Problem connecting to Solaris 8 systems using Xwin
Harold L Hunt II
huntharo@msu.edu
Tue Jan 13 15:32:00 GMT 2004
Martin,
It just occurred to me that you never (and you only posted one message
that I can see) stated what version of XFree86-xserv you had installed.
From a Cygwin bash shell, run the following command and send the
reported version to the mailing list:
cygcheck -c XFree86-xserv
Harold
Martin McNelis wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've googled and searched the archives for a fix for this and although I've
> seen many people with the same problem I have yet to see a solution that
> works.
>
> When connecting to a Solaris * system with the usual:
> xwin -query $solarisbox
>
> It hangs at the Egg Timer. Black screen, white egg timer.
>
> If I use:
> xwin -query $solarisbox -fp tcp/$solarisbox:7100
>
> I get the following:
> $ xwin -query snail -fp tcp/snail:7100
> The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
>
>>Error: Can't find file "pc/uk" for symbols include
>> Exiting
>> Abandoning symbols file "default"
>
> Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
> The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
>
>>Error: Can't find file "pc/uk" for symbols include
>> Exiting
>> Abandoning symbols file "default"
>
> Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>
> and the screen flashes three times as it attempts to load the next screen
> then fails.
>
> This works perfectly with Solaris 2.6 boxes.
>
> Any help much appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Martin
>
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