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  • Coherent 4.2.14 binaries vs. gnu binaries & questions

    From KenUnix@ken.unix.guy@gmail.com to comp.os.coherent on Mon Dec 19 15:11:42 2022
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.coherent

    Hi guys. This is really great!

    1. I have a question. At what point would you replace the Coherent
    binaries with the /u1/gnu binaries?

    2. It there an update to dosdir to reflect the correct year?

    3. When running X via startx "exit" does not appear
    in the menu. Is there another way to exit?

    Thanks
    Ken
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  • From Udo Munk@udo.munk@freenet.de to comp.os.coherent on Tue Dec 20 02:23:13 2022
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    KenUnix schrieb am Dienstag, 20. Dezember 2022 um 00:11:43 UTC+1:
    Hi guys. This is really great!

    1. I have a question. At what point would you replace the Coherent
    binaries with the /u1/gnu binaries?

    I won't do this, the toolchains are different and each depends on quite some stuff.
    This is why one can switch with the MWC and GNU shell functions in /etc/profile.

    2. It there an update to dosdir to reflect the correct year?

    No, still needs to be corrected.

    3. When running X via startx "exit" does not appear
    in the menu. Is there another way to exit?

    Which window manager? Did you do any modifications to the menu configs?
    One can allways kill the X server with ALT+CTL DEL.
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  • From KenUnix@ken.unix.guy@gmail.com to comp.os.coherent on Tue Dec 20 02:46:36 2022
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    Which window manager? What ever is the default one.

    menu configs? Where are they located?

    Sending Ctrl/Alt/Del from input in virtualbox does not work. Had to login into COM1
    port then kill the processes for X and xinit then kill -1 1 to regain control from console.

    Ken
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  • From Udo Munk@udo.munk@freenet.de to comp.os.coherent on Tue Dec 20 11:56:17 2022
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    KenUnix schrieb am Dienstag, 20. Dezember 2022 um 11:46:37 UTC+1:
    Which window manager? What ever is the default one.

    TWM, left mouse button has application menu, right mouse button functions like exit.

    menu configs? Where are they located?

    /usr/X11/lib/twm

    Sending Ctrl/Alt/Del from input in virtualbox does not work. Had to login into COM1
    port then kill the processes for X and xinit then kill -1 1 to regain control from console.

    Works for me. Login into serial port and kill console processes from there is another option.
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  • From Nils M Holm@nmh@ananda.local to comp.os.coherent on Wed Dec 21 13:49:21 2022
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    Udo Munk <udo.munk@freenet.de> wrote:
    KenUnix schrieb am Dienstag, 20. Dezember 2022 um 11:46:37 UTC+1:
    Sending Ctrl/Alt/Del from input in virtualbox does not work. Had to login into COM1
    port then kill the processes for X and xinit then kill -1 1 to regain control from console.

    Works for me. Login into serial port and kill console processes from there is another option.

    Udo most probably meant Alt+Control+Backspace.
    --
    Nils M Holm < n m h @ t 3 x . o r g > http://t3x.org
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  • From KenUnix@ken.unix.guy@gmail.com to comp.os.coherent on Fri Dec 23 08:30:06 2022
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    Sorry it took so long to get back to you. I added the following line in system.twmrc

    Menu "Applications" ("black":"lightseagreen")
    {
    "APPLICATIONS" ("black":"lightseagreen") f.title
    "XTerm" !"xterm -geometry 80x24 -ls -cr red &"
    "VT-100" !"xvt -geometry 80x24 &"
    "Xman" !"xman &"
    "Mosaic" !"mosaic &"
    "System" f.menu " System "
    "Demos" f.menu " Demos "
    "Games" f.menu " Games "
    # Added quit 12-2022 KenUnix
    "Quit Window Manager" f.quit
    }

    Now it works fine.

    I removed it from:

    Menu "Twm Operations"
    {
    "TWM Operations" ("black":"yellow") f.title
    "Beep" ("yellow":"black") f.beep
    "Close Window" f.delete
    "Destroy Application" f.destroy
    "Focus" f.focus
    "Force Move" f.forcemove
    "Full Zoom" f.fullzoom
    "Hide Icon Manager" f.hideiconmgr
    "Iconify" f.iconify
    "Info...." f.identify
    "Lower" f.lower
    "Lower Current Window" f.circledown
    "Move" f.move
    "Raise" f.raise
    "Raise Current Window" f.circleup
    "Raise or Lower" f.raiselower
    "Resize" f.resize
    "Refresh Window" f.winrefresh
    "Refresh Screen" f.refresh
    "Show Icon Manager" f.showiconmgr
    "Unfocus" f.unfocus
    "Window List" f.menu "TwmWindows"
    "Zoom" f.zoom
    # 12-2022 KenUnix turned off
    # "Quit Window Mgr." ("yellow":"black") f.quit
    }

    As it didn't work... Never appeared. Last item displayed was Zoom.

    I see reference to color. Is it supported on the console?

    Thanks
    Ken

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  • From Udo Munk@udo.munk@freenet.de to comp.os.coherent on Fri Dec 23 10:20:24 2022
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    KenUnix schrieb am Freitag, 23. Dezember 2022 um 17:30:07 UTC+1:
    As it didn't work... Never appeared. Last item displayed was Zoom.

    Works for me. Maybe parts of the menu are cut off on your display.

    I see reference to color. Is it supported on the console?

    Yes also the color server is available, but won't work with the VBox graphics, requires
    an exact emulation of a supported SVGA card. On PCem it is possible to use the color
    server configured for ET4000 and such.
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