Xwin remote calls to Solaris machines/ font server bug

[Harold L Hunt II]

Dr.D.J.Picton wrote:
> I have two observations to make concerning the use of 'XWin -query' to
> Solaris machines.
> 
> 1.  Firstly, the FAQ states that Solaris can't cope with 24-bit colour
> depths.  This may have been true for older releases, but all recent versions
> of Solaris (and recent Sun hardware) support this depth!
> 
> 2.  The FAQ refers to the 'hang' when you attempt to contact a remote Solaris
> host using XWin -query e.g.
> 
> Xwin -query sunhost
> 
> The cure is to specify a Solaris font server on the command line, e.g.
> 
> XWin -query sunhost -fp tcp/sunhost:7100
> 
> However, this shouldn't be necessary for recent Solaris releases.  The XSetup
> script on the Sun machine automatically adds the font server to the font
> path, before the dtlogin window appears.
> 

Okay, so people running newer versions of Solaris won't look at the FAQ. 
  No problem there.

> The real reason for the problem is a bug in XWin, which 'hangs' if I
> try to mix local fonts with a Solaris font server.
> 
> The following procedures work OK:
> 
> 1.  Start up an XWin server with normal local fonts, then replace them with
> a Solaris font server:
> xset fp= tcp/sunhost:7100
> 
> 2.  Start up an Xwin server with -fp tcp/sunhost:7100 on the command line.
> 
> 3.  Add a second Solaris font server when the fontpath already contains one.
> 
> The following procedures cause a 'hang':
> 
> 1.  Start up an XWin server with normal local fonts, then append a Solaris
> font server:
> 
> xset fp+ tcp/sunhost:7100
> 
> 2.  Start up an XWin server with -fp tcp/sunhost:7100 on the command line,
> then try to append a local font to the path:
> 
> xset fp+ /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc

I am inclined to believe you.  However, I do not have a Solaris machine 
that I can test this with.  It would be most helpful if either yourself 
or someone with a similar setup could build a debug version of XWin.exe 
and step through this until they find the hang.

Thanks,

Harold