Hello,

>>  I've just installed the HP/UX Xserver package and ran into the
>> following problem - the server tries to start, waits some seconds
>> and then complains about /usr/lib/grmd not being executable. The
>> binary is in place ( under /emul/hpux/usr/lib of course, but ld'ing
>> to /usr/lib didn't change anything ).
>
>"in place" does not mean executable; did you check that the x flag is
>in fact set on the binary? On my system grmd is in fact setuid root,
>though I'm not sure this is actually neccessary, since the Xserver
>itself is only started by root here.
It's executable and suid root, just like it came out of the .tar.gz

>By "ld'ing" did you actually mean "ln'ing" for making a symbolic link?
Yup, dumb typo.

>> HP/UX emulation should work because Xhpux is able to complain. The
>> link from /usr/spool/bla to /tmp/.X11... is set. I'm running plain
>> 1.5.2 on a 345 with a 6 bit Catseye.
>
>I've been using Xhpux on a 425t and 433t with 1.5.1, 1.5.2, 1.5.3,
>and several instances of 1.5.3_ALPHA and _RC1 witout a lot of
>troubles.
When I try to run grmd by hand it (apparently) doesn't do anything and terminates immediately. Any /dev/ entry I'm missing maybe ?

have fun
Michael