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From: hansen@scr601.sinet.slb.COM
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: RE: FileView Problem
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Date: 2 Apr 91 11:36:35 GMT
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From:	HANSEN@PSI%SCR601@MRGATE@PRSRTR
To:	"xpert%expo.lcs.mit.edu"@M_CSNET@MRGATE@PRSRTR,
	"andres%cca.pue.udlap.mx"@M_CSNET@MRGATE@PRSRTR

andres@cca.pue.udlap.mx writes:

>I'm running DecWindow (Vax, VMS) clients on xnews (Sparcstation SLC,
>Unix) server. All works fine, but FileView client in its file list box
>puts file names and, instead of a scroll bar, it puts the other file
>names over ther first file names.
>I changed and tested a lot of fonts and with all the fonts is the
>same problem.
>Strangeness, the same FileView client works fine on eXodus (Mac, Finder)
>server !!!!
>I think that this is a bug of X11. What is your opinion ?

I have the same problem when running FileView on the VAX and OpenWindows on my 
Sparc. When running plain X11 on my Sparc the problem is different - when 
FileView starts up the following error messages are given:

X error event received from server:  BadValue - integer parameter out of range
  Failed request major op code 1 (X_CreateWindow)
  Failed request minor op code 0 (if applicable)
  ResourceID 0x7feeeaec in failed request (if applicable)
  Serial number of failed request 70
  Current serial number in output stream 76

I get the same error messages when I try to use the menus - plus they don't work 
at all. I have been told that this is not a font problem.

Running FileView on the VAX using a Mac server with MacX or eXodus works 
beautifully. 

If anyone should know a workaround for this I would appreciate it if they would 
let me know.

Thanks,
Ove Hansen
(hansen@scr.slb.com)

"Programming is like sex - one little mistake and you might end up supporting 
 it for years!"