XWin crashes with "Fatal server error" when starting SYBYL 8.1 over SSH

XWin crashes with "Fatal server error" when starting SYBYL 8.1 over SSH

[Patrice Peterson]

Hello,

In our lab, we use Cygwin to run SYBYL 8.1. SYBYL does not run locally,
we instead forward the X server of the remote machine where it is
installed over SSH. This used to work fine until a few weeks ago, though
I am embarassed to say I can't pinpoint the exact time when it stopped
working.

SYBYL usually opens two windows, a main window and a (graphical)
terminal. When the first (main) window pops up, XWin crashes with the
following error:

    Fatal server error
    ...
    Package version: 1.12.1-1 built 2012-05-02
    ...
    X was called with: X :0 -multiwindow

An full Cygwin update didn't rectify the problem, and IIRC it's not
possible to downgrade packages in Cygwin.

The corresponding /var/log/xwin/XWin.0.log is found on my
dropbox [1], as the list's spam filter won't let me post this mail
otherwise. The output of cygcheck -s -v -r is there, too [2]. If I
should post those files elsewhere for persistence, just let me know. I
tried following the advice on [3], to no avail.

Regards,
Patrice

[1] http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26784238/XWin.0.log

[2] http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26784238/cygcheck.out

[3] http://sourceware.org/lists.html#spam


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Re: XWin crashes with "Fatal server error" when starting SYBYL 8.1 over SSH

[marco atzeri]

On 6/11/2012 3:23 PM, Patrice Peterson wrote:
> Hello,
>
> In our lab, we use Cygwin to run SYBYL 8.1. SYBYL does not run locally,
> we instead forward the X server of the remote machine where it is
> installed over SSH. This used to work fine until a few weeks ago, though
> I am embarassed to say I can't pinpoint the exact time when it stopped
> working.
>
> SYBYL usually opens two windows, a main window and a (graphical)
> terminal. When the first (main) window pops up, XWin crashes with the
> following error:
>
>      Fatal server error
>      ...
>      Package version: 1.12.1-1 built 2012-05-02
>      ...
>      X was called with: X :0 -multiwindow
>
> An full Cygwin update didn't rectify the problem, and IIRC it's not
> possible to downgrade packages in Cygwin.

it is possible.

On "Select Packages" window look for "xorg-server" row,
click on "Keep" and you can circle around options:
   keep / version 1.12.1-1
   version 1.12.0-5
   source
   reinstall
   uninstall

please check if version 1.12.0-5 is functional in your case



Regards
Marco

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