[GRASS-dev] wish error on MacOSX with GRASS+X tunneled from a Linux Box

[Kirk R. Wythers]

Hi Hamish,

Give ssh -Y user at linuxbox a try.

Kirk

On Jul 19, 2006, at 11:15 PM, Hamish wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am trying to run GRASS on a mini-Mac OSX system but getting a wish
> error. The binary is on a Linux system, I am logging in and  
> tunneling X
> over a ssh connection.   (1.5 week old 6.1 CVS)
> It works fine if called from another Linux system.
>
>
> Start X11 in OSX, open a X11 terminal.
>
> mac:$ ssh -X user at linuxbox
>
> linux:$ xeyes
> [works as expected]
>
>
> linux:$ grass61
>
> I get an message that "wish isn't working, check GRASS_WISH" and it  
> puts
> me through to the text startup screen. esc,enter & I'm in.
>
> GRASS 6.1> echo $GRASS_WISH
> wish
>
> GRASS 6.1> which wish
> /usr/bin/wish
>
> GRASS 6.1> ls -l `which wish`
> /usr/bin/wish -> /usr/bin/wish8.4
>
> GRASS 6.1> /usr/bin/wish8.4
> X Error of failed request:  BadAtom (invalid Atom parameter)
>   Major opcode of failed request:  18 (X_ChangeProperty)
>   Atom id in failed request:  0xb5
>   Serial number of failed request:  12
>   Current serial number in output stream:  15
>
>
> (same with /usr/bin/wish8.3)
>
> And as expected gis.m, etc don't work.
>
> d.mon x0, d.rast do work.
>
> ??
>
> Hamish
>
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