Re: gtk+ doesn't work with pthreads (the real solution)

["Dipl.-Ing. Uwe Koloska" <koloska Rcs1 urz tu-dresden de>]

Am Mon, 31 Mai 1999 schrieb Dipl.-Ing. Uwe Koloska:
> Hello,
> 
> I just tried to install grip (a ripper/CD player) that uses pthreads. But it
> fails to run with an 
> 	Gdk-ERROR **: an x io error occurred
> after some gui-operation.
> 
> I am running Linux-2.0.36 with linuxthreads-0.71.
> 

Do you remember???

The solution has nothing to do with wrong usage of gtk+ or something else that
came as an answer from this list.  It's just that I don't used to use
threadsafe X11-libraries ...

Today I have downloaded a package with threadsafe Xlibs and installed it in a
separate directory.  Then I make a smal script that exports a new
LD_LIBRARY_PATH with this directory and then exec's the requested binary.

Is it really necessary to use two versions of X11-libs?  Or can I safely
replace my (non-threaded) X11 libs with the threadsafe ones?

And just to speed up my upgrade path to glibc2: Are there any (important)
programms out there that will not compile with glibc2?  For now I shrink back
from upgrading because it is not easy to make a system ready for compiling both
libc5 and glibc2.

Uwe

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