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Bug#270976: xlibs: doesn't understand IRIX xinerama X servers



retitle 270976 libx11-6: doesn't understand setup messages from XINERAMA-enabled IRIX X servers
reassign 270976 libx11-6
tag 270976 + upstream moreinfo
thanks

On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 11:46:03AM +0100, Matt Reynolds wrote:
> Package: xlibs
> Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-7
> Severity: important
> 
> > xclock
> Xlib: Did not parse entire setup message: parsed: 848, message: 1600
> Error: Can't open display: scully:0.0
> 
> My primary display is a dual-head RIIRIX Octane running Xinerama.
> 
> xdpyinfo reports:
> number of screens:    1
> 
> screen #0:
>   dimensions:    2560x1024 pixels (728x291 millimeters)
>     resolution:    89x89 dots per inch
> 
> but each time I try to display an X app from nmy debian machine to the 
> 
> irix machine, I get the following:
> 
> Xlib: Did not parse entire setup message: parsed: 848, message: 1600
> xdpyinfo:  unable to open display "scully:0.0".
> 
> The exact same machine running without xinerama works fine with remotely
> displayed apps from the same debain machine.. Every other Unix machine
> and linux distribution I've tried will display to the xinerama-enabled
> IRIX machine with no problems. I can't see why it's failing here (other
> than the fact that IRIX uses a slightly different xinerama extension to
> many of the other implementations out there, on the basis that Xorg
> never formalised it!).
> 
> Point is even if the xinerama information returned from the server isn't
> completely understood by the X client, it should still setup a connection
> and attempt to open a window..
> 
> I'm more than willing to run debug if it'll help...
> 
> (I tried installing the unstable xlibs too - no change)

I am sorry it has taken a while for us to reply to your bug report.

When you run xdpyinfo as above, is that really all the information you get
back?  There should be much more.

I am wondering what extension name is advertised by the IRIX X server when
XINERAMA is enabled, and xdpyinfo should tell us.

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