Strange - the patch should have fixed that. You can always try the old
workaround from before we put out the patch:
http://blogs.sun.com/sch/entry/banging_on_multiple_heads
-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
Chris Jacob wrote:
> Hi Alan.
>
> Yes, we have 119059-21 installed.
>
> soleil:jacob:10 > showrev -p |grep 119059
> Patch: 119059-20 Obsoletes: 121868-04 Requires: Incompatibles:
> Packages: SUNWxwfnt, SUNWxwplt, SUNWxwopt, SUNWxwacx, SUNWxwman,
> SUNWxwinc, SUNWxwfs, SUNWxwsrv, SUNWxwxst
> Patch: 119059-21 Obsoletes: 121868-04 Requires: Incompatibles:
> Packages: SUNWxwfnt, SUNWxwplt, SUNWxwopt, SUNWxwacx, SUNWxwman,
> SUNWxwinc, SUNWxwfs, SUNWxwsrv, SUNWxwxst
>
> Hmmm - note my display is set to my desktop, which is a Mac running OS X
> 10.4.11, with Apple's X11 installed. All other X apps that I run on the
> Sun v245 (soleil, above) and display on the Mac seem to work fine.
>
> Thanks!
>
> CDEJ
>
>
> [BTW, Brian Lu from Sun (Beijing?) has had me try the newly-uploaded
> 2.0.0.12, as per the below messages copied in-line...]
> Chris Jacob wrote:
>> Hi Brian.
>>
>> I've just tried firefox 2.0.0.12, and it gives the same result:
>>
>> soleil:bin:26 > ./firefox
>> The program 'firefox-bin' received an X Window System error.
>> This probably reflects a bug in the program.
>> The error was 'BadLength (poly request too large or internal Xlib
>> length erro'.
>> (Details: serial 10 error_code 16 request_code 128 minor_code 4)
>> ...
>>
>>
>> The software is installed from the pkgadd format, onto a Sun v245,
>> running Solaris 10.
>>
>> soleil:bin:27 > uname -a
>> SunOS soleil.county.oxford.on.ca 5.10 Generic_125100-07 sun4u sparc
>> SUNW,Sun-Fire-V245
>>
>>
>> Display is set to my desktop, which is a Mac running OS X 10.4.11,
>> with Apple's X11 installed. All other X apps that I run on the Sun
>> v245 and display on the Mac seem to work fine.
>>
>> Thanks for your attention!
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Chris Jacob
>>
>>
>> Brian.Lu at Sun.COM wrote:
>>
>>> Chirs,
>>>
>>> We've uploaded firefox 2.0.0.12. Would you please try it?
>>>
>>> If the bug is still there, please let me know and tell me which
>>> platform do you use.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Brian
>
>
>
>
> Alan Coopersmith wrote:
>> That looks like a bug we fixed in Solaris 10 a couple of years ago - have
>> you installed patch 119059-04 (sparc) /119060-04 (x86) or later?
>>
>> -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
>> Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
>>
>> Chris Jacob wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Alan.
>>>
>>> soleil:bin:7 > xdpyinfo -queryExt | grep opcode
>>> ...
>>> XINERAMA (opcode: 128)
>>> ...
>>>
>>> (some edited out for readability...)
>>>
>>> Thanks for your reply, and help!
>>>
>>> CDEJ
>>>
>>> Alan Coopersmith wrote:
>>>
>>>> Chris Jacob wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi there.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm following instructions in the README file to email problems
>>>>> here...
>>>>>
>>>>> I've just installed (extracted) firefox 2.0.0.11 on a solaris 10
>>>>> machine as per the README at
>>>>> http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0.0.11/contrib/solaris_tarball/README.txt
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I untar'd it to /opt/firefox, and on running:
>>>>>
>>>>> /opt/firefox/firefox &
>>>>>
>>>>> I get the following error:
>>>>>
>>>>> soleil:firefox:36 > /opt/firefox/firefox
>>>>> The program 'firefox-bin' received an X Window System error.
>>>>> This probably reflects a bug in the program.
>>>>> The error was 'BadLength (poly request too large or internal Xlib
>>>>> length erro'.
>>>>> (Details: serial 10 error_code 16 request_code 128 minor_code 4)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Request code 128 indicates an X extension call failed, but those
>>>> numbers
>>>> are dynamically assigned based on your configuration - to find out
>>>> which
>>>> extension it is, please run "xdpyinfo -queryExt | grep opcode" and look
>>>> for which one lists "opcode: 128".
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
