AVS on IBM with GT4x

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From: Lou Romm
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 16:00

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If you have AVS 4.0 running on an IBM RS6000 with the GT4x graphics
accelerator, please DO NOT install ptf 409414 provided in the latest IBM OS,
AIX 3.2.3 . We recommend that you do not commit the latest ptf's,
so that if/when AVS appears to break, then you can back off the ptfs.

The symptom you will get if ptf 409414 is installed and you run AVS is:
X Error of failed request:  BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Major opcode of failed request:  56 (X_ChangeGC)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  0
  Resource id in failed request:  0xd076d5ec
  Serial number of failed request:  5987
  Current serial number in output stream:  6247

We are also aware of another IBM gl library problem (libgl.a)
that affects 2 AVS demos:  Carib and Lobster Scan.  Running these
demos will lock up the Xserver, forcing a system reboot.  Do not run
these demos if you have AIX 3.2.2 . IBM is looking into this as well.

AVS is working closely with IBM to quickly resolve this.

Lou.

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Lou Romm		              Personal email:    lour@avs.com 
Manager Customer Support              Personal phone:    617-890-4300 x2153
Advanced Visual Systems, Inc          AVS Support email: support@avs.com      
300 Fifth Avenue, 3rd floor           AVS Support phone: 1800-4AVS-001
Waltham, MA 02154	              FAX:               617-890-8287
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