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From: heiser@iis.UUCP (Gernot Heiser)
Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug
Subject: X11 interface broken on Sequent
Message-ID: <1260@iis.UUCP>
Date: 14 Jun 89 10:34:58 GMT
Reply-To: heiser@iis.UUCP (Gernot Heiser)
Distribution: gnu
Organization: Integrated Systems Lab., ETH Zuerich
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I recently compiled emacs version 18.54 on a Sequent Symmetry running DYNIX
V3.0.12.

src/config.h #includes "s-bsd4-2.h" and "m-sequent.h" and defines
HAVE_X_WINDOWS, X11, HAVE_X_MENU, AMPERSAND_FULL_NAME and MAINTAIN_ENVIRONMENT
(besides the standard stuff).

I'm working from a Sun and start a window on the Sequent using
	rcmd badile /usr/bin/X11/xterm -display `hostname`:0.0
On the sequent the environment TERM is set to "xterms" and DISPLAY to
"scesaplana:0.0" (scesaplana being the name of my sun).

When I now in the Sequent window type "emacs -nw" emacs starts up ok and seems
to perform allright. However, when I just do "emacs &" emacs opens a window,
loads .emacs and then just sits there totally unresponsive, not even the cursor
box fills when moving the mouse inside the emacs window. When typing to the
window the process after a while exits with a status of 1 after displaying
the message:
"XIO:  fatal IO error 50 (Network is down) on X server "scesaplana:0.0"
      after 25923 requests (41 known processed) with 0 events remaining."

Note that the network is ok, for example I can run "xcalc &" and it opens its
window on my screen and operates perfectly normal.

This strange behaviour I observed already with version 18.53, which is the
first one I compiled for X11 on the Sequent. 
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