Jacek M. Holeczek wrote: > > Relatively often happens to me something like this : > -------------------------------- > root [2] Warning in <MakeDefCanvas>: creating a default canvas with name c1 > X Error of failed request: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation) > Major opcode of failed request: 53 (X_CreatePixmap) > Serial number of failed request: 4852 > Current serial number in output stream: 4853 > clri6g: > -------------------------------- > The result is that the whole root dies, That's boring. > The problem lies probably somehwere in X. If I remember well, X has no > error handling, it just does exit, but maybe one can protect oneself > somehow ? > Any ideas ? You are working on a X terminal with a small memory. If you are running thinks such as Netscape, or more than a few xterm windows, you run quickly out of memory. Root graphics is based on pixmaps. This takes a bit more space than conventional line oriented graphics. If somebody finds a solution how to trap the X server error, let us know. Rene Brun
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