Mathematica 5.2 with xorg-server-1.6 and updated Xorg libraries
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- Subject: [mg103969] Mathematica 5.2 with xorg-server-1.6 and updated Xorg libraries
- From: Denis <denis.che at gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:55:10 -0400 (EDT)
Is anyone still running Mathematica 5.2 on a linux box? I have had it for a few years, and this version has been excellent and very solid. I run it on a Gentoo box (kernel 2.6.30), with Xorg for the X-window interface. This was until I had a major X upgrade on Gentoo, going from xorg-server-1.5.3 to xorg-server-1.6.3 and also libxcb was upgraded from 1.1 to 1.4, along with other relevant libraries. After this upgrade, my GUI/Frontend crashes X whenever I scroll up! How bizarre is that! The questions I have are following: 1) what does Mathematica 5.2 use for its FrontEnd? It is Qt? Motif? Does someone know the version? 2) how does Mathematica link to the X-related libraries when it is installed on Linux? does it make links to system libraries? If so, do I need to re-link the libraries when I have major updates to this libraries on my system? Maybe this is a cause of why my Frontend crashes X when I scroll - if it isn't linked appropriately. Any information would be greatly appreciated!