[COLUG] [OT] Older Solaris Programs crash under newer xservers

[Mike Harrold]

> 
> This is a tad OT, but google hasn't helped, and the solution may result 
> in more linux goodness, so I thought I'd give it a shot.
> 
> We have a lab that runs some software off of an older solaris box.
> 
> If we ssh into it and try to run the software from RHEL 4, xwin32 7.1, 
> or xceed 8.0 (the latter two being xserver for windows the OSU has had 
> site licensed) then it works initially, but when trying to display a 
> graph crashes.  For xwin32 we can run it in compatability mode with 256 
> color, and it will work, but the colors are so bad the graph is 
> unusable. If we try from an older version of xceed, 7.1, then it will 
> work and the colors are acceptable.  Exceed 7.1 is no longer supported, 
> so we're unable to buy more licenses.  If I can get it working from 
> linux, then they will install a couple Linux desktops.  Anyone have any 
> ideas on how to get it to work?  (links are greatly appreciated)

Not a clue, but have you tried using VNC instead?

/Mike