Xorg XFree86 compatibility issues.
Malcolm Kay
malcolm.kay at internode.on.net
Thu Mar 16 12:17:07 UTC 2006
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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