Re: BLT on HP (fwd)

[Rick Riolo]

I realized I didn't cc the group, in case there
is someone else out there using HP's or who remembers
more about the xauth/send stuff in Tcl/tk/BLT.
 -r

Rick Riolo                       address@hidden
Program for Study of Complex Systems (PSCS)
1061 Randall Lab     University of Michigan
Ann Arbor MI 48109-1120
http://pscs.physics.lsa.umich.edu/rlr-home.html

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 16:02:08 -0500 (EST)
From: Rick Riolo <address@hidden>
To: Ginger Booth <address@hidden>
Cc: Rick Riolo <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: BLT on HP


Hi Ginger,
Well, I don't have a ~($HOME)/.Xauthority file.

I think send is a tcl command, yes?  I vaguely recall mention
of it and the xauth stuff when I was making tck/tk and/or BLT.
As I recall, one approach is  to make either BLT, tk, or tcl
(or all three?...I can't recall) with some switch set so that it doesn't
use that xauth stuff.    I am pretty sure
that is the approach I took, so for me barchart,
for example, works just fine.

However, I can't recall the details and I don't have time to
look until thursday or friday, probably.

Did you intend to make tck/tk/blt such that it
uses the xauth stuff?   If not, you might try to 
go back and read in the various README/Install files
for those and see how to make them with that stuff turned off.

Let me know how it goes...if you are still stuck
in a couple of days, I will ahve some time to look around
in my notes.

 - r

Rick Riolo                       address@hidden
Program for Study of Complex Systems (PSCS)
1061 Randall Lab     University of Michigan
Ann Arbor MI 48109-1120
http://pscs.physics.lsa.umich.edu/rlr-home.html

On Tue, 5 Dec 1995, Ginger Booth wrote:

> Date: Tue, 5 Dec 95 13:45:31 EST
> From: Ginger Booth <address@hidden>
> To: Rick Riolo <address@hidden>
> Cc: SwarmBetaGroup <address@hidden>
> Subject: BLT on HP
> 
> Hi, Rick,
> 
>     I tried to hook up a bar chart from Swarm, and it doesn't work.  Most
> (but not all) of the barchart examples from the blt you sent me also don't
> work.  I think what's happening (well, it's a theory) is that my
> .Xauthority file doesn't contain a valid entry for any of my HP's, and
> BLT won't cope with any other X authorization mechanisms.
> 
>     All this is a very long-winded way of asking--do you have entries in
> your $HOME/.Xauthority file for your HP displays?  If so, do you recall
> how they got there?  I tried:
> 
>     xauth add maple.biology.yale.edu:0 . ffff
>     
> and it added an entry, but BLT wasn't impressed.  If I run barchart2 and
> hit the configure button, I get:
> 
>     maple{ginger} 149:  barchart2
>     "send" disabled: can't communicate with "barchart2"
>     X server insecure (must use xauth-style authorization); command ignored
>     
> I'm not sure, but I believe "send" is exactly how Swarm is telling the
> Histo the plot something.
> 
>     Any insights appreciated!
>     
> Cheers,
>     Ginger
>     
>