From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 24 15:49:09 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4027D1065676 for ; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:49:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirg.bris.ac.uk (dirg.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F33B68FC13 for ; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:49:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seis.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.93]) by dirg.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MqqZ5-0001KX-Hd for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:49:07 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.241]) by seis.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1MqqZ5-0001rm-0M for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:49:03 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n8OFn2Sh013302 for ; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:49:02 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n8OFn2Cs013301 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:49:02 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:49:02 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090924154902.GA13279@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Spam-Score: -1.5 X-Spam-Level: - Subject: X - after some time can't lauch new windows, Error: Can't open display X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:49:09 -0000 After some time I cannot open any new windows in X, I get No protocol specified Error: Can't open display: :0.0 This is on i386 9.0-current with agp0: on vgapci0 I've xorg-7.4_2, xorg-server-1.6.1,1, xf86-video-intel-2.7.1 and latest hal and dbus. My window manager is mwm (part of open-motif-2.2.3_6). After logging into X via xdm I can launch new windows fine. But after a while, probably several hours, an attempt to launch a new window, i.e. any program that opens a new window, like xterm or xpdf, results in the error message above. The only solution I've found is to logout of xdm and login again. But would be great to solve this properly. Please advise many thanks -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423