Re: [Visualpython-users] vpython freebsd users?

[Jonathan B. <jbr...@ea...>]

On Sun, 2004-05-09 at 14:03, Lee Harr wrote:
> I am trying to get vpython working on FreeBSD-4.9

> 
> visual-2.1.9-20031005 configures and builds just fine, but when trying
> to run the demos, none of the mouse controls work. I cannot close any
> windows by clicking the X, and even using ctrl-c in the controlling
> terminal does not seem to work quite right... I usually either need to
> press ctrl-c twice, or else kill the process manually from another
> window.

Does the screen refresh if another window covers the VPython display and
then uncovers it?

Does the scene animate itself?  Not all of the demos will animate
something right away.  The two bounce demos should both produce a
bouncing ball.

> 
> I thought I might try the newer visual-2.9.3 snapshot, but that one
> will not build ...
> 
> Making all in cvisual
> gmake[1]: Entering directory `/usr/home/lee/python/visual-2.9.3/cvisual'
> Updating dependancy information for xgl.cpp ...
> xgl.o: xgl.cpp xgl.h vector.h cvisual.h platform.h config.h vthread.h \
> platlinux.h vcache.h glcontext.h
> gmake[1]: *** [xgl.d] Error 1

I doubt that upgrading will fix your problem, but you can try anyway. 
In cvisual/Makefile, line 20, set the variable "SHELL = /bin/sh", and
run "make" again.  Please let me know if that fixes your build problem. 
I need to update the source package soon anyway, since the version of
Libtool shipped with it is broken.

HTH,
Jonathan Brandmeyer