X11 BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)

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X11 BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)

Hi everyone!

Here is the issue:

Im using X11 to access and SGI (Silicon Graphics) IRIX system. I had it working once, then I rebooted both machines and never again has it worked. When I run the command

Xnest :1 -query 192.168.X.X

the IRIX login window appears and I can log in and then all the desktop elements show up as they should except windows. When ever I try to get a window open from a tool bar or console window I get this on the sgi's console and nothing happens:

X error of failed request: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
Major opcode of failed request: 128 (XINERAMA)
Minor opcode of failed request: 1 (XINERAMAGetState)
Resource id in failed request: 0x570000000
Serial number of failed request: 668
Current serial number in output stream: 668

I hope that someone can figure this out 😟

Thanks!!!

also as a note I may have run the 10.4.10 update before i disconnected everything, but I don't remember.

Intel iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Aug 26, 2007 9:09 AM

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Answer 1

Bill Scott

Level 6

11,459 points

Aug 26, 2007 2:01 PM in response to macintosh_tech

Maybe this:

To run clients in the nested server each client needs to be given the
same display number as the nested server. For example, xterm -display
:1 will start up an xterm in the first nested server and xterm -display
:2 will start an xterm in the second nested server from the example
above. Additional clients can be started from these xterms in each
nested server.

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Answer 2

Bill Scott

Level 6

11,459 points

Aug 26, 2007 2:01 PM in response to Bill Scott

I can't even get my SGI login screen. Is there a way to do this via ssh?

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Answer 3

Aug 26, 2007 8:07 PM in response to macintosh_tech

These are the links that I used to set up the SGI's

http://www.nekochan.net/wiki/index.php/Headless

http://www.nekochan.net/wiki/index.php/Headless_desktop

At one point this worked!

I also used the Xnest, but it is akward and has its own issues. Some items in the toolbar dont show up, just blank where text would be. Kind of a wierd issue. I have screen shots posted in a different forum here:

http://forums.nekochan.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=15173

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Answer 4

Jun T.

Level 4

2,185 points

Aug 27, 2007 9:52 PM in response to macintosh_tech

Hi,

Xnest :1 -query 192.168.X.X

In the first post of this thread you write "Xnest" gives XINERAMA errors, but in the second post you write "Xnest" has its own issue (toolbar drawing problem).

So I assume that in the first post you actually mean "X :1 -query" gives the XINERAMA errors. If this is the case, then try


X :1 -xinerama -query sgihost

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Answer 5

Aug 28, 2007 5:29 PM in response to macintosh_tech

that fixed it!!!! Thanks for the help 🙂

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