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by **Claudia Baertsch** » Thu, 30 Sep 1999 04:00:00

We tried to install I-DEAS on an AIX machine. But the instructions
want us to specify the X server extension -x mbx in the Xservers
file.
And there is no entry for mbx in the /usr/lpp/X11/bin/dynamic_ext
or /usr/lpp/X11/bin/static_ext. What happened to these extensions
with AIX 4.3 ?
They were available in AIX4.2 (in /usr/lpp/X11/bin/loadMbx). I know
that certain X11 extensions are not available with AIX 4.3, but only
external extensions (X Consortium, third-party extensions) should
be concerned.

Thank you for your help,
Claudia

by **Jim Lahu** » Thu, 30 Sep 1999 04:00:00

> We tried to install I-DEAS on an AIX machine. But the instructions
> want us to specify the X server extension -x mbx in the Xservers
> file.
> And there is no entry for mbx in the /usr/lpp/X11/bin/dynamic_ext
> or /usr/lpp/X11/bin/static_ext. What happened to these extensions
> with AIX 4.3 ?
> They were available in AIX4.2 (in /usr/lpp/X11/bin/loadMbx). I know
> that certain X11 extensions are not available with AIX 4.3, but only
> external extensions (X Consortium, third-party extensions) should
> be concerned.

MBX was replaced by DBE. It is possible that I-DEAS doesn't use the
extension directly but requires the extension because the underlying
3-D API (OpenGL) requires it. If that is the case, then you are safe
because OpenGL requires DBE on AIX 4.3.x.

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no X server extension mbx (loadMbx) with AIX4.3?

no X server extension mbx (loadMbx) with AIX4.3?

no X server extension mbx (loadMbx) with AIX4.3?