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Re: X-Server Background Stream.

#130
From: Rainer Joswig
Date: Sat, 05 Jun 1999 00:00
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At 11:22 Uhr -0700 05.06.1999, Christopher R. Barry wrote:
>I did Load System X-Server and saved an Incremental World after
>(Herald now also says "X Server 424.0"). Whenever I do Select-<Square>
>and then Start Server, I get a message
>
>  [10:40:58 Process X Server got an error
>   Select X Server Background Stream by typing Function-0-S.]
>
>Sometimes the above notification also says that it tried to type-out
>but couldn't (I can't reproduce that). So I do Function-0-S and a
>window labeled X Server Background Stream at the bottom is raised and
>displaying:
>
>  Trap: The function X-SERVER:|bzero| is undefined.
>
>  X-SERVER:|CreateColormap|
>     Arg 0 (CTS:V0): 33
>     Arg 1 (CTS:V1): #<ARRAY 191 simple 401130265>
>     Arg 0 (CTS:V2): 0
>     Arg 0 (CTS:V3): #<ARRAY 9 simple 140002170>
>     Arg 0 (CTS:V4): 0
>     Arg 0 (CTS:V5): #<ARRAY 2 simple, stack-allocated 36020540124>
>     Arg 0 (CTS:V6): 0
>     Arg 0 (CTS:V7): 0
>     Arg 0 (CTS:V8): 0
>  s-A, <RESUME>: Supply a value to use this time as the definition of X-SERVER:|bzero|
>  s-B, s-sh-C:   Supply a value to store permanently as the definition of X-SERVER:|bzero|
>  s-C:           Retry the CALL-INDIRECT instruction
>  s-D, <ABORT>:  Terminate C execution of main
>  s-E:           Exit process X Server
>  ->
>
>I tried Load System X Documentation and can't find anything about the
>X Server Background Stream.

A background stream is something where output goes when
a process has no visible output stream. When the process
wants to type out (for example because of an unhandled error)
on this background stream you get
a notification.

>
>I guess this isn't *that* important. I'm already really happy that
>I've got everything else working and I'm really enjoying the
system. But, it's worth a shot. Using X apps like gnus in Emacs

Hmm, there once was Hermes - a news reader for the Lispm.
It was written for DW, then for CLIM 1 - not for CLIM 2.
It should be mentioned in the Usenet FAQ.




Rainer Joswig, "Lavielle" EDV Systemberatung GmbH & Co. KG, Lotharstrasse 2b,
D22041 Hamburg, Tel: +49 40 658088, Fax: +49 40 65808-202,
Email: joswig@lavielle.com , WWW: http://www.lavielle.de/
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