From: STDN%MARIST.bitnet@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (Dan Newcombe)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: 2 X problems (.xinitrc and Xview)
Date: 31 Dec 1992 11:49:50 -0600
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HI all...  I am having two problems with X.  The first is that
X will not come up if I have a .xinitrc.   Without it, I have no
problems, but as soon as I create one I get the following error.

xinit:  Interrupted system call (errno 4):  Client error.

But this happens even if I comment out all of the lines in
.xinitrc   My .xinitrc looks like...
OPENWINHOME=/usr/openwin; export OPENWINHOME
PATH=$PATH:$OPENWINHOME/bin
HELPPATH=$OPENWINHOME/help; export HELPPATH
if  -z "$MANPATH" |; then
MANPATH=/usr/local/man:/usr/man; export MANPATH
fi
MANPATH=$MANPATH:$OPENWINHOME/man
twm &

I don't understand as all except for the last line was taken
straight from the README for XView, which is my next problem.

I had this problem before and I did something that made it
work.  Only problem is I don't know what I did.  Anyway,
when I enter all the commands in my .xinitrc by hand
and run olwm instead of twm, XView starts up.  My background
turns blue and it opens a window that has a width of half the
screen and seems to go on forever lengthwise.  I can grab the
handles and window and reposition and resize it, but that's about
it.  Also, it I click my right mouse button for my control
panel, all I get is a white line about 1" thick that goes the
length of the whole screen.  When I ran olwm these are the
errors I got.  Sorry it's so long but I'd rather be complete.
any help is very needed.  Thanks, and happy new year...
  -Dan
  stdn@vm.marist.edu

olwm: Warning, X Error: BadFont (invalid Font parameter)
  Request Major code: 55
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc0001a
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadFont (invalid Font parameter)
  Request Major code: 55
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc0001c
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadFont (invalid Font parameter)
  Request Major code: 55
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc0001f
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Request Major code: 70
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc0001c
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Request Major code: 70
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc0001c
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadFont (invalid Font parameter)
  Request Major code: 55
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc00037
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Request Major code: 74
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc00037
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Request Major code: 70
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc0001c
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Request Major code: 70
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc0001c
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Request Major code: 70
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc0001c
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Request Major code: 70
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc0001c
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Request Major code: 74
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc00037
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Request Major code: 56
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc0001c
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Request Major code: 70
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc0001c
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Request Major code: 56
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc0001c
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Request Major code: 70
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc0001c
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Request Major code: 70
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc0001c
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Request Major code: 70
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc0001c
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Request Major code: 74
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc00037
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Request Major code: 74
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc00037
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Request Major code: 74
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc00037
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Request Major code: 74
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc00037
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Request Major code: 74
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc00037
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Request Major code: 74
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc00037
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Request Major code: 74
  XView warning: Cannot load font '-b&h-lucida-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*' (
Font package)
XView warning: Cannot load font '-b&h-lucida-medium-r-normal-sans-*-120-*-*-*-*-
*-*' (Font package)
XView error: Cannot open connection to window server: :0.0 (Server package)
Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc00037
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Request Major code: 74
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc00037
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Request Major code: 70
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc0001c
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Request Major code: 70
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc0001c
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Request Major code: 74
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc00037
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Request Major code: 70
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc0001c
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Request Major code: 70
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc0001c
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Request Major code: 74
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc00037
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Request Major code: 70
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc0001c
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Request Major code: 74
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc00037
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Request Major code: 74
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc00037
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Request Major code: 74
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc00037
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Request Major code: 74
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc00037
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Request Major code: 74
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc00037
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Request Major code: 74
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc00037
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Request Major code: 74
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc00037
olwm: Warning, X Error: BadGC (invalid GC parameter)
  Request Major code: 74
  Request Minor code: 0
  ResourceId 0xc00037
XIO:  fatal IO error 32 (Broken pipe) on X server ":0.0

after 892 requests (868 known processed) with 2 events remaining.

The connection was probably broken by a server shutdown or KillClient.

Dan Newcombe
stdn@vm.marist.edu                        kk4d@maristb.marist.edu
dnewcomb@cybernet.cse.fau.edu             And others...
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