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From: klee@wsl.dec.com (Ken Lee)
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Subject: Re: Pixmap Allocation problem on VAXstations
Keywords: Pixmap BadAlloc error
Message-ID: <1991Feb15.154946@wsl.dec.com>
Date: 15 Feb 91 23:49:46 GMT
References: <1991Feb15.224828.6516@csn.org>
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In article <1991Feb15.224828.6516@csn.org>, devin@eowyn.Colorado.EDU (Yampalimardilor) writes:
|> I'm trying to allocate a 1024x1024x1 Pixmap on a VAXstation 2000 or 
|> VAXstation 3100.  Neither machine allows this - they both crash my 
|> program with a BadAlloc error.

The X protocol does not place a minimum on the allowable pixmap size
and allows servers to generate Alloc errors for any reason.  Many
servers with graphics accelerators use graphics memory for pixmaps,
often restricting them to the dimensions of the screen.

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Ken Lee
DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif.
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