Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 10:37:39 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Ron Steele <ron@dc.infi.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Warning: Select failed; error code 22 Message-ID: <19970823103739.45226@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <33FDCA16.30B@dc.infi.net>; from Ron Steele on Fri, Aug 22, 1997 at 01:19:18PM -0400 References: <199708221526.KAA16430@iworks.InterWorks.org> <33FDCA16.30B@dc.infi.net>
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On Fri, Aug 22, 1997 at 01:19:18PM -0400, Ron Steele wrote: > 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. Error 22 is EINVAL, "Invalid argument", which covers a multitude of sins. Don't expect *any* connection when it's reported in different scenarios. > I've never seen this under FreeBSD. I've frequently seen it under FreeBSD. Greg
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