From 6e96db8e1b52f591af8acebdffbf535c06a87706 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 18:21:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] - Reindentate recently added xalf FAQ entry; - clarify some
 things in xalf entry; - add another workarroung for a problem with xalf
 (untested but should work).

---
 en/gnome/docs/faq.sgml | 30 +++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/en/gnome/docs/faq.sgml b/en/gnome/docs/faq.sgml
index 38c53e02a7..f5c5795980 100644
--- a/en/gnome/docs/faq.sgml
+++ b/en/gnome/docs/faq.sgml
@@ -322,24 +322,28 @@ gnomecore
         </tr>
 <!-- A8 -->
         <tr>
-	  <td width="10"> <br> </td>
+	  <td width="10"><br></td>
 	  <td align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"> 
-	    <p>Short answer is you can.  The problem is most likely that you have
-		Launch Feedback (xalf) enabled.  xalf is a FreeBSD library, and cannot
-		load Linux applications.  When you try to load a Linux application,
-		nothing will happen, and something like the following will show up
-		in <tt>~/.gnomerc-errors</tt> or on stdout:</p>
+	    <p>Short answer is you can.  The problem is most likely that you
+	      have Launch Feedback (xalf) enabled.  xalf is a FreeBSD shared
+	      object, and as such cannot be loaded by Linux applications.
+	      When you try to load a Linux application, nothing will happen,
+	      and something like the following will show up in
+	      <tt>~/.gnomerc-errors</tt> or on stdout:</p>
 
-		<pre>
+	    <pre>
 /usr/local/Acrobat4/Reader/intellinux/bin/acroread: error in loading shared 
 libraries: /usr/X11R6/lib/libxalflaunch.so.0: ELF file OS ABI invalid.
-		</pre>
+	    </pre>
 		
-		<p>To workaround this problem you need to disable Launch Feedback.  To 
-		do this, open up the GNOME Control Center, and select 
-		Desktop->Launch Feedback.  Uncheck all the options.  Click OK.  
-		You should now be able to launch your Linux apps from the GNOME panel.
-		</p>
+	    <p>To workaround this problem you need to disable Launch Feedback.
+	      To do this, open up the GNOME Control Center, and select 
+	      Desktop->Launch Feedback.  Uncheck all the options.  Click OK.  
+	      You should now be able to launch your Linux apps from the GNOME
+	      panel. Another option is to install Linux version of xalf into
+	      <tt>/compat/linux/usr/X11R6/lib/libxalflaunch.so.0</tt> - in
+	      this case Linux emulator will pick up Linux version of the shared
+	      object instead when it's being loaded from a Linux binary.</p>
 	  </td>
         </tr>
         <tr>