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Re: PV-Wave v8.51 on Etch



* Juergen Salk <juergen.salk@gmx.de> [070416 23:44]:

> 
> >     > Hi, is there anybody out there, who is also running PV-Wave
> >     > v8.51 on Etch? Our PV-Wave based application has been
> >     > running successfully until Etch' mid-march
> >     > version. However, PV-Wave now segfaults when calling the
> >     > `tv' procedure to display an image.
> > 
> > There have been similar reports on comp.lang.idl-pvwave and on
> > ittvis.com's web forums.  The problem seems to be due to the
> > upgrade of libX11 and is not limited to ITTVIS products.  (As I
> > understand it, the changes in libX11 are sanity tests on
> > arguments.)  ITTVIS is looking for a solution.  Until then, I've
> > down-graded to libx11-6 version 2:1.0.3-6.
> 
> this sounds very feasible to me. The upgrade from libx11-6 2:1.0.3-6 
> to 2:1.0.3-7 falls exactly in that period of time. 
> 
> I will downgrade to 2:1.0.3-6 tommorrow.

Just for the records: I have now downgraded from version
2:1.0.3-7 to 2:1.0.3-6 and everything works fine again. 

Thanks again.

Juergen

PS: I'm wondering if this is a bug in libx11-6 2:1.0.3-7 or in
IDL/PV-Wave. 


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