[xcrysden] Error when initiating XCrysDEN

[David Strubbe]

I would recommend trying a fix proposed a while ago on this list, which has
worked on MacOS: in the file Tcl/Viewer.tcl, make the change shown here --
https://trac.macports.org/browser/trunk/dports/science/xcrysden/files/patch-Tcl-Viewer.tcl.diff?rev=140738

David

On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 10:03 AM, Gavin Abo <gsabo at crimson.ua.edu> wrote:

> On your Windows system:
>
> What X server are you using [1]? Xming?
> Do you have the "Enable X11 Forwarding" box checked in PuTTY [2]?
>
> On the cluster:
>
> Is X11 forwarding (like X11Forwarding or ForwardX11 or ForwardX11Trusted)
> set to Yes [1,3,4]?
> What Mesa (or OpenGL) did you compile XCrySDen with [5]?
> Did you try "export LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1" [6,7]?
>
> [1]
> http://superuser.com/questions/119792/how-to-use-x11-forwarding-with-putty/119908#119908
> [2]
> https://wiki.utdallas.edu/wiki/display/FAQ/X11+Forwarding+using+Xming+and+PuTTY
> [3]
> http://lists.mindrot.org/pipermail/openssh-unix-dev/2004-March/020658.html
> [4]
> https://padraic2112.wordpress.com/2007/07/09/bad-security-201-remote-x-sessions-over-ssh/
> [5] https://trac.macports.org/ticket/41320
> [6] http://www.democritos.it/pipermail/xcrysden/2014-August/001642.html
> [7] http://www.straightrunning.com/xmingnotes/trouble.php#head-19
>
>
> On 4/9/2016 9:14 AM, Elio Physics wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
>
> I have compiled and configure XCRYSDEN successfully. However when I type
> xcrysden, and after a while, the window does not open and I get the error:
>
>
> Running on platform : unix
>    Operating system : Linux
> Package ImageMagick's convert: /usr/bin/convert
> Package ImageMagick's import: /usr/bin/import
> Package Gifsicle: /usr/bin/gifsicle
> Package Ppmtompeg: /usr/bin/ppmtompeg
> Package Babel: /usr/bin/babel
> Package Xwd: /usr/bin/xwd
> Executing: /usr/lib64/xcrysden/bin/ftnunit
> X Error of failed request:  BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
>   Major opcode of failed request:  3 (X_GetWindowAttributes)
>   Resource id in failed request:  0xffffffff
>   Serial number of failed request:  786
>   Current serial number in output stream:  787
>
>
> Can anyone help me on this? I am using PuTTY to access the cluster where
> XCRYSDEN is.
>
>
> Thank you
>
>
> Elio moujaes
>
> University of Rondonia Brazil
>
>
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