On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 12:15:58AM -0800, Greg Novak wrote: > I often use my iBook as an X-terminal to run programs at work and have > them pop windows on the local machine. This is usually Emacs, but > also includes various plotting programs and acrobat. > > Recently (maybe 6 months ago... the problem is intermittent, so I'm > not sure exactly when it started) I've had programs crash with > messages like "Bad Window Parameter" when I try to do this. I'm using > Apple's X11.app, OSX 10.3, and the "remote" system is Fedora Core 3. > Emacs (v21.3) crashes whenever it has to interact nontrivially with > the X server, ie, when highlighting text with the mouse. Acroread > won't even run, crashing with "bad window parameter" immediately. > > There doesn't seem to be a new version of X11 from apple, but I've > tried the CVS version of emacs to no avail. > > I've googled for this a bunch and haven't turned up anything, so at > this point I'm desperate. Is the problem: > 1) Specific to me, so there's something funked up w/ my setup? > 2) Specific to Apple's X11, in which case I should perhaps ditch it > and install the x.org version of X11 through Fink. > 3) Specific to Fedora Core 3, in which case... I'm not sure what to > do. > > Thanks for any guidance. Please CC me directly with replies, as I > find it easier to keep track of things that way.
I had similar problems when running gtk apps from a remote Debian box. I think that the X11 libs are newer on most GNU/Linux distributions than than the X server included in Apple's X11. You may move the Apple's X11 away and install Fink's to see if it helps. HTH Mcihal Suchanek ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
