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Title: Old Motif in new S.u.S.E. Linux system

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Old Motif in new S.u.S.E. Linux system
Applicable to
S.u.S.E. version: from 4.2 on
Motif version: before S.u.S.E. Linux 4.2
Symptom:
- You own an older Motif 2.0 CD (before
S.u.S.E. Linux 4.2), that you want to install in an
updated S.u.S.E. Linux (from version 4.2 on).
YaST refuses nevertheless to install from the "old" CD.
- During the compilation with the old Motif you get an
error message:
"Missing separator"
Cause:
YaST tries to recognize automatically through the disk ID
the CD version and to prevent a different versions' "chaotic
installation" by mistake. By this, the system's consistency (only fixable
by version numbers) could get lost.
Solution:
When the new YaST unfortunately does not recognize
anymore the old CDs too, there is a detour on which one can install.
- Mount the (old) Motif CD manually e.g. after /cdrom
mount -r -tiso9660 /dev/cdrom /cdrom
- Change into the directory
/cdrom/slack
:
cd /cdrom/slack
- Start YaST
- Choose as installation source (in the submenu "Configurations for the
installation") the option "Installation from a reachable directory".
Declare
/cdrom/slack
as directory.
- Install the Motif packet from the old Motif CD. The
new YaST has a built-in special treatment, so that the
old Motif CD's Imake configuration files do not overwrite
the (in the meantime newer) X11 version's files with the same name. This
is the reason for the problem with "Missing separator".
- After the installation you must execute once more the desired change
in the installation instructions in the file
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/config/site.def
.
Add these lines:
#define LocalRulesFile <Motif.rules>
#define LocalTmplFile <Motif.tmpl>
before the line with
"#endif /* BeforeVendorCF */"
(from around line 51 on).

See also:

Keywords: MOTIF, UPDATE, YAST, INSTALLATION, INSTALL, OLD CD, 11/95

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