From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 20 08:20:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA14284 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 20 Jan 1998 08:20:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA14253 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 1998 08:20:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA20864; Tue, 20 Jan 1998 10:19:06 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199801201619.KAA20864@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: How to fix a DISPLAY error To: jacques@wired.ctech.ac.za (Jacques Hugo) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 10:19:05 -0600 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <34C4CCBE.41C67EA6@wired.ctech.ac.za> from Jacques Hugo at "Jan 20, 98 06:11:42 pm" X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk In a previous message, Jacques Hugo said: > Hi there guys ... > > I'm trying to export an app from a Solaris box > to my FBSD box, but I get this error. > > X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for > operation) > Major opcode of failed request: 53 (X_CreatePixmap) > Value in failed request: 0x8 > Serial number of failed request: 130 > Current serial number in output stream: 133 > > Where can one fix this. It looks like some illegal code > request to my VGA card. ??? Or does the app on the Solaris > box need some tweekinhg? This looks like the Cabletron Spectrum error for "xhost isn't letting me in". So are you sure you have DISPLAY set and exported on the Solaris box and xhost allowing the Solaris box on the FBSD box? > Thanks for the help. > > -Jacques > > ------------------------------------------------------ > The box said "Requires Windows 3.1 or better" > ... so I got BSD > > Network Administrator | Jacques Hugo > UNIX Systems | jacques@wired.ctech.ac.za > Cape Technikon | +27-21-4603584 > ------------------------------------------------------ > -- "Are you Sarah Conner?"