Subject: Re: looking for X calculator
To: Rob Windsor <windsor@pobox.com>
From: Thorsten Lockert <tholo@SigmaSoft.COM>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 07/12/1995 21:22:40
> > > I'm looking for a calculator program that runs under X11. The
> > > stock xcalc just gives me some odd rectangles with a 0 in the
> > > middle. I've checked out rpncalc and hexcalc from FTP.X.ORG;
> > > rpncalc needs some Sun code, while hexcalc is integer only. Any
> > > pointers appreciated. TIA!
>
> I am experiencing the same problem.
>
> > This sound like a configuration problem with some wildcard X resource
> > entries. I would try xcalc again after doing a xrdb -load /dev/null
> > (to clear the resource database). If this fixes the problem, look for
> > entries in .Xdefaults, .xresource (or other resource files) that have
> > entries like *geometry (most likely reason) or some other star record.
>
> punk$ xrdb -load /dev/null
> punk$ xcalc
>
> nup, still tossed.
To me it sounds like a missing file... Make sure you have
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/XCalc and that it is readable.
Thorsten
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