starting mex?

[Jonathon Sivier]

    We have a number of older IRISes which use the mex window manager.  I am
trying to get it started so I can use multiple windows for editting.  The only
instructions I can find in the manuals say to give the command mex or mex -d
to start the window manager.  This causes the system to lock up and I have to
press the reset button and reboot to get it going again.  A window appears for
an instant and the mouse pointer arrow appears in the center of the now blank
screen and then everything freezes.  Is there some demon that must be run in
order to run mex?  Do I have to run something else before running mex?  Any
tips would be appreciated.

Thanks

Jonathan

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