Re: asmail

Andrew Sullivan (ajsulliv@sprint.ca)
Wed, 27 May 1998 14:08:49 -0400 (EDT)


On Wed, 27 May 1998, Brett Mason wrote:

> I recently installed AfterStep-1.4.5.55N.tar.gz over the top of an older 
> version. Now the asmail does not seem to work. I reinstalled asmail but it 
> does not seem to notify me of new mail. I am using the same .asmailrc file 
> that worked previously. Can anyone please assist me with this.

I have a similar, though not identical, issue: when I moved to 1.4.5.55N6,
asmail ceased working.  It had been in my wharf, but now the tile is blank
(but has its full background XPM;  moreover, the AS logo tile is also
blanked, and even the background XPM is missing (so I just have a blank
grey box).  When I remove asmail from the wharf file, the problem goes
away. 

Invoking asmail on its own gives the following error:

X Error of failed request:  BadName (named color or font does not exist)
  Major opcode of failed request:  45 (X_OpenFont)
  Serial number of failed request:  73
  Current serial number in output stream:  74

Now, it looks like this is a problem with either colours or fonts.  I'm
running at 32bpp, though, so it can't be a colour.  I've all the standard
X fonts.  Did 1.4.5.55N change something?

A.

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