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From article <1989Oct13.183920.19819@paris.ics.uci.edu>, by raj@ics.uci.edu (Richard A. Johnson):
> I'm currently trying my best to do some useful work on an IBM rt running AIX
> 2.2.1.  I am using X11 as distributed by IBM.  The server has lots of
> bugs but one in particular is a real pain.  When a menu is popped up over a
> window, it leaves a black background in its place when it disappears.  I got
> the latest fixes for an IBM X server from uunet.uu.net, but I can't compile 
> them because of bugs in the C compiler under AIX.  

There are lots and lots of IBM fixes to X11 on AIX 2.2.1, not to mention the
fixes to GSL that cause the X server to get re-linked.  The bug you mention
is not a familiar one; I suspect that you have a very out-of-date X11.  Take
a look in /usr/lpp/X11/lpp.hist.  It should say something like:

a X11            02.01.0260 290989 root      Version 2.1  1727                *
c X11            02.01.0260 290989 root                                       *
~
although this might also be somewhat backlevel.  The gsl (/usr/lpp/gsl)
lpp.hist file should say something like:

a gsl            02.06.0050 030789 root      Version 2.2.1  1742              *
c gsl            02.06.0050 030789 root                                       *

The above entries are only mention the latest fixes applied.  There are
lots of others ( but the latest will include them if necessary ).  Pick
up the current batch of fixes from your IBM rep.

The MIT AIX server code WILL NOT WORK - do not try to use it.  I don't think
you can compile it anyway.  On the other hand, most of the non-server
stuff can be made to work with AIX.  I got the current Xw (hp widgets)
source from expo.lcs.mit.edu a few weeks ago and it's working quite well
( I needed it to run the samples from Youngs excellent book ).

There are still some wierd problems with fonts; I had the MIT fonts working,
but lost them through a stupid user error that trashed a lot of files.  Now 
I can't figure out how to get them back and working.
-- 
Ed Clarke
acheron!clarke