Re: [FW1] fwui problem running with Exceed on NT

[Matt Wilbur <mattdives@yahoo.com>]

> 
> Has anybody used the Firewall-1 GUI using the Exceed
> X server on NT?  The following error is being generated:
> 
> # ./fwui &
> # X Error of failed request:  BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
>   Major opcode of failed request:  56 (X_ChangeGC)
>   Serial number of failed request:  185
>   Current serial number in output stream:  187
> 
> It would be helpful to know if there is a basic incompatibility and
> if not what setting need to be changed.

It's due to a common shortcoming in X applications: they all expect a
pseudocolor (8 bit) display.  Exceed 5/6 default to a 24 bit visual,
which will bomb more applications than just fwui...  Go to Xconfig,
Video, and set the Server Visual to Pseudocolor and fwui will work
correctly.  You can verify the visual of your display with "xdpyinfo." 
Here's a snippet of mine with a pseudocolor visual:

screen #0:
  dimensions:    1280x996 pixels (320x233 millimeters)
  resolution:    102x109 dots per inch
  depths (2):    1, 8

I bet yours has "depths (1):  24" which is going to cause headaches.

Have fun
Matt

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