Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 11:26:48 +0200 From: Heinrich Rebehn <rebehn@ant.uni-bremen.de> To: Heinrich Rebehn <rebehn@ant.uni-bremen.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: perl-tk no longer working Message-ID: <40D94CD8.4050306@ant.uni-bremen.de> In-Reply-To: <40D93B24.90301@ant.uni-bremen.de> References: <40D7035A.2020302@ant.uni-bremen.de> <20040621170833.GA22689@alexis.mi.celestial.com> <40D7FAE3.5020904@ant.uni-bremen.de> <40D93B24.90301@ant.uni-bremen.de>
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Heinrich Rebehn wrote: > Heinrich Rebehn wrote: > >> Bill Campbell wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Jun 21, 2004, Heinrich Rebehn wrote: >>> >>>> Hi list, >>>> >>>> I rolled my own perl-tk script for adding/removing users on our >>>> cluster and it has been running fine for some years now. >>>> But when i wanted to use it today, it died with: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> My SWAG is that you've updated perl recently, but not updated the >>> perl::Tk >>> modules. Running two versions of perl on the same machine is >>> possible (we >>> do it under the OpenPKG.org packagement system all the time), but can >>> easily lead to problems like this. >>> >>> >>>> root@antsrv1 [~] # usrmgr/usrmgr.pl >>>> [the usual messages about unused variables] >>>> X Error of failed request: BadAtom (invalid Atom parameter) >>>> Major opcode of failed request: 18 (X_ChangeProperty) >>>> Atom id in failed request: 0x1a6 >>>> Serial number of failed request: 12 >>>> Current serial number in output stream: 15 >>>> >>>> I have no clue what this could be. Other X11 apps run fine. I am >>>> logged in via ssh -X. >>>> Versions: >>>> FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE-p8 >>>> p5-Tk-804.027 >>>> perl-5.6.1_15 Practical Extraction and Report Language >>>> perl-5.8.4 Practical Extraction and Report Language >>>> >>>> 2 versions of perl? Is this ok? >>>> >>>> Does anyone have an idea? >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Heinrich >> >> >> >> Problem solved: It was not the perl upgrade, it is the X server which >> is to blame. I recently upgraded the Linux installation on my >> workstation and there seems to be a problem with xfree there. I did >> not get suspicious until i tried running the script under Linux and >> got exactly the same error message. Moving to another workstation with >> a different version of xfree solved the problem. >> > Just for the records: There seems to be a problem with SSH's X11 > redirection. If i use the (not recommended) > > linuxhost $ xhost +freebsdhost > ssh root@freebsdhost > freebsdhost # export DISPLAY=linuxhost:0 > freebsdhost # usrmgr/usrmgr.pl > > to have my perlTk script displaying on my Linux workstation, it works. > If i login with > > linuxhost $ ssh -X root@freebsdhost > freebsdhost # usrmgr/usrmgr.pl > > i get the above error. > This is of course a problem with Linux's ssh client - i am posting this > only in case someone else encounters this problem. > > --Heinrich This will hopefully be the last update: use the -Y flag for newer ssh versions, and the problems are solved. --Heinrich
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