make-frame-on-display returns BadAtom error

make-frame-on-display returns BadAtom error

[Andrew Maguire]

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In GNU Emacs 21.2.1 (sparc-sun-solaris2.6, X toolkit)
 of 2002-07-11 on albany
configured using `configure  --libexecdir=/usr/local/lib'
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: en_GB.ISO8859-15
  value of $LC_CTYPE: en_GB.ISO8859-15
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: C
  value of $LC_MONETARY: en_GB.ISO8859-15
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: en_GB.ISO8859-15
  value of $LC_TIME: en_GB.ISO8859-15
  value of $LANG: en_GB.ISO8859-15
  locale-coding-system: iso-latin-9
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: nil

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

(make-frame-on-display "phenakite:0.0")
returns 
x-create-frame-with-faces: X protocol error: BadAtom (invalid Atom parameter) on protocol request 18 [3 times]

make-frame-on-display works successfully on our previous Emacs versions: 20.7, 20.3 and 19.29.

Thanks
Andrew

Recent input:
t e SPC d e l a y SPC d u e SPC t o SPC s w m f s SPC 
l o c k i n g C-c C-c C-x k <return> C-x k <return> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar> 
<files> <make-frame-on-display> p h e n a k i t e : 
0 . 0 <return> <f12> <return> <help-echo> <f12> <return> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar> 
<help-menu> <report-emacs-bug>

Recent messages:
dired-read-dir-and-switches: Quit
Mark set
Wrote /swdev/users/andrewma/scripts.data.new_init
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Press C-c C-c when you are done editing.
Enter a change comment.  Type C-c C-c when done
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Checking in /swdev/streams/scorpio/release/scripts/scripts.data...done
x-create-frame-with-faces: X protocol error: BadAtom (invalid Atom parameter) on protocol request 18 [3 times]
Loading emacsbug...done

RE: make-frame-on-display returns BadAtom error

[andrew.maguire]

I have narrowed this down to only being a problem when the executable is
run from a Solaris 8 box. The executable was build on Solaris 2.6. I also
do not have a problem with make-frame-on-display when I am running the
eecutable from
a Solaris 7 machine. So it seems to be an OS issue rather than a GNU Emacs
bug.
However, if have any additional information on the likely cause or perhaps
an
OS patch for Solaris 8 then please let me know.

Thanks
Andrew Maguire

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Maguire [mailto:Andrew.Maguire@Smallworld.co.uk]
> Sent: 31 July 2002 18:03
> To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Maguire, Andrew (PS, GENS)
> Subject: make-frame-on-display returns BadAtom error
> 
> 
> This bug report will be sent to the Free Software Foundation,
> not to your local site managers!
> Please write in English, because the Emacs maintainers do not have
> translators to read other languages for them.
> 
> Your bug report will be posted to the bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 
> mailing list,
> and to the gnu.emacs.bug news group.
> 
> In GNU Emacs 21.2.1 (sparc-sun-solaris2.6, X toolkit)
>  of 2002-07-11 on albany
> configured using `configure  --libexecdir=/usr/local/lib'
> Important settings:
>   value of $LC_ALL: nil
>   value of $LC_COLLATE: en_GB.ISO8859-15
>   value of $LC_CTYPE: en_GB.ISO8859-15
>   value of $LC_MESSAGES: C
>   value of $LC_MONETARY: en_GB.ISO8859-15
>   value of $LC_NUMERIC: en_GB.ISO8859-15
>   value of $LC_TIME: en_GB.ISO8859-15
>   value of $LANG: en_GB.ISO8859-15
>   locale-coding-system: iso-latin-9
>   default-enable-multibyte-characters: nil
> 
> Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
> and the precise symptoms of the bug:
> 
> (make-frame-on-display "phenakite:0.0")
> returns 
> x-create-frame-with-faces: X protocol error: BadAtom (invalid 
> Atom parameter) on protocol request 18 [3 times]
> 
> make-frame-on-display works successfully on our previous 
> Emacs versions: 20.7, 20.3 and 19.29.
> 
> Thanks
> Andrew
> 
> Recent input:
> t e SPC d e l a y SPC d u e SPC t o SPC s w m f s SPC 
> l o c k i n g C-c C-c C-x k <return> C-x k <return> 
> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar> 
> <files> <make-frame-on-display> p h e n a k i t e : 
> 0 . 0 <return> <f12> <return> <help-echo> <f12> <return> 
> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar> 
> <help-menu> <report-emacs-bug>
> 
> Recent messages:
> dired-read-dir-and-switches: Quit
> Mark set
> Wrote /swdev/users/andrewma/scripts.data.new_init
> Mark set
> Press C-c C-c when you are done editing.
> Enter a change comment.  Type C-c C-c when done
> Mark set
> Checking in /swdev/streams/scorpio/release/scripts/scripts.data...done
> x-create-frame-with-faces: X protocol error: BadAtom (invalid 
> Atom parameter) on protocol request 18 [3 times]
> Loading emacsbug...done
> 

Re: make-frame-on-display returns BadAtom error

[Richard Stallman]

If you build Emacs on Solaris 8, does it work ok on Solaris 8?

RE: make-frame-on-display returns BadAtom error

[andrew.maguire]

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.

I have just tried out Solaris 9 and I have the smae problems as with Solaris
8.

> If you build Emacs on Solaris 8, does it work ok on Solaris 8?
> 

Thanks,

Andrew

RE: make-frame-on-display returns BadAtom error

[Eli Zaretskii]

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?

Re: make-frame-on-display returns BadAtom error

[Richard Stallman]

    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.

It sounds like you are now saying that no Emacs executable you can
construct works properly on Solaris 8, and the same for Solaris 9.

Is this correct?

If that is the case, I don't know how we can debug it.  Only a Solaris
and X wizard can debug it.

RE: make-frame-on-display returns BadAtom error

[andrew.maguire]

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?
>