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Re: X-Server Background Stream.

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From: Christopher R. Barry
Date: Sat, 05 Jun 1999 00:00
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Rainer Joswig <joswig@lavielle.com> writes:

> 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.

Okay, I searched around for type out related documentation read about
the Function-T commands for controlling type out, but the notification
still pops up. However, this doesn't sound like something too serious
which should stop the X-Server from working. The "Using the X Server"
doc is very brief. Perhaps I just am not using it right instead of
this notification being the cause of failure.

So for example, how do I open an xterm on display HAL:0.0 that gets
its input from the Symbolics keyboard?

Also, when I do Select-<SQUARE> on the XL, and then from the linux box
do "xterm -display TRILOGY:0.0", shouldn't that pop an xterm on the
Symbolic's display which would then mean I can do the Switch Mode
command on the Symbolics and use it there? Currently, if I do the
"xterm -display TRILOGY:0.0" command it does not display any error and
appears to have worked fine on the Linux side, but nothing happens on
the Genera side.

Also, the Switch Mode command has several times locked up the machine
completely (the <Network> key doesn't abort). The clock stops ticking
and no Function key escapes work. I hope that if I have something to
Switch Mode to then it won't be in danger of locking.

Christopher
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