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From: rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: xlock -- trouble invoking
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Date: 10 Jan 90 19:20:08 GMT
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    Xlock blanks the screen and then fails with the following error:
    X Error of failed request:  BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)
      Major opcode of failed request:  26 (X_GrabPointer)

xlock is passing an invalid event-mask in XGrabPointer.  If you don't
want to fix the source (wasn't this discussed on xpert just before R4
went out?), use "xset bc" to work around it (this has also been
discussed before).