Can't open display error

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From: Richard L Jackson Jr
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 13:46

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Hi all,

We have X11 Rel 4 running on Sun SPARCstations 1, 1+, and 2 running
SunOS 4.1.1 and 4.1.2.  We noticed a strange problem lately that we
have not been able to isolate yet.  After invoking xinit and a
couple xterm's, we receive a message "Can't open display" after
a few minutes.  The error occurs when we try to invoke another X
client.  This occurs even if the workstation is idle after the xterm's
are invoked.  Nothing else is running on the system other than the 
normal SunOS processes.  I think the message is coming from the server.

I have seen this message before only when trying to make the condition 
occur (i.e., invoking many X clients to determine the display limit).

Can anyone provide some insight into this problem?

My next step is to debug the server which could be time consuming.

Thank you,
Richard Jackson

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