Re: [Kmatplot-general] Problem on SuSE 7.2

[Kamil <kam...@po...>]

On Thu  2. August 2001 23:32, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have problems installing kmatplot-0.2.2 on SuSE 7.2. Compiling does work
> now, but starting doesn't:
>
> callisto:/usr/local/kmatplot-0.2.2/kmatplot # ./kmatplot
> Xlib:  extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0".
> FATAL: Error loading libkmatplot:
> KCrash: crashing.... crashRecursionCounter = 2
> KCrash: Application Name = lt-kmatplot path = <unknown>
> Xlib:  extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0".
> callisto:/usr/local/kmatplot-0.2.2/kmatplot #
>
> Any idea what could be the reason for this? What's this strange RENDER
> extention that seems to be missing?
>
> Robert



Missing extension isn't a big problem ( it is present in XFree4.0.0 ). 
I bet that it is a common problem with SUSE. Oh, remember that those 
./configure scripts are written by KDE guys, the one I use was released with 
KDE 2.1.1 and it often fails to configure the build properly, especially on 
Suse. 
 
KMatplot crashes after startup if it can't find its resource files, which it 
try to find in standard KDEDIR directory. KDEDIR is named /opt/kde2 ( SUSE ), 
but for some reasons 'configure' script is trying to install the program into 
/opt/kde, which contains KDE1 files. If KMatplot installed itself in a 
non-standard directory you must pass this directory in KDEDIR variable. Run 
terminal and check if it works:
 env KDEDIR=/opt/kde kmatplot
 env KDEDIR=/usr kmatplot
 env KDEDIR=/opt/kde2 kmatplot

You can reinstall KMatplot in a different directory ( forcing using a 
standard KDEDIR ) with commands.
 ./configure --prefix=/opt/kde2
 make install

 Check also if KMatplot resources directory is readable end executable for 
all users ( r-x ). Common places are /opt/kde2/share/apps/kmatplot, 
/opt/kde/share/apps/kmatplot, /usr/share/apps/kmatplot
 drwxrwxr-x 4 root root 4096 lip 12 15:19 kmatplot  



Kamil