RE: make-frame-on-display returns BadAtom error

[andrew . maguire]

Thanks I will try this out.

Andrew

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eli Zaretskii [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: 08 August 2002 06:18
> To: Maguire, Andrew (PS, GENS)
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: RE: make-frame-on-display returns BadAtom error
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 7 Aug 2002 address@hidden wrote:
> 
> > I have just tried building emacs on Solaris 8 (we are using 
> gcc 2.7.2.3)
> > but I get the same problem. Note that if I try make-frame-on-display
> > on a UNIX type machine I get a BadWindow error (code 3).
> > I get a BadAtom error (code 18) when I try to connect to 
> Exceed 6.1 on a
> > Windows NT machine.
> 
> Do I understand correctly that the problem happens even 
> without Exceed 
> being used, i.e. if you run the X version of Emacs on a Unix box?
> 
> If so, please tell what toolkit did you build Emacs with.  
> Also, does the 
> technique outlined in etc/DEBUG (search for "If you encounter 
> X protocol 
> errors") help to investigate this probelem?
>