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From: whm@arizona.edu (Bill Mitchell)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Periodic X (xterm?) deaths
Message-ID: <1856@megaron.arizona.edu>
Date: Wed, 5-Aug-87 04:37:23 EDT
Article-I.D.: megaron.1856
Posted: Wed Aug  5 04:37:23 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 7-Aug-87 06:54:40 EDT
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson
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I posted a note a couple of weeks about how when running xterm on a VAX
using a 3.2 Sun as display server, everything would occasionally die and
I'd end up back at the Sun's shell prompt.  There was some speculation
that this is due to not mousing enough and indeed, I often go for a long
period of time without mousing.  But, I've often gone for an hour or so
of typing with no mousing and no problems and then turn around and have
X die three times in a hour (pretty frustrating when you've got a few
windows up, are logged in on several machines, and have an Emacs or two
cooking).

I run xinit with no arguments, putting up a local xterm window and then using
one or more rsh xterms as required.  When it goes belly-up, the rsh xterms
disappear, taking their window them, the local xterm disappears in a similar
fashion, and then the shell prompt appears.

So anyway, I'm still looking for a solution (and still a little hesitant to
start pushing X locally), so if you've got any new ideas, I'm all ears, even for
things like putting three rings of colored sand around my Sun.

					Bill Mitchell
					whm@arizona.edu
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