From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: andrew.maguire@ps.ge.com Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: make-frame-on-display returns BadAtom error Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 06:59:45 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1028804405 2691 127.0.0.1 (8 Aug 2002 11:00:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 11:00:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17cl1O-0000hI-00 for ; Thu, 08 Aug 2002 13:00:02 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17clNR-0003GQ-00 for ; Thu, 08 Aug 2002 13:22:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17cl1S-0000ct-00; Thu, 08 Aug 2002 07:00:06 -0400 Original-Received: from ext-nj2gw-1.online-age.net ([216.35.73.163]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17cl0b-0000bf-00 for ; Thu, 08 Aug 2002 06:59:13 -0400 Original-Received: from int-nj2gw-5.online-age.net (int-nj2gw-5.online-age.net [3.159.236.69]) by ext-nj2gw-1.online-age.net (8.12.3/8.9.1/990426-RLH) with ESMTP id g78AxCa4029740; Thu, 8 Aug 2002 06:59:12 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from nyschx06psge.ps.ge.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by int-nj2gw-5.online-age.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/990426-RLH) with ESMTP id g78Ax35u023105; Thu, 8 Aug 2002 06:59:07 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: by nyschx06psge.ps.ge.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Thu, 8 Aug 2002 07:01:54 -0400 Original-To: eliz@is.elta.co.il X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:6361 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:6361 Thanks I will try this out. Andrew > -----Original Message----- > From: Eli Zaretskii [mailto:eliz@is.elta.co.il] > Sent: 08 August 2002 06:18 > To: Maguire, Andrew (PS, GENS) > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > Subject: RE: make-frame-on-display returns BadAtom error > > > > On Wed, 7 Aug 2002 andrew.maguire@ps.ge.com wrote: > > > I have just tried building emacs on Solaris 8 (we are using > gcc 2.7.2.3) > > but I get the same problem. Note that if I try make-frame-on-display > > on a UNIX type machine I get a BadWindow error (code 3). > > I get a BadAtom error (code 18) when I try to connect to > Exceed 6.1 on a > > Windows NT machine. > > Do I understand correctly that the problem happens even > without Exceed > being used, i.e. if you run the X version of Emacs on a Unix box? > > If so, please tell what toolkit did you build Emacs with. > Also, does the > technique outlined in etc/DEBUG (search for "If you encounter > X protocol > errors") help to investigate this probelem? >