Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> 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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>   
Tiger's X11 is quite dated, Leopard's is based on 7.x series (1.x) if it
makes any difference, which I suspect it does.

James


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