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Date:      Fri, 22 Aug 1997 13:19:18 -0400
From:      Ron Steele <ron@dc.infi.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Warning: Select failed; error code 22
Message-ID:  <33FDCA16.30B@dc.infi.net>
References:  <199708221526.KAA16430@iworks.InterWorks.org>

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Daniel M. Eischen wrote:
> 
> > I'm having trouble with certain X-programs. I can start the program, for
> > example xemacs, and run it for a few seconds, then it hangs and the
> > terminal I started it from is full with lines of "Warning: Select failed;
> > error code 22". I have to kill them.
> > This is *very annoying*.
> >
> > Anyone that knows about this problem? I've tried switching to another
> > window manager without luck.
> 
> That's very interesting.  I've experienced the same exact thing but
> under Solaris 2.5 and CDE on an RDI Sparcbook.  The windows seem to
> lock (as if NUM lock were on in Xfree) and the mouse buttons don't
> work correctly.  Sometimes everything will return to normal and
> I'll get a few tens of messages saying the same thing:
> 
>   Warning: Select failed; error code 22
> 

And I have seen the same thing under HP-UX versions 9.xx and 10.xx. 
It only happened, or at least was ony apparent while running xemacs. 
With a different version of xemacs the problem went away.

I've never seen this under FreeBSD.

Ron Steele



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