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#1 (**permalink**) 02-20-2008, 06:39 PM

I have a strange error,

Linux is a Slackware 10.2.0 with X, updated with
slackware-10.2-iso/patches/packages/x11-6.8.2-i486-7_slack10.2.tgz
remote Windows computer with cygwin and Xming X-Server,
US-Keyboard layout.

On the linux box I can open any X programm, and display it on the
windows computer, successfully with cygwin or xming. Mouse and keyboard
are working as expected, with some exceptions:

I cannot type the chars "'~^' in xterm or lyx, everytime the X
programm will exit immediately. But I can use these chars in rxvt
without an error.

The only error message is:

frank@hela:/home/frank/doc/frags > xterm
Warning: Cannot convert string "nil2" to type FontStruct
xterm: symbol lookup error:
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/lib/common/ximcp.so.2: undefined symbol:
_XPutBackEvent

I can reproduce this error everytime, any other key is working.

cu Frank

--
You never know what is enough until you know what is more than enough.
-- William Blake

#2 (**permalink**) 02-20-2008, 06:40 PM

Frank Boehm wrote:
> I have a strange error,
>
> Warning: Cannot convert string "nil2" to type FontStruct
>
> I can reproduce this error everytime, any other key is working.
>

I believe that font is nil2.pcf.gz, on mine it's in:

/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/

Do you have the line

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"

In your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file?

Probably if you ran the xterm locally it would give the error message
and keep running. Buggy xserver is crashing...

#3 (**permalink**) 02-20-2008, 06:41 PM

Chris Sorenson <csoren@isd.net> wrote:
> Frank Boehm wrote:
> > I have a strange error,
> >
> > Warning: Cannot convert string "nil2" to type FontStruct
> >
> > I can reproduce this error everytime, any other key is working.
> >
>
>
> I believe that font is nil2.pcf.gz, on mine it's in:
>
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/
>
> Do you have the line
>
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
>
> In your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file?
>
> Probably if you ran the xterm locally it would give the error message
> and keep running. Buggy xserver is crashing...

Thanks for the help, solved a problem with the used fonts.
A copy of /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts from slackware to my windows computer
solved the first minor part of my problem, but something is still
crashing when I use a char like '"`~^

All of them can be used as part of an accent, but I'm still puzzled.
Why does it crash the xterm (and only the xterm, X Server is still
running, displaying my other programms)?
Why isn't rxvt affected? I can create every international char there àáâã.

frank@hela:/home/frank > xterm
xterm: symbol lookup error:
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/lib/common/ximcp.so.2: undefined symbol:
_XPutBackEvent

What is the purpose of ximcp.so.2?

cu Frank

--
Beware of the man who knows the answer before he understands the question.

#4 (**permalink**) 02-20-2008, 06:41 PM

Frank Boehm <fraboehm@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> frank@hela:/home/frank > xterm
> xterm: symbol lookup error:
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/locale/lib/common/ximcp.so.2: undefined symbol:
> _XPutBackEvent
>
> What is the purpose of ximcp.so.2?

a pebcak, still don't know what ximcp.so.2 is for, but I solved my
crashes. Installed a patch for better ttf rendering, removed some libs
of a standard x11 installation and dropped replacements in
/usr/local/lib.

Got an update for x11, this reinstalled the missing libs, and I forgot
to manually update my libs in /usr/local/lib.

Didn't replace ximcp.so.2, took some time to recognize these not
obvious (for me) connection.

cu Frank

--
What would happen in a battle between an Enterprise security
team, who always get killed soon after appearing, and a squad of
Imperial Stormtroopers, who can't hit the broad side of a planet?
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