[PD] gem-related libraries, runtime errors

[artificial]

hi artm

experience exactly the same symptoms with gem-0.87 on my own gentoo 1.2
machine (and thought it was a video card/X issue) ... same setup
(gem-0.87) doesn't give these problems on SuSE 7.0 machine (running
XFree86-3.x rather than 4.2.0 on gentoo (though had to add -lXi and -lXmu
to compile on SuSE))

hope this helps in narrowing the problem as would be good to see a gentoo
package

best
mar


On Sun, 11 Aug 2002, Artem Baguinski wrote:

> hello
>
> i'm trying to make a gem package for gentoo GNU/Linux distribution.
>
> compiling it following instructions in src/Gnu/README.build was no
> problem. but on ftp there were some more packages, which i dont know
> what to do with. they ain't mentioned in the README.build, but it seems
> (i tried some examples) they are quite useful. to make a package i'd
> rather know in what order should i build these other packages [and what
> are there, where they came from etc]. i also read in the mailing list
> archive about libmpeg3 dependancy, it isn't mentioned in the document
> either.
>
> i have pd/gem installed on my debian machine and there they work
> absolutelly perfect (but they are older versions also). on gentoo
> machine gem generates lots of errors and sometimes "misbehaves".
> example:
>
> ============================================================
> reading startup file: /home/buggs/.pdrc
> GEM: Mark Danks
> GEM: ver: 0.84-5
> GEM: compiled: Aug 11 2002
> >>> here i open a patch (red square)
> >>> then click on create
> error: GEM: Unable to create single buffer window
> error: GEM: Error creating const context
> error: GEM: A serious error occured creating const Context
> error: GEM: Do not continue!
> GEM: window created
> >>> i click 1
> GEM: Start rendering
> >>> everything seems to work alright
> >>> then i click 0
> GEM: Stop rendering
> >>> and finaly destroy...
> Segmentation fault
> pd_gui: pd process exited
> >>> hmmm.... seems it understood me literally :)
> ============================================================
>
> pd/gem segfaults every time i do destroy and complains about creating
> single buffer window and context. i have a feeling this two are
> related...
>
> do simptoms look familiar to anybody?
>
> thanks.
>
>
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