The hack is to stop the x client from asking the server for Xinerama info,
making it look to the client like it is disabled on the server.
-alan-
Jeremy Y Uejio wrote:
> But, this won't help since he's running with display set to his Mac. Is
> it possible to disable xinerama on the Mac?
>
>
> jeremy
> Solaris Desktop Sustaining
>
> Alan Coopersmith wrote:
>> 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".
>>>>>>
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