Save the
license section of the reply email in /usr/flexlm/licenses/artstream.lic
To install the Artstream-Irix license, with root privileges, perform
the following:
From the Irix ToolChest launch System->License Manager.
Select
the Install option.
Select the FLEXlm Nodelock License option.
Copy
the the license in the reply email into the appropriate fields of the License
Manager.
Try out the sample docs in /usr/share/Artstream/docs
for starters.
Note:
As of version 2.0b6-4 the installation directory for Linux has moved from /usr/local
to /usr. Existing licenses may need to be moved from /usr/local/flexlm to /usr/flexlm.
Known
bugs Mesa libGLU:
The Mesa libGLU
is currently overridden by an SGI supplied distribution that provides superior
stability. Improved Mesa libGLU versions may be used in the future, but for now,
a private libGLU is included in the Artstream distribution. This does not overwrite
any Mesa supplied libraries and can coexist in case the Mesa libGLU is required
on your system.
Know
bugs 3rd party OpenGL libraries:
MetroLink
libGL.
Although it seems free of crashes, we have yet to get correct
results from Artstream running with MetroGL. Alternate triangles seem to get dropped
in our tests.
Known
bugs X Servers:
XFree86 3.3.6:
The
X server seems to spontaneously stop sending Ctl and Alt button events. This prevents
access to all tools and accelerators that rely on them.
XFree86 4.0:
The
an integrated OpenGL component of the 4.0 X server crashes when encountering a
visual on our Paint palette. Instructions for using XFree86 4.0 without the integrated
OpenGL acceleration, (using Mesa instead) are provided on our Linux download page
at http://www.mediascape.com/linuxrpm.html#xserver.
MetroLink
X
Under certain circumstance Metro X locks up and needs to be restarted.
We are still trying to determine if this is due to any installation problem on
our part.
Known
bugs Artstream:
Unaccelerated performance
is currently very slow.
Undo is currently not available.
Artstream
preferences currently do not allow selection of helper applications for raster
image manipulation, and is currently hard coded to use gimp.
Most Linux
desktops grab the Alt-Mouse1 gesture, and prevent its use as a curve modifier,
and click behind function in Artstream.
Artstream currently only supports
Type1 fonts.
The installation does not always perform the font database
initialization required to run the application. When this initialization has not
occurred, a dialog box is posted describing the problem and the remedy.
Artstream
does not recognize newly installed fonts until /usr/lib/Artstream/gendb is run.
The
Object Manager palette never updates the document title, causing all documents
to remain named "Untitled-1".
Reflowed text blocks do not always
update properly. A forced redraw may be needed.
A story cannot be assigned
to a shape containing VectorPaint, an image, or 3D model. These attributes can
only be applied after the story.
Certain palette options are currently
unimplemented: Paint: Shadow color and properties and text stroke color. Text:Spell
Check, H&J attributes, auto-hyphen attributes, character styles, tab styles.
PostScript
import is currently unavailable.
PostScript output is only partially implemented.
Text
blocks sometimes retain their selections when the insertion point is moved to
another block. Place the insertion point in the block in question to fix (select
the block without a text selection).
JPEG and GIF images do not display
properly.
There is a harmless, intermittent Motif warning on the vertical
scroll bar.
Deselection of current selections, either by selection of
a new shape, or selection of nothing, may appear to not function if the SHIFT
key gets out of phase. This can happen if the key is pressed while the cursor
is over the canvas, then released while off the canvas. Until this is prevented,
it can be resynced by simply pressing and releasing the SHIFT key while over the
canvas.
Some highlight scarring remains after dragging selected shapes
with vertical or horizontal outlines or anchor handles. This can be relieved by
refreshing the canvas with either a pan or zoom.
The new vertices created
by the scissor tool are not visible immediately after creation as the node markers
are currently immediately erased.
The text color on the Object Manager
palette is white instead of black on some installations, making text invisible
when an entry is selected. (Let us know if you encounter this so we can better
isolate the circumstance that causes it).
Modification of coordinates
for two point lines in the Coordinate Editor Dialog corrupts the coordinate values.
While
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