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- XBoing Trouble-Shooting
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- Updated: 27th August 1993
-
- I was hoping you wouldn't be reading this but anyway ...
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- make depend
-
- Some header files in xboing were not found. Check the includes and see
- if the Imakefile/Makefile.std includes in the correct directory. If all
- else fails then xmkmf/cp Ma..std Makefile again and forget it.
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- xpm.h
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- You must have the Xpm library as explained in the requirements section.
- XBoing uses the Xpm library extensively. If you have it then please check
- that the XPMINCLUDE dir is set correctly in the Imakefile/Makefile.std
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- Header Files
-
- Maybe you have the X11 header files in another place. Please check the
- Imakefile or Makefile.std and change the -I directories to your site.
- If you are using imake then tell your sysop that imake didn't look
- in the correct place for the X11 header files.
-
- Highscore file is corrupt
-
- I have changed the highscore file format since v1.6. Sorry but it is
- much better now and will save times etc. Just delete the old one and
- start again. The file locking will not work over NFS.
-
- Highscore file locking problem
-
- I am currently locking the file with either lockf or flock. lockf() will
- work over a NFS file system when the lockd deamon is running. Some people
- with machines that have their bits backwards :-( may have some problems.
- I may need to work on the highscore file format read and writing. :-(
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- Strange libraries needed
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- Check the Imakefile or Makefile.std and make sure the sysop has installed
- the Imake.rules correctly. If all else fails just remove them one by one
- until it compiles.
-
- Crashes with bad drawable
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- Make sure that the program is not compiled with -ansi as ansi trigraphs
- may have been found during compilation and that stuffs up the pixmap data.
-
- Also check that the version of xpm is the latest ie: 3.2g as people have
- mentioned that any version below can cause problems. :-(
-
- Also try with K&R C compiler that is non-ansi and see if that makes any
- difference.
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- Colourmap is all black
-
- Don't use the -pointergrab option as some window managers barf when the
- pointer is grabbed :-(
-
- Sound not working & Levels not working
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- Check your sound directory and make sure that you don't have any ENV vars
- set that will be used first.
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- Clicks in sound
-
- This may be because the sound files have a small header and your audio
- device may not support .au Sun Audio files so you will hear a small click
- which is actually the sound header. If it becomes a problem edit the files
- and remove the first bit of the file until it doesn't click!
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- Ansi trigraphs
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- Try not to use -ansi as it can cause ANSI trigraphs in the data files and
- that converts a few characters to one causing an XPM error. Bummer.
-
- If you cannot get it working still and you have tried hard email at the
- address supplied and send along 'xboing -setup' output, obviously if you have
- got it compiled!!
-
- PS: You can try xboing -debug to find out which function the program is barfing
- in. If you can send me the function name with the email it will help.
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- Justin Kibell - jck@citri.edu.au - +61 3 282 2456 - Vic - Australia
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