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Date:      Tue, 20 Jan 1998 10:56:56 -0600 (CST)
From:      "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com>
To:        ymassart@businessobjects.com (Yan MASSART)
Cc:        jacques@wired.ctech.ac.za, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How to fix a DISPLAY error
Message-ID:  <199801201656.KAA21088@horton.iaces.com>
In-Reply-To: <C13671D8F638D111812E00805FED918B1EE7F7@exch-fra-lv03> from Yan MASSART at "Jan 20, 98 05:47:23 pm"

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In a previous message, Yan MASSART said:
> 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.

Oh, yeah, I forgot about that one. 

> 
> -- 
> 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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