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Error in STIX (t.st)

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From: Steve Byrne
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 17:19
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Tom Maszerowski writes:
 > I just got around to build STIX into mst, but running it produces:
 > 
 > Smalltalk 1.1.1 Ready
 > 
 > Processing t.st
 > 
 > Execution begins...
 > 4406 byte codes executed
 > which took 0.51457 seconds, giving 85624.890685 bytecodes/sec
 > 1068 cache hits, 28 misses 0.974453 hit ratio
 > returned value is nil
 > 
 > Execution begins...
 > write byte: Bad file number
 > write byte: Bad file number
 > write word: Bad file number
 > write word: Bad file number
 > write word: Bad file number
 > write word: Bad file number
 > write word: Bad file number
 > read byte: Bad file number
 > nil error: Failed to create display

This is the key -- I suspect you need to xhost + your own machine to defeat the
X authorization checking.  I have a hack for dealing with screen access control
in 1.2, but I haven't backported it to 1.1.1.

 > UndefinedObject>>#executeStatements
 > UndefinedObject>>nil
 > 120 byte codes executed
 > which took 0.19937 seconds, giving 6018.959723 bytecodes/sec
 > 9 cache hits, 17 misses 0.346154 hit ratio
 > returned value is nil
 > 
 > Execution begins...
 > 
 > I've been away from Smalltalk and mst for a while, so if this is a FAQ
 > please excuse me.
 > 
 > CONFIGURATION:
 > 
 > CPU: sun 670MP
 > OS: SUN/OS 4.1.2
 > GCC: 2.2.2
 > MST: 1.1.1
 > X: X11R4

Excellent!!!  All the info I need (and more).

Steve
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