[self-interest] Re: Self 4.1.1

[David Ungar]

It sounds like you may have a frame buffer that is more than 8 bits deep.
Sadly, the current Solaris version of Self, needs an 8-bit-deep frame buffer.

- Dave



At 7:02 PM +0000 11/25/99, Bharat Bedia wrote:
>Hi, I downloaded Self for SPARC from
>http://self.sunlabs.com/release_4.1/release.html page.
>
>After succesful unpacking and untar'ing, I made the Self and *.snap files
>executables. When I run the "Self -s Demo.snap" I get the following
>messages:-
>
>
>         Welcome to the Self system!  (Version 4.0.2)
>
>
>Copyright 1992-9 Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Stanford University.
>See the LICENSE file for license information.
>
>Type _Credits for full credits.
>
>VM version: 4.1.10
>
>"Self 54" connect: Connection refused
>connect: Connection refused
>No 'asSmallInteger' slot found in a paint.
>UI step failed twice in Self 1(type: worldMorph) -- starting debugger in new
>world
>connect: Connection refused
>connect: Connection refused
>No 'asSmallInteger' slot found in a paint.
>Can't start debugger in new world -- the UI is really broken!
>You'll have to fix it outside the UI -- then type "desktop go".
>
>This is the first time I'm trying out Self so I would really appreciate any
>help.
>
>cheers,
>
>Bharat
>
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     David Ungar
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