Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 17:47:23 +0100 From: Yan MASSART <ymassart@businessobjects.com> To: "'Paul T. Root'" <proot@horton.iaces.com>, jacques@wired.ctech.ac.za Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: How to fix a DISPLAY error Message-ID: <C13671D8F638D111812E00805FED918B1EE7F7@exch-fra-lv03>
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No, I had the problem, and it came from the color depth of X server on the FreeBSD box. You cannot use some Solaris applications (like firewall-1 for instance), if you're not in the 8 bpp mode. Hope this helps. -- Yan Massart Business Objects Network Engineer http://www.businessobjects.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul T. Root [mailto:proot@horton.iaces.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 1998 5:19 PM > To: jacques@wired.ctech.ac.za > Cc: questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: How to fix a DISPLAY error > > > 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?" >
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