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XBoing Trouble-Shooting
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Updated: 27th August 1993
I was hoping you wouldn't be reading this but anyway ...
make depend
Some header files in xboing were not found. Check the includes and see
if the Imakefile/Makefile.std includes in the correct directory. If all
else fails then xmkmf/cp Ma..std Makefile again and forget it.
xpm.h
You must have the Xpm library as explained in the requirements section.
XBoing uses the Xpm library extensively. If you have it then please check
that the XPMINCLUDE dir is set correctly in the Imakefile/Makefile.std
Header Files
Maybe you have the X11 header files in another place. Please check the
Imakefile or Makefile.std and change the -I directories to your site.
If you are using imake then tell your sysop that imake didn't look
in the correct place for the X11 header files.
Highscore file is corrupt
I have changed the highscore file format since v1.6. Sorry but it is
much better now and will save times etc. Just delete the old one and
start again. The file locking will not work over NFS.
Highscore file locking problem
I am currently locking the file with either lockf or flock. lockf() will
work over a NFS file system when the lockd deamon is running. Some people
with machines that have their bits backwards :-( may have some problems.
I may need to work on the highscore file format read and writing. :-(
Strange libraries needed
Check the Imakefile or Makefile.std and make sure the sysop has installed
the Imake.rules correctly. If all else fails just remove them one by one
until it compiles.
Crashes with bad drawable
Make sure that the program is not compiled with -ansi as ansi trigraphs
may have been found during compilation and that stuffs up the pixmap data.
Also check that the version of xpm is the latest ie: 3.2g as people have
mentioned that any version below can cause problems. :-(
Also try with K&R C compiler that is non-ansi and see if that makes any
difference.
Colourmap is all black
Don't use the -pointergrab option as some window managers barf when the
pointer is grabbed :-(
Sound not working & Levels not working
Check your sound directory and make sure that you don't have any ENV vars
set that will be used first.
Clicks in sound
This may be because the sound files have a small header and your audio
device may not support .au Sun Audio files so you will hear a small click
which is actually the sound header. If it becomes a problem edit the files
and remove the first bit of the file until it doesn't click!
Ansi trigraphs
Try not to use -ansi as it can cause ANSI trigraphs in the data files and
that converts a few characters to one causing an XPM error. Bummer.
If you cannot get it working still and you have tried hard email at the
address supplied and send along 'xboing -setup' output, obviously if you have
got it compiled!!
PS: You can try xboing -debug to find out which function the program is barfing
in. If you can send me the function name with the email it will help.
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Justin Kibell - jck@citri.edu.au - +61 3 282 2456 - Vic - Australia