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From: msc@ramoth.esd.sgi.com (Mark Callow)
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Subject: Re: Cannot find window slot in shared memory
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Date: 10 Apr 90 22:12:14 GMT
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In article <1990Apr4.175545.8339@alias.uucp>, mark@alias.uucp (Mark
Andrews) writes:
> We are running Irix 3.2 on a 4D/25G. Occasionally, when we run a graphics
> program, we get the errror "Cannot find window slot in shared memory". What
> does it mean and what causes it?
> 
> When the message occurs, I have been telling people to quit and restart
> 4sight and the problem should disappear! Is this a "solution" or just a
> coincidence?
> 

I know of 2 things that cause this message.  One is running a program linked
with a GT or Personal IRIS GL on a 4D/xxG machine.

The second is a bug in subwindow handling in 4Sight whereby it fails
to free the window slot when a subwindow is closed.  This is fixed in the
next release (3.n, where n is probably 3).

Restarting 4Sight is indeed a "solution".
--
From the TARDIS of Mark Callow
msc@ramoth.sgi.com, ...{ames,decwrl}!sgi!msc
"There is much virtue in a window.  It is to a human being as a frame is to
a painting, as a proscenium to a play.  It strongly defines its content."