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From: merike@alw.nih.gov (Merike Kaeo)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: window manager problem
Keywords: mwm, twm
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Date: 8 Mar 91 00:15:11 GMT
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Reply-To: merike@alw.nih.gov (Merike Kaeo)
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A friend is posting this for me since I don't have access to a news
server. Please respond via email to "shaffer@achilles.ctd.anl.gov".

I have a program running on an IBM RS/6000 that I need to display
on a Sun. The program is apparently not compatible with the X11R4
version of twm. When I display on the IBM (X11R3 and mwm) it works
fine. When I display on the Sun with no window manager it works fine.
But when I display on the Sun using X11R4 and twm the program crashes
with the following error message.

X Protocol error detected by server:  BadAccess, attempt to access
private resource denied
  Failed request major op code 28 (X_GrabButton)
  Failed request minor op code 0
  ResourceID 0x900020 in failed request
  Serial number of failed request 484
  Current serial number in output stream 489

Using bug compatibility mode does no good. My question...does anyone
know where I can (at reasonable or no cost) get a window manager that
might work? Like mwm or an old twm. Are there any public domain
window managers that I could try? Is there another way to fix this
problem.

                                mike
                shaffer@achilles.ctd.anl.gov