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. -- G. Branden Robinson | Psychology is really biology. Debian GNU/Linux | Biology is really chemistry. branden@debian.org | Chemistry is really physics. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | Physics is really math.
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