mouse@LARRY.MCRCIM.MCGILL.EDU (der Mouse) (07/18/90)
> I am running Sun OS 4.0.3 on a Sparc 1. Can anyone tell me why I > can't run certain clients? After starting X, I can use xterm, xman, > xmag, and lots of other things without any trouble. However, if I > start twm, xlogo, or xbiff, I get the message 'xinit: connection to > server lost' and X shuts down. This sounds to me as though something is causing the server to dump core. Why those particular clients provoke it I haven't a clue. Look for a core file in the directory you started xinit from (you may need to "unlimit coredumpsize" or the analog thereof (that's the csh way) in order to get the coredump). A stack trace from the server would be necesary to even guess what might be going wrong.... der Mouse old: mcgill-vision!mouse new: mouse@larry.mcrcim.mcgill.edu