VUTRAX Technical Support

VUTRAX SOFTWARE ADVICE NOTICE 215 (18 Aug 2008)

VUTRAX 13.2a for Linux

Installation on Fedora Core 9 (and variants)

Initial symptom - The Installer appears not to start

Problem:

The Vutrax installer (vutrax_set_up) may appear not to start because necessary low resolution fonts are absent. Applying the Log output setting described in the README shows the reason for failure.

 

Workaround:/B>

After the failed attempt plain text edit file
      ~/.twinrc
to append the line
      hiresfonts=1      (that is 'equals' 'one' & a line feed)
The installer should now run and install vutrax (assumed hereafter to be at the default location).
When you reach the '... Ready to Initialise and start Vutrax' message, leave the box untouched and edit plain text edit file
       ~/vutrax/twinlib.ini
to adjust the existing line hiresfonts=0 to
       hiresfonts=1     (similar to before)
before allowing the install & startup to complete.
Some dialogue boxes may overfill button outlines, and a few characters strangely displayed.

Fix:

Beyond a reasonable sized update. Planned for the next release.

 

The Fall-back help system fails to start the Firefox Browser

Possible Problem:

'firefox' is not in our list of browsers to try, and 'netscape' and 'mozilla' are not aliased to it in Fedora Core 9.

 

Workaround:

Use sudo, su or log in as root and create a soft link to /usr/bin/firefox from /usr/bin/inetview. e.g. From a terminal window use this command
       ln  -s   /usr/bin/firefox   /usr/bin/inetview
If you used su remember to exit.

 

Fix:

Planned for the next release.

Distribution:

• Internet Site.
• Customers Reporting Problems.