This is the mail archive of the
cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
mailing list for the Cygwin XFree86 project.
Re: remote Mathematica client does not work properly in Cygwin/X(pointer bug?)
- From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 23:27:37 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: remote Mathematica client does not work properly in Cygwin/X(pointer bug?)
- References: <20040615031518.73102.qmail@web51607.mail.yahoo.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
On Mon, 14 Jun 2004, Liangfeng Sun wrote:
> I'm using the latest Cygwin/X for Windows XP.
> I use xinit to start X server on my local computer,
> then connect to a remote linux computer by 'ssh -X'.
> Many clients work properly, i.e. xemacs, mozilla, etc.
> However, the pointer does not work good when I start
> Mathematica(V5) on the remote linux computer.
> The error information is,
>
> X Error of failed request: BadWindow (invalid Window
> parameter)
> Major opcode of failed request: 38 (X_QueryPointer)
> Resource id in failed request: 0x3a
> Serial number of failed request: 23406
> Current serial number in output stream: 23406
>
> As long as I move my pointer to any Mathematica
> window, that error message will appear on the window
> where the Mathematica is started.
> The Mathematica can not recognize 'Shift-Enter' 2-key
> combination.
> Usually, the Cygwin/X crashes after I use Mathematica
> for a long time.
>
> I don't know if somebody else has also encountered
> this kind of problem.
> Please help to solve this problem.
<http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html#q-ssh-no-x11forwarding>
Igor
--
http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/
|\ _,,,---,,_ pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu
ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ igor@watson.ibm.com
|,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D.
'---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow!
"I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route
to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton