm.so.4 ln: `libXpm.so.4': File exists phil@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > phil@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > su Password: root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > ln -s libXpm_wx.so libXpm.so.4 ln: `libXpm.so.4': File exists root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > rm libXpm.so.4 root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > ln -s libXpm_wx.so libXpm.so.4 root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > ln -s libXpm_wx.so libXpm.so.4 ln: `libXpm.so.4': File exists root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > rm libXpm.so rm: cannot remove `libXpm.so': No such file or directory root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > rm libXpm.so.4 root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > ln -s libXpm_wx.so libXpm.so.4 root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > ln -s libXpm.so.4 libXpm.so root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > rm libXpm.so root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > rm libXpm.so.4 root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > ln -s libXpm_wx.so.1.6.7 libXpm.so.4 root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > ln -s libXpm.so.4 libXpm.so root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > ln -s libXpm.so.4 libXpm_wx.so ln: `libXpm_wx.so': File exists root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > ln -s libXpm.so.4 libXpm_wx.so.1.6.7 root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > ln -s libXpm.so.4 libXpm_wx.so.1.6.7 root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > ln -s libXpm_wx.so libXpm.so.4 root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > ln -s libXpm_wx.so libXpm.so.4 root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > ln -s libXpm.so.4 libXpm.so root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > ln -s libXpm_wx.so.1.6.7 libXpm.so.4 root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > ln -s libXpm.so.4 libXpm.so root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > root@lead:/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib > < meanwhile in another window back on the ponderosa> phil@lead:~ > cd /opt phil@lead:/opt > cd wp8 phil@lead:/opt/wp8 > cd wpbin phil@lead:/opt/wp8/wpbin > xwp xwp: can't load library 'libXpm.so.4' phil@lead:/opt/wp8/wpbin > xwp xwp: can't load library 'libXpm.so.4' phil@lead:/opt/wp8/wpbin > xwp xwp: can't load library 'libXpm.so.4' phil@lead:/opt/wp8/wpbin > wxp bash: wxp: command not found phil@lead:/opt/wp8/wpbin > ls README README.demo README.install README.wpmagic xwp README.address README.errata README.lic README.wpsahelp xwpsahlp README.copy README.icon README.support wpmerge phil@lead:/opt/wp8/wpbin > xwp xwp: can't load library 'libXpm.so.4' phil@lead:/opt/wp8/wpbin > xwp xwp: can't load library 'libXpm.so.4' phil@lead:/opt/wp8/wpbin > xwp xwp: can't load library 'libXpm.so.4' phil@lead:/opt/wp8/wpbin > xwp xwp: can't load library 'libXpm.so.4' phil@lead:/opt/wp8/wpbin > xwp xwp: can't load library 'libXpm.so.4' phil@lead:/opt/wp8/wpbin > xwp xwp: can't load library 'libXpm.so.4' phil@lead:/opt/wp8/wpbin > xwp xwp: can't load library 'libXpm.so.4' phil@lead:/opt/wp8/wpbin > xwp xwp: can't load library 'libXpm.so.4' phil@lead:/opt/wp8/wpbin > xwp xwp: can't load library 'libXpm.so.4' phil@lead:/opt/wp8/wpbin > xwp xwp: can't load library 'libXpm.so.4' phil@lead:/opt/wp8/wpbin > <much snippage point should be made> I could just rm -rf /opt/wp8 I hope ya see the humor here. Don't try this at home kids. Running on SuSE 7.2 Pro , wordperfect 8 came from Disk 2 of Mastering Linux Premium Edition Book and CD set (it's the only copy I had) file was: guilg00.gz 23174K Dec 9 1998 I have 25-30 serial numbers for this sucker if it would run. (yeah I registered 25-30 times. Because I know some serial don't work) PS: Luckilly I was smart and backed up my files first So... No Files Were Harmed because I replaced them with originals and got em "live again" with that cool @ in front of em by quickly editing them in mc (eg. F4, F10) or I just copied em.... I forget which now. others folks milage may vary. time for a google search and a frozen cherry coke
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Joseph Zieniewicz
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