Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 22:47:01 +1030 From: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Xorg XFree86 compatibility issues. Message-ID: <200603162247.01705.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>
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My primary activity at home is on a machine "alpha" running FBSD 5.4 and Xorg version of X. But I have a couple of other machines running older systems FBSD 4.9, "beta" and RedHat linux, "linux" both running XFree86. I can ssh into both these from "alpha" and run a number ofcommon X processes without apparent difficulty. EG: alpha:200> ssh -X -f beta xterm , alpha:201> -X -f linux xterm or alpha:202> -X -f beta xv But others fall over. EG: alpha:203> ssh -X -f beta xfig alpha:204> X Error of failed request: BadAccess (attempt to access private resource denied) Major opcode of failed request: 102 (X_ChangeKeyboardControl) Serial number of failed request: 303 Current serial number in output stream: 304 or alpha:205> ssh -X -f beta nedit alpha:206> X Error of failed request: BadAtom (invalid Atom parameter) Major opcode of failed request: 20 (X_GetProperty) Atom id in failed request: 0x6a Serial number of failed request: 20 Current serial number in output stream: 20 The same error message is reported when calling nedit on "linux" alpha:207> ssh -X -f linux nedit alpha:208> X Error of failed request: BadAtom (invalid Atom parameter) Major opcode of failed request: 20 (X_GetProperty) Atom id in failed request: 0x6a Serial number of failed request: 20 Current serial number in output stream: 20 Is this incompatibility between Xorg terminal and XFree86 clients to be expected or am I missing something? More importantly is there a way around it? Is it feasible to install both Xorg and XFree86 on the one system and choose the appropriate one at a given time? Any help or information appreciated. Malcolm Kay
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