From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 14 13:59:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA17854 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 14 Sep 1998 13:59:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA17814 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 1998 13:59:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA07813; Mon, 14 Sep 1998 13:59:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 13:59:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Konrad Heuer cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree 3.3.2 Problems In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 14 Sep 1998, Konrad Heuer wrote: > > Some weeks ago I moved from 2.2.2-R to 2.2.6-R w/ XFree 3.3.2. I've a #9 > I128 card on one system and a Virge DX board on another system and use the > corresponding servers. Now there are some strange problems I *never* > observed before. > > For example: > > I start the server by startx and cannot start netscape (says > `bad atom' or `invalid window parameter' (twm, olwm or qvwm make no > difference - seems to be independent of window manager). With a little bit > luck after starting X a few times I may get a situtation where it works. Do you have 'options SYSVSHM' compiled into your kernel? What are the messages from the X server itself? > I like to use the Magic Cookies for client authentification. After > generating a cookie with xauth it will work for a while, but after a few > hours the server begins to deny access. I've to generate a new cookie. > > In general, the problems are worse with the I128 card. > > I'm interested in other peoples experiences with FreeBSD and XFree 3.3.2. > Maybe someone already knows about bugs in XFree 3.3.2? Works fine here. I'd suggest using ssh if you're trying to run programs from a remote machine to appear on a local display; ssh takes care of transferring the xauth information for you. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message