Hi,

...
> I can't start opendx from the startupui (normally, I never would notice
> since I don't use it, but I'm writing a workshop and need to tell new users
> how to).
> I get an error we've never seen before:
> 
> Connection to server bosko failed:
> Word too long
> (this appears in an Error popup dialog box and an OK button)
> 
> However, I can launch and run no problemo with opendx -edit.
> 
...

I am not very familiar with OpenDX, but I know "Word too long" from
developing shell scripts:

this normally comes from shell scripts which try to evaluate a shell
variable which exceeds some predefined string length.

>From an example I encountered once (a C shell fragment:)

if ( "$VIEWNAME" == "Temp" ) then
...

VIEWNAME, in my case, contained the string "** NONE **". This led to
glob expansion of the '*' characters, which resulted in a huge string.
Thus, the "Word too long" error message from this script line.

Hope this gives a hint; i.e. some shell variable may contain a unexpected
string.


Best Regards,

D.Ruppert
RTS GmbH
Schwieberdingen/Germany
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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