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From: cmm60@juts.ccc.amdahl.COM (Carla Moe)
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Date: 6 Mar 91 01:40:00 GMT
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I'm writing a Motif application which requires me to fork() and
continue processing with the same windows & environment.  (I tried
posting this same problem to comp.windows.motif, without much luck).
The first time I try to bring up a new window after the fork(), I get
the following error:

X Error of failed request:  BadIDChoice (invalid resource ID
chosen for this connection)
  Major opcode of failed request:  1 (X_CreateWindow)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  0
  Resource id in failed request:  0x900040
  Serial number of failed request:  453
  Current serial number in output stream:  427

I think that I have to create a new connection to the original display...
but I don't know how to do that.  (This is the deepest I've had to
delve into Xlib.)         

If there is interest, I'll post a summary of any replies.

Thanks!
peri@ras.amdahl.com