Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 10:53:09 +0200 (CEST) From: Jakob Alvermark <jakob@teligent.se> To: "Daniel M. Eischen" <deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Warning: Select failed; error code 22 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970825104854.16456A-100000@datorn.teligent.se> In-Reply-To: <199708221526.KAA16430@iworks.InterWorks.org>
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On Fri, 22 Aug 1997, 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. > > 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 > > I narrowed down the problem to a faulty real-time clock on the Sparcbook. > Sometimes it stops ticking (I can see this from Open Boot Prom) and that's > when everything gets weird (which is what you'd expect!). When the > clock starts ticking again, the above warning messages spew out. > > Gotta bad clock? After reading this, I think the clock is very likely the problem. I also get console messages saying "calcru: negative time: -xxxxxxxxxx usec". I will try with a new motherboard and se if it disappears. /Jakob Alvermark ------------------------------------------------------- Teligent AB, P.O. Box 213, S-149 23 Nynäshamn, Sweden Telephone +46-(0)8 520 660 00 * Fax +46-(0)8 520 193 36 Direct +46-(0)8 520 660 32 * GSM +46-(0)70 792 16 57
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